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. […]
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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 […]
American Pharoah scores cross-country double with Thankful, As Time Goes By
Two fillies from American Pharoah’s first crop gave their Triple Crown-winning sire a cross-country double on Sunday. Thankful showed determination in her first stakes victory in the $100,000 Ladies Handicap at Aqueduct, while fellow 4-year-old […]
Sottsass prevails, Enable sixth in French sweep of Arc
As Enable’s worldwide fan club watched her chances of a third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) sink beneath the ParisLongchamp mire, Sottsass rose to the occasion to fulfill the Arc dreams of his connections. […]
New Mandate bosses BC WAYI Royal Lodge; High Definition bursts late in Beresford
Saturday’s Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) at Newmarket and Beresford Stakes (G2) at the Curragh, the first two races on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, witnessed striking performances from a pair of exciting juveniles. […]
Love romps in BC WAYI Yorkshire Oaks en route to Arc
Enable used the 2017 Yorkshire Oaks (G1) as a springboard to her first Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) victory, and star 3-year-old filly Love aims to follow suit after romping in Thursday’s feature at […]
Serpentine too crafty as O’Brien, Galileo make Epsom Derby history
Two legends – trainer Aidan O’Brien and supersire Galileo – fittingly made history together at Epsom Saturday as Serpentine upset the Derby (G1) in a front-running tour de force. O’Brien was celebrating a record eighth […]
American Pharoah’s second crop: 20 named juveniles to follow
After emulating the great Seattle Slew as a Triple Crown winner turned champion freshman sire, American Pharoah looks to keep the momentum going with his second crop – pandemic permitting. Hopefully, the COVID-19 disruptions won’t […]
Maximum Security – 2019 Champion 3-Year-Old Male
Disqualified as the first-past-the-post in the Kentucky Derby (G1), Maximum Security ultimately regained his position atop the division and earned the Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old male. Voters also made the Gary and Mary West […]
Champions Day double for O’Brien: ‘unbelievable’ Magical rebounds, Kew Gardens outduels Stradivarius
The Coolmore partners, supersire Galileo, trainer Aidan O’Brien, and his jockey son Donnacha celebrated a Champions Day double at a boggy Ascot on Saturday. Star filly Magical justified favoritism in the signature event, the Champion […]