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‘A woman won the Champion Hurdle, yet that really isn’t a big deal to those of us who follow racing, because we know how talented she is.’
Hollie Doyle rode a brilliant 2,521-1 five-timer at Kempton on Wednesday night. She completed the achievement when powering home late aboard 8-1 chance Madrinho in the Unibet-sponsored 6f handicap. It was her third win on the night for trainer Tony Carroll who also trained winners Della Mare and 14-1 shot Sir Titan. Doyle also took the night's featuring 'Road To The Kentucky Derby' Conditions Stakes on Godolphin's Highland Avenue with Laos her other winner. She almost made it six when travelling strongly on the Alan King-trained Chinese Whisperer in the finale, but the four-year-old was ...
Hollie Doyle rode a brilliant 2,521-1 five-timer at Kempton on Wednesday night. She completed the achievement when powering home late aboard 8-1 chance Madrinho in the Unibet-sponsored 6f handicap. It was her third win on the night for trainer Tony Carroll who also trained winners Della Mare and 14-1 shot Sir Titan. Doyle also took the night's featuring 'Road To The Kentucky Derby' Conditions Stakes on Godolphin's Highland Avenue with Laos her other winner. She almost made it six when travelling strongly on the Alan King-trained Chinese Whisperer in the finale, but the four-year-old was ...
UPDATED 4:05PM, MAR 4 2021 Philippa Cooper is continuing to swim against the tide of popular opinion in her determination to breed and race middle-distance horses and stayers — but the task is being made more and more difficult by a lack of top-class, affordable and commercially viable stamina stallions in Britain and Ireland. Cooper declared her intention to re-introduce staying power into her mating plans in an article published on these pages last year, having been mortified to discover through speed gene tests that many of her mares and young stock were of the CC genotype — tha...
Scott Burton on the Royal Ascot-winning trainer selling a top jumps prospect Hardi Du Mesnil in the process of selling for a session-leading €250,000 Arqana UPDATED 7:12PM, FEB 15 2021 The Dublin Racing Festival was an amalgamation of races already in the Irish jumping calendar, but there can be no doubt its creation has magnified their importance, both on the racing and breeding front. Coming barely a week later, Arqana's February sale is in a good spot to capitalise on any updates and it was no surprise that a half-brother of Gaillard Du Mesnil - winner at Leopardstown of ...