Galileo, champion and legendary sire, dies
A tribute to the great Galileo, a blueblood champion on the racecourse and a supersire on the international stage. […]
Aidan O’Brien
Santa Barbara heads eight in Belmont Oaks
Runner-up in the June 27 Pretty Polly (G1) at the Curragh, Santa Barbara will make her fourth consecutive Grade/Group 1 start when she lines up for Saturday’s $700,000 Belmont Oaks. The classy Coolmore homebred is […]
St Mark’s Basilica dominates Addeybb, Mishriff in Eclipse
Star sophomore St Mark’s Basilica passed his first test versus elders in grand style in Saturday’s Eclipse S. (G1) at Sandown. […]
Royal Ascot: Love shrugs off long layoff to nab Prince of Wales’s Stakes
Love was in the air on Day 2 at Royal Ascot. Or—more specifically—the filly Love was in the air, flying to the finish line in the Prince of Wales’s S. (G1). […]
Lord North could meet Love in Breeders’ Cup WAYI Prince of Wales’s at Royal Ascot
Day two of Royal Ascot has just the one Group 1 contest, but it’s a dandy. Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’s S. (G1), offering a free berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), could pit champion filly Love against defending champion Lord North. […]
Palace Pier, Battaash headline Tuesday’s opening day at Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot’s glittering five-day stand begins Tuesday. Three Group 1s are on tap, beginning with the Queen Anne S. (G1) that serves as a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1), and a couple of American sprinters are taking on defending champ Battaash in the King’s Stand S. (G1). […]
Normcore dethrones Win Bright, tops Japanese exacta in Hong Kong Cup
While 19-10 favorite Magical had to settle for a valiant third, the other distaffer in Sunday’s $3.6 million Hong Kong Cup (G1), Normcore, rallied best of all to deny defending champion Win Bright in an […]
Mogul rules over Hong Kong Vase
Five years after Highland Reel captured his first Hong Kong Vase (G1) as a 3-year-old, Mogul emulated that past Ballydoyle star with a dominant display in Sunday’s $2.6 million renewal at Sha Tin. In the […]
Mogul tackles local kingpin Exultant in Hong Kong Vase
Like stablemate Magical in the Hong Kong Cup (G1), the Aidan O’Brien-trained Mogul hopes to rebound from a Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) loss in Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin. But his task […]
Magical tops international cast of eight in Hong Kong Cup
Most recently runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), Ballydoyle star Magical reverts to her usual trip of about 1 1/4 miles in Sunday’s $3.6 million Hong Kong Cup (G1), the anchor of a superb […]