Owen delight at Zoffee’s Chester Cup triumph
Zoffee wins the Chester Cup for trainer Hugo Palmer, who is based at stables owned by Michael Owen.
Category: Horse Racing News
Better than scoring, Michael? Ex-Liverpool and England star Owen fist pumps and beams with joy as his horse, Zoffee, wins Chester Cup at 9/1 at a meeting which he treasures the most
DOMINIC KING AT CHESTER: Owen, owner of Manor House Stables and a racing devotee, realised a lifetime ambition when Zoffee won the Chester Cup.
Owen delight at Zoffee’s Chester Cup triumph
Zoffee wins the Chester Cup for trainer Hugo Palmer, who is based at stables owned by Michael Owen.
Canonero II: A Blue-Collar Hero and True Racehorse of the People
When Canonero II won the 1971 Kentucky Derby, he generated a rather modest return for a $2 win ticket. Yet that $19.40 winning ticket on the "Caracas Cannonball" had nothing to do with the Venezuelan shipper’s merits and everything to do with his inclusion in a gargantuan six-horse mutuel field. Based on his form and a star-crossed trip to the United States, Canonero probably would have been dismissed at 100-1 odds in the 97th Kentucky Derby. Maybe even 200-1, but nothing even remotely close to his 8-1 odds.
