Lord Glitters finds good spot in Lockinge Stakes
Six-year-old Lord Glitters stands a decent chance of winning his first Group 1 race Saturday at Newbury in England when he starts in the Lockinge Stakes.
Marcus HershMay 16, 2019
Six-year-old Lord Glitters stands a decent chance of winning his first Group 1 race Saturday at Newbury in England when he starts in the Lockinge Stakes.
Unheralded Telecaster was too darn good Thursday at York Racecourse, sending 2-year-old champion Too Darn Hot to his first defeat by beating him one length in the Group 2 Dante Stakes.
The Group 2 Dante Stakes on Thursday at York Racecourse in England serves as a prep for the Epsom Derby. For Too Darn Hot, the favorite, the race serves as a crossroads.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, May 15 at Happy Valley.
Cinquante Cinq has made steady progress in Hong Kong in his first four starts, winning for the first time in March and finishing a close second on April 17.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at Happy Valley.
Normcore won her first Grade 1 race in Sunday’s $1,864,289 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan, blazing the distance in a course-record time of 1:30.50 on firm turf.
Godolphin swept the two classic races for 3-year-olds Sunday at Longchamp, where Persian King won the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the French 2000 Guineas, by one length and Castle Lady proved a nose best in the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, the 1000 Guineas.
Aerolithe, who finished ninth in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at Gulfstream Park in January, is part of a field of 18 in Sunday’s Grade 1 Victoria Mile on turf for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan.
Magna Grecia's win last weekend in the English 2000 Guineas reverberated across the English Channel all the way to France, where the colt Persian King was preparing for Sunday's Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains, the French version of the 2000 Guineas. Persian King last October in England won the Group 3 Autumn Stakes, a race in which Magna Grecia finished second, the only loss of his career.