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Ghaiyyath Beats Enable In Eclipse Stakes

Godolphin star Ghaiyyath wrested away Enable's Eclipse Stakes crown with a relentless front-running victory at Sandown. Charlie Appleby's remorseless galloper led after the first furlong and was never headed as he added his second successive Group One following last month's success in the Coronation Cup at Newmarket. Enable, having her first run of the campaign[...]
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Guineas Takes Centre Stage In UK Return

Racing is set for a high-profile return when it resumes, with provisional plans to stage the 2000 and 1000 Guineas on the first weekend in June remaining unchanged following the government's announcement that professional sport cannot restart before June 1. The British Horseracing Authority had initially inked in Guineas trials on the penultimate weekend in[...]
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Pike has options

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has a few races in consideration for smart two-year-old Not An Option. The winner of his only raceday start at Counties, Not An Option won a trial at Cambridge on Tuesday over 800m and looks one of the early lamplighters amongst the juvenile division. “I was really happy with his trial,”[...]
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Appleby With Two Strong Chances At Sandown

Lighter on starters than recent springs in Victoria, Godolphin's English trainer Charlie Appleby gets the chance to claim his first win of this year's carnival at Sandown. Appleby has had nine winners spanning the previous three spring carnivals in Victoria, highlighted by Cross Counter's Melbourne Cup triumph 12 months ago. But Cross Counter has been[...]
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Enable To Miss Royal Ascot

Enable's long-awaited return has been delayed and she will miss Royal Ascot and make her comeback in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. The John Gosden-trained dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner has been kept in work as a five-year-old, with the chief aim to become the first horse to win Europe's premier middle-distance contest three[...]
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