SACRE BLEU!
Juddmonte’s Bluestocking careers away to famous Arc victory Ralph Beckett cut an ecstatic figure at Longchamp on Sunday as he witnessed his four-year-old filly Bluestocking (4 f Camelot – Emulous by Dansili) land France’s most prestigious race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m). Having gone close in the previous two editions with... Read More
Prix Daniel Wildenstein winner Ramadan tops Arc Sale at €1.5 million
A quartet of high-class racing prospects who have international targets on their agenda starred at Arqana’s sale on the eve of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m), the most glittering and consequential of weekends for French racing. Fresh from his victory in the Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Gr 2, 1600m) at Longchamp, Ramadan... Read More
‘I really believe in this horse’
Vinery predicting big things from Ole Kirk after his first runners make explosive start Vinery Stud believe they are sitting on a volcano named Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon) after a start to siring life that has them feeling validated in what they saw in the stallion, delighted with the present and bubbling with enough excitement... Read More
Frankie Lor breaks through with Sha Tin double
Winless after eight meetings, Frankie Lor’s stable cranked into top gear at Sha Tin on Sunday with a double crowned by Sword Point’s (American Pharoah) brilliant win in the Class 2 Nam Long Shan Handicap (1650m, dirt). Champion trainer in 2021/22, Lor slotted his first winner of the season when the unraced gelding Master Trillion... Read More
DEJA VU!
Tulloch Lodge dominate Breeders’ Plate with second successive trifecta in Sydney’s two-year-old opener It was a case of something old and something new as two-year-old racing began for the season in Saturday’s Breeders’ Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) at Randwick. The old was represented by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. They trained the trifecta in last... Read More
Classy Bel Merci runs her Gimcrack rivals ragged
Bell River Thoroughbreds received an instant and substantial dividend from a bold call not to sell when their royally bred filly Bel Merci (Extreme Choice) took out the Gimcrack Stakes (Gr 3, 1000m) at Randwick. The 11th foal out of the Group 1-winning sprinter Bel Mer (Bel Esprit), and by the sensational Extreme Choice (Not... Read More