Four Grade 1 races in North America have been downgraded for 2020. The American Graded Stakes Committee reviewed 844 stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000 and assigned graded status to 448 of them – two fewer than 2019 – and listed status to 196 races. Seven graded races were upgraded, six new
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The Australian-bred son Of Exceed And Excel has enjoyed a good start to his stud career in both hemispheres. Sidestep has the Gr1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner in Australia and is leading the French first-season sires by winners with Outstrip, another son of Exceed And Excel, filling third place. Figures courtesy of Arion Pedigrees. Rank
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Tapit is enjoying arguably his finest season with offspring on the track and the Gainesway Farm stallion leads the North American and Canadian lists by stakeswinners in 2019. Rank Stallion Sire Rnrs Wnrs Wins SW(SWins) Earnings Best Performer 1 Tapit (USA) Pulpit 255 131 199 25(35) $13,312,139 Tacitus – 1,634,500 2 Into Mischief (USA) Harlan’s
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Darley Australia threw a 21st birthday party for its 11-time Group 1 winner, Horse of the Year in Australia in 2003-04 and Champion Australian Sire in 2010-11. http:// 🇦🇺 Champion three-year old, Champion miler, Horse of the Year and Champion sire – 21 years old tomorrow!#Darleystallions pic.twitter.com/6Lcv15gbvA — Darley (@DarleyStallions) December 8, 2019
Group 2 Villiers Stakes winner Quackerjack is the seventh SW this season for Not A Single Doubt and his 69th overall. What a thriller! How can you not love this horse?! Quackerjack books his spot in the Doncaster with this gutsy win in the Villiers Stakes for @mark_mnracing and @RachelK11 @royalrandwick! pic.twitter.com/Rm2Vgh06yC — Sky Racing
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Kay Cee enjoyed a trouble-free run in the last Gr.1 race of the calendar year in Australia and, after stalking Gailo Chop to the home turn, accelerated clear to post her first win at Group level. Kay Cee is the first Gr.1 winner from 85 foals of racing age for her sire Playing God (Blackfriars),
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Victory in the Prix Lyphard at Deauville made Dalgarno the 60th stakeswinner for Sea The Stars, who is now forging his own path and not simply known as the half-brother to Galileo. A brother to Gr3 September Stakes winner Chemical Charge, Dalgarno is out of the Kingmambo mare Jakonda and Sea The Stars has two
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Racing for just the second time in 14 months following an injury enforced layoff, Hey Doc proved far too good, crossing to lead from a wide barrier and giving nothing else a chance, never threatened in the home straight and scoring comfortably. It is the third Gr.1 win for Hey Doc and he has now
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Winner of the WA Derby earlier this year, Regal Power was racing for the second time this preparation and after being settled towards the rear of the field finished powerfully in the home straight to reel in Best Of Days inside the final strides to win going away. Regal Power has now won five of
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A disappointing last start failure when suffering from atrial fibrillation saw Loire sent off one of the outsiders but after switching course in the home straight she stayed on strongly to score for breeders Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud, who share in the ownership with Kate Plaw. Loire is the 36th Gr.1 winner
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