York: Hoof It makes group stakes debut in Nunthorpe Stakes
Hoof It, a winner of 3 of 4 starts this year, makes his group stakes debut in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes over a straightaway five furlongs at York on Friday.
Steve AndersenAug 17, 2011
Hoof It, a winner of 3 of 4 starts this year, makes his group stakes debut in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes over a straightaway five furlongs at York on Friday.
Twice Over pulled a mild upset in Wednesday’s Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse in England, winning his first Group 1 race since October and giving jockey Ian Mongan the biggest win of his career.
Several high-class 3-year-olds remain in the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday at York in England.
British racing authorities have banned a trainer for four years for de-nerving a horse and administering anabolic steroids to three other horses, according to the Racing Post.
Immortal Verse and Goldikova, the one-two finishers Monday in the Prix Jacques le Marois, could meet again Sept. 11 in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.
The 2012 Dubai World Cup program will be held on March 31, the highlight of a racing calendar in the United Arab Emirates announced on Monday
Three fences used for the Grand National steeplechase in Aintree, England, each April, including the famous Becher’s Brook, will undergo changes before racing resumes on that course in December.
Await the Dawn, the 5-1 future-book favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs in November with the British bookmaker Coral, will be odds-on to win his first Group 1 in the Juddmonte International at York in England on Wednesday.
Immortal Verse, the winner of the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, upset Goldikova in Monday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville, France.
Just two weeks and a day after her win in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville, Goldikova seeks her 15th Group 1 win in Monday’s Prix Jacques le Marois in France over the same course.