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September 2009 - Posts

• Head-Maarek goes for fourth Cheveley Park win with Special Duty
  Sep 30 2009, 08:11 AM

  Trainer Criquette Head-Maarek will seek her fourth Electrolux Cheveley Park Stakes (Eng-G1) victory in three decades on Friday when she sends out Special Duty at Newmarket. Read More... Post Reactions

• Quartet of Group 2 winners to clash in Middle Park
  Sep 30 2009, 07:26 AM

  Unbeaten Awzaan is one of four Group 2 winners entered in a compact but talented field of five for the $271,133 Shadwell Middle Park Stakes (Eng-G1) for two-year-olds on Friday at Newmarket. Read More... Post Reactions

• Meydan Racecourse to feature Tapeta track
  Sep 30 2009, 05:23 AM

  The Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest day of racing, will be run on a synthetic surface for the first time this year. Read More... Post Reactions

• Meydan Group to sponsor 2010 Equestrian Games
  Sep 28 2009, 12:35 PM

  Dubai-based Meydan Group, developer of the opulent racing facility Meydan Grandstand and Racecourse, has agreed to become a sponsor of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Read More... Post Reactions

• Jukebox Jury victorious in Preis von Europa
  Sep 27 2009, 01:38 PM

  Jukebox Jury narrowly held back a determined late bid from Eastern Anthem to earn his first win at the top level in the IVG Preis von Europa (Ger-G1) on Sunday at Cologne. Read More... Post Reactions

• Road To Rock springs upset in George Main Stakes
  Sep 26 2009, 08:35 AM

  Long odds and the presence of champion Racing To Win did nothing to dampen trainer Anthony Cummings confidence in Road To Rock in the Arrowfield Stud George Main Stakes (Aus-G1) on Saturday at Randwick. Read More... Post Reactions

• Joshua Tree cruises to Royal Lodge Stakes win
  Sep 26 2009, 08:22 AM

  Joshua Tree closed with a sustained rush in his third career start to win the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (Eng-G2) by 1 1/4 lengths under Colm O’Donoghue on Saturday at Ascot. Read More... Post Reactions

• Hibaayeb breaks through in Fillies' Mile
  Sep 26 2009, 08:19 AM

  Seeking her first career victory, Hibayeeb surged to the front from the inside in the final furlong and powered to a three-quarter-length win in the Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile Stakes (Eng-G1) on Saturday at Ascot. Read More... Post Reactions

• Ascot win confirms Rip Van Winkle as Classic contender
  Sep 26 2009, 08:14 AM

  Rip Van Winkle confirmed his Group 1 class on Saturday at Ascot and cemented his credentials as a leading contender for the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) with a dominant performance in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by Sony (Eng-G1). Read More... Post Reactions

• Danleigh powers from off the pace to Manikato Stakes win
  Sep 25 2009, 09:20 AM

  Danleigh made his first start of the spring campaign a winning one on Friday as he pulled away in the straight to capture the Sportingbet Manikato Stakes (Aus-G1) at Moonee Valley. Read More... Post Reactions

• Long Lashes seeks first Group 1 win in Fillies’ Mile
  Sep 24 2009, 10:50 AM

  Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor hopes Long Lashes can rebound from her unplaced finish last time out and land her first Group 1 win in Saturday’s Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile Stakes (Eng-G1), which drew eight other juvenile fillies, at Ascot. Read More... Post Reactions

• Aqlaam could be spoiler in Queen Elizabeth II showdown
  Sep 24 2009, 10:46 AM

  Godolphin’s multiple group stakes winner Delegator and Coolmore’s Group 1 winner Rip Van Winkle are among the compact but talented field set to meet on Saturday at Ascot in the Sony Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-G1). Read More... Post Reactions

• Tattersalls completes redevelopment of wall box stable area
  Sep 22 2009, 09:59 AM

  Tattersalls Ltd. has completed the extensive renovation and redevelopment of its wall box stabling area and the new facilities will be available for the first time at the start of the Tattersalls October yearling sale. Read More... Post Reactions

• Galileo colt tops SGA Italian select yearling sale
  Sep 22 2009, 09:36 AM

  Bruno Grizzetti purchased the sale-topping Galileo (Ire) colt at the Societa Gestione Aste Italian select yearling sale at the Settimo Milanese complex in Milan, Italy. Read More... Post Reactions

• Hasili’s two-year-old daughter Deluxe wins career debut
  Sep 22 2009, 03:33 AM

  Deluxe, a two-year-old Storm Cat filly out of 2006 Broodmare of the Year Hasili (Ire), became the seventh winner for her dam when she won her career debut, a 1,600-meter (about one mile) maiden race on Tuesday at Chantilly in France. Read More... Post Reactions