The first day of the Royal Ascot meeting featured five stakes events, four group, and three group I. The highlights were the Queen Anne Stakes (gr. I) for older horses on the straight mile, and the St...
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While the death of Red Ransom was a serious loss to the breeding industry, we take a degree of comfort in his undoubted legacy as a sire of sires and as a broodmare sire. His influence in that first role...
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Saturday in the U.S. saw a potential star among the older horse ranks gain his first grade I, and a slew of events for older fillies. An in-form Rachel Alexandra might have tackled males in the Stephen...
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Convenience, a two-time winner of the Vanity Handicap (gr. I) in 1972-73, is the third dam of this weekend's Obeah Stakes (gr. III) winner Miss Singhsix (by Singspiel). One day later, Zenyatta became the...
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Sarafina didn’t see a racecourse until May 3, but just six weeks later she is a classic and dual group I-winner. Successful in over a mile at Chantilly on her debut, she returned three weeks later to take...
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We have covered Belmont Stakes (gr. I) victor Drosselmeyer in detail in an earlier post, but there was plenty of other significant weekend action in the U.S. The Belmont undercard provided several other...
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The day after Workforce scored a runaway win in the Epsom Derby (gr. I), the French 2,000 Guineas (gr. I) victor, Lope de Vega, was almost equally impressive in recording an easy triumph in the Prix du...
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Back in January we noted in a column that Distorted Humor ( TrueNicks , SRO ) was a stallion whose offspring took a while to develop, and noted that he had a whole group of promising three-year-olds that...
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Just last Sunday we reported on the Japan Derby (gr. I) victor of Eishin Flash, a son of King’s Best. Just a week later, another son of King’s Best, Workforce, gave King’s Best a remarkable Derby double...
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While others could doubtless offer worthy alternatives, Quality Road ( TrueNicks , SRO ) impresses us as the most naturally talented U.S. runner we’ve seen since Ghostzapper ( TrueNicks , SRO ). His latest...
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