Race2Win Foundation Hyderabad Deccan Derby (G1)
Race2Win Foundation Hyderabad Deccan Derby (G1) “Mountain Jewel shines in Hyderabad” The well supported Mountain Jewel landed the G1 Deccan Derby at Hyderabad on Sunday for trainer Prasanna Kumar. Sent off at an SP of 6/1, she appeared to be well drawn in stall 1, but a slow start, which saw her take the longest […]
Yarmouth 6th October – Blue Nazare
Yarmouth 6th October “Blue Nazare” What looked to be a relatively quiet Monday afternoon at Yarmouth was lit up by Blue Nazare, who won the Fillies’ Novice Stakes for Charlie Appleby and William Buick in the Godolphin blue. She is a daughter of Dubawi out of Silent Wave, who was also a winner on her […]
Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (G1)
Juddmonte Spinster Stakes (G1) “The Drinks are on Gin Gin” The Spinster Stakes was largely billed around the battle between Thorpedo Anna and Nitrogen, but instead it was the Brendan Walsh trained Gin Gin who took an enormous step forward to land a first Grade 1 success. We will come to the beaten favourites in […]
American Pharoah Stakes Present by DK Horse (G1)
American Pharoah Stakes Present by DK Horse (G1) “Intrepido” This year’s American Pharoah Stakes was billed as a match between the Bob Baffert trained pair, Desert Gate and Kristofferson and they were sent off with SPs of 2.38 and 2.63 respectively. However, whilst they looked likely to dominate the race at halfway, Jeff Mullins and […]
Champagne Stakes – Belmont at the Big A
Champagne Stakes (G1) “Napoleon Solo conquers the Champagne Stakes” Napoleon Solo made it 2 wins from 2 starts for Chad Summers as he made every yard to win the Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday afternoon. He had been a very comfortable winner of a Saratoga maiden over 6 furlongs at the start of August, […]
Darley Alcibiades Stakes
Darley Alcibiades Stakes “Tommy Jo gets the Alcibiades in the Stewards’ Rooms” Racing can be a game of very fine margins and having seen Time to Dream lose her unbeaten record in the Jessamine Stakes 30 minutes earlier, Todd Pletcher could have been forgiven for thinking it wasn’t going to be his day when Tommy […]
Sportsbet Race Previews Plate
Sportsbet Race Previews Plate “Proficient makes a winning start” Wednesday’s card at Sandown got underway with a maiden for the 3-year-olds and up over the 1,000m trip. At an SP of $1.90, it might be seen as a relatively straight forward debut for success for Proficient under Michael Dee. Trained by the Hayes training partnership […]
Goodwood Stakes (G1)
Goodwood Stakes (G1) “Nevada Beach gives Baffert as 9th Goodwood Stakes Success” This year’s Goodwood Stakes was built around Full Serrano. John Sadler’s Argentine-bred Breeders’ Cup Champion came into this race after a relatively straight forward success at Del Mar 4-weeks earlier and was sent off at an SP of 1.62. Having got himself to […]
Wesam makes a belated start in the Godolphin Blue
“Wesam makes a good start in the Godolphin Blue” Newcastle 26th September Things clearly haven’t been that straight forward with Wesam given that he was making his racecourse debut on the All-Weather in the September of his 4-year-old season. However, Saeed Bin Suroor’s son of Exceed and Excel made up for lost time with an […]
Breeders’ Cup 2025 Countdown – Sierra Leone
Breeders’ Cup Countdown “Can Sierra Leone retain his crown in the Classic?” Yes. Clearly we need to expand slightly on that answer, but there is enough in the data to suggest that Sierra Leone retains the ability that he showed 12-months ago. I’m going to start by stating that we need to ignore his latest […]