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Qirat wins Sussex Stakes as 150-1 shocker
Qirat, a 150-1 shot in England and a mere 61-1 on the American tote board, scored a shock upset Wednesday in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse.
Marcus HershJul 30, 2025
Qirat, a 150-1 shot in England and a mere 61-1 on the American tote board, scored a shock upset Wednesday in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse.
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Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog: Sussex Stakes Day
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Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog for Goodwood Cup Day.
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Field of Gold won his 3-year-old debut April 16 as the most tepid of favorites in the Group 3 Craven Stakes. Three months later, the betting markets say it's not a question of whether Field of Gold wins the Group 1 Sussex Stakes on Wednesday at Goodwood, but by how many lengths.
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Calandagan staked his claim as the best older middle-distance horse in Europe and avenged his defeat to Jan Brueghel earlier this year winning the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday at Ascot Racecourse.
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As the World Pool Ambassador for the 2025 season, four-time winner of the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award Ryan Moore will be providing regular blogs and insight ahead of key World Pool racedays, as well as being featured in advertising and marketing campaigns.
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While Rebel's Romance never has won a Group 1 in England, where he's based much of the year with trainer Charlie Appleby, he has started in only one such race, finishing a distant third a year ago in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. His second try comes in in this year's King George, and Rebel's Romance faces just four foes Saturday at Ascot in the 1 1/2-mile fixture.
Minnie Hauk scored an Oaks double Saturday at The Curragh when she won the Irish Oaks by 1 1/4 lengths. The victory came about six weeks after Minnie Hauk had captured the Oaks at Epsom.
On form and in the betting markets, Minnie Hauk is a lock to give trainer Aidan O’Brien his eighth victory in the Irish Oaks.
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An extraordinary 2024/25 Hong Kong racing season drew to a close at Happy Valley on Wednesday (16 July), concluding one of the greatest chapters in Hong Kong racing history. The individual and collective feats of Hong Kong’s equine titans – Ka Ying Rising, Romantic Warrior and Voyage Bubble – elevated Hong Kong’s world-class racing onto an even higher plane during a record-breaking and historic season.