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.
Golden Horn remained unbeaten after four starts with an impressive win in Saturday’s $2,204,058 English Derby at Epsom Downs south of London, leading a sweep of the first two positions for trainer John Gosden.
That Aidan O’Brien won the Investec Oaks on Friday at Epsom came as no surprise. O’Brien had won the race four times previously and had three entrants this year. But that he won with the filly Qualify? Now, that was a surprise.
