Snow Fairy won the sixth Group 1 race of her career in Sunday’s Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville, France, a victory that trainer Ed Dunlop described as “one of the biggest highlights of my career.”
Lethal Force, a 25-1 outsider, led throughout Saturday’s Group 2 Hungerford Stakes at Newbury Racecourse, holding off a late threat from top contender Strong Suit in the seven-furlong race.
The return of five-time Group 1 winner Snow Fairy highlights the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet on Sunday at Deauville in France, but Snow Fairy has found a difficult spot to make her first start since last November.
Strong Suit, a multiple group stakes winner in 2011 but winless in two starts this year, will be favored to win Saturday’s Group 2 Hungerford Stakes over seven furlongs on turf at Newbury, England.
With his nemesis Frankel not entered, Excelebration won a strong renewal of the Group 1 Jacques Le Marois by 1 1/4 lengths over Cityscape on Sunday at Deauville.
Excelebration has gotten away from Frankel but appears to be stepping into a hornet's nest when he ships from Ireland to the French coast to start in the Group 1 Jacques Le Marois on Sunday at Deauvville.
Diamond Jubilee runner-up Moonlight Cloud crushed eight foes in the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday at Deauville.
The Fugue, considered trainer John Gosden’s second string entry, pulled a slight upset in Saturday’s Group 1 Nassau Stakes for fillies and mares at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Izzi Top and The Fugue, trainer John Gosden’s top fillies of the summer, meet for the first time in Saturday’s Group 1 Nassau Stakes for fillies and mares at Goodwood Racecourse in southern England.
the unbeaten colt Frankel turned in another breathtaking performance, scoring a six-length win in yet another dominant Group 1 triumph, this in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.
