Posts tagged Rio de la Plata
Landmark century for Frankie Dettori
Nov 7th
If it’s Sunday it must be Rome. Having ridden in four different countries, on the three continents, in just nine days Frankie Dettori rolled into Rome looking just a shade tired having clocked up more flight miles than most airline pilots. But he still managed one of his flying dismounts. He had been rained on [...]
Group One winners for Godolphin in Italy
Oct 9th
It takes a lot to keep Frankie Dettori away from a Saturday fixture at his beloved Ascot but the Italian was happy to swap Berkshire for his homeland and a Group One winner. Godolphin had been going through a lean time during the summer but made it six Group One winners in the last two [...]
Poet’s Voice supplemented for Champion Stakes
Oct 9th
When the raison d’être is to be the dominant force in world racing anything less than excellent does not count. A total of four Group One winners, from two main trainers, by the onset of autumn was offering x-rated images of a seasonal tally not seen for more than a decade. Then four championship winners, [...]
Strong renewal for Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
Sep 20th
Frankie Dettori may well be long odds to replicate his “magnificent seven” winners from the 1996, but he goes into Saturday’s meeting at Ascot with renewed firepower. Godolphin, who celebrated its 1,000th British winner at Newmarket on Friday, have not had reason to cheer after a Group One race in the country since Mastery won [...]
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 [...]
Rio de la Plata wins Strensall Stakes
Aug 20th
Relationships between jockeys and horses can often be short and frenetic affairs but occasionally they can run deeper. Away from the glare of the grandstands there was the sight of Jamie Spencer, after Sariska had refused to leave the starting stalls for the Yorkshire Oaks, quietly soothing the mare and leading her back to the [...]
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