Ward sending more horses to Europe
Trainer Wesley Ward is expanding his European string to nine horses this week, a group that will eventually form the team he starts at the Royal Ascot meeting in England on June 14-18.
Steve AndersenMay 16, 2011
Trainer Wesley Ward is expanding his European string to nine horses this week, a group that will eventually form the team he starts at the Royal Ascot meeting in England on June 14-18.
Apapane, who won the 2010 Japanese Triple Crown for fillies, beat older mares, including the champion Buena Vista, in Sunday’s $2,214,000 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse.
Trainer Wesley Ward is expanding his European string to nine horses this week, a group that will eventually form the team he starts at the Royal Ascot meeting in England on June 14-18.
Black Caviar, the Australian 4-year-old filly who, at 130, is the highest-ranked horse in the world by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, ran her career record to 13 for 13 with a comfortable victory Saturday over top-class Hay List in the BTC Cup at Doomben.
Wootton Bassett was knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten when finishing fifth behind victorious Tin Horse in the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains, or French 2000 Guineas, on Sunday at Longchamp, while Golden Lilac remained undefeated with a definitive tally in the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, or French 1000 Guineas.
Canford Cliffs stretched his winning streak to 4, all in Group 1 races, with a smart-looking victory in Saturday’s Lockinge Stakes at Newbury Racecourse.
English-based Wootton Bassett is the favorite among 15 final entrants to land the Group 1 Poule D’Essai des Poulains, or French 2000 Guineas, on Sunday at Longchamp.
Buena Vista, the 2010 Japanese Horse of the Year, will be a strong favorite to defend her title in Sunday’s $2,214,000 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan.
The six-horse Dante Stakes, a major Epsom Derby prep on Thursday at York in northeastern England, included three major Derby hopefuls in Carlton House, Seville, and World Domination, but World Domination failed to progress from a strong maiden win, and Carlton House emerged as the sharpest of the trio with a 1 1/2- length victory over Seville in the Group 2 Dante.
Canford Cliffs, who ended his 3-year-old season last July with three consecutive wins in Group 1 stakes, will be heavily favored in his 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury Racecourse, west of London.