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 […]
141st German St Leger (G3)
141st German St Leger (G3) “Caballo de Mar gives George Scott more success at Dortmund” Having won this race with Prydwen in 2024, George Scott enjoyed yet more success in the German St Leger at Dortmund on Sunday afternoon as Caballo de Mar ran out a relatively comfortable winner under Adrie de Vries. This was […]
Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (G2)
Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes (G2) “Words of Truth completes his hat-trick” The conditions clearly played an important part in Saturdays Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury. A winning time of 1:14.41s was 0.52s slower than the 2024 winner (Powerful Glory) who won a race run on ground officially described as Heavy. The strung out […]
Dogwood Stakes Presented by Resolute Racing (G3)
Dogwood Stakes Presented by Resolute Racing (G3) “Ragtime takes another step forwards” Ragtime made it 3 wins from 4 starts for Bill Mott and Godolphin as she confirmed the strength of her 2nd placed finish in the Grade 1 Test Stakes last month to win this Grade 3 prize at Churchill Downs on Saturday afternoon. […]