Fame And Glory seeks the Leger
Aidan O’Brien’s Gold Cup-winning star Fame And Glory seeks to add a sixth Group One victory to his impressive record when he tackles the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh. The five-year-old was coming off a two-month break when beaten a neck by Fictional Account, who renews rivalry, in the St Leger...
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Fiction and Fame to meet at the St Leger
Fictional Account and Fame And Glory could be set to clash once again in next month’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh. Vincent Ward’s mare caused a huge shock at the weekend when beating Aidan O’Brien’s Ascot Gold Cup winner in a trial for the final Irish Classic of the season. With...
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Fictional trumps Fame and Glory
Fame And Glory suffered a shock reverse behind 14-1 chance Fictional Account in the Irish Field St Leger Trial Stakes. Aidan O’Brien’s charge was having his first start since claiming the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, and all seemed to be going well as he travelled smoothly enough to take closer order in...
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Rite Of Passage out of Gold Cup
Rite of Passage Misses Ascot Gold Cup In a major surprise at the five day declaration stage, Rite Of Passage, last year’s winner and ante-post favourite to repeat the dose, was absent from the runners for this year’s Ascot Gold Cup. Dermot Weld’s reigning champion finished third on his seasonal...
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Irish Champion Stakes Sees Ten Starters Remain
Yesterday’s forfeit stage for the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes sees ten starters remaining to challenge for the event. Aidan O'Brien The previous ten years has seen Aidan O’Brien claiming glory on five occurrences in this esteemed Group One race, with this year seeing a formidable team...
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Five Chances for O’Brien at Leopardstown
Heading up the dance card for trainer Aidan O’Brien for the Tattersalls Millions Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday are Rip Van Winkle and Fame And Glory. Leopardstown The duo Group One victors, together with Irish Derby champ Cape Blanco, Beethoven and Black Quartz hoped, by the trainer from Ballydoyle,...
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Leopardstown Battleground for Blanco and Glory
It appears that the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 4th may become a battleground for stablemates Fame And Glory and Cape Blanco. Aidan O'Brien Although the duo have had victories the previous two runnings of the Irish Derby, trainer Aidan O’Brien would not be...
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Choose Me Awaiting Fame and Glory
Whether Choose Me will have any involvement in the Keeneland Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday will depend on if the impressive Fame And Glory is expected to be a starter. The Curragh The victor of Irish Derby last year, Fame And Glory, was the imposing winner of the Coronation Cup at Epsom on his last...
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Weekend Review from Limerick and Curragh
It’s always a difficult time of year to be a punter, as the last hurrah’s of the jumping season dovetail with the first flushes of the incumbent flat campaign. And so it proved for punters this weekend at the respective jump and flat cards at Limerick and the Curragh. Limerick’s feature was the...
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