Havana Love is SW65 for Kodiac winning the Criterium Femminile (1500m) for 2yo fillies at Capannelle. Havana Love raced on the speed and went clear into the home straight, staying on well to defeat Memo De L’Alguer (Mehmas) by 1-1/2 lengths with Arriva Veloce (Night Of Thunder) a further 2-1/2 lengths off third. Previously runner-up
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Ummalnar is SW151 for Shamardal winning Friday’s Cooley Fillies Stakes (8f) on the all-weather surface at Dundalk. Chris Hayes had Ummalnar on the lead after a furlong and she was never headed, ridden clear into the home straight and going on to defeat Surrounding (Lilbourne Lad) by six lengths with Pretty In Grey (Brazen Beau)
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Karlarina is SW41 for Le Havre winning Friday’s Prix Denisy (3100m) at Saint-Cloud. Racing in second place to the final turn, Karlarina headed straight to the outside rail on the heavy track and, under a drive from Theo Bachelot, held the persistent challenge of Sheraz (Sea The Stars) to score by three lengths, the pair
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After an authoritative score in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (Gr1), Authentic (USA) [126] is now the co-second highest rated horse in the fourth edition of the World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2020. Authentic won the Classic by 2 ¼ lengths over Improbable (USA) [123], while Global Campaign (USA) [120] was third. With his victory, Authentic
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By anyone’s standards Monomoy Girl had an eventful weekend. On Saturday afternoon she won her second Breeders’ Cup Distaff and on Sunday night she sold for $9.5million at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, billed as the “Night of Stars”. Fans will still get another year of seeing the daughter of Tapizar on the
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Captain Magnum is SW64 for Kodiac winning Sunday’s Premio Divino Amore (1000m) at Rome. Buried away midfield through the earlstages of this straight race, Captain Magnum came with a strong finish inside the final 200m to defeat longtime leader Live On Stage by half a length with Virgin Isla third. Inbred 2×4 to Danehill, he
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Authority showed he is a horse to watch with a dominant win against older opposition in Sunday’s Gr2 Copa Republica Argentina over 2500m at Tokyo. Making his first start for more than six months and tackling older horses for the first time, Authority was settled in third place by Christophe Lemaire and moved up to
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Chamade is SW20 for Sepoy winning Saturday’s Gillies Fillies Stakes (10f) at Doncaster. Chamade made virtually all the running, ridden along two furlongs out then staying on strongly to defeat Trefoil (Teofilo) by three-quarters of a length with Ice Sprite (Zoffany). Raced by breeders Mr & Mrs David Aykroyd, Chamade is now the winner of
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Aegon remained unbeaten emulating his sire Sacred Falls with a narrow win in Saturday’s Gr1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. As a spectacle the race had everything – a delayed start, interference in the run and then a driving finish but at the line Aegon held a narrow margin over Bourbonaire to score
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Robusto is SW13 for Zed winning the Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) at Riccarton. Settled just behind the early speed, Robusto was full of running before the home turn and ran to the lead with 300m to travel, staying on strongly to defeat Who Dares Wins by one length, her sixth win from 23 starts for the
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