#Sweet Solera

Much is discussed about Frankel's stamina influence, if his progeny stay well and what really is their optimum trip? From Oaks winner Anapurna to Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Homeless Songs, his progeny consistently display their versatility over every distance in top flight races around the world. Nashwa is out of a mare by Pivotal. It is well…

Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 11:36 am |Back to: Europe, Lakota Sioux | Racingfotos.com By Gallop Racing's 2-year-old distaffer Lakota Sioux (Ire) (Sioux Nation -Shemiyla {Fr} {GSW-Fr, $169373}, by Dalakhani {Ire}) bounced back off a third in Royal Ascot's Listed Chesham S. to secure a career high in Saturday's G3 Jewson Sweet Solera S. at Newmarket,…

Racing's most eloquent ambassadors are frequently the jockeys and it is they who take centre stage at Ascot in the Dubai Duty Free-sponsored Shergar Cup, an annual team competition in which the stardust is sprinkled on the riding talent rather than necessarily on the handicappers that they must pilot. In particular, the Rest of the World line-up…

Members of the Gallop Racing syndicated enjoyed what they described as a "red letter day" after Lakota Sioux provided them with their biggest-ever success when completing a 20.6-1 treble for Charlie and Mark Johnston in the Jewson Sweet Solera Stakes. Having finished third in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot 49 days ago, the daughter of…

Five horses go to post for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday. Earlier on the card, Hoo Ya Mal is a hot favourite for the Group 3 March Stakes. Both races are live on ITV Mutasaabeq was priced up as favourite for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile Consistent colt Mutasaabeq is favourite to give his…

Fillies are in the spotlight Thursday on Day 2 of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster. Here are a couple longshots to keep an eye on in the day's two Group offerings. The odds on favorite Dance in the Grass have shortened considerably to around even-money for this juvenile filly event over one mile, and for understandable reasons. She's beaten two…

Commissioning is unbeaten in two starts, winning on the Newmarket July course in July and then handling the Rowley Mile equally well when accounting for Electric Eyes by two and three-quarter lengths last month. For an end-of-season two-year-old race which can be run with cut in the ground, the market has been pretty accurate in the Fillies' Mile…

Tom Thurgood of racingtv.com takes a closer look at each of the runners currently in the reckoning for the Group One bet365 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on Friday and shares the stats to note plus an early verdict. See what happens live on Racing TV! The opening Group One contest of the Dubai Future Champions Festival takes centre stage on the Rowley…

Andy Stephens selects a handful of horses to keep in mind at Newmarket's Cambridgeshire Meeting this week plus has some nuggets for fans of trivia. There are six days of wonderful racing at Newmarket between now and October 8, not to mention the Book One Yearling Sale at nearby Tattersalls when some of the best bred youngsters in the world will be…

The St Leger Festival moves into its second day at Doncaster with two quality Group Two contests headlining Thursday's card, all live on Sky Sports Racing. A quality field of 10 lines up in the Group Two Cazoo May Hill Stakes (2.35), a race won last year by superstar Inspiral. Of this year's potential world beaters, the standout is Mark Johnston's…

Last year's Derby and King George hero has not been since the Champion Stakes in October, where he was fifth having finished fourth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe prior to that Ascot outing. It was hoped he would make his comeback in the Coronation Cup at Epsom, but when that was ruled out attentions turned to Royal Ascot and then the…