Later this year, So You Think will begin stud duty in Australia. Until then, he has time to add to his record. On Wednesday, he will be a heavy favorite to win the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Royal Ascot.
Frankel on one end, Black Caviar on the other: As far as bookends go, the Royal Ascot meeting has done pretty well by itself.
Sunday at Chantilly, Beauty Parlor continues along a path similar to Zarkava's when she starts as the favorite in the Group 1 French Oaks.
From start to finish, the five-day Royal Ascot meeting that begins Tuesday is loaded with superstars. The highlight of the first day is the appearance of the undefeated champion Frankel in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes over a mile. Perfect after 10 starts, including the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, England, on May 19, Frankel was a 1-8 shot with bookmakers to win the Queen Anne Stakes as of Friday.
Earl of Tinsdal, a Group 1 winner in Germany last year, led throughout Sunday’s Group 1 Gran Premio di Milano at San Siro Racecourse in Milan, Italy, his first major win of 2012.
European Group 1 winners Earl of Tinsdal, Estejo, and Quiza Quiza Quiza are part of a field of nine in Sunday’s Group 1 Gran Premio di Milano at San Siro Racecourse, the first major race of the year for older horses at the Milan, Italy, course.
Racing jurisdictions around the globe have found a way to link three races and call it a Triple Crown. Some are more meaningful and logical than others.
Jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, who is scheduled to begin riding in Southern California in early July for two months, won his first Grade 1 race of 2012 in Sunday’s $2.6 million Yasuda Kinen aboard Strong Return at Tokyo Racecourse.
The 20-starter Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby, gave every indication of basically being unfathomable, and that proved to be the case, as little-known Saonois scored an upset victory in a roughly run edition of the Group 1 race Sunday at Chantilly.
Was, considered one of trainer Aidan O’Brien’s lesser 3-year-old fillies, pulled a 20-1 upset in Friday’s English Oaks at Epsom Downs, holding off a sustained threat from Shirocco Star to win by a neck.
