Posts tagged Redwood

Redwood ready for Canadian International

Home is often not far from a traveller’s mind and Michael Hills will have good reason to have such thoughts on Saturday. Hills will be riding Redwood – trained by his father, Barry – as the pair attempt a second successive Grade One victory at Woodbine in Canada. A month ago Redwood, under a canny, [...]

Redwood wins Northern Dancer Stakes

Having lost one stable star this week, with the retirement of Equiano, Barry Hills has a new standard bearer. Redwood, under a canny ride by Michael Hills, came through with a classic rails run to win the Grade One Northern Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Redwood-claims-new-turf-in-Northern-Dancer-Stakes-a28163

Redwood wins Glorious Stakes

Barry Hills joined Richard Hannon on a landmark of training 50 winners at the Glorious Goodwood meeting when Redwood won Group Three Coutts Glorious Stakes. Patience has been the hallmark of both the trainer’s approach to getting this one-time Derby contender back to his form as a four-year-old and also Michael Hills in the race [...]

Rocket Man ready for take-off at Chester

Such is the pace of the Flat racing’s menu at this time of year that the Guineas meeting still lingers on the palate as the next Classic course is being served.  Aidan O’Brien still has 38 entries for the Derby and the latest of the Ballydoyle battalions to be tried is Rocket Man, who runs [...]