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RACING NEWS : AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010
MISS KEEPSAKE wins the Queensland Oaks (Gr1)
With race favourite Dariana left standing in the starting stalls, the longshot Miss Keepsake, who had never previously won a stakes race, won a controversial edition of the Treasury Casino Queensland
Oaks (Aus-Gr1) at Eagle Farm. The New Zealand-bred Keeper filly went into the Oaks following a pair of wins at the Sunshine Coast for trainer Andrew Scott. She is out of the Entrepreneur mare...
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DARIANA redeems herself in the Queensland Derby (Aus-Gr1)
The Redoute’s Choice filly, Dariana, favourite for the Queensland Oaks got her head stuck over the adjacent wall and couldn’t take part in the race ...
EISHIN FLASH upsets the field in the Japanese Derby (Gr1)
At long odds of 31.90-to1, the Toyomitsu Hirai-trained Eishin Flash shot through a narrow gap entering the home stretch and produced an electrifying finish to win the Tokyo Yushun (Jpn-Gr1) at Tokyo racecourse. The King’s Best colt wrested control in the final 100m and succeeded in holding off the challenge from last season’s champion two-year-old male Rose Kingdom winning the prestigious race by a neck in 2:26.90sec. He last ran third, 1½ lengths behind the winner Victoire Pisa in the Satsuki Sho (Jpn-Gr1) (Japanese 2000 Guineas) at Nakayama racecourse...
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Cumani-trained CONTREDANSE pips Middle Club in the Italian Oaks
Running on strongly under a powerful drive by Kieren Fallon the progressive Luca-Cumani-trained Danehill Dancer filly Contredanse held off the desperate challenge of Richard Hughes on Bob McCreery’s Hannon-trained Fantastic Light
filly Middle Club to win the Italian Oaks (Gr2) in Milan. The German-trained Dai Jin filly Isantha was a length and a half back in third.
The front two had a battle royal from two furlongs out and...
-James Underwood’s European Racing & Breeding Digest
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WHO IS THE
BEST HORSE IN AMERICA?
Mid season in the USA, and the answer to that question has to be either Zenyatta, Quality Road or Gio Ponti. Zenyatta duly obliged in the Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park for her 17th victory, Quality Road romped home in the Metropolitan Handicap and Gio Ponti finally found the winners circle again with a victory in the Man O War Belmont Stakes at Park. He had previously flopped in the Dubai World Cup in March. The mouth watering prospect of all three meeting in the Breeders Cup Classic in November is exciting enough, and lets not forget Rachel Alexandra who returned to top form winning the Fleur de Lis by 10 ½ lengths.
I was also going to consider Rail Trip, a leading contender from the West Coast barring Zenyatta, but he somewhat blotted his copybook with a defeat at 2-5 odds in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, a race he had won last year Tthe veteran gelding Awesome Gem having his 36th outing, was the 8-1 upsetter in a race where Rail Trip was shuffled to the outside in the short
field, and despite taking the lead briefly in the stretch, failed to hold on. It was not a ride that jockey Rafael Bejarano will want to show on his greatest moments video. Rail Trip might still bounce back and be a force to be reckoned with in November, but we will have to see how he travels and his ability to handle a different surface.
Zenyatta was cheered like the hero she is before and after the Vanity Handicap in June, giving a chunk of weight to her five rivals. Her appearance added about 5,000 fans to the attendance on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, in what was most likely her final race at her home track. I fully expect the bobblehead horse version of her they gave away to quickly become a collectors item. However she had to work hard to get the victory over the classy English filly St Trinians, and of course had to rally from a seemingly impossible situation with just a couple of furlongs to go.
Zenyatta is by far the best mare many...
-Michael Hepworth (USA)
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STARSPANGLEDBANNER
Races Past Equiano To Clinch The Darley July Cup
Starspangledbanner, a horse born in Australia, trained in Ireland by Aidan O’Brien and named after the American National Anthem, followed up his brilliant Royal Ascot win, winning his second Gr 1 race on British soil defeating a talented line-up of global
sprinters who were made to look quite pedestrian. In doing so, he emulated his sire Choisir, as a two time group stakes winner in England after previously winning in Australia.
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SUPREME COURT SETS
SEPTEMBER 7 FOR FINAL
DISPOSAL OF BTC CASE
7th September, 2010 is the date set by the Supreme Court for the final disposal of Bangalore Turf Club’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) appealing against the order of the High Court of Karnataka which had asked BTC to vacate its present premises on or before 22nd September 2010.
Hearing the plea for admission of the SLP on 23rd July, Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma set the 7th September date for hearing the petitioners (BTC, National Horse Breeder’s Association of India, Karnataka Racehorse Owners’ and Staff Welfare Association) as outcome, the
Chairman and some of the Members of the Managing Committee are confident of being able to strike a deal with the Government regarding alternate land and some minimum extension of time. In June there were positive signals from the government and a piece of land was identified about thirty-five kilometres from the present racecourse. However, as thiswell as the respondents (Government of Karnataka) pending final disposal of the matter.
While a few people at the helm of affairs at BTC are worried about the...
–Sanjay Reddy
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SNOW FAIRY
Races To The Finishing Line
To Clinch The Irish Oaks (Ire-Gr1)
The Epsom Oaks winner Snow Fairy flew to another victory leaving her opponents in the cold at the $549,398 Iirish Oaks (Ire-Gr1) at the Curragh. With this classic win, the 7-2 second favourite became the 13th filly to complete the Epsom Oaks/Irish Oaks double in such an impressive fashion where
she upped the pace with a furlong under the guidance of her jockey Ryan Moore.
The Intikhab filly’s performance produced an Oaks double for jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Ed Dunlop. Before Snow Fairy Ouija Board completed the Epsom/Irish Oaks double for Dunlop in 2004.
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SIRE STANDINGS
Galileo heads King’s Best at the top of the UK/Ireland stallion table. They are followed by Montjeu, Danehill Dancer, Dansili, Oasis Dream, Dubawi, Choisir, Pivotal and Rock of Gibraltar. Danehill Dancer and
first-crop sire Holy Roman Emperor head the sires of two-year-olds list, followed by Exceed and Excel, Oasis Dream, Invincible Spirit and Choisir. Zafonic’s son Iffraaj has moved up to second behind...
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BRITISH BLOODSTOCK MARKETING
In its relatively short existence BBM has become a recognised brand on the international stage. Visits to a number of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India have further enhanced BBM’s reputation and resulted in the building of rewarding relationships with new international clients who are investing in British Bloodstock again after a long period of inactivity.
BBM is an industry-funded organisation
offering impartial advice and is actively involved in the promotion of British breeding and British based stallions. BBM is always to the fore at major bloodstock sales working closely with world renowned auction houses, Tattersalls, Doncaster Bloodstock Sales and Brightwells Cheltenham. They assist with getting visas, accommodation and information about the flight reimbursement scheme for those who buy at the sales.
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