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Spanish Moon wins Prix Foy

Spanish Moon, second in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), made all the running in Sunday’s Prix Foy (G2) at Longchamp, defeating Vision d’Etat.  The win was yet another on the hearty CV for the Juddmonte Farms runner, who also landed the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) earlier in the season.  The next start for the son of [...]

DRN Commentary: The creep of negativity against Dubai racing continues as facts tell a different story

“Never mind that Curlin never was the same horse after returning from his victory in the Dubai World Cup.” Those are the words of Southern California racing columnist Art Wilson as they appeared in his San Bernadino Sun column of August 6.  You can access the entire column, which actually discusses the powerful mare Zenyatta [...]

Spanish Moon wins Grand Prix de Saint Cloud

After a heartbreaking defeat in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), Juddmonte Farms’ Spanish Moon rebounded in grand style to win Sunday’s Grand Prix de Saint Cloud (G1). Trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore, Spanish Moon settled off the leading trio and steadily advanced, wearing down Alpine Rose in the final [...]

Imbongi wins Criterion; Youmzain, Spanish Moon in at Saint-Cloud; Carnival action at Curragh

South Africa’s Imbongi returned to his winning ways with a victory in the John Bovington Memorial Criterion Stakes (G3) at Newmarket on Saturday, his first trip to the enclosure since landing the Drill Hall Stakes (G2) and KwaZulu-Natal Guineas (G2) at Greyville in 2008.  For Mike De Kock and Kevin Shea, Imbongi was prominent throughout and [...]