Ruby Walsh tips Edwardstone to beat Energumene in the Champion Chase
According to Paddy Power's odds, next Wednesday's race could be one of the most keenly-contested of the festival, with Edwardstone and Energumene joint-favourites at 7/4.
Month: March 2023
Ruby Walsh claims Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill ‘holds all the aces’
Constitution Hill had a breakthrough campaign last year, winning the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown.
Travers Highlights Saratoga Stakes Schedule
The stakes schedule for the 2023 summer meet at historic Saratoga Race Course will include 71 stakes worth $20.8 million in total purses, the New York Racing Association announced Tuesday.
Highlighted by the 154th renewal of the $1.25-million GI Travers Aug. 26 and the $1-million GI Whitney Aug. 5, the 40-day summer meet will open Thursday, July 13 and continue through Monday, Sept. 4.
Whitney Day provides a trio of Grade I events, including the GI Test S. and the GI Saratoga Derby Invitational.
The Travers Festival offers nine stakes including six Grade Is from Wednesday, Aug. 23 through Saturday, Aug. 26. The lucrative Travers Day card features five Grade I stakes, including the GI Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer, GI Ballerina H., GI Forego and GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial.
Following the four-day opening weekend, racing will be conducted five days a week, Wednesdays through Sundays, apart from closing week, when the 2023 summer meet will conclude on Labor Day.
Saratoga Live, the acclaimed television show produced by NYRA in partnership with FOX Sports, will return for its eighth season to provide expansive on-site daily coverage of the summer meet to a nationwide audience on the networks of FOX Sports.
The complete stakes schedule for the 2023 summer meet is available at https://www.nyra.com/saratoga/racing/stakes-schedule/.
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Tattersalls Ascot March Catalogue Features Large Godolphin Consignment
The Tattersalls Ascot March Sale catalogue is now online. A total of 117 lots have been catalogued, consisting of 20 fillies/mares in/out of training, 91 colts/geldings in/out of training, two stores, and four point-to-pointers. Selling begins at 11 a.m. local time on Mar. 22.
The 91-rated Cosmic Desert (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) (lot 104) is part of Godolphin's 37-strong draft, as is lot 106, Al Waiqidi (GB), one of six sons of Dubawi (Ire) in the sale.
Other trainers and studs represented include; Barbury Castle Stables, Belstane Racing Stables, DML Racing, East Everleigh Racing, Elton Racing, Faringdon Place Stables, G.L. Moore Racing LLP, Grange Hill Farm, Harry Fry Racing, Lodge Hill Stables, Maunby House Stables, Park House Stables, Robins Farm, Shade Oak Stud, Summerdown Stables, The Royal Studs, Tweenhills Farm & Stud, Venn Farm Stables and Windsor House Stables.
Past graduates of the sale include G2 Premier Novices' Hurdle winner Nemean Lion (Ger) (Golden Horn {GB}), as well as 11-length bumper winner Seeyouinmydreams (GB) (Telescope {Ire}).
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