Life Is Good is SW84 for Into Mischief winning Saturday’s Gr3 Sham Stakes (8f) at Santa Anita. Making just his second start, Life Is Good broke sharply and was quickly on the lead, setting a strong pace and clear into the stretch. Stablemate Medina Spirit (Protonico) chased hard and got with three-quarters of a length
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Explosive Witness is SW17 for Star Witness winning the Gr3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1200m) at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day. Explosive Witness was never far from the lead in the small field and came through under a drive over the final 200m to defeat Stronger (Not A Single Doubt) and Big Party (Exceed And
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Seven-time Group 1 winner Magical has been retired and will join the broodmare band at Coolmore Stud, with mating plans yet to be decided. In September, the Aidan O’Brien-trained daughter of Galileo became the second dual winner of the Irish Champion Stakes and was last seen finishing a close third in the Group 1 Hong
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True Timber is SW52 for Mineshaft winning the Gr1 Cigar Mile (8f) at Aqueduct. Previously second and third in this race, True Timber went clear into the stretch and then stayed on strongly to defeat Snapper Sinclair (City Zip) by 5-1/2 lengths on the muddy track. It is the fifth win from 29 starts for
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Important Mission is SW206 for More Than Ready winning Thursday’s Garhoud Sprint (1200m) on dirt at Meydan. Last with 300m to go, Important Mission finished fast to overwhelm Behavioral Bias (Shackleford) and Bochart (Dubawi) to win going away. It is the fifth win from 17 starts for Important Mission, a $175,000 Keeneland yearling purchase by
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Beach Frolic, the dam of this year’s dual Group 1 winner Palace Pier, was the star turn on the second day of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, selling for 2,200,000 guineas to MV Magnier. Beach Frolic looked the headline lot in the 2020 renewal of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and she did not disappoint.
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Reigning Horse Of The Year Summer Pudding showed she is more than capable of mixing it in open company with a dominant win in Saturday’s Gr1 Summer Cup (2000m) at Turffontein. Settled midfield to the home turn, last season’s Champion 3YO filly struck the front 200m out and then drew away to defeat Running Brave
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Outrageous is SW19 for All Too Hard winning Saturday’s Gr3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Outrageous turned for home in second place, striking the front 250m out and then staving off the rally from Royal Celebration (Excelebration) to score. It is the fifth win from 29 starts for the five-year-old Outrageous, a $460,000 Magic Millions
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A colt by Savabeel out of the O’Reilly mare Miss Opulence, a half-sister to multiple Group One winners Sir Slick and Puccini topped the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale late in the session at $700,000. Presented by Sam and Hana Beatson’s Riversley Park, who finished as leading vendor for the fourth year in
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Sopran Aragorn is first-crop SW3 for Coulsty winning Saturday’s Premio Rumon (1500m) for 2yos at Rome. Sopran Aragorn made most of the running and stayed on well under Gerald Mosse to defeat Midnight Season (War Command) by one length with Bjorn (Acclamation) third. Inbred 4×4 Kris, it is the first win in three starts for
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