Malibu Stakes
Malibu Stakes (G1) “Goal Oriented scores in Grade 1 company” This was a first success at the highest level for Bob Baffert’s 3-year-old Goal Oriented on his 5th attempt in Grade 1 company. He has always been a fast horse. In both the Preakness Stakes and the Haskell earlier in the season he recorded a […]
Bay Ridge Stakes
Bay Ridge Stakes “Bernietakescharge lives up to her name” For those of us lucky enough to spend the holidays in New York it’s been a cold one. Friday night’s snowfall has seen the temperatures plummet and this weekend’s meeting at Aqueduct did well to survive the cold weather. Sunday’s card included the feature Bay Ridge […]
Coral Welsh Grand National
Coral Welsh Grand National “Haiti Couleurs wins for Wales as Sean Bowen delivers a masterpiece ride” Haiti Couleurs was very disappointing in the Betfair Chase at Haydock and there’s no getting away from that, but his performance in Saturday’s Welsh Grand National means that we can firmly put that down to a disliking for the […]
Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle (G2)
Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle (G2) The unseasonably good ground at Chepstow clearly had an effect on this contest. Firstly, Nicky Henderson’s Manlaga was a Non-Runner. She had been a very impressive winner on her debut at Auteuil back in March and would have helped to add some further context to this form. Secondly, the well-backed […]
Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle (G1)
Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle (G1) “Sir Gino” Keen, pulling early, slightly high head carriage, fresh … .All of those words could be used to describe the opening half a mile of the Christmas Hurdle run by the unbeaten Sir Gino and yet he still won with his head in his chest. This is a horse of […]
Howden Long Walk Hurdle
Howden Long Walk Hurdle (G1) “impose Toi” On Saturday morning JP McManus looked to have a relatively strong hold on the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot and so it proved, even if the market went with Honesty Policy over the winner Impose Toi. The winner is developing into one of the stories of the season […]
The Entisar Listed Stakes sponsored by Emaar
The Entisar Listed Stakes sponsored by Emaar Heart of Honor is fast becoming Jamie Osborne’s stable star and whilst there will be those who point to the fact that he had a race fitness edge over his rivals and also that his form did tail off slightly in the US after a promising start in […]
Howden Noel Novices’ Chase (G2)
Howden Noel Novices’ Chase (G2) “Steel Ally” The Long Walk Hurdle may well be the feature race of this 2 day meeting at Ascot but those horses will have to produce an extremely good performance on Saturday if they are going to eclipse the set of numbers produced by Steel Ally on Friday afternoon. Sam […]
Go For Wand Stakes
Go For Wand Stakes “Weigh the Risks” Saturday’s card at Aqueduct survived the weather in New York and the Chad Brown trained Weigh the Risks took full advantage to run out a 9 length winner of the feature race on the card. This was the 5th win in her last 6 starts for Chad Brown’s […]
Al Shafar Investment Stakes
Al Shafar Investment Stakes “Munyah makes a mark” Saturday’s meeting at Jebel Ali was lit up by the performance of the Mussabeh Al Mheiri trained Munyah, who pulled readily clear up the hill to win this Daaeemm Incentive race by over 5 lengths. He is an Into Mischief Colt who finished 3rd on his only […]