Posts tagged National Stakes
Sans Frontieres takes Irish St Leger
Sep 11th
Sans Frontieres, a horse whom Jeremy Noseda had always believed could be a Group One winner, proved his trainer to be right when he won the Irish Field Irish St Leger at the Curragh. Lady Lupus and Tactic led into the home straight and Profound Beauty appeared to be travelling far better as she took [...]
Rewilding heads St Leger acceptors
Sep 6th
It used to be said that the fittest horse wins the Guineas, the luckiest horse wins the Derby and the best horse wins the St Leger. However, this year’s renewal of the Ladbrokes St Leger, at Doncaster on Saturday, is likely to put even more of a premium of stamina with heavy rain forecast for [...]
Stotsfold back on track in Brigadier Gerard Stakes
May 27th
Stotsfold had not won a race since June last year but produced a run at the right time to win the Group Three Blue Square Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park. The victory was doubly welcome for trainer Walter Swinburn as it also marked only his second winner of the month. For the full blog: [...]
Saptapadi can win Henry II Stakes
May 26th
Second-guessing trainers can be an expensive business but there can be some clues worth following. Saptapadi goes into the Group Two Blue Square Henry II Stakes at Sandown Park as the lowest-rated of the 10 runners on official handicap figures but given that his trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, has a 31% strike-rate in Group races [...]
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