Deirdre rallies up fence to take Group 1 Nassau at Goodwood
The Japanese mare Deirdre upset the Group 1 Nassau Stakes on Thursday at Goodwood under a sweet rail-skimming ride from Oisin Murphy.
Marcus HershAug 01, 2019
The Japanese mare Deirdre upset the Group 1 Nassau Stakes on Thursday at Goodwood under a sweet rail-skimming ride from Oisin Murphy.
After a cold start to his 3-year-old campaign, the mercury is rising in Too Darn Hot, who fired home with an electric burst to win the Group 1 Sussex Stakes on Wednesday at Goodwood Racecourse.
Trainer John Gosden and jockey Frankie Dettori combined to take down the featured race on the first two days of the Glorious Goodwood festival in England this week and have a chance to run that string to three when Mediyaah starts Thursday in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes.
Too Darn Hot can take another step toward restoring his outsized reputation as a 2-year-old when he starts as the favorite in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes on Wednesday at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Laurens, bred in France and based in England with trainer Karl Burke, won her third Group 1 race in France in Sunday’s $333,840 Prix Rothschild for fillies and mares at a mile at Deauville Racecourse.
Enable won her 11th race in a row, but not without a struggle, as Crystal Ocean gave the great mare all she could handle Saturday at Ascot in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Obligate, unbeaten in three starts, will face by far the toughest test of her young career in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Rothschild for fillies and mares at a mile on turf at Deauville, France.
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.