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August 2009 - Posts

• Scenic Blast crowned Australian Horse of the Year
  Aug 31 2009, 11:11 AM

  The connections of Scenic Blast collected plenty of hardware on Monday night at Australia’s Racehorse of the Year Awards at Melbourne’s Crown Casino. Read More... Post Reactions

• Kalath Wells defeats La Charmante<br> in Seleccion de Potrancas
  Aug 31 2009, 10:28 AM

  Maiden winner Kalath Wells scored an upset win in a field of five three-year-old fillies in the Gran Premio Seleccion de Potrancas (Arg-G1) at Hipodromo La Plata on Sunday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Bonny and Clyde stays undefeated<br> with Chilean Mil Guineas win
  Aug 30 2009, 08:45 AM

  Marcel Zarour’s and Maria Luisa Solari’s Bonny and Clyde kept her record on the dirt perfect on Saturday when she powered to a 2 1/2-length win in the $57,148 Clasico Mil Guineas (Chi-G1) at Hipodromo Chile. Read More... Post Reactions

• Termagant scores upset in Moyglare Stud Stakes
  Aug 30 2009, 08:40 AM

  Termagant handled a major step up in class and stamped herself a contender for the 2010 classics with a convincing win at 16-to-1 odds in the Moyglare Stud Stakes (Ire-G1) on Sunday at the Curragh. Read More... Post Reactions

• Delegator wins Celebration Mile
  Aug 29 2009, 09:52 AM

  With two runner-up finishes in Group 1 races earlier this season, Delegator impressed new owner Godolphin on Saturday with a convincing victory in the Totesport.com Celebration Mile Stakes (Eng-G2) at Goodwood. Read More... Post Reactions

• Study indicates more fatal hind leg<br> injuries occur on synthetic tracks
  Aug 29 2009, 09:52 AM

  A study presented during Thursday's meeting of the California Horse Racing Board suggests that synthetic surfaces have led to an increase in hind-end injuries. Read More... Post Reactions

• Denman wins first Group 1 of Australian racing season
  Aug 29 2009, 09:45 AM

  Denman extended his winning streak to five with a victory in the first Group 1 race of the season in Australia. Read More... Post Reactions

• Tavistock upsets New Zealand Horse of the Year Mufhasa
  Aug 29 2009, 09:41 AM

  Tavistock surged into contention with a sweeping bid leaving the turn and battled gamely in the stretch to outfinish race favorite and reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Mufhasa by a neck in the Mudgway Partsworld Stakes (NZ-G1) on Saturday at Hastings. Read More... Post Reactions

• Aga Khan retains jockey Lemaire for 2010 season
  Aug 28 2009, 08:43 AM

  The Aga Khan Studs has retained Christophe Lemaire as rider of first call in France in 2010 following the recent dissolution of the partnership between the Aga Khan and longtime stable jockey Christophe Soumillon. Read More... Post Reactions

• Aga Khan to part ways<br> with stable rider Soumillon
  Aug 25 2009, 09:15 AM

  The partnership between the Aga Khan and regular rider Christophe Soumillon will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2009 racing season. Read More... Post Reactions

• Fallon looks for spot to begin comeback
  Aug 24 2009, 10:08 AM

  Six-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon is close to making his return from an 18-month suspension for failing a random drug test in France in August 2007. Read More... Post Reactions

• Arcano steals Prix Morny<br> spotlight at Deauville
  Aug 23 2009, 08:46 AM

  Arcano stole the spotlight from prerace favorite Canford Cliffs with a record-setting performance in the Darley Prix Morny (Fr-G1) on Sunday at Deauville. Read More... Post Reactions

• Borderlescott scores repeat Nunthorpe win
  Aug 21 2009, 07:12 AM

  Borderlescott landed his first group stakes victory in the 2008 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (Eng-G1) and he was up to the challenge again on Friday at York as he scored a repeat victory in the five-furlong sprint worth $347,952. Read More... Post Reactions

• Dar Re Mi hits another high note at York; Sariska flat
  Aug 20 2009, 08:50 AM

  Lord and Lady Andrew Lloyd Webber’s homebred Dar Re Mi won her second consecutive race at the highest level when she easily held back dual classic winner and favorite Sariska for an upset victory on Thursday in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (Eng-G1) at York. Read More... Post Reactions

• Experience versus youth in Nunthorpe Stakes
  Aug 19 2009, 12:23 PM

  Cheveley Park Stud’s Kingsgate Native will try to recapture his Group 1-winning form on Friday at York when he tries to win the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (Eng-G1) for the second time. Read More... Post Reactions