Trip to Paris, Moore share spotlight
Trip to Paris, who had to be supplemented into the race, upset the Group 1 Gold Cup on Thursday at Royal Ascot, but it was jockey Ryan Moore who stole the show.
Marcus HershJun 18, 2015
Trip to Paris, who had to be supplemented into the race, upset the Group 1 Gold Cup on Thursday at Royal Ascot, but it was jockey Ryan Moore who stole the show.
Hootenanny, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita last October, starts for trainer Wesley Ward in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup, a $588,937 sprint for 3-year-olds at six furlongs on turf Friday at Royal Ascot.
The two favorites won the big one-mile races on the opening day of the Royal Ascot meeting on Tuesday, Solow capturing the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes and Gleneagles rolling home in the Group 1 St. James’s Palace Stakes later on the card.
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, was confined to his stall in Newmarket, England, on Tuesday while undergoing treatment for a foot abscess that will prevent him from starting in Wednesday’s Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.
California Chrome’s scheduled start in Wednesday’s Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot in England was considered doubtful on Monday after trainer Art Sherman said an abscess was detected in the colt’s right front foot.
A fascinating and most unusual showdown between Able Friend and Solow launches the five-day Royal Ascot meeting Tuesday.
Star of Seville, last seen racing just nine days ago in England, won the Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) by one length over Physiocrate on Sunday at Chantilly.
Thirteen American horses will race during the five days of the Royal Ascot meet in England that begins Tuesday, including California Chrome, the 2014 Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year.
Maurice extended his winning streak to four races with a win in Sunday’s $1,554,918 Yasuda Kinen at a mile on turf at Tokyo, the first win in a Grade 1 for the 4-year-old colt.
William Buick, who rode Prince Bishop to victory in the $10 million Dubai World Cup in March, has been named to ride California Chrome in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot in England on June 17, trainer Art Sherman said on Sunday.