Classic Trial

Loughnane Duo Will Return at Three

GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint runner-up Go Bears Go (Ire) (Kodi Bear {GB}) and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf fifth Hello You (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) have both exited their Del Mar starts well and are pointing to 3-year-old campaigns. Trainer David Loughnane was pleased with his Group 2 winners, with Go Bears Go taking the G2 Railway S. earlier this year and Hello You winning the G2 Rockfel S. at Newmarket. The colt will be aimed for the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, while Hello You...

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Palace Pier The Star Turn At Sandown

   Arguably the most exciting older horse in training in Europe sets out on his keenly-anticipated 4-year-old campaign on Friday, as 'TDN Rising Star' Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) takes in the G2 Sandown Mile. Escaping a penalty with his brace of Group 1 wins in the St James's Palace S. and Prix Jacques le Marois coming before the end of August, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum's still-unexposed bay had excuses when bogged down in Ascot's testing conditions but still managed a respectable third in the G1 Queen Elizabeth...

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Born With Pride Sits Classic Test

William Haggas will find out a lot more about his potential star filly Born With Pride (Ire) (Born To Sea {Ire}) as she takes on the colts in Kempton's G3 Unibet Classic Trial on Wednesday, which has been re-routed from its traditional home of Sandown. Having already done the unusual by upstaging Ballydoyle's well-regarded Peaceful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the G3 Prix des Reservoirs runner-up Run Wild (Ger) (Amaron {GB}) on her racecourse debut in the Listed Montrose Fillies' S. at Newmarket in November, the Tsui family's homebred is as...

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