The perennial show-stopper on the summer racing scene, Royal Ascot promises five stellar days of action. The fields are coming into clearer focus, and so are the compelling story lines. Here’s an early look at […]
With a seven-strong posse in Saturday’s Derby (G1), trainer Aidan O’Brien had a terrific chance of earning a record-tying seventh victory in the Epsom classic. Those probabilities increased as four of his runners were involved […]
Just denied in the Oaks (G1) when Pink Dogwood was collared by Anapurna, trainer Aidan O’Brien, jockey Ryan Moore, and sire Camelot team up again in Saturday’s Derby (G1) with top threat Sir Dragonet. Surprisingly […]
Training legend Aidan O’Brien sends out a quartet led by favorite Pink Dogwood in Friday’s Oaks (G1) at Epsom, but all-time great Frankel counters with a three-strong posse of daughters – Mehdaayih, Anapurna, and Frankellina […]
Last fall’s Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (G1) hero, Channel Maker, added another Belmont Park feature when swooping at just the right instant in Saturday’s $700,000 Man o’ War (G1). Under a well-judged ride by […]
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah got off to a perfect start as a Coolmore sire with his very first runner, Monarch of Egypt, surging clear at Naas on Saturday. Trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden […]
King Power Racing’s Bye Bye Hong Kong parlayed a great trip into victory in Thursday’s Cardinal Conditions race at Chelmsford City, but at this writing, the denouement of the European Road to the Kentucky Derby […]
The first runner sired by Triple Crown winner American Pharoah could take to the track at Dundalk Friday. Aidan O’Brien has Horus Bird among a handful of his entries in the opener, a five-furlong maiden […]
Three notable Triple Crown nominees scored comeback wins at far-flung locations on Friday. First the Aidan O’Brien-trained U S S Michigan broke his maiden at Dundalk, then Mucho prevailed in the 2ND race at Gulfstream […]
How to sum up an action-packed year on the international scene with an abundance of memorable developments? A “Top 5” retrospective can try to hit the highlights, but not all. Among those left on the […]
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