Rewilding looks tough to beat in St. Leger
Rewilding looks difficult to beat in the 234th running of the $775,000 St. Leger Stakes, at 1 3/4 miles, 132 yards, the world’s longest and oldest classic, at Doncaster on Saturday.
Alan ShubackSep 09, 2010
Rewilding looks difficult to beat in the 234th running of the $775,000 St. Leger Stakes, at 1 3/4 miles, 132 yards, the world’s longest and oldest classic, at Doncaster on Saturday.
A pair of Group 2 contests for 2-year-olds highlights the third day of Doncaster’s St. Leger Meeting on Friday with Zebedee and Meow vying for favoritism in the $122,000, five-furlong Flying Childers Stakes, while White Moonstone is the odds-on choice in the one-mile May Hill Stakes for juvenile fillies.
Kane Hekili, perhaps the best dirt horse in the history of Japanese racing, has been retired after suffering yet another debilitating injury.
Doncaster’s stamina-laden St. Leger meeting presents its first group race on Thursday when English Oaks runner-up Meeznah should start a lukewarm favorite in the Group 2, $153,000 Park Hill Stakes.
Dar Re Mi, the 5-year-old mare who beat males in the $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic in March, has been retired from racing because of an accumulation of unspecified minor ailments.
Fuisse upset more fancied opponents in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, as hot favorite Paco Boy was a listless fourth of six.
Irish Derby winner Cape Blanco added to his Group 1 résumé with a unchallenged and emphatic victory in Saturday’s Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.
Paco Boy faces a challenge from 3-year-olds in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.
Rip Van Winkle is stable jockey Johnny Murtagh’s choice of three Aidan O’Brien-trained mounts in Saturday’s Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. The winner of the Juddmonte International at York last month, Rip Van Winkle is expected to be the odds-on favorite for the 10-furlong test.
Six Group 1 winners, including four trained by Aidan O'Brien, are among six Group 1 winners among the nominees for Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.