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  MAJOR RACES

  Big Memory caps big day for McEvoy stable READ MORE

  A memorable day at the track has got even better for trainer Tony McEvoy, with Big Memory scoring an overdue win in the Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington. McEvoy’s delight was clear to see in the mounting yard after seven-year-old gelding Big Memory fought back in the final 50m to win for the first time […]
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  Gold Mount races into Derby contention with impressive Hong Kong debut READ MORE

  Gerald Mosse guides the Tony Cruz-trained four-year-old to victory in the last race of the day at Sha Tin to book a spot in the HK$18 million feature. The red and gold colours that adorned Akeed Mofeed in his Hong Kong Derby win four years ago will get another airing in the 2017 edition on […]
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  Christophe Soumillon can get the best out of Giant Treasure, says trainer Richard Gibson READ MORE

  Trainer Richard Gibson admits that Stewards’ Cup winner Giant Treasure may not always have his head in the right place to show off his best but says owner Pan Sutong has pulled the right rein inviting champion jockey Christophe Soumillon to retake the mount on Sunday. Gibson was nonplussed by the notion that his talented […]
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  Sunday’s Premier Bowl sees Giant Treasure sprinting towards December’s Mile READ MORE

  A Group 1-winning miler, first-up for the season at a distance short of his optimum: the scenario seems all too familiar. A year ago, Able Friend posted the world’s best sprint performance for 2015 when winning the G2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m), a race that was supposed to be no more than a freshener ahead […]
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  Richard Gibson’s Winfield is one worth following READ MORE

  It would be hard to nominate a bigger flashing light horse so far this season than Richard Gibson-trained Winfield when he finished just behind the placings on Sunday at Sha Tin. He appeared once in Australia as Most Wanted, performing the difficult feat of a debut win at Flemington in August, 2015, and the third […]
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  MAJOR RACES

  Blond Me wins Longines International Topkapi Trophy READ MORE

  Andrew Balding continued the dominance of British trainers in the Longines International Topkapi Trophy as Blond Me came with a late charge to win the renewal at Veliefendi, Turkey. Ridden by Oisin Murphy, his filly profited from a wayward Silent Attack inside the final furlong to win the Group Two race and take the prize […]
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  Gold-Fun ready for Deauville test READ MORE

  Gold-Fun will swipe a cut at a slice of history on Sunday (7 August) when he takes his European campaign to Deauville for the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest (1300m). No Hong Kong-trained horse has ever prevailed on French soil, but since the gelding’s brave second at Royal Ascot back in June trainer Richard Gibson […]
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  Gold-Fun to continue European campaign in France with tilt at Prix Maurice de Gheest READ MORE

  The chestnut will head to the Group One at Deauville on August 7, with trainer Richard Gibson believing the horse’s future may lie in overseas sprints Royal Ascot runner-up Gold-Fun will continue his overseas campaign and trainer Richard Gibson has pinpointed a 1,300m Group One in France he believes will be perfect for the battle-hardened […]
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  MAJOR RACES

  Silver for Gold: Hong Kong sprinter Fun agonisingly denied in Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot READ MORE

  Richard Gibson’s galloper charged late under Christophe Soumillon but could not reach Twilight Son Gold-Fun will not continue his European campaign and will return to Hong Kong to be prepared for another tilt at the December internationals, despite his gutsy second in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday. Richard Gibson-trained Gold-Fun (Christophe […]
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  A Diamond Jubilee oldie but Gold still holds lustre READ MORE

  Gold-Fun will line up in Saturday’s G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot as something of a venerable old-timer in a field that features a clutch of talented four-year-olds, each threatening to stamp their authority on Europe’s 1200m scene. Twilight Son has already notched a G1 success – last season’s Sprint Cup at Haydock; The […]