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April 2008 - Posts
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Veteran jockey Robert Thompson edged closer to Australia’s all-time record for career victories when he guided Heavenly Glow to a win in the $469,528 Australian Oaks (Aus-G1) on Wednesday at Randwick. Read More...
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Duke of Marmalade made amends for a disappointing season in 2007 when he scored his breakthrough stakes victory at the highest level on Sunday at Longchamp in the $467,8000 Prix Ganay (Fr-G1). Read More...
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Good Ba Ba completed his sweep of Hong Kong’s major mile events, winning his fifth straight stakes with an authoritative triumph on Sunday at Sha Tin in the $1,027,200 Champions Mile (HK-G1). Read More...
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Sebring solidified his status as the top two-year-old in Australia with a one-length victory on Saturday at Randwick in the $421,882 Inglis AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Aus-G1). Read More...
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Group 3 winner Consul Romano stamped himself as a leading Chilean stayer on dirt with a victory in the $99,736 Gran Premio Hipodromo Chile (Chi-G1), the nation's most important race for three-year-olds and older on the dirt, on Saturday in Santiago. Read More...
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Captain Thule duplicated a victory his sire, Agnes Tachyon, achieved seven years ago as he cruised to a front-running score in the $1,775,962 Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas) on Sunday at Nakayama. Read More...
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Australian star sprinter Weekend Hussler scored his record-tying sixth Group 1 victory of the season with a clear win in the $378,339 Cathay Pacific George Ryder Stakes (Aus-G1) on the AAMI Golden Slipper Stakes (Aus-G1) undercard on Saturday at Rosehill Gardens. Read More...
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Sebring overcame a slow start on Saturday at Rosehill Gardens to win the $3,294,508 AAMI Golden Slipper (Aus-G1), the world’s richest race for two-year-olds. Read More...
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Nownownow will make his 2008 debut in the Stan James Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1) on May 3 at Newmarket. Read More...
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Lawrence “Laurie” Jaffee, one of South Africa’s most prominent owners and influential racing administrators, died on March 27 at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 85. Read More...
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Game pacesetter Time for Fun held off late bids from runner-up Amigo Gaucho and third-place finisher Paul Garden to score by a nose on Sunday at La Gavea in the Grande Premio Cruzeiro do Sul (Brz-G1) (Brazilian Derby), the final leg of Rio de Janeiro’s Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Read More...
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Don Misil benefited from a well-timed ride by Julio Cesar Mendez and scored a half-neck victory in the Gran Premio Raul y Raul E. Chevalier (Arg-G1) on Saturday at Hipodromo San Isidro. Read More...
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Reginetta unleashed an explosive turn of foot in the stretch to rally from off the pace under jockey Futoshi Komaki for a half-length win in the $1,672,277 Oka Sho (Japanese One Thousand Guineas) on Sunday at Hanshin Racecourse. Read More...
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Dealer Principal continued his meteoric rise to prominence with a three-quarter-length victory in the $469,153 Dubai Rosehill Guineas (Aus-G1) on Saturday at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney. Read More...
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Multiple group stakes winner Pasta Post scored his first career victory at the highest level with a half-length score in the $158,840 First Sovereign Trust Easter Handicap (NZ-G1) on Saturday at Ellerslie. Read More...
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