Harpo Marx is SW343 for Galileo winning Saturday’s Gr3 Premier’s Cup (2000m) at Kembla Grange. Fourth into the home straight, Harpo Marx found plenty under Rachel King and struck the front inside the final 100m to defeat fellow import Spirit Ridge (Nathaniel) by a short-neck with Inverloch (Fastnet Rock) three-quarters of a length away third.
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Magical Lagoon is SW342 for Galileo winning Friday’s Gr3 Flame Of Tara Stakes (8f) for 2yo fillies at The Curragh. Fourth on debut, Magical Lagoon had only one behind her with two furlongs to travel but knuckled down strongly over the concluding stages to run past Albula (Galileo) and score by three-quarters of a length
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Victipharus is SW51 for Heart’s Cry winning Sunday’s Gr2 Fuji TV Sho Spring Stakes (1800m) for 3yos at Nakayama. Wide into the first turn and then settled well back, Victipharus unleashed a big finish in the home straight to defeat Asamano Itazura (Victoire Pisa) a head and the favourite Boden (Harbinger) a further 1-3/4 lengths
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Anasia is SW14 for Intello winning the Prix Rose de Mai (2000m) at Saint-Cloud on Thursday. Anasia made most of the running after breaking smartly from the inside draw and was first for home in the small field. Pressed 200m out Anasia pulled out plenty and at the line had a neck advantage over the
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Sheela is the first SW for The United States winning the Storm Bird Stakes (1000m) for 2yos at Vaal on debut. Sheela met with interference at the start but once allowed to balance up came with a big finish to defeat Social Image (Pomodoro) going away with Hope Is Power (Soft Falling Rain) in third.
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Thursday’s meeting at Meydan gave us three new stakes winners with one of them the latest in a cross which is beginning to appear with increasing regularity. Star Safari is SW74 for Sea The Stars lowering Ghaiyyath’s course record in the Gr3 Dubai Millennium Stakes (2000m) and the ninth stakes winner for his sire out
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We had an overwhelming response to our duplicating Danehill article and there was one question posed by several readers with its combination visible in two of the Group winners at Caulfield in Australia on Saturday. The question was how Sadler’s Wells had worked with Danehill and the simple answer was there are plenty of winning
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It is rare indeed to be able to write about a Derby winner which is descended from a Derby winner however, current Indian star Black Pearl is an unbeaten example. So far Black Pearl has won all six of his races from 1200 to 2200 metres including the Calcutta 2000 Guineas (video below), Calcutta Million,
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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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The Aidan O’Brien-trained Mogul added his second Group 1 win this year with a comfortable victory in Sunday’s HK$20m Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin. The 2018 Hong Kong Vase winner Exultant was a somewhat unexpected leader, racing with his mouth open at times with Ryan Moore positioning Mogul fourth with cover before
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