As dual-English classic winner Camelot goes to the post Saturday for the St. Leger Stakes, it has been 42 years since Nijinsky won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, the Epsom Derby on Epsom Downs, and the St. Leger in Doncaster to become what turned out to be the last Triple Crown winner of the 20th century.
On Saturday afternoon at Doncaster in England, trainer John Gosden will take two shots at odds-on favorite Camelot in the English St. Leger Stakes, but Gosden might have a stronger chance to take down the Group 1 Irish St. Leger on Saturday evening at The Curragh.
All eyes will be focused on the Town Moor at Doncaster Racecourse in Yorkshire County on Saturday when the heroically named Camelot attempts to dust off the history books and become the first winner of the English Triple Crown in 42 years.
Sky Lantern gave noted trainer of 2-year-olds Richard Hannon his latest success in a major race for juveniles when she won the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes on Sunday at The Curragh in Ireland.
Snow Fairy out-kicked Nathaniel to capture the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths on Saturday at Leopardstown.
The most surprising thing about Sunday’s Moyglare Stud Stakes at The Curragh in Ireland is the fact trainer Aidan O’Brien doesn’t have an obviously prime contender in the Group 1 race for 2-year-old fillies.
The best race in Ireland so far this year takes place Sunday at Leopardstown with Nathaniel, Snow Fairy, and St Nicholas Abbey the main attractions among six horses entered in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes.
Danedream won Germany’s most important race for older horses, the Group 1 Grosser Preis von Baden, for the second straight year on Sunday at Baden-Baden.
After turning over the possibility of sending Frankel to the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the connections of the world’s best horse have decided to stick to their original plan and run Frankel in the Champion Stakes on Oct. 20 at Ascot.
First Cornerstone, recently acquired by the Kentucky-based Team Valor Partnership, won Sunday’s Group 2 Futurity Stakes for 2-year-olds at the Curragh in Ireland in his group stakes debut.
