Schnell Meister is SW35 and the fourth Gr1 winner for Kingman taking Sunday’s NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo. Allowed to settle worse than midfield as Pixie Knight set a strong pace, Schnell Meister had taken closer order approaching the home turn and then let down with a big finish to edge Songline (Kizuna) by a
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Shigeru Pink Ruby is SW2 for Maurice winning the Gr2 Hochi Hai Fillies’ Revue (1400m) for 3yos at Hanshin. Settled just behind the early speed set by Paul Neyron, Shigeru Pink Ruby was poised to challenge in the home straight and finished best to defeat Yoka Yoka (Squirtle Squirt) by a neck with the fast-finishing
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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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Concert Hall is the 21st Gr1 winner for Savabeel finishing best in Saturday’s Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie and the third SW on the day for the stallion. Concert Hall was back last turning for home but then came widest of to finish best of all and defeat Supera (Savabeel) a neck with longtime leader
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Inbreeding in the thoroughbred population is “akin to global warming” according to a new research paper published by University College Dublin. Professor Emmeline Hill (pictured) analysed the DNA of more than 10,000 thoroughbreds, the largest set of horses examined to date, and established that there has been a highly significant rise in inbreeding over the
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