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May 2008 - Posts
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Riva San regained her top form at an opportune time as the Any Given Sunday filly posted an upset victory in the $384,709 Conrad Farms Queensland Oaks (Aus-G1) on heavy turf at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Read More...
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Halfway To Heaven sealed a classic double for Ireland’s champion trainer, Aidan O’Brien, when holding off a late surge from three opponents to win the Boylesports Irish One Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) at the Curragh on Sunday. Read More...
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Argentine Group 1 winner Body Soguero opened up a commanding lead in the stretch and scored a six-length victory in the Gran Premio 25 de Mayo (Arg-G1), the highlight of three Group 1 events on Saturday at San Isidro. Read More...
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Henrythenavigator more than confirmed his classic superiority over New Approach from Newmarket three weeks earlier when accelerating like a top-class performer under Johnny Murtagh to win the Boylesports Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) at the Curragh on Saturday. Read More...
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Apache Cat streaked to his fifth consecutive Group 1 victory on Saturday at Doomben with a dominant 4 3/4-length romp in the $630,402 Carleton Draught Doomben 10,000 (Aus-G1). Read More...
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Joe Hernon, manager of the Coolmore-owned Castlehyde Stud in County Cork, Ireland, was recently elected chairman of the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders' Associations. Read More...
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Three-year-old Jeune-Turc posted a breakthrough victory after a ground-saving trip in the $170,084 Grande Premio Sao Paulo – Red Globo 2008 (Brz-G1), the highlight of Sao Paulo’s most prestigious racing event on Sunday at Hipodromo Cidade Jardim. Read More...
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Hong Kong champion sprinter Absolute Champion was euthanized on Sunday at Kranji after he fractured his right front fetlock in the $731,100 Krisflyer International Sprint. Read More...
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Rio de Janeiro invader La Vendetta scored a decisive victory over Sao Paulo's top turf females in the Grande Premio Organizacao Sulamericana de Fomento ao Pura Sangue de Corrida (Brz-G1) on Saturday to kick off Sao Paulo Jockey Club’s international race meeting at Hipodromo Cidade Jardim. Read More...
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South African champion Jay Peg inhaled pacesetter Chevron inside the final 400 meters and drove clear to a 1 3/4-length win in the $2,193,300 Singapore Airlines International Cup (Sin-G1) on Sunday at Kranji. Read More...
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Horses trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre dominated both top events at Longchamp on Sunday. After saddling Belle et Celebre to victory in the Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (Fr-G1), he greeted the first two finishers, Sageburg and Darjina, in the winner's enclosure following the Prix d'Ispahan (Fr-G1). Read More...
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Godolphin struck at Group 1 level in Europe for the first time this year when Creachadoir, under a determined Frankie Dettori, won the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes (Eng-G1) on Saturday at Newbury. Read More...
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Latency, winner of the 2007 Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini (Arg-G1), was the big star on Thursday night during presentations of the Carlos Pellegrini Awards, the equivalent to the Eclipse Awards, at San Isidro Racecourse in Buenos Aires. Read More...
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Trainer Mike Moroney’s formerly uncelebrated handicapper Sarrera continued his remarkable ascent to prominence this season as a seven-year-old when he notched his second straight Group 1 victory in the $482,601 XXXX Gold Doomben Cup (Aus-G1) on Saturday. Read More...
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Another high class meeting is set for Longchamp on Sunday and features the Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (Fr-G1) and the Prix d’Ispahan (Fr-G1). Read More...
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