MITOCHONDRIA THE MAKING OF SHANGHAI BOBBY?

  • Posted: January 30, 2019  by Alan Porter   -  
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When Shanghai Bobby retired to stand at Ashford Stud, Versailles, Kentucky for the 2014 breeding season, the hope was that he would become a prolific source of speedy and precocious dirt horses. At the time, that hope appeared to be an entirely reasonable one, given that he was an undefeated

Royal Ascot Day III – Stradivarius in the Gold Cup

  • Posted: June 22, 2018  by Alan Porter   -  
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The two-and-a-half mile Ascot Gold Cup (G1) may have long ceased to be as stallion making race – the last winner to become a major sire on the flat was probably Sheshoon who prevailed in 1960 – but it often provides an exceptional spectacle, and the 2018 renewal was no