Royal Ascot
Love is all heart as she defies long layoff in thrilling Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
Love (4 f Galileo – Pikaboo by Pivotal) was in the air at Royal Ascot yesterday as the Aidan O’Brien-trained filly produced a gutsy front-running performance to land the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f). Making her first appearance of the season after an unbeaten three-year-old campaign that featured wins in the 1,000... Read More
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A tale of two brothers – day three preview
Day three at Royal Ascot offers the rare feat of two brothers contesting different races on the same card at the illustrious meeting. Even rarer when you consider that they are out of a mare by champion Australian sire Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) and rarer still that she has already produced a superstar breed-shaping champion in... Read More
“Morning everyone” – day two preview
Today’s card at Royal Ascot poses all the intrigue and anticipation of a delicately poised second day of a Boxing Day Ashes test and a true great of the cricket game is honoured in the Queen’s Vase (Gr 2, 1m 6f), race two on the card at 12.05am (AEST). The JP McManus-owned Benaud, aptly sired... Read More
Royal Ascot wrap – day one
71 for Dark Angel The Andrew Balding-trained Berkshire Shadow (2 c ex Angel Vision by Oasis Dream) flew home up the stands’ side rail to land the Coventry Stakes (Gr 2, 6f) under Oisin Murphy yesterday. The colt, who was bought by Balding for 40,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1 last year, won on debut... Read More
World’s top miler Palace Pier reigns in Queen Anne Stakes
Palace Pier (Kingman) showed why he is rated the best miler in the world as the red-hot favourite ran out a convincing winner of the opening race of the royal meeting, the Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m). The John and Thady Gosden-trained four-year-old was winning for the second successive year at Royal Ascot, having... Read More
Poetic Flare bolts up in St James’s Palace Stakes to emulate sire
Poetic Flare (3 c Dawn Approach – Maria Lee by Rock Of Gibraltar) produced a sublime performance in the St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) yesterday to follow in the hoofprints of his sire and become the 15th horse to complete the 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m)-St James’s Palace double. The Jim Bolger-trained colt... Read More