The entire point of judiciously employing the term “great” is to save it for things that truly merit the description, to make sure “great” still means something. Well, here is a real chance to let it rip, as the great Enable takes to the races again Saturday at Ascot in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Four-year-old filly Sea of Class, one of Europe’s top horses last year, had to be euthanized Monday morning in England after developing lymphoma.
The ascendant Star Catcher, ridden by Frankie Dettori, his star still shining bright, proved uncatchable Saturday at The Curragh, making all the pace and holding off Fleeting by a half-length to win the Group 1 Irish Oaks.
Japan won the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris on Sunday going 1 1/2 miles at Longchamp – the same course and distance where the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will be contested in October.
John Size clinched his 11th training title with two wins on Sunday’s 11-race program at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, the final day of that circuit’s 2018-19 season.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, July 14, 2019 - Sha Tin
Ten Sovereigns rebounded from a fourth-place finish as the even-money favorite in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on July 21 to win for the first time this year in Saturday’s Group 1 July Cup against older sprinters at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
A perfect season gave Beauty Generation his second consecutive Horse of the Year title in Hong Kong for the 2018-19 season that ends this weekend.
Japan never has won a Group 1 race but is the heavy favorite to do so in the Grand Prix de Paris on Sunday at Longchamp.
Veracious won her first Group 1 race in her fourth try in Friday’s $250,000 Falmouth Stakes at a mile for fillies and mares at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
