Author: keith

  • French Selections Sunday 7th

    French Selections Sunday 7th

    R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX RIDGWAY – 2000m (a1m1/4) – TURF – Listed – Flat – EUR € 50,300 C1 – PRIX ASSOCIATION CASSANDRA – 2725m (a1m1/2) – Class E – Mounted – EUR € 23,000 C4 – GRAND PRIX D’EAUZE ET DE L’ARMAGNAC – 3000m (a2m) – – Harness – EUR € 50,000…

  • French Selections Saturday 6th

    French Selections Saturday 6th

    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DU MANS – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class C – Harness – EUR € 53,000 C1 – GRAND CROSS DE LYON # 6 TNC HARAS DU LION – PMU – PRIX ANDRE BABOIN – 5200m (a3m1/4) – TURF – Class 1 – Cross – EUR € 48,000 C1 – PRIX…

  • French Selections Friday 5th

    French Selections Friday 5th

    R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE LA MATERNELLE FONTENAY (TITANIA) – 2850m (a2m) – Class D – Harness – EUR € 59,000 C1 – PRIX DE L’HIPPODROME DE LANGON – 2950m (a2m) – Class E – Harness – EUR € 24,000 C1 – PRIX CHAMPAGNE COMTE DE LA FORTELLE – 5000m (a3m1/8) – TURF…

  • French Selections Thursday 4th

    French Selections Thursday 4th

    R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – PRIX DU VERTBOIS – 1600m (a1m) – TURF – Class 3 – Flat – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX PIERRE RAFFRE – 2800m (a2m) – Class E – Harness – EUR € 19,500 C1 – PRIX ASAP ASSURANCES (PRIX ARCHY BALD) – 3850m (a2m1/2) – TURF – Class 2…

  • Maher’s Misses set for Queensland Oaks

    Maher’s Misses set for Queensland Oaks

    Fireball Miss will aim to become the third horse to complete The Roses – Queensland Oaks double when she lines up in the Group 1 feature over 2200m at Eagle Farm on Saturday.The daughter of Bivouac rocketed into Oaks contention with a decisive victory in the Group 2 The Roses (2000m) and despite not looking…

  • Cumani’s King nears return

    Cumani’s King nears return

    As excited as Matt Cumani was about Kingofwallstreet coming out of his three-year-old spring campaign, he knows whatever he now achieves on the racetrack might be considered a bonus.The four-year-old is on the cusp of a return to the races, with this Saturday’s 2000-metre open-age handicap at Flemington shaping as his first start since his…

  • Hannon: ‘Talented’ Alderman deserves Derby spot

    Hannon: ‘Talented’ Alderman deserves Derby spot

    Richard Hannon says it would give him immense satisfaction to see Alderman reward the faith of long standing owner Julie Wood in this year’s Betfred Derby at Epsom Downs on Saturday.The red and green silks of Wood have been commonplace on the racetrack for more than 25 years and have been carried to Group race…

  • GONE BY BACKED FOR RIPON REWARDS

    GONE BY BACKED FOR RIPON REWARDS

    Fine FormRalph Beckett’sGone By RI – 6.35has the potential to be the star attraction of the evening fixture at Ripon.Owned by Valmont, the Gleneagles filly has run to a high level of form in her two races to date and will be very unfortunate to bump into anything of the calibre that has beaten her…

  • Rematch is on as Cup switches to Saturday

    Rematch is on as Cup switches to Saturday

    The new-look Coolmore Coronation Cup will see a rematch between last year’s one-two Jan Brueghel and Calandagan after the pair of them featured among eight confirmations for the 12-furlong Group 1.The Coronation Cup settles into its new home as the third race on Derby day this year and the Aidan O’Brien-trained Jan Brueghel will look…

  • French Selections Wednesday 3rd

    French Selections Wednesday 3rd

    R1 LAVAL [L-H] C1 – GRAND NATIONAL DU TROT – 2850m (a2m) – Gr3 – Harness – EUR € 90,000 C1 – PRIX BAROUD D’HONNEUR – 1200m (a6f) – TURF – Class 3 – Flat – EUR € 21,000 C1 – PRIX DES ABYSSES – 3000m (a2m) – Class C – Harness – EUR €…