Todd Pletcher has some nice 3yos in his barn and two of them impressed in the Forward Gal and the Holy Bull, run on a sloppy Gulfstream track on Sunday. (30 January 2012) 3. Ambitious Dragon roars into the Dragon Year
Riding hands and heels Douglas Whyte guided Ambitious Dragon into a very easy win in the Stewards Handicap G1, the first of the Triple Crown races. (30 January 2012) 4. Freedman runner book Dubai trip
Cash Luck had an easy 4 lengths victory in the Benchmark 97 and looks set to go to Dubai to contest the UAE Derby. (30 January 2012) 5. Donau Blue flows through Kyoto
The Forward Gal and the Holy Bull are two very important prep races for the 3yos who are planning or hoping to finish up in Kentucky. (29 January 2012) 7. Big Bucks just too good
While he did have to get switched out, once Big Bucks was in clear air in the Cleeve the result was in the bag. (29 January 2012) 8. Stewards' Cup highlight at Sha Tin
The first one is a Benchmark 97 over the 1600m turf and will be a chance for Cash Luck to earn his ticket to Dubai. (28 January 2012) 10. Kyoto Himba on Sunday
The "maybe" for Doncaster is that it is subject to an inspection Saturday morning UK with a risk of frost hovering. (28 January 2012) 13. Musir and Dark Matter repeat wins
Steve Burridge's Singapore slashers have chalked up yet another win with Dark Matter winning his second Dubai start in the Duty Free Handicap over 1400m turf and Musir winning the G2 Al Rashidya. (27 January 2012) 14. A cold and wet night in Hong Kong
Weatherwise not a very auspicious start to the year of the Dragon (it is a water dragon year after all) but quite promising on the racing side. (26 January 2012) 15. Al Rashidya G2 at Meydan Thursday
Seen as a main prep race for the Dubai Duty Free, Presvis last year managed to win both this race and the Duty Free. (26 January 2012) 16. Incident packed Flower Bowl at Kranji
The feature race on the Tuesday New Year card at Kranji was the G3 Fower Bowl was unfortunately marred by a horse breaking down and scattering the field. (25 January 2012) 17. Frumious wins Palos Verdes
The rain came to Santa Anita and Amazombie went home or stayed home, leaving the 1200m G2 open for all comers. (25 January 2012) 18. Rulership rules at Nakayama
Rulership seemed determined to show the young horses that he should be respected as an elder by sweeping past the youngsters on the turn and winning the American Jockey Club Cup. (22 January 2012) 19. King Mossman rounds off the books
King Mossman was one of our main fancies on the day and duly saluted and helped to finish off a very nice Rabbit Year. (22 January 2012) 20. Meanwhile back at Kranji
With so much excitement around the Singapore horses in Dubai it's hard to concentrate on what it happening at home. (22 January 2012) 21. Singapore continues to storm Dubai
Steve Burridge is having a dream run in Dubai. Following on the success of Dark Matter, Captain Obvious won the 1200m on Friday and Ip Man the 1400m AWT. (22 January 2012) 22. Somersby to strong in Clarence House Chase
It was Somersby's day at Ascot on Saturday as he fought his way through to the lead about 100m from home and finished on strongly. (22 January 2012) 23. American Jockey Club Cup at Nakayama
On Sunday this G2 will be run over 2200m and will see some of last years good 3yos now in the big time. (20 January 2012) 24. Palos Verdes at Santa Anita
It's probably the most interesting race in the US this weekend as it is supposed to be where Eclipse Award sprinter Amazombie will resume but... (20 January 2012) 25. Jumps season getting down to business
After a relatively quiet period at the start of the month there are good races to be found at both Ascot and Haydock Saturday. (20 January 2012) 26. Hong Kong farewells the Rabbit on Saturday
It's Chinese New Year this long weekend so we farewell the Rabbit at Kranji tonight and welcome the Dragon on Tuesday. (20 January 2012) 28. Meydan racing Friday and Saturday
Friday's card is headlined by the G2 Cape Verde over 1600m on the turf for f&m with two Australian-bred South African trained runners amongst the 8 runners. (20 January 2012) 29. Havre de Grace US Horse of the Year
The Eclipse Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles on Monday night and it was not really a big surprise to see Havre de Grace get the top gong. (17 January 2012) 30. More activity off the track than on it
Particularly so in the case of Italy where there hasn't been any racing for over 40 days and the government is talking huge cuts to the industry. (16 January 2012) 31. To The Glory on song in Kyoto
To The Glory had a reasonably easy time of it to win the Nikkei Shinshun Hai G2 from his stablemate Danon Ballade. (16 January 2012) 32. New sprint star emerges in Hong Kong
Eagle Regiment, by Silent Witness's sire El Moxie and also out of a Bureaucracy mare, won the first G1 and first leg of Speed Series at Sha Tin yesterday. (16 January 2012) 33. Better Be The One still The One to beat
He was the class horse in the race and despite having to run wide was well ridden by his apprentice jockey to win and give his trainer a 4-timer for the day at Kranji. (16 January 2012) 34. Busy weekend in America
It's looking like Havre de Grace will be named the Horse of the Year tomorrow and that will be the third year in a row with a female horse getting the award. (15 January 2012) 36. Little Impacts making and Impact
This will be down the 1000m straight on the turf and it is actually quite open, particularly if you take the bias towards the grandstand side into consideration. (14 January 2012) 38. Two open Opens at Kranji Sunday
Both the Benchmark 83 and the Open 1000m on the AWT are relatively open races, unless you are of the opinion that Better Be The One will romp in over the 1000m. (14 January 2012) 39. Good horses returning to American tracks
Which is not to say the ones that have been running aren't good, just that some very good ones are now appearing possibly with the Eclipse Awards due next week. (13 January 2012) 40. Singapore succes at Dubai
Steve Burridge's Dark Matter won the 2000 Guineas Trial at Meydan last night and looks like the extra distance of the Guineas won't be a problem. (13 January 2012) 41. Maktoum Challenge starts tonight
And Champion 3yo colt, thanks to his stunning year which included the Triple Crown and the Arima Kinen in the one year. (9 January 2012) 43. New Vision continues to impress
New Vision, who gave Zac Purton a treble and Paul O'Sullivan a double for the night, didn't have it all his own way but still managed to land an impressive win. (9 January 2012) 44. Uh Oh Bango wins San Pasqual
This is a Gr1 event for the Noivce hurdlers at Sandown so it is very disappointing to see such a small field. (7 January 2012) 49. Won't Stop victor at Kranji
In last night's Open Benchmark 97 over the 1400m Won't Stop went to the lead early on in the race and held on to that position to win by a neck from fast-finishing Cash Luck. (7 January 2012) 50. Williams does it again
This time Dubai was the platform for Craig Williams to take out the Meydan Masters International Jockeys Championship finishing on 110 points. (7 January 2012) 1 2345678910 ... Next >>
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