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YESTERDAY June 19, 2013
Royal Ascot: Al Kazeem wins Prince of Wales’s Stakes
Al Kazeem caught pacesetter Mukhadram in the final strides to win his second consecutive Group 1 race, and third straight stakes, in Wednesday’s $775,000 Prince of Wales’s Stakes on the second day of the Royal Ascot meeting.
Royal Ascot: Sky Lantern, Just the Judge rematched in Coronation
A half-length separated Sky Lantern and Just the Judge when they finished first and second in the Group 1 English 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 5, and they are rematched in Friday’s Group 1 Coronation Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Royal Ascot.
June 18, 2013
Royal Ascot: Estimate favored in large field for Gold Cup
The long and short of Thursday’s card at Royal Ascot, respectively, are the Group 1 Gold Cup and the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes. The Gold Cup, for older horses, is contested over 2 1/2 miles, while the Norfolk is a five-furlong dash for 2-year-olds.
Royal Ascot: Animal Kingdom soundly defeated in Queen Anne
Animal Kingdom won the 2011 Kentucky Derby in his first dirt start, and he traveled halfway around the globe to capture the $10 million Dubai World Cup in March, but he could not conquer his latest new world, England, clunking home 11th of 13 on ...
June 17, 2013
Royal Ascot: Al Kazeem favored in Prince of Wales's Stakes
Al Kazeem was a 9-4 choice when he upset the heavily favored Camelot in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup in Ireland on May 26. When they meet for a rematch in Wednesday’s Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, it is Al Kazeem who will be the ...
June 16, 2013
Treve wins French Oaks to remain undefeated
Treve made the third start of her career in Sunday’s $1.32 million French Oaks at Chantilly Racecourse but ran like a filly with considerable experience, winning the Group 1 race by four lengths to remain unbeaten.
June 15, 2013
Royal Ascot: Animal Kingdom faces new challenge in Queen Anne
The Queen Anne, a Group 1 going a mile, is run down a straight, undulating Royal Ascot course far different from anything Animal Kingdom has encountered in a race.
June 14, 2013
Chantilly: Flotilla seeks third straight major win in French Oaks
Flotilla, who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita last November, will try to win her third consecutive major stakes against a talented field of 3-year-old fillies in Sunday’s $1,320,000 French Oaks at Chantilly Racecourse in France.
Animal Kingdom starts off Royal Ascot meet with a bang
At the Royal Ascot meeting in England, there is no gradual crescendo to a fantastic finale. Day 1 of five-day stand is the best day of the meeting, and the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, the first race on the first day, often is the meeting’s best race.
June 12, 2013
Animal Kingdom breezes uphill five furlongs on a synthetic track for Royal Ascot start
Animal Kingdom on Wednesday morning had his final breeze for the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday at Royal Ascot when he worked five furlongs on an uphill synthetic-surface gallop in Lambourn, England.