ROYAL ASCOT DAY 1 – WAR TIME

  • Posted: June 18, 2013  by Alan Porter   -  
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  At around halfway in the Opening Day’s Queen Anne Stakes (gr. I), Animal Kingdom and Declaration of War were about the same distance off the lead. From that point, however, the duo went in opposite directions, Animal Kingdom, who had pulled hard in the early stages, and found no cover, fading out of

EXTENDING THE LINE

  • Posted: May 5, 2013  by Alan Porter   -  
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The results of the two colt’s classics in the U.S. and England this weekend are notable in that they were both won by horses who offer the opportunity to extend the leading classic distance lines in their respective countries, those of A.P. Indy and Sadler’s Wells. A.P. Indy, despite his

ROYAL ASCOT DAY 1: FRANKEL!

  • Posted: June 20, 2012  by Alan Porter   -  
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“He’s not a horse, he’s a bloomin’ steam engine…”  We were reminded of that statement, made by the legendary jockey Fred Archer, after being run off with on Newmarket Heath by the mighty St. Simon. Frankel didn’t quite bolt off on Ascot Heath yesterday, although it did take Tom Queally