As a follow-up to my colleagues’ year-in-review pieces in the Brisnet.com Features section, I’d like to offer my Top 7 international stories of 2017. I’m restricting myself to developments on the international turf, or else […]
Enable emerged as Europe’s best in 2017, winning five straight Group 1 races in convincing fashion, and the star 3-year-old filly was named the 2017 Cartier Horse of the Year at Tuesday’s ceremonies in London. […]
Sir Anthony Oppenheimer’s homebred Cracksman was expected to win Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) as the 13-8 favorite, but the son of the all-time great Frankel exceeded the rosiest forecasts with a romp worthy of his […]
Trainer Aidan O’Brien is sure not to go home empty-handed after Champions Day – regardless of what happens at Ascot on Saturday, the master of Ballydoyle will officially be honored as this season’s champion trainer […]
On Sunday’s “Arc Trials Day” at Chantilly, Sir Anthony Oppenheimer’s homebred Cracksman scored an authoritative victory in the Prix Niel (G2) for three-year-olds. But the owner-breeder remains reticent about advancing to the October 1 Prix […]
A return trip to the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) has generally been a long range goal for Ulysses, and on Wednesday afternoon the four-year-old colt punched his ticket to Del Mar on November 4 while […]
After a blanket finish to the June 3 Derby (G1) at Epsom, Saturday’s Irish Derby (G1) produced another tight margin – in different order across the wire. Epsom sixth Capri turned the tables on Cracksman […]
A 40-1 chance, ridden by a little-known jockey with only three winners over the past two years, sprang the biggest boilover in the last four decades of the Epsom Derby (G1). That’s one way to […]
As of Monday’s entry stage, trainer Aidan O’Brien had seven of the 20 horses in line for Saturday’s Derby (G1) at Epsom. Heading the Ballydoyle battalion is Cliffs of Moher, who is currently vying for […]
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