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Distinct Australian flavour to day two at Royal Ascot
Even with no Australian-trained runners at Royal Ascot this year, the second day of the five-day festival has a strong antipodean flavour, even behind closed doors. Day two at Royal Ascot this year features a horse coming off two top-level wins down under and the son of a four-time Australian Group 1 winner seeking to... Read More
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Firsts for Real Impact and Territories
New winners Air Force Blue – Former Coolmore shuttler Air Force Blue (War Front) sired his second first-crop winner on Wednesday when Chief Little Hawk (2 c ex Marylebone by Unbridled’s Song) took out a 5f maiden at Navan on debut. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt defeated The Blue Panther (Buratino) by a length and a... Read More
Group 1 glory for Moore with Saturn
A brilliant tactical ride by Frenchman Jean-Baptiste (J B) Hamel sealed victory for Hostwin Saturn (Stratum) in Saturday’s Macau Guineas (Listed, 1500m), giving fledgling trainer Nick Moore his first local Group victory – let alone a local Group 1 – in what is his first season as a trainer. Moore and Hamel devised a pre-race... Read More
Juddmonte confirms sale of breeding rights to Irish 2,000 Guineas hero Siskin
Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Khalid Abdullah, has confirmed that Juddmonte Farms have sold the breeding rights to the operation’s homebred undefeated Irish 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) winner Siskin (First Defence). Rumours that such a deal had been stuck have circulated for some time following the colt’s juvenile campaign, which culminated with success in... Read More
Royal Ascot – but not as we know it
For Royal Ascot aficionados, there is a rhyme and reason to one of the world’s great racing festivals. At least, that’s the case nearly every year. In 2020, like with so many other things, the handbook needs to be thrown out the window, the traditions left at the door. For the first time in her... Read More
Scenic Warrior (NZ)
2 c Proisir – Pemba Nepali by Domesday O: F A L Racing B: T Falcone T: Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes W: Iron Jack Plate, 1200m, June 8, Warwick Farm The Falcone family colours were famously sported by brothers and top three-year-olds Divine Prophet (Choisir) and Proisir (Choisir) in the last decade. Proisir’s... Read More