Immortal Verse, Goldikova could rematch in September
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.
Marcus HershAug 16, 2011
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.
Master of Hounds, the fifth-place Kentucky Derby finisher and a close second earlier this year in the UAE Derby, has been privately purchased from the Coolmore operation by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum of Dubai and turned over to trainer Mike de Kock.
Frankel, the 3-year-old Juddmonte Farms superstar who ran his unbeaten streak to eight with a five-length triumph in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on July 27, is the top horse in the world, according to the latest World Thoroughbred Rankings released this week by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
Fillies provided upset wins in Group 1 races in France and Ireland on Sunday.
Dream Ahead makes his second cross-Channel journey to Deauville, where he will be favored in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest over 6 1/2 furlongs.