Posts tagged Coolmore Stud
Starspangledbanner not going to stud
Jul 10th
Retirement plans have been put on hold for Starspangledbanner who remains in training with Aidan O’Brien for the rest of the season. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Starspangledbanner-kept-in-training-a15827
Starspangledbanner flies flag for Coolmore
Jun 22nd
Hail the new sprinting star who may already be lined up for his page in the next Coolmore stallion brochure. Starspangledbanner arrived from Australia in the spring with a big reputation and he more than lived up to that when the muscular chestnut unfurled that ground-devouring stride to win the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes [...]
St Nicholas Abbey a non-runner in Derby
Jun 1st
St Nicholas Abbey who had been the ante-post favourite for the Derby until a poor gallop last Friday will not run in the race. Trainer Aidan O’Brien has announced that the colt has a muscle problem. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/St-Nicholas-Abbey-scratched-from-Derby-field-a11840
No Derby decision yet from Aidan O’Brien
May 29th
Ballydoyle trainer says that it will be mid-week at the earliest before any decision is made about which horses will run in the Derby at Epsom. A day after it was announced that Johnny Murtagh, having ridden what was supposed to be O’Brien’s No.1 Derby contender, St Nicholas Abbey, wanted more time before he came [...]
Aidan O’Brien keeps faith with St Nicholas Abbey
May 10th
Talk is cheap but talking horses can prove very expensive. These are the animals who promise everything on the gallops each morning but fail to deliver come the racecourse in the afternoon. The talk on the gallops at Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard in Co Tipperary, which has been the proving ground for some of the [...]
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