Another year, another Road to the Kentucky Derby in the books! Spring is here, the 148th running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is barely more than two weeks away, and we’re ready to decipher some deep data to find the next run for the roses victor.
Month: April 2022
Goresbridge Breeze-up Catalogue Now Online
The catalogue for the sole Irish sale of 2-year-olds, the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-up Sale, has been released and features 215 horses to be sold on Thursday, May 19.
Among the group of juveniles is an Invincible Spirit (Ire) half-brother to the five-time group winner Banimpire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) to be offered as lot 42 from Katie Walsh's Greenhills Farm draft.
The only juvenile by French champion sire Siyouni (Fr) in the catalogue is a filly out of American stakes winner Clenor (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) from the Longways Stables consignment (lot 158).
Sea The Stars (Ire) is represented by two lots, including a colt out of the G2 Blandford S. winner Tarfasha (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and thus a full-brother to the Listed winner Rakan (Ire). Catalogued as lot 100, he is consigned by Tally-Ho Stud and descends from a Ballymacoll Stud family which includes Group 1 winner Gamut (Ire) and Goodwood Cup winner Saddler's Rock (Ire).
Among the first-season sires with 2-year-olds catalogued are Havana Grey (GB), who already has three winners to his credit, Tasleet (GB), Kessaar (Ire), Sioux Nation, U S Navy Flag, Harry Angel (Ire), Saxon Warrior (Jpn) and Massaat (GB).
Seventy-eight of the horses in the sale are qualified for the Swedish Derby and Oaks series, while a further 18 are eligible for French owners' premiums. The 2-year-olds will breeze at Fairyhouse Racecourse on Wednesday, May 18 from 10am, and the sale takes place the following day at the Tattersalls Ireland complex starting at 10.30am.
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Lingfield’s Summer Fixtures Transferred To All-Weather
There will be no turf fixtures at Lingfield Park Racecourse this season between June 4 and Sept. 10 while major drainage work is undertaken at the track. Races from the 14 fixtures scheduled within this timeframe will be transferred to the all-weather course.
This will not affect the Derby and Oaks Trials and G3 Chartwell Fillies' S. to be held on the turf on Saturday, May 7.
“There are a number of areas across the track that will really benefit from further drainage work and, as such, we have made the decision to get it done this summer,” said Lingfield Park's clerk of the course George Hill.
“We are grateful to the BHA for their assistance in moving our June to September fixtures on to the all-weather surface. We undertook some work on the track last year, and were really pleased with the impact, and the work this summer will offer us greater protections for our winter jumps programme and the remedial work that we have to do leading into the spring and summer flat seasons.”
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2022 Kentucky Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for April 20
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite as strong as they were a few weeks ago.
