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Singapore - Red Cadeaux & Robin Trevor-Jones

Singapore - Red Cadeaux & Robin Trevor-Jones

Assistant trainer Robin Trevor-Jones works with Red Cadeaux, who finished second to Animal Kingdom in the Dubai World Cup.

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 Wednesday, May 15, 2013
International Plans Set for Unbridled Command

International Plans Set for Unbridled Command

Australians Kevin and Colleen Bamford and American David Bernsen have purchased a substantial interest of recent Hollywood Derby (gr. IT) winner Unbridled Command and plan to race in Australia's Cox Plate in October.

 Thursday, January 03, 2013
Red Cadeaux Captures Tight Hong Kong Vase

Red Cadeaux Captures Tight Hong Kong Vase

Red Cadeaux, making his third group I start in five weeks, won a tight stretch battle with Jaguar Mail to capture the Longines Hong Kong Vase (HK-I) Dec. 9 by a short head.

 Sunday, December 09, 2012
Snow Fairy Stripped of French Group I Victory

Snow Fairy Stripped of French Group I Victory

English and Irish multiple champion Snow Fairy has tested positive for anti-inflammatory medication and as a result was disqualified from her victory in the Aug. 19 Darley Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-I) at Deauville.

 Thursday, November 29, 2012

Americain, Dunaden to Meet in Melbourne Cup

A competitive field of 24 is set for the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I), including the event's two most recent winners, French stayers Americain and Dunaden, who will square off in Australia's greatest race Nov. 6.

 Sunday, November 04, 2012
Snow Fairy Out for Remainder of Season

Snow Fairy Out for Remainder of Season

Top European mare Snow Fairy will miss the rest of the 2012 racing season due to heat in a foreleg, The Racing Post reported Sept. 29.

 Saturday, September 29, 2012
Snow Fairy Sensational in Irish Champion

Snow Fairy Sensational in Irish Champion

Snow Fairy turned in yet another superb performance as she put away Nathaniel in the final furlong to win the $969,000 Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes (Ire-I) at Leopardstown Sept. 8.

 Saturday, September 08, 2012

'Fairy'-Tale Finish in Prix Jean Romanet

Champion Snow Fairy made her return to the races a successful one with a tenacious three-quarter length victory over Izzi Top in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-I) at Deauville Aug. 19.

 Sunday, August 19, 2012
Hong Kong Interview - Ed Dunlop

Hong Kong Interview - Ed Dunlop

Simon Burgess talks with trainer Ed Dunlop whose Red Cadeaux runs in the Hong Kong Vase. Sponsored by AmWest

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 Saturday, December 10, 2011
Irish Derby Interview - Ed Dunlop

Irish Derby Interview - Ed Dunlop

Simon Burgess talks with trainer Ed Dunlop, whose charge Native Khan runs in the Irish Derby on June 26.

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 Saturday, June 25, 2011
Frankel Tops Epsom Derby Hopefuls List

Frankel Tops Epsom Derby Hopefuls List

Last season's joint European champion 2-year-old Frankel heads 125 hopefuls going forward for the 2011 Investec Derby (Eng-I) following this week's scratching stage.

 Thursday, March 03, 2011
Snow Fairy Brilliant Again in Hong Kong Cup

Snow Fairy Brilliant Again in Hong Kong Cup

Snow Fairy cemented her status as the finest 3-year-old filly in the world when she rallied from far back to nab Irian in the final 50 yards to win the HK$20 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup (HK-I) at Sha Tin Dec. 12.

 Sunday, December 12, 2010

Snow Fairy Completes Classic Oaks Double

Snow Fairy followed up her victory in the Investec Oaks (Eng-I) with a scintillating performance in the Darley Irish Oaks (Ire-I) at the Curragh July 18, powering home to win by eight lengths.

 Sunday, July 18, 2010

Snow Fairy Surprises in Investec Oaks

Snow Fairy justified the decision made by her connections to supplement her by weaving her way through the field to win the Investec Oaks (Eng-I) by a neck over Meeznah at Epsom June 4.

 Friday, June 04, 2010

Median Up 12.5% as Tattersalls Sale Ends

The Tattersalls autumn horses in training sale finished its four-day run in England Oct. 29 with a median price that was up 12.5% from 2008. The gross revenue declined 11.3% while the average price fell 8.2%. The clearance rate rose from 78.8% last year to 84.9% this year.

 Thursday, October 29, 2009

Great Leighs at Last

The first new racecourse to open in Britain since 1928 is finally meant to stage a race meeting, April 20, over 18 months late.Great Leighs, which has a Polytrack surface, was meant to open in October 2006 but various delays, most involving planning and construction, have occurred

 Monday, April 14, 2008

Tattersalls Officials Satisfied With First Guineas Breeze-Up Sale

Tattersalls' inaugural Guineas Breeze-Up Sale in Newmarket, England, on Friday saw 76 lots sell for 2.129 million guineas.

 Friday, May 04, 2007

Ouija Board Earns Second Female Turf Eclipse

Another repeat for Lord Derby's globe-trotting mare Ouija Board -- first in the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), and because of that performance, a second title as champion grass mare.

 Monday, January 22, 2007

Ouija Board Withdrawn from Vase, Retired

Ouija Board was withdrawn from the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (HK-I) at Sha Tin Racecourse on Dec. 10 due to soreness in the splint bone of her left foreleg.

 Saturday, December 09, 2006

Ouija Board Set to Take on Deep Impact, Heart's Cry in Japan Cup

Ed Dunlop, the trainer of British star Ouija Board, got some good news when he talked to the champion mare's regular exercise rider earlier this week while she was preparing for Sunday's Japan Cup (Jpn-I).

 Thursday, November 23, 2006

Dunlop Gears Ouija Board to World Championships

The Breeders' Cup World Championships actually being just that has taken hold with at least one trainer. Ed Dunlop, who conditions Ouija Board, has planned three campaigns for the filly, each designed with the Breeders' Cup in mind.

 Thursday, November 02, 2006

Dylan Thomas Poetic in Irish Champion

Dylan Thomas prevailed under an inspired ride by Kieren Fallon to defeat Ouija Board by a neck in the Baileys Irish Champion Stakes (Ire-I) at Leopardstown on Saturday.

 Saturday, September 09, 2006

Ouija Board Prevails in Epic Nassau Stakes

Ouija Board and Alexander Goldrun provided racing with an electrifying duel in the Vodafone Nassau Stakes (Eng-I) at Glorious Goodwood on Saturday, with Ouija Board just getting her nose in front at the wire.

 Saturday, August 05, 2006

Court Masterpiece Shines in Sussex

Court Masterpiece came with a late rush to claim the Cantor Spreadfair Sussex Stakes (Eng-I) at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.

 Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Rumplestiltskin heads Vodafone Oaks Entries

Rumplestiltskin, champion juvenile filly in 2005, heads 84 entries for the Vodafone Oaks (Eng-I), the premier fillies classic that is run on Vodafone Ladies Day, June 2, at Epsom Downs.

 Friday, March 24, 2006

Racing World Reacts to Sheikh Maktoum's Death

Participants in U.S. and European racing, including some who trained for and worked closely with the late Sheikh Maktoum, have expressed surprise and sorrow over the prominent horse owner and breeder's death Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at age 62.

 Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Mosse Makes Winning Return to Longchamp

Court Masterpiece claimed the first of Longchamp's seven group I races this weekend when getting up in the final strides to claim the Prix de la Foret Casino Barriere de Biarritz (Fr-I) on Saturday.

 Saturday, October 01, 2005

Nasheej Looks for Grade I Win in Meon Valley

Six 2-year-old fillies will be bidding for their first group I success when they line up for the Meon Valley Stud Fillies Mile (Eng-I) at Newmarket on Saturday. The favorite is likely to be Nasheej, a daughter of Swain.

 Friday, September 23, 2005

Court Masterpiece Victorious in Lennox Stakes

Maktoum al Maktoum's Court Masterpiece finally got over the group hump and posted his first win in such company when he edged Jack Sullivan in Tuesday's Lennox Stakes (Eng-II) at England's Goodwood Racecourse.

 Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Ouija Board Rallies to Win Filly & Mare Turf

Ouija Board proved those who pounded her to 9-10 odds-on favorite correct in their thinking. What they probably didn't figure on were the incredibly slow fractions that she closed on to win the $1,410,000 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Saturday, October 30, 2004

Decision Time Nears for Ouija Board

Three-year-old filly Ouija Board, the third place finisher in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), could face males in the $2 million John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) rather than the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Friday, October 15, 2004

Breeders' Cup Could be in Ouija Board's Future

Ouija Board, winner of the Irish Oaks Sunday to become the 10th filly to win both the English and Irish versions of the middle-distance classics, is being considered for a trip to Texas in October for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT).

 Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Ouija Board Wins Irish Oaks for Rare Double

Ouija Board became the 10th filly to achieve the Epsom-Curragh Oaks double Saturday with a one-length victory over Punctilious in the Darley Irish Oaks (Ire-I).

 Sunday, July 18, 2004

European Race Report: Hope and Glory

Lailani wins the Kildangan Stud Irish Oaks; Mozart scores in the Darley July Cup

 Tuesday, July 17, 2001