Posts tagged Harbinger
Harbinger on top of the world
Jan 11th
One-run wonders are usually the bane of a handicapper’s life but there was no getting away from Harbinger being rated as the best horse to race across the globe in 2010. Read more at: http://horse-racing.bettor.com/harbinger-on-top-of-the-world/news/1337673
Harbinger showed sign of brilliance
Jan 5th
Trying to distil an entire season into one race is rather like pouring a bottle of champagne into a thimble; likely to be a waste of something good. But the performance that Harbinger poured into the two minutes 26.78 seconds it took to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in [...]
Harbinger still top of World Thoroughbred Rankings
Nov 12th
Given the natural attention that Zenyatta gained for her valiant run when beaten just a head by Blame in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Saturday it is easy to forget the winner. However, the senior handicappers from around the world have the task of dealing with the facts alone and Blame’s head [...]
Harbinger sold in undisclosed deal
Sep 2nd
Harbinger, who was rated the best racehorse in the world until sustaining a career-ending injury last month, has been sold in a deal that will see him stand as a stallion in Japan. The four-year-old burst onto the international racing scene when he won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by 11 lengths [...]
Harbinger’s racing career ended by injury
Aug 9th
Harbinger, rated the best Flat horse in the world, has been retired from racing. The four-year-old, who won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by 11 lengths just a fortnight ago, sustained a fracture to his near-fore cannon bone on the Limekiln gallops at Newmarket on Saturday. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Harbinger-is-retired-from-racing-a20970
Injury threat to Harbinger
Aug 7th
Harbinger, rated the best racehorse in the world, could be retired after sustaining a career-threatening injury on the gallops at Newmarket yesterday. The colt, who rocketed to the top of the pile after he won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot last month, has sustained a fractured near-fore cannon bone when [...]
Abdullah pair ready to take on Harbinger
Aug 3rd
Racing tends to be different things to different people, and rarely are all factions brought together over any subject. The news that Sir Michael Stoute intends to run Harbinger in the Juddmonte International at York on August 18th would be good news for the sponsor and the breeder of a colt who made the news [...]
Harbinger on top of the world
Jul 26th
So just how good is Harbinger? He is now officially rated the best horse in world, after his breath-taking victory the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, but can he justify that evaluation? Ascot celebrated the 60th running of the King George on Saturday and a run through the roll of honour provides a [...]
Harbinger wins King George
Jul 24th
Harbinger produced a thrilling performance as he broke the course record to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by 11 lengths at Ascot yesterday. Some races can develop into a tactical game of cat and mouse but Sir Michael Stoute knew that in Harbinger and Workforce he had two horses who would [...]
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