More Group One Glory for Tale of Ekati
(30th November 2008, America)
Quality colt Tale of Ekati (3c Tale of the Cat x Silence Beauty, by Sunday Silence) scored his second Group One victory of the year when he was awarded the Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Stakes over one mile at Aqueduct on protest.
Galileo has leading 2009 Derby contender
(12th October 2008, Ireland)
Connections of Kite Wood (2c Galileo-Kite Mark, by Mark Of Esteem) were dreaming of big things in 2009 after the Galileo colt beat some high-class rivals to impressively win the G3 Autumn Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.
New Group Three Winner for Giant
(12th October 2008, America)
Late bloomer Sunshine for Life (4m Giant’s Causeway x Millions Stories, by Exclusive Native) was making her first appearance in a Black Type event in the Group Three Athenia Stakes at Belmont on Saturday and emerged a winner.
13th Group One Winner for Encosta
(11th October 2008, Australia)
Champion sire Encosta de Lago added a new Group One winner to his ever-growing tally when tough stayer Douro Valley (7g Encosta de Lago x Opaque, by Lord Seymour) out-slugged his rivals to claim the Group One MRC Yalumba Stakes.
Stakes Success for Dual Hemisphere
(11th October 2008, Australia)
It’s nice to break your maiden in a stakes race and that’s what happened for Dual Hemisphere (3c Danehill Dancer x Clever Zoe, by Pompeii Court), who captured the Listed SAJC Hill-Smith Stakes at Cheltenham on Saturday.
Autumn Plans for The Astronomer
(11th October 2008, Australia)
Promising three year-old The Astronomer (3g Galileo x Foxy, by Canny Lad) made it two wins from as many starts when he surged late to snatch a narrow win in the Ratings 75 event over 1400 metres at Rosehill on Saturday.
Five Straight for Faulconbridge
(11th October 2008, Australia)
Leading trainer Gai Waterhouse has long been a fan of Peintre Celebre having trained his Group One winners Bentley Biscuit and Mr Celebrity, so it should come as no surprise that she has another good one in promising stayer Faulconbridge.
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