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Article by James Willoughby: The four competitive events of the Hong Kong International Races make up the last great racing festival of the year. The prize money is stellar, totalling HK$100 million ($12.8m), and the quality of the fields is very good.
Sponsored by: Danon Kingly Wins The Yasuda Kinen By A Head Danox Co's 5-year-old Danon Kingly (JPN), at 47-1, defeated 5-year-old mare and odds-on favorite Gran Alegria (JPN) by a head in Sunday's 1-mile, $2.68 million Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen on turf at Tokyo Racecourse. With this victory, Danon Kingly gained an automatic berth into the $2 million, Grade 1 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series is an international series of stakes races whose winners receive automatic starting positions and fees paid into a corr...
Overall: 16: 12-1-2, International Rating: 121 Stunningly consistent galloper with 12 wins, one second and two thirds from 16 starts. Beat subsequent Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m) victor Sottaass in G3 at Deauville three starts back. Also won the G2 Prix Dollar (1950m) at Longchamp and last time out he was second behind Adeyybb in the G1 British Champion Stakes (1993m). Another powerful finisher who likes rain-affected ground but has also won on good going. 2 – DANON PREMIUM Overall: 13: 6-2-1, International Rating: 119 Precocious talent who was crowned JRA’s Champion 2YO Colt i...
>> good morning! >> good morning, folks and welcome to occupy midtown. we're now 15 days into this particul-- years into this particular occupation and it's going well. >> two hours into it, i get a little turbulence. >> more about this the month long protest now, we've met the month long timeline for those protests. first, we'll get your headlines, though. racing world in shock over the tragic death of two time indy champ dan wheldon. he was killed in an explosive 15 car pile-up during the 13th lap of the las vegas indy 300. it was a crowded track with cars reaching speeds of 225 miles per ho...
Jon: obviously this morning there are a lot of new questions about indy car racing safety after the fiery crash that killed two-time indy champ dan wheldon. it is a sport that is of course inherently dangerous, even with the sweeping safety improvements put into place 10 years ago after the death of dale earnhardt. lars anderson, is senior writer with "sports illustrated.". dan, obviously after the earnhardt nascar crash and, you know, the changes that have been made to the indy cars, it was starting to feel like a fairly safe sport. it had been a long time since there had been a crash like th...