First Classic For St Mark’s Basilica As Diamond Necklace Shines
Staged in relentless driving rain, Sunday’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches offered a dramatic backdrop to the continued rise of Ballydoyle’s brilliant Diamond Necklace who provided St Mark’s Basilica with his first Classic. Sent off the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Sea the Moon’s Rayif Claims Classic Glory in the Poulains
Aga Khan Studs homebred Rayif (Sea The Moon), whose year-older half-sister Rayevka (Blue Point) took the G3 Prix de Saint-Georges earlier on the card, became trainer Francis Graffard’s first victory in ParisLongchamp’s G1 Emirates Poule… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Unbeaten Lapotheose In Surprise Saint Alary Win
Sunday’s G2 Camille Pissarro Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary looked as strong a renewal as there has been in recent years and despite her odds, there was no fluke in the success of Lapotheose (Wootton Bassett). Kept to… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Nyquist’s Growth Equity Sterling in Peter Pan Victory
Distance test, passed. Growth Equity (Nyquist) made the jump from maiden to graded winner with aplomb in the GIII Peter Pan Stakes. Content to watch Talk to Me Jimmy (Jimmy Creed) as he posted opening fractions… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Liberty Rings Upsets Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies
Liberty Rings (f, 2, Awesome Slew–America First, by Uncaptured), a rallying third in her debut going 4 1/2 furlongs at Gulfstream Apr. 19, made her first start on grass a winning one with a 7-1… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Celtic Dispute Beats the Boys in Royal Palm Juvenile, Royal Ascot Next
Celtic Dispute (f, 2, Leinster–Bert’s Altarcation, by Bertrando), a debut second as the 4-5 chalk going 4 1/2 furlongs for trainer Patrick Biancone over the Gulfstream dirt Apr. 16, switched to grass and defeated the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
No Nay Never’s Millionaire Confucius A New TDN Rising Star
Introduced in Albert Einstein’s maiden at Naas on Saturday, Ballydoyle’s costly colt Confucius (No Nay Never) upstaged that much-vaunted stablemate in terms of winning time to become his sire’s 13th TDN Rising Star, Presented by… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Lightning Strikes Twice for Glending Stables with €1.1-Million Sioux Nation Filly at Arqana
For the second consecutive year, a daughter of Sioux Nation had Roderic Kavanagh and Cormac O’Flynn of Glending Stables celebrating a seven-figure windfall at the Arqana Breeze-up Sale when lot 82 was knocked down to… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
Maltese Cross Confirms Derby Promise At Lingfield
Britain will have at least one key player in the Derby after TDN Rising Star Maltese Cross (Sea The Stars) battled to prevail in Saturday’s Listed Lingfield Derby Trial for the William Haggas stable. After a… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]
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