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Freewheeling Jenni romps to Feehan Stakes victory
Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) silenced any doubters that her best years were behind her when she defeated a small but select field of seasoned Group winners to retain her Feehan Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) crown at The Valley on Friday night. Having been retired and then returned to the racetrack, rumours of a... Read More
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West Of Swindon hands Coolmore’s star-crossed stallion Wootton Bassett his first Australian stakes winner
The void Wootton Bassett’s (Iffraaj) untimely death leaves in the global industry was drawn into stark focus on Friday when the stallion scored his first southern hemisphere-bred stakes winner courtesy of West Of Swindon’s victory in the Stutt Stakes (Gr 2, 1600m) at The Valley. The global industry was rocked on Tuesday when Coolmore’s star... Read More
Charm Stone impressive in Manikato Stakes romp
Charm Stone (I Am Invincible) advertised her spring credentials when she returned from a spell with a brilliant victory in Friday’s Manikato Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at The Valley, her second taste of Group 1 honours. Having won the Sangster Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) against her own sex in Adelaide last season, the daughter of... Read More
Asfoora beaten, as Arizona Blaze takes the Flying Five
Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy), a resident at Whitsbury Manor Stud, sired his first elite-level winner when the Amo Racing-owned Arizona Blaze (3 c ex Liberisque by Equiano) proved too strong for his rivals in the Flying Five Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) at the Curragh on Sunday. Henry Dwyer’s Asfoora (Flying Artie) couldn’t repeat her Nunthorpe... Read More
‘The world is his oyster now’ – Australian Bloodstock’s Al Riffa cut for Melbourne Cup as he proves a class apart in Irish St Leger romp
Australian Bloodstock have a knack of buying high-class European imports and they look to have another brilliant one on their hands in the shape of the Joseph O’Brien-trained Al Riffa (Wootton Bassett), who advertised his Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) potential with an ultra-dominant performance in the Irish St Leger (Gr 1, 1m 6f) at... Read More
UK: Scandinavia scores thrilling St Leger win
Justify (Scat Daddy) sired his second Classic winner of the season when Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) entrant Scandinavia (3 c Justify – Fabulous by Galileo) showed tenacity in spades to win the St Leger Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 6.5f) at Doncaster on Saturday, providing his trainer Aidan O’Brien a ninth win in the Group... Read More