ROYAL ASCOT: DAY 3 – GOLDEN LIGHT

  • Posted: June 20, 2014  by Alan Porter   -  
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If you are used to the steady diet of six to nine furlongs fed by racing on the principal surface (dirt) in U.S., the Royal Ascot meeting serves as a refreshing reminder of the diverse fair that thoroughbred racing can offer. On day one, we had the King’s Stand Stakes

ROYAL ASCOT DAY IV – SKY CROWNED MILER QUEEN

  • Posted: June 21, 2013  by Alan Porter   -  
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  Day four at Royal Ascot kicked off with the six-furlong Albany Stakes (Eng-III) for 2-year-old fillies. The winner, Kiyoshi, looked to travel nearly as far sideways as forwards in the last couple of furlongs, but still scored impressively from favorite Sandiva (by Footstepsinthesand), with Frankel’s half sister Joyeuse third.

KING IN DUBAI

  • Posted: March 31, 2013  by Alan Porter   -  
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Given the international nature of the event, there couldn’t have been a much more appropriate winner of the Dubai World Cup (gr. I) than Animal Kingdom (TrueNicks A++). Representing Australia – where he’s headed to stud for the second half of the year – he is U.S.-trained and foaled, by

CAMELOT PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE SIRE MONTJEU

  • Posted: May 9, 2012  by Alan Porter   -  
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Run a few hours before the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), the first English classic, the 2,000 Guineas (gr. I) saw Camelot pay tribute to his late sire, Montjeu. One of the most important sons of Sadler’s Wells, both as a runner and a sire, Montjeu captured six group one events,