O’Brien trained Luxembourg wins Irish Champion Stakes

Horse racing's world number one trainer and jockey have a runner in each of Hong Kong's four richly endowed international races at Sha Tin on Sunday Aidan O'Brien; bidding for glory in Hong Kong Aidan O'Brien has never assembled a stronger quartet of horses to compete at the Longines Hong Kong International Races. The Ballydoyle trainer has three…

This was what they always believed he would: on the biggest stage, with the stakes at their highest, Auguste Rodin came of age with a performance for the ages. The bare statistic will tell you that Auguste Rodin, trained by Aidan O'Brien, only had half-a-length to spare at the line over Luxembourg, his stablemate and the 2022 winner of this race,…

Auguste Rodin gave Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore a fifth successive win Saturday in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. The victory earned Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Westerberg's 3-year-old son of Deep Impact an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Turf through the Breeders' Cup challenge series. The Irish…

Auguste Rodin and Ryan Moore (orange/blue) won the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. Press Association Irish Champions Festival Aidan O'Brien star puts Ascot disappointment behind him with big Leopardstown win. AUGUSTE RODIN ROSE from the canvas once again to hold off Luxembourg and Nashwa and win the Irish Champion Stakes at…

The Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown is the highlight of the day, with Aidan O'Brien looking to extend his 11 wins in the race. He's won the last four times and his three runners this year include Auguste Rodin, ridden by Ryan Moore. Last year's winner Luxembourg, also O'Brian's, is included in the race. There are also big races at Haydock…

A cracking field has been assembled for a fascinating running of the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes (3.20) at Leopardstown on Saturday. Here we provide a runner-by-runner lowdown on the Group 1 and a selection. . . Highly progressive last year, winning his last three races, including Group 3 events over 1m1f at York and Newmarket, after…

Trainer Aidan O'Brien has told the horse racing press that his Epsom Derby winner Auguste Rodin, who was last seen running poorly in the King George, has been working'brilliant' ahead of his next target - the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 9th. We last saw Auguste Rodin running last of 10 in the King George VI and Queen…

Auguste Rodin, winner of the Epsom Derby (G1), heads an all-star cast Saturday in the July 29 for the Group 1, $1.6 million King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, England. The winner will gain a guaranteed start in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Turf on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita. Great Britain's signature open-age flat race run over 1 1/2…

Auguste Rodin #2, ridden by Ryan Moore, wins the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes on Irish Champions Day at Leopardstown Race Course September 10, 2022. (Shamela Hanley/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM) By Jon Lees ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, U.K. - Auguste Rodin (IRE), winner of the 2023 Betfred (Epsom) Derby (G1), heads an all-star cast July 29 for the £1.25 million…

A field of eight runners will line up for the Juddmonte Irish Oaks (3.45) a t the Curragh on Saturday, with the big race shown live on ITV Racing and Racing TV. Read on for the lowdown on the contenders and to find out who we fancy. . .

THE world's most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby, roars back into action on Saturday. The finest three-year-old colts in the world will thunder over the famous course at the earliest ever start time of 1.30pm. It has all the makings of a classic - in name and stature. Can Frankie Dettori secure victory in his final ever Derby? Will Ryan Moore win…

When Magical won back-to-back runnings of the Tattersalls Gold Cup in 2019 and 2020 at odds of 2-7 and 2-9 you feared for the future of the race but this rollicking rendition is unquestionably the Flat race of 2023 at this early stage. The late inclusion of Vadeni at a supplementary cost of €45000 adds an extra bit of spice to a dish that was…

Punters are predicting a Frankie Dettori masterclass riding Torquator Tasso for back-to-back wins in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. No horse has taken the autumn highlight from a stall wider than 16 in recent years, but the top jockey and reigning champion start from 18. Sustained support has led to Ladbrokes dropping Torquator Tasso's odds…

The nights are drawing in, there's a chill in the air and the Arc looms large. On October 2 the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe takes centre stage at Longchamp (3.00) - and this year's renewal looks wide open. Here we assess the main contenders - just don't mention the B word. . . Form 11-311 Strengths Once the favourite for the Derby, Luxembourg has…

An Irish Champion Stakes run under a blazing autumn sky in front of a raucous Leopardstown crowd was billed as the moment of truth for Luxembourg and he delivered in spades courtesy of a vintage Ryan Moore steer. In thwarting the Gallic challenge of fellow three-year-olds Onesto and Vadeni, who endured an amount of traffic under Christophe…

It took time, but Luxembourg eventually lived up to his potential with success in Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. Aidan O'Brien's top classic hope had spent the summer recuperating from injury in a frustrating campaign for the Coolmore/Ballydoyle operation who'd endured an unusually sparse return from their three-year-old…

Arden Barnes-USA TODAY Sports Irish Champion Stakes is the big Breeders' Cup Challenge race this weekend Seven runners will line up in the race at Leopardstown Another weekend means more high quality Breeders' Cup Challenge action. This weekend, the eyes will be on Leopardstown, Ireland, as a place in the G1 Breeders' Cup Turf is up for grabs as…

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 7:14 am |Back to:, Ryan Moore: "He [Luxembourg] obviously needs to improve on what he has done this year." | Coady By Ryan Moore has admitted that French Derby and Coral-Eclipse winner Vadeni sets the standard in the Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown on Saturday but warned that Luxembourg should not be underestimated…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing Trainer Aidan O'Brien has won the Epsom Derby 8 times already and has a strong hand in 2022 to make it nine after his exciting 3 year-old STONE AGE won Sunday's Leopardstown Derby Trial by an impressive 5 1/2 lengths - therefore, it was no shock to see this Galileo colt shoot to the head of the…

Tom Marriott reports from Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle base ahead of the Cazoo Derby Festival IT'S ALL change at Ballydoyle. Not just the installation of floodlights and speedometers on the gallops at Aidan O'Brien's already state of the art training establishment - the home of a record-breaking eight Derby winners - but most importantly with the…

Derby favourite Luxembourg has suffered an injury scare in training, leaving a question mark over the colt's participation at Epsom next month. Trainer Aidan O'Brien said the horse, who finished third in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket last Saturday, was lame in his off hind leg after exercise on Friday. O'Brien expects to give a further update in…

Changingoftheguard threw his hat into the Derby ring with a thoroughly impressive display in the Boodles Chester Vase. Trainer Aidan O'Brien had saddled a record nine previous winners of the Group 3 contest, with his Ruler Of The World the last horse to follow up at Epsom in 2013. O'Brien already houses the ante-post favourite for the premier…