Al Ghadeer Shines Again In Qatar International Stakes
Arabian racing’s outstanding horse Al Ghadeer graced Goodwood again and repeated last year’s victory in the £400 000 Gr1 Qatar International Stakes
31st July 2024
No Comments
News and insights on thoroughbred horse breeding from around the world.
Arabian racing’s outstanding horse Al Ghadeer graced Goodwood again and repeated last year’s victory in the £400 000 Gr1 Qatar International Stakes
Aomori City proved too good for his rivals in the Gr2 HKJC World Pool Vintage Stakes on the Qatar Goodwood Festival Day 1 on Tuesday
Jockey Ryan Curatolo was impressed by the improvement made by smart youngster Ravalli after he kicked clear en route to a soft win
After the elation of the early April announcement, thoroughbred breeders and owners of the many other horse breeds in the AHS Surveillance Zone of the Western Cape have expressed concerns about a recent EU policy amendment
In the battle of the 2000 Guineas winners at Royal Ascot on Tuesday, it was the Richard Hannon-trained Rosallion who came out on top
Few would have predicted the fireworks that ensued with Amo Racing, Emmanuel de Seroux and Amanda Zetterholm trading blows for the beautifully bred filly
We will see plenty of Dubai Racing Carnival visitors on course all of the five days, and when the meeting gets underway today at 15h30
Small fields often beget a race of tactics and five-time Singapore champion jockey Manoel Nunes pulled off a masterful ride on Ghalib
With seven action-packed selling days across almost two weeks the complete Gold Coast National Sale grossed over A$125.3 million
When Ezeliya won Friday’s Gr1 Betfred Oaks to take her tally of wins to three from just four starts, she provided her outstanding sire Dubawi with his first Epsom classic win
The all-time record price for a filly sold at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale was broken on Monday
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
