England: No showdown between Frankel, Black Caviar
Black Caviar, the undefeated Australian sprinter, will not face the unbeaten miler Frankel in England this summer.
Steve AndersenMay 28, 2012
Black Caviar, the undefeated Australian sprinter, will not face the unbeaten miler Frankel in England this summer.
The stallion Deep Impact continued his domination of the Japanese classics this spring when the colts Deep Brillante and Tosen Homareboshi finished first and third in Sunday’s $3.9 million Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse.
Golden Lilac’s 4-year-old debut Sunday at Longchamp in the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan produced a three-quarters length victory over top-class Cirrus des Aigles and pointed the filly out as one of the best middle-distance runners in Europe.
Power, ridden by Joseph O’Brien for his father, trainer Aidan O’Brien, captured the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday at the Curragh.
Frankel and Black Caviar, those towering unbeatens, dominate international racing headlines, but how can there be a more admirable racehorse than Cirrus des Aigles? On Sunday at Longchamp, the best older middle-distance horse in Europe will try to win his third Group 1 in a row, and he’ll be favored to beat seven rivals in the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan.
Bogeyman is part of a field of 14 in Friday’s Gran Premio 25 at San Isidro Racecourse in Buenos Aires, Argentina which offers an automatic Win and You're In berth to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 3.
Aidan O’Brien will have as many as four runners – including Kentucky Derby last-place finisher Daddy Long Legs – in the Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday at The Curragh, but the O’Brien quartet doesn’t include the race’s ante-post betting favorite, Parish Hall.
Gold Ship, the winner of the Japanese 2000 Guineas, has a tough act to follow in Sunday’s $3.9 million Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse.
Danedream, the blowout winner of the 2011 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, made a winning return to the races on Sunday in Germany, beating nine rivals in the Group 2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Unternehmer at Baden-Baden.
The Japanese filly Gentildonna has won the first two stakes in that country’s lucrative series for 3-year-old fillies. Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse, Gentildonna won the $2.52 million Japanese Oaks by five lengths in stakes-record time.