Protektorat (Fr)

Leading jumps stallion Saint des Saints (Fr) has been pensioned from stud duties, it was announced on Wednesday. A Grade 1-placed hurdler for Guillaume Macaire, Saint des Saints has divided his time between Haras d'Etreham and Haras de la Tuilerie since retiring to stud ahead of the 2003 breeding season. He produced the high-class staying chaser Quito De La Roque (Fr) from his very first crop, while he was represented by two top-level winners during the latest season in the shape of Fastorslow (Fr), successful in the John Durkan Memorial...

CHELTENHAM, UK--St Patrick's Thursday at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival could turn out to be a pivotal day in the career of Dan Skelton, with the prize-money pocketed by his two winners--taking his overall tally for the week to four--seeing him leapfrog his long-time mentor Paul Nicholls in the battle to be crowned champion trainer in Britain. Skelton had been the one man to put up any resistance to the Irish on Wednesday's card when winning the Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle with Langer Dan (Ire) (Ocovango {GB}) and the Johnny Henderson...