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Havana Grey
Havana Grey (foaled 12 February 2015) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist sprinter, he competed over a distance of 5 furlongs. As a two-year-old, he won four out of his eight races. As a three-year-old, he raced eight times and won two races including the Group 1 Flying Five Stakes. Trained by K.R. Burke, he was ridden in all but two of his races by P. J. McDonald. At the end of the 2018 season he was retired to stud and in 2022 was crowned champion first-season sire. Background Havana Grey is a grey horse bred by Mickley Stud & Lady Lonsdale and foaled on 12 February 2015. At 15.2½ hands, he is not large for a racehorse and has relatively short legs. His dam, the grey Blanc de Chine, won 6 races from 20 starts over 5 furlongs. His sire, Havana Gold, was bay and won five races over 6 furlongs to a mile, including the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat. Havana Grey was from his sire's first crop and sold to Global Racing Club & Mrs E. Burke for €70,000 at Arqana's Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teofilo (horse)
Teofilo (foaled 2004) is a retired Ireland, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active Horse breeding#Terminology, stallion. In a racing career that lasted only four months in 2006 he became the Cartier Champion Two-year-old Colt, European Champion Two-Year-Old of 2006, and retired undefeated after five starts. He won two Group races, Group One races: the National Stakes in Ireland and the Dewhurst Stakes in England. He was made favourite for both the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby, The Derby but suffered a knee injury in April 2007 which ended his racing career. He is currently standing at stud in County Kildare. Background Teofilo is a 16.2 Hand (unit), hand, dark bay horse bred and trained in Ireland by Jim Bolger and owned during his racing career by Jackie Bolger. Horse breeding#Terminology, Sired by the Epsom Derby, Derby winner Galileo (horse), Galileo and the second foal of the Danehill mare Speirbhean, he was named after the Cuban Olympic boxer Teófilo Stevenson. He was ridd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Stakes (Sandown Park)
The National Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years old. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 5 furlongs and 10 yards (), and it is scheduled to take place each year at the end of May. The race was first run in 1889 and was known as the ''National Breeders' Produce Stakes'' until 1959. In 1932 it was "the most valuable two-year-old race on the English calendar". Previous winners include Pretty Polly (1903), Cicero (1904), Neil Gow (1909), The Tetrarch (1913), Tetratema (1919), Tiffin (1928), Myrobella (1932), Tudor Minstrel (1946) and Belle of All (1950). Winners since 1975 Earlier winners * 1889: Rathbeal * 1890: Tittle Tattle * 1891: Lady Caroline * 1892: Tibble Shiels * 1893: Delphos * 1894: Saintly * 1895: Elmsworth * 1896: Chelandry * 1900: Star Shoot / Ian * 1901: Game Chick * 1902: Rabelais * 1903: Pretty Polly * 1904: Cicero * 1905: Sarcelle * 1906: Traquair * 1907: Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newmarket Racecourse
Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course. Newmarket is often referred to as the headquarters of Horse racing in the United Kingdom, British horseracing and is home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations, including Tattersalls, the National Horseracing Museum and the National Stud. Newmarket hosts two of the country's five British Classic Races, Classic Races – the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, and numerous other Group races. In total, it hosts 9 of British racing's List of British flat horse races#Group 1, 36 annual Group One, Group 1 races. History Racing in Newmarket was recorded in the time of James VI and I, James I. The racecourse itself was founded in 1636. Around 1665, Charles II of England, Charles II inaugurated the Newmarket Town Plate and in 1671 became the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace House Stakes
The Palace House Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in late April or early May. History The event is named after Palace House, a famous building in Newmarket on the site of a royal residence of King Charles II. The race was established in 1961, and the first running was won by Galivanter. It was given Group 3 status when the present grading system was introduced in 1971. The Palace House Stakes is currently held on the opening day of Newmarket's Guineas Festival meeting. It is run on the same day as the 2000 Guineas. Records Most successful horse (2 wins): * Sole Power – ''2013, 2014'' * Mabs Cross - ''2018, 2019'' Leading jockey (2 wins): * Ron Hutchinson – ''Ruby Laser (1964), Tamino (1966)'' * Lester Piggott – ''Communication (1971), Vale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doncaster Racecourse
Doncaster Racecourse (also known as the Town Moor course) is a racecourse in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It hosts two of Great Britain's 36 annual Group 1 flat races, the St Leger Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy. History Doncaster is one of the oldest (and the largest in physical capacity) established centres for horse racing in Britain, with records of regular race meetings going back to the 16th century. A map of 1595 already shows a racecourse at Town Moor. In 1600 the corporation tried to put an end to the races because of the number of ruffians they attracted, but by 1614 it acknowledged failure and instead marked out a racecourse. Doncaster is home to two of the World's oldest horse races: The Doncaster Cup The earliest important race in Doncaster's history was the Doncaster Gold Cup, first run over Cantley Common in 1766. The Doncaster Cup is the oldest continuing regulated horse race in the world. Together with the Goodwood Cup and Ascot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Childers Stakes
The Flying Childers Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 5 furlongs and 3 yards (1,008 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. History The event is named after Flying Childers, a famous 18th-century racehorse bred at Carr House near Doncaster. It was established in 1967, and it was originally called the Norfolk Stakes. It was renamed when a different race became known as the Norfolk Stakes in 1973, and from this point it held Group 1 status. It was downgraded to Group 2 in 1979. The Flying Childers Stakes is currently run on the third day of Doncaster's four-day St Leger Festival, the day before the St Leger Stakes. Records Leading jockey (6 wins): * Frankie Dettori - ''Howick Falls (2003), Fleeting Spirit (2007), Sand Vixen (2009), Gutaifan (2015), Ardad (2016), A'ali (2019)'' Leading trainer (5 wins): * Sir M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfortunately (horse)
Unfortunately (foaled 16 March 2015), is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed top class form as a two-year-old in 2017 when he won the Prix Robert Papin and the Prix Morny. In the following year he struggled to reproduce his best form but ended his track career with a victory in the Renaissance Stakes. Background Unfortunately is a bay horse with a white star and white socks on his front legs bred in Ireland by the County Westmeath-based Tally-Ho Stud. In September 2016 the yearling was consigned to the Tattersalls Ireland sale and was bought for €24,000 by the British trainer Karl Burke. Unfortunately was trained by Burke at his Spigot Lodge Stable near Middleham, North Yorkshire. When he began his track career the horse was owned by Burke's wife Elaine in partnership with Jeff Laughton. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Society Rock, a top-class sprinter who won the Golden Jubilee Stakes in 2011 and the Haydock Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deauville-La Touques Racecourse
Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques is a race track for thoroughbred horse racing located in Deauville in the Calvados département, in the Normandy '' région'' of France. Originally called Hippodrome de la Touques, it was named for the Touques River that separates the city of Deauville from Trouville-sur-Mer. It was constructed in 1862 by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny, the half brother of Napoleon III. The countryside around Deauville is the main horse breeding region in France and home to numerous stud farms. Races Group 1: * Prix Jacques Le Marois * Prix Jean Romanet * Prix Maurice de Gheest * Prix Morny * Prix Rothschild * Prix Jean Prat Group 2: * Grand Prix de Deauville * Prix Guillaume d'Ornano * Prix Kergorlay * Prix de Pomone Group 3: * Prix de Cabourg * Prix du Calvados * Prix Gontaut-Biron * Prix de Lieurey * Prix de Meautry * Prix Minerve * Prix de la Nonette * Prix de Psyché * Prix Quincey * Prix des Réservoirs * Prix François Boutin Liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Morny
The Prix Morny is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,200 metres (about 6 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. History The event is named in memory of Auguste de Morny (1811–1865), the founder of Deauville Racecourse. It was established in 1865, and it was originally called the Prix ''de'' Morny. The inaugural race was over 1,000 metres, and the prize for the winning owner was 9,150 francs. The second and third runnings of the Prix de Morny were contested over 1,200 metres. It was extended to 1,300 metres in 1868, and to 1,400 metres in 1870. The race became known as the Prix de Deux Ans in 1871, and its distance was cut to 1,200 metres in 1887. It was renamed the Prix Morny, a shortened version of its original title, in 1911. The Prix Morny was abandoned from 1914 to 1918, and again in 1940. Its usual venue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodwood Racecourse
Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House. It hosts the annual Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July and early August, which is one of the highlights of the British flat racing calendar, and is home to three of the UK's 36 annual Group 1 flat races, the Sussex Stakes, the Goodwood Cup and the Nassau Stakes. Although the race meeting has become known as 'Glorious Goodwood', it is sponsored by Qatar and officially called the 'Qatar Goodwood Festival'. It is considered to enjoy an attractive setting to the north of Trundle Iron Age hill fort, which is used as an informal grandstand with views of the whole course. One problem is that its proximity to the coast means that it can get foggy. This is an unusual, complex racecourse with a straight six furlongs—the "Stewards' Cup Course"—which is uphill for the first furlong an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molecomb Stakes
The Molecomb Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old horses. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August. History The event is named after Molecomb, a house on the Goodwood Estate originally built by the 3rd Duke of Richmond for his sister Lady Sarah Lennox. The race was established in 1829, and the inaugural running was won by Convert. The Molecomb Stakes was originally open to two-year-olds of either gender, but it was restricted to fillies in 1932. It was reopened to colts and geldings in 1981. The race is currently held on the second day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting. Records Leading jockey (8 wins): * Lester Piggott – ''Abelia (1957), Smooth (1966), Flying Legs (1968), Lady Rowley (1974), Hayloft (1975), Marwell (1980), Prowess Prince (1981), Precocious (1983)'' Leading trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Stakes
The Dragon Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years only. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 5 furlongs and 10 yards (1,015 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. The race was first run in 1992. The best winner of the race has probably been Hoh Magic, who went on to win the Prix Morny. Records Leading jockey (4 wins): * Richard Quinn – ''Bodyguard (1997), Vita Spericolata (1999), Berk The Jerk (2001), Bella Tusa (2002)'' Leading trainer (3 wins): * Richard Hannon Sr. – ''Sarson (1998), Zavone (2005), Zebedee (2010)'' Winners See also * Horse racing in Great Britain * List of British flat horse races References *Racing Post ''Racing Post'' is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting publisher which is published in print and digital formats. It is printed in tabloid format from Monday to Sunday. , it has an average da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
