Tag: guineas

[fcrp_feat_sc sc_id=”20492″] Trainer Jessica Harrington claimed the biggest Flat racing win of her career as Alpha Centauri won the Irish 1,000 Guineas. The 12-1 chance, ridden by Colm O'Donoghue, relished the good ground at the Curragh. Aidan O'Brien-trained horses were second and third. Could It Be Love( 33-1 ), ridden by his son Donnacha, finished three-quarters of a length ahead of the 5-4 favourite…

[fcrp_feat_sc sc_id=”20492″] James Tate is eyeing French Derby and Royal Ascot options for former 2000 Irish Guineas hopeful Hey Gaman. Hey Gaman is likely to skip Saturday’s Irish 2,000 Guineas with the St James’s Palace Stakes or the Prix du Jockey Club his possible alternative targets. James Tate’s colt outran his odds in the French Guineas last time, being beaten just a neck in…

[fcrp_feat_sc sc_id=”16024″] Richard Hannon's 66-1 chance Billesdon Brook claimed a shock victory in the second Flat racing Classic of the season, the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket  but how did such a big outsider manage to rule supreme on the day?. “On a cloudless day on the Rowley Mile, the filly became the biggest-priced winner in the history of the famous race, which was first…