Karl Burke

There was a familiar story at Chantilly on Sunday as Karl Burke plundered another French prestige prize courtesy of the colt Arabie (GB) (Dandy Man {Ire}) who proved toughest in a pure speed shakedown in the G3 Prix du Bois Longines. Up with the pace set by the favourite Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}), Mohammed Al Shahi's York novice winner was under the pump by halfway with Jim Crowley digging in to reserves but where the filly cried enough a furlong out the boy from the North of England held out....

Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) will miss the G1 Coronation S. on Friday, June 21, due to a setback, trainer Karl Burke revealed on Saturday. The G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas heroine was a winner of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. at two and was expected to be one of the major players in the Coronation. "Unfortunately, she's had a little training setback and she's not going to be able to run next week," said Burke. "We're not sure how long it's going to hold us up for...

Karl Burke says that he is confident Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) will prove a tough nut to crack when she bids to follow up in the Coronation S. at Royal Ascot. Fallen Angel will face a stern test at Royal Ascot, with Roger Varian's 1,000 Guineas winner Elmalka (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Aidan O'Brien's Opera Singer (Justify) both in opposition. Burke told Sky Sports Racing, "She's in great form, came back from Ireland in good order, she did a nice piece of work...

Debuting in Saturday's Two Year Old Trophy at Beverley, Wathnan Racing's €460,000 Arqana May Breeze Up purchase Shareholder (Not This Time) made the perfect start to point to Royal Ascot's juvenile features. Slowly away under James Doyle, the Karl Burke-trained 6-4 favourite quickly recovered to track his four rivals racing a touch freely without cover. Delivered to take a narrow lead approaching the furlong pole, he belied inexperience to hold the previous winner Moving Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) and score by a short head. "He was a little tardily away...

If you are a racing tragic, and I'd like to think that most TDN readers fall into this celebrated bracket, it is impossible to have a day off at the moment. Trials, Classics, they come thick and fast in these heady weeks of spring. We've waited winterlong, starved of any meaningful action, and now it's hard not to feel a little queasy at the veritable feast of racing which is set before us, course after course after course. There's barely even room for the Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding Maiden Hurdle. ...

In the space of less than an hour on Sunday, it was Too Darn Hot's world and we were all just living in it. Following the example of stablemate Darnation (Ire), who had dominated the G2 German 1000 Guineas at Dusseldorf minutes earlier to showcase the merits of Darley's second-crop sire, Clipper Logistics' Fallen Angel (GB) also put her G1 1000 Guineas flop firmly behind her to earn top trumps with a clear-cut success in the G1 Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at The Curragh. Only eighth at Newmarket, the Karl...

Rebounding from a disappointing effort when beating only two rivals in the G1 1000 Guineas, Newtown Anner Stud Farm's Darnation (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}--Monday Monday {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) was an authoritative winner of Sunday's G2 Wempe 104th German 1000 Guineas at Dusseldorf. Sent off the 13-5 favourite, last year's G2 May Hill S. and G3 Prestige S. winner was handily-placed throughout by Adrie De Vries and stayed on strongly to take control a furlong out. At the line, the Karl Burke-trained homebred had 2 1/4 lengths to spare...

Ground conditions will dictate future plans for Royal Rhyme (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) following his impressive return to action in the Brigadier Gerard S. at Sandown on Thursday. The Karl Burke-trained four-year-old dominated his rivals in handicap company at Goodwood last summer and went on to win a Listed prize at Ayr before finishing fifth to King Of Steel (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the Qipco Champion S. at Ascot. Making his first appearance since Champions Day, the colt was a short price to dispatch of three rivals at Group...

Dalham Hall Stud's first-season sire Pinatubo (Ire) was off the mark on Thursday as his son Andesite (GB) battled to success in York's Frank Whittle Partnership ebfstallions.com Novice S. Sent off the 7-2 second favourite for the six-furlong test, Clipper Logistics' half-brother to the G2 Queen Mary S. and G2 Temple S. winner Dramatised (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) travelled notably strongly behind the leading duo early but looked booked for second as Yah Mo Be There (GB) rolled by in his bid to become the first winner for his sire Mohaather...

The G2 Dante S. at York on Thursday, May 16 is likely to be the next port of call for Caviar Heights (Ire) following his victory in last week's Listed Newmarket S. on the Rowley Mile. Trained by Karl Burke, Caviar Heights proved well suited by the step up to a mile and a quarter at Newmarket, forging clear on the uphill climb to the line to land the spoils by four lengths from Sayedaty Sadaty (Ire) (Anodin {Ire}). The son of Sea The Stars (Ire) holds an entry in...

City Of Troy (Justify) and Arabian Crown (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) head the betting for the G1 Derby after the latest entries were released on Tuesday. Of the 69 set to run in late April, just 41 remain after the latest scratching deadline for the Classic, which will be run at Epsom on Saturday, June 1. A baker's dozen haven been entered by Aidan O'Brien for the Coolmore partners, anchored by City Of Troy, despite his puzzling ninth-place finish in last Saturday's G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas. Last season's G1 Dewhurst S....

Classic prospect Making Dreams (Ire) (Make Believe {Ire}) headlines a pop-up sale conducted by Arqana Online from 3-5 p.m. on May 3. Already a winner of the G3 Prix Penelope by six lengths on Apr. 1, the three-time 2-year-old winner carries an entry for the G2 Prix Saint Alary on May 12, as well as for the G1 Oaks at Epsom on May 31. Trained by Karl Burke, the filly is currently rated 100. Bred by Morera Partnership, Making Dreams cost 33,000gns at the 2022 Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale.  Her...