Perfect Shirl's Argentina trip called off
A series of canceled flights earlier this week kept Perfect Shirl from traveling to Argentina for Saturday's Group 1 Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini.
Steve AndersenDec 15, 2011
A series of canceled flights earlier this week kept Perfect Shirl from traveling to Argentina for Saturday's Group 1 Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini.
Joie de Vivre, a half-sister to Japan Cup winner Buena Vista, won Sunday’s Group 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in Japan to remain unbeaten and clinch the 2-year-old filly championship.
California Memory typically is the deepest of deep closers, sitting at the back of the pack until the stretch, when he comes with a big slingshot run. But a change in tactics Sunday probably won California Memory the $2.57 million Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Horses from all over the world have descended on Sha Tin Racecourse for the Hong Kong Cup meeting on Sunday. Well, not quite all over the world: Not a single North American runner has ventured to the Far East for any of the four Group 1 races worth a total of about $8.75 million.
I’m Yours, a Falbrav filly who won the Fantasy Stakes last month, is expected to be favored in Sunday’s Group 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan, the season’s main race for 2-year-old fillies in that country.
Transcend overcame an outside post to successfully defend his title in Sunday’s $3.5 million Japan Cup Dirt at Hanshin Racecourse in Osaka on Sunday.
Transcend, second in the $10 million Dubai World Cup in March, is expected to be favored in a defense of his title in Sunday’s $3.5 million Japan Cup Dirt at Hanshin Racecourse in Osaka.
Snow Fairy, who was third in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and the Champion Stakes before winning the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup on Nov. 13 in Japan, was injured during routine morning exercise Monday morning at Sha Tin racecourse and has been withdrawn from the Dec. 11 Hong Kong Vase, her intended next start.
Zenyatta would have been jealous of the cheers that Buena Vista earned after her win in the $6.7 million Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday.
Buena Vista, disqualified from victory in this race race year, won the $6.7 million Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday with a stretch rally that left the wildly popular mare in front through the final sixteenth.