Archive for September, 2010
No decision on Snow Fairy run
Sep 27th
Ed Dunlop can already look back on his most high-profile season since the days of Ouija Board but hopes to add to his two Group One winners this year may rest on the weather. Dunlop is planning an ambitious double Group One raid for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday. However, [...]
Casamento wins Beresford Stakes
Sep 26th
He may be no Frankel, but Casamento gave trainer Michael Halford his biggest winner on the Flat of his career when he won the Group Two Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at the Curragh. Described by his trainer Michael Halford as “the best horse I’ve had, by a long way” Casamento also proved that he is one [...]
Laaheb wins Cumberland Lodge Stakes
Sep 26th
For the third day running Ascot produced a finish worthy of the grand arena when Laaheb battled his way to victory in the Group Three Grosvenor Casinos Cumberland Lodge Stakes. The field were staying well off the rail, in an attempt to find a firmer surface on the rain-softened ground, as Kieren Fallon on Whispering [...]
Morning Line wins Pennsylvania Derby
Sep 26th
Morning Line won a dramatic three-way photo-finish to the Grade Two Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. Having turned up to more prestige events than a politician trying to get re-elected, First Dude had been expected to finally get the victory he deserved. The colt had made the frame in his last five starts, all in [...]
Dalghar for Diadem Stakes
Sep 25th
A horse who has been beaten in his last three starts hardly looks the most viable prospect for the feature race on a quality card at Ascot. But Dalghar is worth another try in the Group Two John Guest Diadem Stakes. Alain de Royer-Dupre is not a trainer who brings horses to this country simply [...]
Frankie Dettori’s ‘fab four’ day
Sep 25th
Late on Saturday afternoon there was a call from the weighing room at Ascot to the local fire station. It came from the rest of the jockeys who were wondering whether Frankie Dettori could now be declared a fire hazard. It may be 14 years since he rode the “magnificent seven” and he was never [...]
Poet’s Voice wins Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
Sep 25th
Poet’s Voice settled the arguments when he won the Group One Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. There had been a view that the Group One race had been devalued when Canford Cliffs had been declared a non-runner by his trainer Richard Hannon on Thursday, but there was still a quality field straining behind the starting stalls [...]
Redford wins Challenge Cup
Sep 25th
Redford, who routed the field in the Ayr Gold Cup a week ago, did exactly the same in the totesport.com Challenge Cup. Frankie Dettori had been booked for the ride again by trainer David Nicholls and there was never a doubt from a furlong out. The seven-furlong cavalry charge split into two groups and the [...]
White Moonstone wins Fillies’ Mile
Sep 25th
Saeed bin Surror left it late but he finally won his first British Group One race of the season when White Moonstone won the Group One Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile. Frankie Dettori used to reserve the flying dismount for Group One winners but had had to become a little less fussy of late. But [...]
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