Posts tagged Longchamp
Fuisse wins Prix du Moulin
Sep 5th
Fuisse got the better of a three-way finish in the Group One Prix du Moulin at Longchamp. In the end he beat Rio de la Plata and Siyouni by a head and the same, with Paco Boy in fourth, but only after holding up the start for some time when he dropped jockey Stephane Pasquier [...]
Godolphin go worldwide
Sep 3rd
Out of sight can easily be out of mind in sport, where time out of the spotlight can send careers into decline. It is almost a year since the royal-blue silks of Godolphin were seen in the winner’s enclosure of a British racecourse after a Group One race, when Mastery won the St Leger at [...]
Paco Boy runs in Prix Moulin
Sep 1st
Having considered taking the short route, Richard Hannon has elected to take the long-haul with Paco Boy this weekend as he attempts a fourth career Group One win. In the horse’s formative years Hannon railed against suggestions, at times pointed, that Paco Boy did not truly stay a mile. His mile Group One victories in [...]
No decision on Harry Findlay appeal
Jul 15th
Harry Findlay, one of Britain’s biggest professional gamblers and high-profile owners, left an Appeal Board hearing still not knowing if the six-month ban that was imposed upon him will be lifted. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Harry-Findlay-kept-waiting-over-BHA-appeal-verdict-a16627
Special Duty awarded second Classic
May 17th
The old adage used to be that the fittest horse wins the Guineas, the luckiest the Derby and the best the St Leger, but fortune has certainly smiled on Special Duty. Criquette Head-Maarek’s filly now holds an unusual distinction of being the winner of two European Classics, both of which were claimed in the stewards’ [...]
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