By Major Srinivas Nargolkar (Retd.) On Thursday, trainer Mallesh Narredu and his nephew jockey Suraj Narredu won the New Hope Indian 1000 Guineas, Gr.1 with Godspeed. Today they completed the Guineas double with Dr. M.A. Ramaswamy’s Be Safe (Holy Roman Emperor – Oriental Lady) winning the ABV Nucleas Indian 2000 Guineas, Gr.1. On Godspeed, Suraj … Continue reading Holy Roman Emperor colt wins Indian 2000 Guineas
By Major Srinivas Nargolkar (Retd.) [Link to video of Indian 1000 Guineas at end of post.] Godspeed (Multidimensional – Almandine), despite wandering about a bit in the closing stages as she is wont to, held on determinedly by a neck to deny the odds-on favourite Maisha (Footstepsinthesand – My Pension) a victory in the New … Continue reading Gutsy Godspeed prevails in Indian 1000 Guineas
Last night on Twitter, a participant in the Japanese bloodstock industry tweeted a link to a Racing Post article about a Grade 1 race in Japan. Here it is: The race, however, is not a Grade 1 race by the body that adjudicates on such matters, the International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities (IFHA). The … Continue reading International confusion
Darley’s Elusive Quality got his 19th unrestricted black type winner as a broodmare sire today when Japanese-bred two-year-old filly Shonan Adela (by Deep Impact from Always Willing) won the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, the year-end championship defining race in Japan. The Hanshin Juvenile Fillies is a 1600-meter race on turf, the surface on which 11 … Continue reading Elusive Quality as a broodmare sire
This post was originally published at werkhorse.com Munnings, a first-crop sire by Speightstown at Ashford Stud for Coolmore, had two stakes winners a week ago, bringing his total to three so far as he makes a late-season impression with his first two-year-olds. He already has an impressive 25 winners—tops in North America among freshman sires—and … Continue reading The Speightstown effect
First-crop sire Munnings on a roll: 22 first-crop winners for Munnings so far. http://t.co/vJ2GmHh85I — Sire Watch (@SireWatch) December 6, 2014 Another two-stakes-winners day for Munnings: Lake Sebago & Catalina Red. Catalina Red is a new SW. Total of 3 first-crop SWs for the sire. — Frances J Karon (@francesjkaron) December 6, 2014 Neither here … Continue reading Bloodstock news from Twitter: 12/7/2014
