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Young Victorian stallion can carry on the legacy of Sunday Silence and Deep Impact
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Young Victorian stallion can carry on the legacy of Sunday Silence and Deep Impact
Article by TRC staff: The weekly TRC industry digest - a round-up of the international racing news from the past week
The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes: A celebration of great 2,000m WFA horse racing A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size How good will Saturday’s $4 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes be? One only has to go to recall last year’s edition when the English horse Addeybb thrashed Verry Elleegant with the very good Japanese horse Danon Premium third. Share Having been a keen racing enthusiast since my late teens, I argue that the top 2000m WFA races are the highlights of the racing season ...
Irish training genius Aidan O’Brien could have his first runners at The Championships in Sydney next autumn with the outstanding Mogul a possible contender for the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (200km) at Royal Randwick. Mogul is regarded as the “next big thing” out of the O’Brien stable and the three-year-old gave a demonstration of his class and ability when he easily defeated older horses in the Hong Kong International Vase at Sha Tin last Sunday. This was the Galileo colt’s second Group 1 win of the year after also taking out the Grand Prix de Paris in France.
Japanese-Trained Normcore Upstages Magical In Hong Kong Cup Sponsored by: Normcore and Zac Purton winning the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin Zac Purton has crowned a week of stellar milestones by becoming the first rider in history to partner nine Hong Kong International Races winners after Japanese mare Normcore upstaged Win Bright and Magical in the HK$28 million G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin. Purton, 37, gained the ride on the grey after Christophe Soumillon was forced to forfeit the mount after failing to secure an unconditional release from quarantine following a COVID...