Frankel’s victory a strong tonic for trainer Cecil
When the undefeated Frankel was brought back to the winner’s enclosure after his sublime performance in the Juddmonte International (Eng-I), the reception from the crowd was “something special, the...
View ArticleFrankel to target Champion Stakes in October
Undefeated superstar Frankel will make his next start in the Qipco Champion Stakes (Eng-I) at Ascot Oct. 20. The race is one of five group races on the Qipco Champions Day card. The connection’s of...
View ArticleJuddmonte returning to California, brings Baffert on board
Juddmonte Farms, victorious in major Southern California races like the Hollywood Gold Cup, Hollywood Turf Cup, Eddie Read Handicap, and Pacific Classic, will reemerge on the West Coast next year with...
View ArticleFrankel’s success: ‘It takes a team to make a champion’
The mighty Frankel concluded his incredible career last Saturday, going out on top with a superb victory in the Qipco Champion Stakes (Eng-I) at Ascot. As Frankel readies for a new career as a...
View ArticleJuddmonte’s Twice Over to stand in South Africa
Four-time group 1 winner Twice Over has been sold by Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farm to Freeman Stallions, and will begin his stallion career at Klawervlei Stud in South Africa next year. The...
View ArticleFrankel to stand first season for £125,000
Newly-crowned Cartier Horse of the Year Frankel will stand his first season at stud for £125,000 (about $200,000 U.S.), it was announced Nov. 14 by Juddmonte Farms. The 4-year-old son of Galileo has...
View ArticleFrankel set to welcome star-studded book of mares
Frankel will start his new career as a stallion later this week and Juddmonte has released more details of the champion racehorse’s book of mares for 2013.Frankel, who won all 14 of his races, will be...
View ArticleFamous first date: Champion Midday first mare bred to Frankel
Juddmonte Farms has announced that champion Midday was the first mare bred to undefeated Frankel. Midday delivered her first foal, a colt by Galileo, Jan. 16. Both Frankel and Midday were bred and...
View ArticleStarformer outshines G3 The Very One competition
Juddmonte Farm’s 5-year-old Kentucky homebred mare Starformer, making her first start since a wire-to-wire victory in the Long Island Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct in November, was much the best Saturday...
View ArticleClose Hatches Prevails in Gazelle
With just two prior starts on her resume, a fast and determined Close Hatches proved she belongs among the leaders of the 3-year-old filly division Saturday, turning back a strong challenge by Princess...
View ArticleClose Hatches Closes the Door on Mother Goose Field
Close Hatches barreled into the lead on the far turn and was never threatened as she rolled to easy 7 ¼-length victory over prohibitive favorite Dreaming of Julia in Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Mother...
View ArticleStarformer Takes New York by Storm
Starformer rebounded from a pair of disappointing efforts to upset the 70th running of the Grade 2, $200,000 New York on Saturday at Belmont Park. Seeking her fourth graded stakes win, Starformer, a...
View ArticleFrankel Scores Fertility Rate of 95 Percent in First Crop
Initial scans of the 133 mares covered by British superstar Frankel in his first season at stud indicate that the stallion has a fertility rate of 95 percent. Six of the seven mares not currently in...
View ArticleEmollient Bounces Back in American Oaks
Favored Emollient made an extremely successful turf debut, winning the Grade I, $350,750 American Oaks Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Making her first start since failing at 4-5 in the Grade II...
View ArticleClose Hatches Stares Down Competition in Cotillion
The $1 million G1 Cotillion Stakes for three year-old fillies went convincingly to Juddmonte Farm’s Close Hatches. The First Defence filly had won the G1 Mother Goose back in June at Belmont Park and...
View ArticleBC Distaff: Emollient Rallies From Last to First for Spinster Victory
Juddmonte Farms’ Emollient, the lone 3-year-old filly in the field, delivered a last-to-first 1¼-length victory in the 58th running of the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) for fillies and mares before...
View ArticleWinsili, Flintshire Skipping Breeders’ Cup
Group 1 winners Winsili and Flintshire will not make the transatlantic voyage to compete in this year’s Breeders’ Cup, according to a Daily Racing Form report. Winsili, winner of the Group 1 Nassau at...
View ArticleThe Lane’s End Weekender Pedigree: Frankel’s First Mares
There is a shadow looming from the east. It is the beast who vanquished all his rivals and put fear in the hearts of their connections. It is Frankel. The European Horse of the Year was one of the most...
View ArticleGosden Wins Hollywood Derby With Seek Again
Thirty years after winning a division of the Hollywood Derby with the brilliant filly Royal Heroine, trainer John Gosden was successful again Sunday with Seek Again, a son of Speigtstown making his...
View ArticleVideo: Champion Midday Shows Off Her Filly by Frankel
The six-time Gr.1 winning mare Midday foaled a bay filly by Frankel at 1.15pm on the afternoon of 1st February at Banstead Manor Stud. The filly, who weighed in at 132lbs, is very highly rated by Stud...
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