Competitive Commonwealth Cup creates interest
Day four at Royal Ascot shapes as the most competitive card across the entire meeting. The curveball of a soft track is likely to throw up some different results and it will be worth watching for track patterns early in the day. Palace of Holyroodhouse Handicap One of the new handicaps added to the... Read More
Blue Gum’s Smith takes top honour at Stud and Stable Staff Awards
Wendy Smith has been named as this year’s Thoroughbred Excellence Award winner, the highest honour bestowed at the annual Stud And Stable Staff Awards, supported by Godolphin, in a ceremony held virtually last night. Smith, Blue Gum Farm’s yearling manager, joins David Merrick, Joe Agresta, Jeremy Rogers, Jenny Watson and Mark Newnham as a winner... Read More
Stradivarius aims for three in a row
The three-year-olds and the stayers take centre stage on day three at Royal Ascot. Four of the seven races are to be contested by the three-year-olds, of which three are handicaps, while Stradivarius will look to become just the third horse in history to win three Gold Cups in a row. Golden Gates Handicap... Read More
Group 3 victory for son of Atlantic Jewel
Russian Emperor (Galileo), the third foal produced by four-time Group 1 winner Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock), added even more black type to an already outstanding pedigree when winning the Hampton Court Stakes (Gr 3, 1m 2f) at Royal Ascot yesterday. Trained by Aidan O’Brien, Russian Emperor settled at the tail of the field outside his... Read More
Royal Ascot Wrap – Day 2
42 for Dubawi The impressive performance by Lord North (4 g ex Najoum by Giant’s Causeway) in landing yesterday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) provided Darley sire Dubawi (Dubai Millennium) with his 42nd individual Group 1 winner. Among Dubawi’s haul of elite-level winners is Caulfield Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) winner Benbatl, the... Read More
Gooree Park principal Cojuangco dies at 85
Stud manager Baddock pays tribute to the Filipino businessman who devoted four decades to Australian racing and breeding Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr, an Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee who developed Mudgee’s Gooree Park into one of the leading operations in the country, died on Tuesday aged 85, it was announced yesterday. His death was... Read More