Goodwood: Premio Loco, 8, upsets Celebration Mile
Premio Loco, an 8-year-old gelding and 20-1 shot, scored a surprise win in Saturday’s Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Steve AndersenAug 25, 2012
Premio Loco, an 8-year-old gelding and 20-1 shot, scored a surprise win in Saturday’s Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Ortensia, the 7-year-old Australian mare, won the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes for sprinters at York on Friday, her second consecutive group stakes win in England.
Frankel, who stretched his unbeaten streak to 13 with a convincing win in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York on Wednesday, has been given an official rating of 140 for the second time in his career.
Shareta, runner-up in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last October, won for the first time this year in Thursday’s Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks at York, England.
Frankel extended his unbeaten streak to 13 races, and won for the first time over about 1 5/16 miles, with an easy win in Wednesday’s Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse in England.
For all he has accomplished in his unbeaten 12-race career, Frankel has only run two distances – seven furlongs and a mile. That will change Wednesday, when the 4-year-old Frankel starts over 1 1/4 miles for the first time in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York, England.
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.