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Zafayona clinches Jewel Square
General Rajendrasinhji Million
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Favourites shocked when Imtiaz Sait – trained Zafayona (Mr Mellon-Zarzuela) crossed the finishing line in 1.53.08 secs to clinch the Jewel Square General Rajendrasinhji Million over 1800m. The Poonawalla Breeders Multimillion winner Beautiful Stranger looked better than she did on her previous outing but the favourite could not make amends and had to settle for second, four lengths behind the winner. A double objection raised by Malcolm Kharadi on Ocean Admiral was overruled and the winner kept the race.
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Becket Invincible
in The Nizam’s Gold Cup (Gr3)
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Becket (Hawk Wing-Boiling River) proved invincible when he was driven to a powerful finish to win the Nizam’s Gold Cup (Gr3) by half a length from Cielo Rey. Finishing on strongly was Icebreaker a further three quarter lengths behind followed by Arabian Prince the same distance away. With this race, jockey Suraj Narredu joined the elite group of jockeys who have completed a thousand wins in their career.
What better race could he have chosen to complete this milestone!
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C D KATRAK
Sheds
His Maiden Status with the
Kingfisher Derby Bangalore
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What better way is there to shed your maiden status than in a Derby. The Bangalore summer Derby 2010, the first Derby for three-year-olds in the country...
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JAGGI DHARIWAL
MASTER OF HIS CRAFT
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There is an air of quiet satisfaction surrounding Jagjit Singh Dhariwal who has always preferred to let his horses do the talking rather than trumpet his...
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The Pune Racing Season 2010
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Real Action Still To Come
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The Pune racing season started on schedule and the inaugural weekend had seventeen races with big fields. We hope that this
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trend will prevail throughout the Pune racing season. It was heartening to see that the top trainers were off to a flying start with...
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HYDERABAD MONSOON MEET
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Promises much for local horses
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The monsoon racing season commenced on 21st July and has 28 race days concluding on the 25th October 2010. A total stakes of Rs 7,64,20,000 inclusive of trophy value will be disbursed over 178 races indicating an increase of 39% in stakes money. Contributions by way of entry fees and forfeits will also be available for distribution in the races...
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SIACHEN
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Freezes The Opposition InThe Fillies' Trial Stakes
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Jaggi Dhariwal trained Siachen (Burden Of Proof-Indian Mission) won the Fillies’ Trial Stakes (Gr1) (1600m) with a measure of comfort from a fast finishing Moonlight
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Romance.
Srinath provided the best possible assistance in the saddle, keeping the...
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SUN KINGDOM
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Too Hot To Handle In The Colts’ Trial Stakes (Gr1)
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Sun Kingdom (Royal Kingdom-Porsche Too) was too good for his rivals in the HDIL Colts’ Trial Stakes (Gr1)and his performance in this 1600-metre event catapulted him to the head of his year...
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Moonlight Romance
& Richard Hughes
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Eclipse Sun Kingdom In The Kingfisher Derby Bangalore (Gr1)
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Moonlight Romance(China Visit-Wandering Star); given a brilliant tactical ride by Richard Hughes, won the Kingfisher Derby Bangalore (Gr1) much to the delight
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of her owners Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and Prem Tharani Wadhawan representing Livestock Pvt Ltd...
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Arabian Prince
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Shines Brightest This Season
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With victories in the prestigious Maharaja’s Cup (Gr2) and the Bangalore St Leger (Gr2) this season Arabian Prince (Burden Of Proof-Arabian Rose) has staked a strong claim to
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being the best middle and long distance horse in the country.
Arabian Prince had surprised a large number of punters when he produced...
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Ryan Moore guides SNOW FAIRY to a
sensational win in the Epsom Oaks (Gr1)
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WORKFORCE
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Shatters course record on way to victory in the
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Epsom Derby
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In winning the 231st Investec Derby, Workforce became fastest of all his 230 predecessors in the world’s most famous race.
Workforce’s demolition of his Epsom field in record time undid the lame statistic that a horse beaten in the Dante can’t win the Derby; unbuttoned solemn champion jockey Ryan Moore’s smile; and, not least, maintained the great race’s traditions – there was no sense of diminuendo this year after the 2009 heroics of the unforgettable Sea Tthe Stars.
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Comparisons with that champion though came after an all-too-brief period of reflection by the official assessors who next time out should consider wearing blinkers after seeing fit to give Workforce a higher rating than the immortal Sea The Stars. Workforce proved far superior to lesser rivals – the second and third home at Epsom have yet to win a Group race of any description.
Runner-up At First Light, a 100-1 no-hoper, slipped the field, bar Workforce, while third home...
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ROYAL ASCOT
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There is no better way to start a five-day racing fest than the Royal Ascot way. There is no gradual buildup to the highlight of the day. Three Group 1’s, the Queen Anne Stakes, the King’s Stand Stakes and the St James’s Palace Stakes, followed by the Group 2 Coventry Stakes ensures that the fiercest of competition and the spirit of racing is at it’s highest from the word go. Glitz and glamour are in usual abundance and it is interesting to see a blend of modern, bizarre and tradition, fuse in harmony as only Royal Ascot can inspire.
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| The Queen Anne Stakes (Gr1) 1600m £141,925 |
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Goldikova is a true champion, and she proved she was going to be as hard to beat as ever when gaining her eighth One victory while smashing the Longchamp track record over 1850m. She had never raced at Ascot before and her eight victories have come over a diverse spectrum of tracks, and she has twice travelled to the USA to capture the Breeders Cup Mile...
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| The King’s Stand Stakes (Gr1) 1000m £170,310 |
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| St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr1) 1600m £141,925 |
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| The Coventry Stakes (Gr2) 1200m £56,770 |
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| The Prince of Wales Stakes (Gr1) 1800m £255,465 |
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Byword led home Twice Over, to give owner Khalid Abdullah a Prince of Wales’s one-two and 21-year old jockey Maxime Guyon, rider of the French Derby winner Lope de Vega, victory on his first ride in Britain. The four-year-old who had chased home Goldikova on his previous...
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| The Gold Cup ( Gr1) 4000m £141,925 |
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Dermot Weld broke Aidan O’Brien’s stranglehold on the Gold Cup when Rite Of Passage shattered the course record while covering the 2½ mile race, and wore down the O’Brien-trained Age Of Aquarius in an epic duel. The 20/1 winner provided the two-time Melbourne Cupwinning trainer ...
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| The Coronation Stakes (Gr1) 1600m £154,698 |
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Aidan O’Brien and Johnny Murtagh finally got off the mark for Royal Ascot 2010 as Danehill Dancer’s daughter Lillie Langtry sent off as the 7/2 favourite, ran out as an impressive winner in the race that is the top test for three-year-old fillies over the mile. The Irish landed a ...
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| The Golden Jubilee Stakes (Gr1) 1200m £255,465 |
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A great week at Ascot for Australian blood culminated in the brilliant victory of Coolmore’s import, Starspangledbanner, a son of Choisir, who blazed the tracks in both the King’s Stand and this race a few years ago, before being retired to stud in both hemispheres, where he has undeniably left his mark. Choisir won this race in 2003 and went on to win the July Cup...
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A 1-2-3 for O’Brien with Cape Blanco’s
win in the Irish Derby (Gr1)
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LOPE DE VEGA
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Ranks Second To Workforce Among
The Classic Generation In Europe
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Prix du Jockey Club Group 1 race at Chantilly 6th June, over 2,100 metres. Near the finish; first Lope de Vega ridden by M Guyon and trained by Andre Fabre, second Planteur ridden by A Crastus and trained by E Lellouche.
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KINGCRAFT AND HIS OWNER
KELLY MAITLAND
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Before the Classics were first run at Bombay in 1943 and soon emulated at other centres, the “Cup Races” were the yardstick by which horses were measured in India. In the pecking order, the Viceroy’s Cup and the King Emperor’s Cup at Calcutta and later, the Eclipse Stakes of India at Bombay stood above all others. A good horse had to win one of these three Cups; a great horse had to win it more than once...
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