#Pearls Galore

Tuesday has headed the market for the Irish 1000 Guineas but is not being labelled with the'certainty' tag as her stablemate Concert Hall is also being supported. Concert Hall narrowly won a 1m2f Listed contest on her reappearance and is now dropping back in trip for a tilt at the Irish Classic with the market suggesting she's in with a chance. The…

Lafayette (pink silks): reopposes High Definition and Bear Story after landing last month's Hollywoodbets Alleged Stakes Noel Meade and Aidan O'Brien served up some excellent early tussles in 2021 with Broome and Helvic Dream, and the leading trainers will likely be to the fore again as Alleged Stakes 1-2 Layfayette and High Definition…

The first of two days of top class horse racing action takes place at Leopardstown this afternoon as Irish Champions Weekend kicks off. The eight-race card features two Group 1s, two Group 2s, one Group 3, a listed race and two incredibly competitive handicaps. Just seven line up in the Irish Champion Stakes, but it is a high class field, as you…

Irish 1000 Guineas (G1) winner Empress Josephine is the best of the trio of Europeans set for Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland. We'll give a quick update on her before examining the stateside debutantes - fellow Irish invader Nicest and progressive British shipper Cloudy Dawn. As discussed in her scouting report for the…

The three-year-old defeated five-time Group One winner Love by a short head in the Blandford Stakes at the Curragh on her latest start. "She's in good form and is on target for Ascot," Twomey said. "We're looking forward to running her. She's very well in herself and looking forward to Saturday week." Unlimited race replays of all UK & Irish…

Friday of the Breeders' Cup features the rising stars of racing. Saturday however, is a chance to see some the best of the best competing to be a world champion in their division. The two-day card from Del Mar can be a war of attrition for even the most experienced handicappers. Along with more races and larger fields foreign form makes the puzzle…

Tarnawa, defending champion and favorite for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf race, stretches her legs over the Del Mar track Monday. Photo courtesy of the Breeders' Cup DEL MAR, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships have attracted a record 56 international entries for the two-day event that opens Friday at Del Mar in…

Beaten a neck by No Speak Alexander in the 2021 renewal of the Group One, there were no anxious moments for connections this time around with victory not in doubt from some way out in the mile contest. Billy Lee set out to make all aboard Pearls Galore, who was wearing cheekpieces for the first time, and she responded to his every urging to run out…

Barry Mahon: excited for the future with Laurel, who has been supplemented for the Sun Chariot Stakes Juddmonte's exciting Laurel has been supplemented for Saturday's Sun Chariot Stakes (2.42) at Newmarket and their racing manager Barry Mahon is hoping to take advantage of a "long season" for her rivals. The three-year-old was an impressive debut…

Jane Chapple-Hyam's stable star powered home to capture the top-class prize from Mother Earth and Dreamloper last term and returns to the Rowley Mile - where she also won twice as a two-year-old and finished second in the 20211000 Guineas - in sparkling form this time around. The four-year-old claimed the second Group One win of her career with a…

Having provided the Newmarket handler with a red letter day at the track 12 months ago when becoming her first Group One winner, the New Bay filly will now bid to join Sahpresa (2009, 2010 & 2011) by becoming only the second multiple winner of the mile highlight since it became an all-aged Group One affair in 2004. Since her top-level triumph on…

There are few forces more unstoppable than a trainer on a roll and, in the case of Simon and Ed Crisford, the father and son combination maintained their irresistible run of form on Longines Irish Champions Weekend when Jadoomi (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) burned his rivals off from the front in the G2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang…

Leopardstown's Longines Irish Champions Weekend meeting is one of the highlights of the Irish Flat-racing season. The 2022 edition of this prestigious event promises to be right up there with the very best and, of course, bookmakers have plenty of free bets available throughout the weekend. The meeting is split between Leopardstown (Saturday) and…

It was billed as the perfect stage for Homeless Songs to debut the first single of a blockbuster autumn campaign, but Pearls Galore - joint-oldest runner in the line-up - delivered her sweetest tune yet to cause a 16-1 upset. She roared back to life for the unstoppable combination of Paddy Twomey and Billy Lee. It was in this race 12 months ago…

Paddy Twomey was no doubt a shade disappointed after French Claim only beat a couple home in the St Leger but the trainer bagged a Group One thanks for Pearls Galore in Saturday's Matron Stakes at Leopardstown and must have been over the moon with how Erosandpsyche performed in the Flying Five at the Curragh on Sunday. Nothing looked like getting…

Chris Hayes celebrates after winning the Moyglare Stud Stakes on Tahiyra during day two of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at The Curragh Racecourse in Kildare. PIC: Sportsfile THERE was success for Limerick jockeys across the Longines Irish Champions weekend. DAY ONE LEOPARDSTOWN Paddy Twomey's remarkable season hit another high as 16/1 shot…

Saturday's Irish Champion (G1) anchors three Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events at Leopardstown. The eponymous centerpiece of Irish Champions Weekend, the 1 1/4-mile prize offers a free ticket to the Turf (G1). Also on the Saturday card, the Champions Juvenile (G2) and Matron (G1) serve as "Win and You're In" races for the Breeders' Cup…

Jean-Claude Rouget has targeted his three-year-old Vadeni at the 10-furlong contest since he beat his elders in the Eclipse at Sandown. That day he held off the late thrust of John and Thady Gosden's Mishriff, who many considered to be slightly unlucky in running at Sandown, and he will have another crack at the favourite. Luxembourg was Aidan…