No More Secrets
She had speed, she had size, her pedigree improved every year and her first foal was sensational. This is a hard one to swallow.
8th July 2014
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She had speed, she had size, her pedigree improved every year and her first foal was sensational. This is a hard one to swallow.
Aidan O’Brien’s name is written like no other across the history of the Dubai Duty Free 2014 Irish Derby, having landed a record ten victories, and Australia is hot favourite to make it a football team’s worth of winners for the master of Ballydoyle.
When we set out to stage The Goffs London Sale in association with QIPCO we did not dare dream of the sort of results and level of interest that we enjoyed at The Orangery at Kensington Palace last night.
It seems like an awful lot of money to pay for a horse and it’s a bit sad to see the whole package go, as the mare is a sweetheart.
“He is a very handsome colt with huge presence and great action. He has what I would call a typical Frankel temperament in that he knows he is special”
The weather may spoil the party. There was heavy rain overnight at Ascot, leaving the going as good to soft, good in places.
Sometimes it works, and sometimes you get beat. That’s just what it is. You can’t be a hero all the time.
“I now realize that only by adopting enterprising tactics and forcing racing’s hand is anything likely to move The Establishment off the dime” – Barry Irwin
Couldn’t make it? Do not worry. The HKJC has published video coverage of all four days of the Asian Racing Conference below
SA sires fly high with two entries in world’s top ten
The classic has a long and proud history dating back to 1955 when it was run as the Cape of Good Hope Guineas
