Posts tagged Bethrah

Irish Champion Stakes preview

When Rip Van Winkle won the Juddmonte International at York two weeks ago, Aidan O’Brien said: “He’s in a really good place now and he’s really on an upward curve.” As the colt had just beaten Twice Over and Byword, respectively the winners of the Eclipse and Prince of Wales’s Stakes, just how much more [...]

Twenty left in Sprint Cup

As Richard Hannon continues his pursuit of Sir Michael Stoute in this year’s trainers’ championship, he could be forgiven for wondering why what had become so reliable has begun to fail. Hannon’s two-year-old division has always paid its but this year there had been a level of quality that pushed the quantity to unheard of [...]

Bethrah wins fourth Irish 1000 Guineas for Dermot Weld

In more than 30 years since he took out his trainer’s licence, Dermot Weld has seen a lot of changes. There has been the arrival of Arab owners who now dominate much of the sport along with the ever-growing presence of the Coolmore Stud and their main trainer, Aidan O’Brien. However, one of the constants [...]