If Alpha Centauri is the most exciting 3-year-old filly in Europe, Sea Of Class is second by a scant nose. Ridden from the back of the pack by James Doyle like there was no way she could lose, Sea Of Class made short work Thursday at York Racecourse of seven foes, winning the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks by 2 1/4 lengths over Coronet.
Roaring Lion confirmed his status as Europe’s leading 3-year-old male, and one of the finest horses in training, with his second consecutive Group 1 win against older horses in Wednesday’s $1.27 million Juddmonte International at York Racecourse in England.
Sea Of Class is the solid early favorite in the Yorkshire Oaks, which is contested at a distance just shy of 1 1/2 miles and was captured last year by the phenomenal filly Enable. It's too early to put Sea Of Class in Enable's league – but she is not all that far from getting into the conversation.
Poet’s Word, the dominant older male in England this summer, and Roaring Lion, one of the country’s top 3-year-olds, meet for the first time in Wednesday’s Group 1 Juddmonte International at York Racecourse.
Pretty Pollyanna won the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes by seven lengths, a staggering margin in a six-furlong European turf race, and while she’s unlikely to duplicate that sort of performance Pretty Pollyanna is favored to win the Group 1 Prix Morny on Sunday at Deauville.
The Australian supermare Winx won her 26th consecutive start in a race named in her honor, the Group 1 Winx Stakes, at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Saturday.
Winx can win her 26th consecutive race in the Group 1 Winx Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Saturday. If successful, she would break Black Caviar's record of consecutive wins by an Australian-based horse.
Alpha Centauri confirmed her status as Europe’s leading turf miler with a comprehensive win against males in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville, France.
The winner of three consecutive Group 1 races, the 3-year-old Alpha Centauri will face males for the first time in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at a straightaway mile on turf at Deauville, France.
The Australian star mare Winx retained her position as the world’s leading racehorse, according to monthly rankings published Thursday by an international panel of handicappers, but the British star Poet’s Word has risen to second
