NEW YORK - Standing at one of the world's most strategic crossroads, the Rock of Gibraltar has been a silent witness to some of Europe's most historical events.
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Alexander Three D has very probably earned a trip to Woodbine for the E. P. Taylor Stakes by dint of her victory in the Group 3 Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster on Wednesday.
Barry Hills, trainer of Alexander Three D, a 3-year-old Pennekamp filly, said that he was seriously considering the E.P. Taylor after her 1 1/2-length score over Treble Heights, even though it would mean cutting back from 1 3/4 miles and 132 yards to 1 1/4 miles.
Sakhee's stud fee has been set at 20,000 pounds ($31,100), it was announced Wednesday by Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell Estate Company Ltd.
Sakhee, a 5-year-old son of Bahri, remains in training with Saeed bin Suroor at Godolphin's Newmarket training center. His connections have not scheduled a race for him since announcing his retirement last week, effective at the end of the racing season. He will stand for Shadwell at its Norfolk Stud in England.
Kazzia, winner of the 1000 Guineas and the English Oaks, will skip Saturday's St. Leger Stakes in favor of the Flower Bowl Handicap at Belmont Park on Sept. 28.
A 3-year-old German-bred daughter of Zinaad, Kazzia had been expected to run in the St. Leger. Had she won, she would have been the first winner of the British fillies Triple Crown since Oh So Sharp in 1985. Kazzia developed a foot abscess over the weekend, however, forcing her owners, Godolphin Racing, to change plans.
Rock of Gibraltar survived a crack on the face from a whip to take the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sunday and become the first horse to win seven successive European Group 1 races.
Dispelling fears that he might not be fully fit because of the coughing that brought Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle yard to a near standstill this summer, Rock of Gibraltar, a 3-year-old son of Danehill, was his usual invincible self as he accelerated under Michael Kinane to catch Banks Hill, a daughter of Danehill, at the sixteenth pole on his way to a half-length victory.
Rock of Gibraltar survived a crack on the face from a whip to take the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sunday and become the first horse to win seven successive European Group 1 races.
Dispelling fears that he might not be fully fit because of the coughing which brought Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle yard to a near standstill this summer, the 3-year-old son of Danehill was his usual invincible self as he accelerated under Michael Kinane to catch Banks Hill, herself a daughter of Danehill, at the sixteenth pole on his way to a half-length victory.
Grandera rallied in deep stretch to nail favored Hawk Wing at the wire and give Godolphin and trainer Saeed bin Suroor their fourth victory in the last five runnings of the Group 1 Champion Stakes on Saturday at Leopardstown in Ireland.
Sholokov, coupled with Hawk Wing in the betting, shot to the lead early in the 1 1/4-mile race, and was still 10 lengths in front of his nearest rival, Best of the Bests, with two furlongs to run.
Sakhee will be retired to Shadwell Stud in Norfolk, England, at the end of this season, the horse's owner, Godolphin, announced on Friday.
Although the announcement, which appeared on the Godolphin website, is not an official notice of retirement, Sakhee's future racing career had been called into question after a lackluster second-place finish in the Group 3 Prix Gontaut-Biron at Deauville last month.
Rock of Gibraltar goes after his seventh straight Group 1 victory in the one-mile Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sunday.
But Aidan O'Brien has warned the betting public that Rock of Gibraltar may not be at his very best because the colt was laid up briefly with the cough that ravaged the trainer's Ballydoyle yard throughout the summer.
In his most recent victories, Rock of Gibraltar has defeated Hawk Wing, Landseer, Century City, and Noverre. In Banks Hill, he will be meeting on Sunday probably the best horse he has ever faced.