Thursday, September 14, 2017

Order for the Arc


Order of St George  -- At the Curragh meeting in Ireland on the weekend we saw Order of St George repeat his effort of 2015 in the Irish St Leger. Last year he had to settle for second in the event but on Sunday he blitzed his rivals to win by a large margin. His trainer Aiden O'brien has decided to by pass the Melbourne Cup again and head to France, for the Arc de Triomphe as his next assignment. The five year old almost went back to back in the Ascot Gold Cup recently going down narrowly to Big Orange so he is in super form.

 Order of St George 2017 Irish St Leger 



 Riven Light -- The Ravens Pass gelding made it two in a row at Listowel racecourse in Ireland yesterday. Trainer, Willie Mullins is plotting a course towards Australia with an ambitious plan to pitch his impressive winner against the mighty Winx when she bids to secure a third Ladbrokes Cox Plate victory on October 28.


 Nakeeta Victory in the Ebor Handicap
       After a string of near misses in big handicaps , Nakeeta finally got his head in front in the Ebor Handicap here on Saturday in the most valuable handicap in Europe. The six-year-old, who got up in the closing strides to beat the favourite, by a head. His trainer Iain Jardine has confirmed he wants to head down under with the Scottish stayer.


Lee Freedman and Singapore -- Lee had four runners at Kranji on friday night without success but opened his account on Sunday when Mr Clint saluted . He is by the Oasis Dream stallion Power out of a Zabeel mare.

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