Camelot heads Derby entries.
Camelot remains one of the 24 runners that have been left in at the latest scratching stage for the Investec Derby at Epsom in June. Camelot was an impressive winner of the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Aidan O’Brien three year old has been a warm order for the June 2nd Classic at Epsom [...]
Aidan O’Brien’s filly Twirl could only manage to finish second in the Group Three Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York this afternoon behind the John Gosden trained easy winner The Fugue under William Buick. Twirl was all the rage in the betting this morning (6/4 into 4/5) as rumours still circulated that the John Gosden trained [...]
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Wayne Lordan and Tommy Stack combined to saddle a double at Killarney this evening. The first leg of the double at the county Kerry track came aboard Van Rooney who came with a late run to beat Custom Cat in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden. Speaking about Van Rooney, Fozzy Stack assistant [...]
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Aidan O’Brien is very confident that his 2000 Guineas winner Camelot will stay the extra distance in the Investec Derby at Epsom next month. Camelot who is lightly raced won his maiden at Leopardstown last year and then went on to win the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster last season and made a winning appearance [...]
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Aidan O’Brien and his son Joseph were back in the winner’s enclosure again at Chester today as Astrology made all to win the Stobart Barristers Dee Stakes. The three year old son of Galileo was out of the stalls like a rocket and quickly buried his rivals into the ground one by one under Joseph [...]
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John Oxx has announced this morning that Akeed Mofeed will be not aimed towards next month’s Investec Epsom Derby after he suffered another setback in training. The three year old was set to run at Leopardstown on Sunday in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes but has suffered a strained hock. Akeed Mofeed will now [...]
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John Oxx hasn’t given up on Born To Sea despite him only been able to finish twelfth in last Saturday’s QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. The half brother to Sea The Stars was never really racing and could only manage to finish down the pack, some ten lengths behind the eventual winner Camelot who is [...]
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Joseph O’Brien picked up a four day ban for excessive use of the whip on Betterbetterbetter in today’s Cheshire Oaks at Chester and is now likely to miss the Abu Dhabi 2000 Guineas at The Curragh. The well fancied 2/1 favourite looked to have the race in the bag but Franny Norton struck late aboard [...]
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Ger Lyons won’t make a decision until Saturday whether Lightening Pearl will take her chance in Sunday’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Lightening Pearl won three off her five starts last year as a two year old and rounded the juveniles season off in style when landing the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket over [...]
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John Oxx said today that he is very much in the dark over Born To Sea’s chances in QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. Born to Sea who is a brother to Prix De L’Arc winner Sea The Stars was last seen finishing second to the Aidan O’Brien trained Nephrite last October in the [...]
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Joseph O’Brien recorded a 104/1 double at Dundalk tonight. The first leg of the double came aboard Ishvana who is trained by his father Aidan and owned by his mother Ann-Marie. Although only five runners went to post in the bookings@dundalkstadium.com Race, Ishvana was available at 4/1 in the morning but drifted on track out [...]
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Kevin Prendergast believes that his filly La Collina could be the forgotten about horse Sunday’s Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Prendergast believes that the daughter of Strategic Prince can reproduce her juvenile form in Sunday’s valuable race. La Collina beat Aidan O’Brien’s 2000 Guineas hopeful Power in the Group One Phoenix Stakes but could only [...]
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Edward Lynam saddles two runners in the very competitive looking Bookings At Dundalkstadium.com Race tomorrow evening at the county Louth venue. Lynam is expecting good runs from Slade Power and Muck ‘N’Brass in tomorrow contest which will be run over seven furlongs. Slade Power is stepping up in trip after winning two races over six [...]
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Kissed showed her stylish class at Navan today by landing the Listed Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Salsabil Stakes under Joseph O’Brien for his father Aidan. Kissed made a winning debut when winning her maiden at Navan last November and justified her short odds (4/5 into 2/5) today and recorded am impressive eight and [...]
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Unaccompanied got back to winning ways on the flat today at Navan as she recorded a comfortable one and three-quarter length victory in the concluding navanracecourse.ie Race under jockey Pat Smullen. The five year old daughter of Danehill Dancer was last seen running over hurdles where she finished a disappointing fourth to Hurricane Fly in [...]
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The former Marco Botti trained Excelebration made a winning Irish debut today when landing the featured Big Bad Bob Gladness Stakes at The Curragh today. Now trained by Aidan O’Brien, the 2/7 red hot favourite was always cruising and extended his lead in the last furlong to record a three and a quarter lengths win [...]
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John Oxx has plans to run Sharestan and Akeed Wafi at The Curragh in the coming weeks after both horses ran brilliant races last weekend at Leopardstown. Sharestan made a tremendous start to the season when picking up the Irish Lincolnshire at The Curragh and last week stepped up in company at Leopardstown to finish [...]
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Aidan O’Brien plans on running Excelebration in the Group Three Big Bad Bob Gladness Stakes at The Curragh this Sunday. The four year old son of Exceed and Excel was formerly trained in Newmarket by Marco Botti and has twice finished runner up to the superstar that is Frankel as been rated as one of [...]
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Jim Bolger has had a lot of luck in the past in the P.W McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown and today recorded back to back training successes when Light Heavy landed the featured Group Three under Kevin Manning. Bolger had recorded victory in the same race last year with Banimpire. Kevin Manning had the [...]
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Ballydoyle have entered Camelot in the Dante Stakes at York on May 17th. The current Epsom Derby and 2000 Guineas favourite is one of 76 entries. Camelot worked very well after racing at the Curragh two weeks ago and looks likely to be a contender in what is described as a major Derby trial race. [...]
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