Posts tagged St Leger
Handicapper rates Arctic Cosmos
Sep 13th
Arctic Cosmos will be rated as one of the best St Leger winners of the last 10 years by the official handicapper. After Arctic Cosmos beat Midas Touch by one-and-three-quarter lengths there was something of a difference of opinion with the colt’s trainer, John Gosden, talking in terms of a run in the Breeders’ Cup [...]
St Leger preview
Sep 11th
This year’s trainers’ championship has been a duel between Richard Hannon and Sir Michael Stoute but Aidan O’Brien can become a contender as well if Joshua Tree wins the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster. Rewilding, who will be trying to give Godolphin as sixth win in the St Leger, has been the market leader for [...]
Snow Fairy declared for St Leger
Sep 9th
There will be 10 runners for the final Classic of the season, the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster, on Saturday. Ed Dunlop has committed his dual Oaks winner Snow Fairy – weather permitting – and has booked Eddie Ahern for the ride. There were no major withdrawals from the field, which is headed by Rewilding, [...]
No jockey decision about Snow Fairy
Sep 8th
By his own admission Ed Dunlop’s season with Snow Fairy has been “the most amazing fairytale story” but there are a few elements conspiring to make life hard for him to attempt a third Classic win of the season in the Group One Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday. Snow Fairy, already the winner [...]
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 [...]
Ed Dunlop thinking of St Leger for Snow Fairy
Aug 31st
Ryan Moore’s hopes of retaining his jockeys’ title fade with each day that he has been on the sidelines since a fall at Windsor earlier this month. The reigning champion rider has been out of action since injuring his wrist in a fall on August 9th and is currently 33 winners behind Paul Hanagan but, [...]
Sixteen left in St Leger
Aug 25th
A year ago he was a bit-part player, five months ago he was the new kid on the block and by next month he could be a Classic-winning trainer. Mahmood al Zarooni’s could crown his swift rise as Godolphin latest recruit to its training roster by winning the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster next month. [...]
Snow Fairy could still run in St Leger
Aug 20th
Ed Dunlop certainly did not take the soft option with Snow Fairy at York but may do so if he pitches her in for the final Classic of the season. Snow Fairy, the winner of both the Oaks and the Irish equivalent, lost little caste in defeat when she was beaten by three lengths by [...]
Snow Fairy kept in training
Aug 4th
Ed Dunlop admits that it took him time to fully realise what he had, but now he has been given more time to explore the possibilities. Such were the trainer’s doubts about Snow Fairy’s stamina that he did not risk the entry fee for the Oaks, or the Irish equivalent. And it was only once [...]
St Leger entries announced
Jul 21st
Snow Fairy and Cape Blanco head an impressive list of 42 entries for the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster. The days when the St Leger appeared to be on the endangered species list, in a world which was becoming obsessed with 10-furlong speed as opposed to stamina, seem some way in the distance judged on [...]
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