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Oaks D'Italia
The Oaks d'Italia is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Milan over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May or June. It is Italy's equivalent of The Oaks, a famous race in England. History The event has been contested over 2,200 metres for most of its history, and for a period it held Group 1 status. Its distance was extended to 2,400 metres in 1988, and it reverted to 2,200 metres in 1995. The race was downgraded to Group 2 level in 2007. The Oaks d'Italia is currently held about three weeks after the Derby Italiano. Records Leading jockey since 1970 (4 wins): * Gianfranco Dettori – ''Marmolada (1980), Ilenia (1982), Right Bank (1983), Paris Royal (1984)'' * Walter Swinburn – ''Ivor's Image (1986), Melodist (1988), Possessive Dancer (1991), Zomaradah (1998)'' * Fabio Branca - ''Cherry Collect (2012), Charity Line (2013), Final Score (2014), Lamair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Carson
William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE (born 16 November 1942) is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Life and career Best known as "Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1942. He was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire. His first winner in Britain was Pinker's Pond in a seven-furlong apprentice handicap at Catterick Bridge Racecourse on 19 July 1962. He was British Champion Jockey five times (1972, 1973, 1978, 1980 and 1983), won 17 British Classic Races, and passed 100 winners in a season 23 times for a total of 3,828 wins, making him the fourth most successful jockey in Great Britain. Willie Carson's best season as a jockey came in 1990 when he rode 187 winners. This included riding six winners at Newcastle Racecourse on 30 June, making Carson one of only four jockeys to ride six winners at one meeting during the 20th century. However, he came second in the 1990 jockeys' champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Munro (jockey)
Alan Munro (born 14 January 1967) is an English flat racing jockey. He has won many major races including The Derby and the Irish Derby in 1991. He also rode Sergeant Cecil to win the Northumberland Plate, the Ebor Handicap and the Cesarewitch in the same season, a feat never achieved before. Major wins Great Britain * Derby – '' Generous (1991)'' * King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – ''Generous (1991)'' * St. James's Palace Stakes – ''Araafa (2006)'' ---- France * Prix d'Ispahan – ''Zoman (1992)'' ---- Hong Kong * Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup) – ''Indigenous (1997)'' * Hong Kong Gold Cup – ''Industrialist (2000)'' * Queen Elizabeth II Cup – ''Industrialist (2000)'' ---- Ireland * Irish 2,000 Guineas – ''Araafa (2006)'' * Irish Derby – ''Generous (1991)'' * Phoenix Stakes – ''Mac's Imp (1990)'' * Tattersalls Gold Cup – ''Zoman (1991)'' ---- Italy * Oaks d'Italia – ''Bright Generation (1993)'' * Premio Lydia Tesio The Premio Lydia T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bolger (racehorse Trainer)
James S. Bolger (born 25 December 1941) is a thoroughbred racehorse trainer and breeder based in Coolcullen in County Kilkenny. For many years, he has been recognised as one of the racing greats in Ireland. Aidan O'Brien, Tony McCoy and Paul Carberry were all apprenticed to him before gaining professional recognition in their own right. During the 2006 flat season, Bolger trained Teofilo to go unbeaten at the age of two. This five-race unbeaten streak included victories in the Group 1 National Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes. Talk of an English Triple Crown bid was imminent, but Teofilo suffered a career-ending injury in the lead up to the 2,000 Guineas and never saw a racecourse again. Bolger was criticized for his handling of this situation. 2007 saw another Bolger-bred star emerge in the shape of New Approach. He followed the same path as Teofilo during his two-year-old career and was unbeaten. In 2008, Bolger informed the public that New Approach would go to Newmarket for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Roche
Christy Roche (born 3 December 1949 in Bansha, County Tipperary) is a retired Irish flat racing Champion Jockey and racehorse trainer. Over his thirty-year career between 1968 and 1998 he won the Irish Derby three times, in 1982, 1992 and 1997. His 1997 victory was on Desert King. In Britain he won the Epsom Derby on Secreto in 1984 and the Epsom Oaks on Jet Ski Lady in 1991. By the time of his retirement as a jockey Roche had already begun a career as a trainer. Amongst the major winners he trained were Like-A-Butterfly in the 2002 Supreme Novices' Hurdle and Grimes in the 2001 Galway Plate. He retired as a trainer in January 2018 and handed over his training licence to his son, Padraig. Major wins (as a jockey) Great Britain * Derby Stakes - '' Secreto (1984)'' * Fillies' Mile - ''Icing (1975)'' * International Stakes - ''Ivory Frontier (1993)'' * Oaks Stakes - '' Jet Ski Lady (1991)'' * William Hill Futurity - '' Sandy Creek (1978)'' * Yorkshire Oaks - ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Lieutenant General Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (; born 12 July 1950) is the Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security, Group Chairman of A.R.M. Holding and Dubai Real Estate Centre and Chairman of the Al Wasl FC club located in Dubai. He is the fourth and youngest son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912–1990) and the youngest brother of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Education and early career Sheikh Ahmed graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, joined the Central Military Command in Dubai and became its Commander in Chief, developing it into one of the leading military bases in the United Arab Emirates. Business interests Sheikh Ahmed's business interests include the Dubai Real Estate Centre (DREC) established in 1991 with more than 3200 units across the residential, commercial, retail and industrial real estate segments in Dubai under its mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Scott (racehorse Trainer)
Alexander Archibald Scott (8 February 1960 – 30 September 1994) was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer. In six seasons as a licence-holder Scott trained 164 winners. His most notable horses were the future Epsom Derby winner Lammtarra and the 1991 Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Sheikh Albadou.Jebb, Louis"Obituary: Alex Scott" ''The Independent'', 3 October 1994. Retrieved 2 November 2012. In 1994 Scott was shot and killed by a groom at Glebe Farm Stud near Newmarket; he was 34."'Resentful groom shot trainer after resigning'" '''', 20 July 1995. Retrieved 2 November 2012. Family backg ...
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Possessive Dancer
Possessive Dancer (14 May 1988 – after 2002) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from November 1990 until May 1992 she competed in four countries and won five of her eight races. After winning her only start as a juvenile in 1990, she showed relentless improvement in the first half of the following year, winning two handicap races before taking the Oaks d'Italia and the Irish Oaks. She failed to reproduce her best form in her three subsequent races and was retired from racing in 1992. She had some success as a broodmare. Background Possessive Dancer was a bay mare bred in the United Kingdom by Walter Swinburn Limited. During her racing career she was owned by Ahmed Al Maktoum and trained by Alex Scott in Newmarket, Suffolk. Her sire Shareef Dancer was the highest-rated horse in Europe in 1983, a year in which he won the Irish Derby. He sired few other top-class horses but was the damsire of Dubai Millennium. Her dam Poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Balzarini
Antonio Balzarini (born c. 1933) is a businessman and was a successful Italian racehorse owner (stable AJB) that bought the racehorse Carroll House from Gerald Carroll."Party ends as property meteor crashes to earth", John Waples, ''The Sunday Times'', 26 February 1995, pp. 2 & 7. The horse was trained by Michael Jarvis at Newmarket, Suffolk, Newmarket, and won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1989. Balzarini also owned Creaking Board (Hollywood Starlet Stakes G1 (USA), Bob Back (Prince of Wales's Stakes 1985) ( and Atoll, winner of the Italian 1000 Guineas (Premio Regina Elena) and Oaks in 1990. He also won, as owner all the most important classics in Italy, including Derby in 1989 with Prorutori. Balzarini won in total more than 40 Groups and about 100 Listed. Best Horses: Carroll House, Prix de Arc the Triomphe G1 1989, Irish Champion Stakes G1 1989, Princess of Wales's Stakes G2 1989, Grosser Preis Von Baden G1 1988, Furstenberg Renner G3 Bob Back, Prince of Wales's Stakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Hills
Barry Hills (born 2 April 1937) is a retired British thoroughbred horse trainer. He lives in Lambourn, England. Biography Barry Hills had three sons in his first marriage, to Maureen Newson: John, Michael, and Richard. John (died 2014) was a horse trainer, while the twins Michael and Richard are retired jockeys both of whom are still active in the horse racing industry, After his divorce, he married Penny Hills, and had two more sons, Charles and George. Charles is a current trainer and George provides bloodstock insurance in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Career In the mid-1950s, Barry Hills was an apprentice jockey to, among others, Fred Rimell. In 1959, he was the head lad of John Oxley. In 1969, he acquired a horse training license and began training horses at South Bank Stables in Lambourn. In 1986, he moved to Robert Sangster's Manton Yard where he remained until 1990, when he moved back to South Bank. By the end of 2000, he had trained 2166 winning horses in Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodist (horse)
Melodist (5 March 1985 – after 1999) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a juvenile in 1987 she showed considerable promise, winning one race and finishing third in the Futurity Stakes. In the following year, she developed into a high-class middle distance performer, winning the Oaks d'Italia and dead-heating for Irish Oaks as well as finishing second in a strongly contested edition of the weight-for-age Geoffrey Freer Stakes. As a broodmare she had some success as a dam of National Hunt horses. Background Melodist was a bay mare with no white markings bred in Pennsylvania by Ziw Associates. As a yearling in July 1986 she was consigned to the Keeneland select sale and was bought for $1,100,000 by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud. She was sent to Europe and entered training with Michael Stoute at his Freemason Lodge stable in Newmarket, Suffolk. She was sired by The Minstrel, a Canadian-bred horse who won The Derby in 1977. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Piggott
Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and horse trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style. Popularly called "The Long Fellow", he was known for his competitive personality, restricting his weight and, on occasion, not sparing the whip, such as in the 1972 Derby. Piggott was convicted of tax fraud in 1987 and sentenced to three years in prison, but served just over a year. Early life Piggott was born in Wantage, Berkshire, to a family that could trace its roots as jockeys and trainers back to the 18th century.p45, David Boyd, A Bibliographical Dictionary of Racehorse Trainers in Berkshire 1850–1939 (1998) The Piggotts were a Cheshire farming family who from the 1870s ran the Crown Inn in Nantwich for over 30 years. Piggott's grandfather, Ernes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
