Space Blues, Rougir, A Case of You eye Breeders’ Cup after Arc Day wins
With the heavy going likely playing a role in the results, favorites were beaten in four other Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events on Arc Day. […]
Andre Fabre
Mogul motors in Grand Prix to kick off Irish treble in Paris
Sunday’s Arc Trials at ParisLongchamp were staged the same day as the second half of Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh. But in a sense, you might say the festivities actually blended into each other, […]
Victor Ludorum flaunts classic potential in Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere
“If I would dare, I would say that he is a bit of a Mill Reef type horse.” If a less experienced trainer uttered those words, you’d be right to look askance. But when French master […]
Waldgeist foils Enable in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
Going into Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), the question was whether anyone could deny Enable an unprecedented three-peat. The answer was furnished by another legend, the Arc’s all-time leading trainer Andre Fabre, whose […]
Arc Day round-up: Prix de l’Opera upsetter Villa Marina mulls BC Filly & Mare Turf
While Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) upsetter Waldgeist and dethroned champion Enable are pondering their future, Breeders’ Cup implications from the rest of Sunday’s banner card at ParisLongchamp are likewise in flux. Villa Marina […]
Earthlight signals bright future in Prix Morny
Godolphin’s Earthlight toppled three Royal Ascot winners to remain unbeaten in Sunday’s Prix Morny (G1) at Deauville. Only the second-ever winner of the juvenile feature for Andre Fabre, the homebred could be on a path […]
Enable set for Crystal Ocean clash in Breeders’ Cup WAYI King George at Ascot
European superstar Enable is odds-on to regain her crown in Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1). But trainer John Gosden […]
American Pharoah juveniles: Maven earns Group breakthrough; Arqana May topper named Ocean Atlantique
American Pharoah was represented by two Group performers on a banner Saturday in Europe. After Monarch of Egypt placed a solid second in the Railway (G2) on the Irish Derby (G1) undercard, the freshman sire […]
Arc trials review: Waldgeist outkicks Talismanic, Cloth of Stars in Fabre Foy sweep
If perhaps overshadowed by the Breeders’ Cup splash made by Irish Champions Weekend, Sunday’s Arc trials at ParisLongchamp figure to be informative not only for the October 7 bonanza but potentially for Churchill Downs as […]
O Canada: Remembering the 1988 Arlington Million
The eighth running of the Arlington Million (G1), held 30 years ago this month, remains one of the more memorable editions in race history for two primary reasons. First and foremost is that it wasn’t […]