More Joyous extended her unbeaten streak to three races this year and earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita in November with a victory in Saturday’s $2,060,000 Doncaster Mile at Randwick Racecourse in Australia.
Excelebration, one of Europe’s best milers in 2011, makes his first start of 2012 and first for trainer Aidan O’Brien Sunday at the Curragh in the Group 3 Gladness Stakes.
Trumpet Major led a one-two sweep for trainer Richard Hannon in Thursday's Group 3 Craven Stakes at Newmarket, with Crius home second a full five lengths behind the winner.
Black Caviar, the unbeaten Australian sprinter, will have two starts in that country in coming weeks before traveling to England for the Royal Ascot meeting in June,
Frankel, the undefeated Horse of the Year in England in 2011, will resume training in coming days after undergoing “exploratory scans” that showed no injuries after a training scare last week, trainer Sir Henry Cecil said on his website on Wednesday.
Thirteen 3-year-olds passed the final declarations stage and are expected to contest the Group 3 Craven Stakes on Thursday at Newmarket in England.
American graded winner Sharp Susan helped Australia’s Inglis Easter broodmare sale kick off with a strong “super select” session Tuesday when she topped the three-day auction’s opener at about $1,092,000.
Pimpernel, a stakes winner in England last year and stakes placed in Dubai earlier this year, may start favored in a wide-open running of the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Newmarket, England on Wednesday.
Dabirsim suffered the first loss of his career when run down by Dragon Pulse in the late stages of the Group 3 Prix Fontainebleau on Sunday at Longchamp
Neptune Collonges won Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in England by a nose over Sunnyhillboy, a race marred by the deaths of two runners, including favored Synchronised.
