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Funstar Epsom-bound but is it the Golden Eagle or a Cox Plate after that?
Olly Koolman, the part-owner of Group 1-winning mare Funstar (Adelaide), has warned that the Chris Waller-trained four-year-old is not at her peak for her seasonal return in the Show County Quality (Gr 3, 1200m) while her spring swansong remains up in the air. The Flight Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner, who took out the Phar... Read More
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Global G1 Races 2020
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Domestic Black-Type Calendar 2020
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Magical breezes to victory in the Tattersalls Gold Cup
A Group 1 that should have been run two months earlier, a mare who was supposed to be in the breeding shed, an absent trainer and a jockey making the most of another Covid-19-inspired opportunity. The 2020 Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr 1, 1m 2f) was unconventional in many respects, although not in its outcome. Magical... Read More
Enable rules in historic King George romp
The Queen may have missed her regular visit to Ascot last month, but the queen of the turf lit up the royal racecourse yesterday when Enable (Nathaniel) registered a history-making win in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 4f). In beating Sovereign (Galileo) by a cosy five and a half lengths,... Read More
Twilight puts daylight between himself and the rest in Curragh romp
Twilight Payment (Teofilo) successfully defended his title in yesterday’s Curragh Cup (Gr 2, 1m 6f) as he kept up his good recent run of form with a runaway win which could potentially serve as a warm up for a return trip to Australia and a second tilt at the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). The... Read More