Author: keith
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French Selections Sunday 22nd
R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DE DANGEUL – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class B Race – Harness – EUR € 52,000 1. LOVI CADENCE – Sanctioned in a 2100m Class C here last Tuesday. Has done nothing noteworthy all year and is not about to break the mould 2. LORD DELO – 6th of 8…
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French Selections Saturday 21st
R1 CHANTILLY [R-H] C1 – PRIX DE VILLEBON – 1600m (a1m) – TURF – Newcomers Race – Flat – EUR € 50,000 1. SHAMSAT – Newcomer by Make Believe, the dam never ran but has bred four winners. From the Fabre powerhouse. Bold show expected on debut 2. BLEURUSSE – Unraced by Zarak, stable runners…
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French Selections Friday 20th
R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX CLEOMEDE – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class D Race – Harness – EUR € 59,000 1. INVICTUS DE HOERDT – Scored his 3rd success of the summer when tenaciously staying on to win a 2150m Mauquenchy Class E last week but is being asked to do too much this time…
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ETERNAL SUN TO SHINE BRIGHTEST AT AYR
Fine FormEternal Sunshine AY – 3.12can continue an excellent run with victory in division two of the five-furlong Brandinghub For Signs & Graphics Handicap at Ayr.The Jim Goldie-trained filly has been the model of consistency throughout the summer, placing first or second in her past six runs with two wins at Ayr in amongst her…
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“Brilliant old horse” Lethal Levi bound for Ayr Gold Cup
Lethal Levi booked his ticket to the Ayr Gold cup when cutting loose on the front-end to return to winning ways in the TPT Fire Handicap at Newbury.A winner here in May, Karl Burke’s five-year-old has performed with real consistency this term, subsequently finishing fourth in the Wokingham at Royal Ascot and then second in…
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French Selections Thursday 19th
R1 VINCENNES [L-H] C1 – PRIX DES HIPPODROMES DU MORBIHAN – 2700m (a1m1/2) – Class C Race – Harness – EUR € 68,000 1. CHERRY TOP – 3rd of 13, on 2nd start back, in a 2700m Class D at La Capelle a fortnight ago. Hind shoes off, with Franck Nivard in the bike, and…
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French Selections Wednesday 18th
R1 LYON-PARILLY [LYON-PARILLY] C1 – GRAND PRIX DU CENTRE EST – GONTRAN DE NO – 2850m (a2m) – Gr3 Race – Harness – EUR € 100,000 1. IVANKA DE JILME – On a very long losing run and was 8th last time out in Class D at Vincennes over 2850m on 13 September. Others are…
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GENERATION LOOKS GREAT IN SCEPTRE STAKES
Fine FormA return to seven furlongs can enableGreat Generation DO – 3.15to get back on the winning trail in the Japan Racing Association Sceptre Fillies’ Stakes at Doncaster.Successful on two of her three juvenile starts for Marco Botti last season, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor broke through at Group-race level when landing the Chartwell…
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Giavellotto heading straight to Irish St Leger
Giavellotto will head straight to the Irish St Leger after storming home to win the Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket.The chestnut’s season started early in the year, with his return to action coming in February as he contested the Red Sea Turf Handicap in Riyadh, finishing behind Tower Of London when beaten just a…
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French Selections Sunday 15th
R1 Longchamp [R-H] C1 – QATAR PRIX DU PIN – 1400m (a7f) – TURF – Gr3 Race – Flat – EUR € 80,000 1. SAJIR – Classy colt with references/form credentials at Group I level, including a last-start 4th in the 1400m Group I Prix Jean Prat at Deauville on 7 July. Candidate for success…