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December 2007 - Posts
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Matsurida Gogh earned his first career Group 1 victory with a stunning upset win at odds of 52.30-to-1 in the $3-million Arima Kinen (Jpn-G1) on Sunday at Nakayama racecourse. Read More...
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Five horses finishing behind Japanese Horse of the Year Deep Impact in last year’s Arima Kinen (Jpn-G1) return for this year’s edition of the $3,046,072 race on Sunday at Nakayama racecourse. Read More...
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Harry McCalmont, owner of Norelands Stud in Ireland, is set to succeed Michael Wates as chairman of the European Breeders' Fund Coordinating Committee on January 1. Read More...
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Kurbat powered to a 10 ¾-length romp in the $180,723 Clasico St. Leger-Cristal (Chi-G1), the second leg of the Chilean national Triple Crown and the final Group 1 event of the year for three-year-olds on dirt, on Saturday at Hipodromo Chile in Santiago. Read More...
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Godolphin Racing has purchased Literato, France’s top three-year-old colt of 2007, with the intent to prepare him for possible starts in the Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) and in other Group races in the Far East during spring 2008. Read More...
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Three-year-old filly Misty Lady rocketed to the front in the final furlong to post an impressive win in the Gran Premio Internacional Felix de Alzaga Unzue (Arg-G1) against South America’s fastest sprinters on Saturday at San Isidro. Read More...
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Star Plus earned a breakthrough group stakes victory and defeated familiar foe Secretario Plan in the $54,807 Gran Premio Internacional Joaquin S. De Anchorena (Arg-G1) on the undercard of Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini (Arg-G1) on Saturday at San Isidro. Read More...
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Argentina’s champion older horse Latency delivered his patented late-closing kick to capture South America's signature event, the $385,016 Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini (Arg-G1), on Saturday at Hipodromo San Isidro in Buenos Aires. Read More...
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The Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club will sponsor the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-G1) beginning in 2008 under a five-year partnership agreement with France Galop, French racing’s governing body. Read More...
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Fairy Magic and Latency, past winners of the Gran Premio Carreras de las Estrellas Classic (Arg-G1), Argentina's equivalent of the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), headline an evenly matched and wide open international field of 24 horses and three alternate entries for this year's $385,016 Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini (Arg-G1), South America's most prestigious race, on Saturday at Hipodromo San Isidro in Buenos Aires. Read More...
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Group 3 winner Alucard posted his most significant career victory in the 65th running of the Grande Premio Parana (Brz-G1), the Parana Jockey Club's most important race meeting of the year, on Sunday at Taruma racecourse in Curitiba, Brazil. Read More...
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Haras Vacacion’s homebred Filarmonia scored a convincing victory on Sunday at Hipodromo San Isidro in the Gran Premio Internacional Copa de Plata–Arquitecto Roberto Vasquez Mansilla (Arg-G1), South America's most important race for turf fillies and mares. Read More...
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David and Patricia Thompson’s Cheveley Park Stud won the Queen’s Silver Cup for the second consecutive year on Sunday at the 2007 Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association annual awards, which recognize notable achievements of British breeders. Read More...
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Good Ba Ba outdueled Creachadoir on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse to win the $2,052,800 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile (HK-G1) by a nose and earn his first career Group 1 victory. Read More...
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Local star Sacred Kingdom thrilled the hometown crowd at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday to kick off the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races. Read More...
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