The annual Virginia Breeder’s Awards program has been scheduled at Great Meadow Friday May 6th the evening before the Virginia Gold Cup Races in a return to more of a “normal times” format for the first time since 2019. The event will take place in a trackside tent on Member’s Hill overlooking the deep stretch and finish line areas where steeplechase horses are set to compete the next afternoon. A list of awards to be presented that night follows.
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Walsh: Extravagant Kid To Remain Overseas, Target July Cup Sponsored by:
Extravagant Kid at Abington Place Stables
Following a strong third-place effort in the Group 1 King s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot last week, trainer Brendan Walsh told
TVG Insider News he plans to leave Extravagant Kid overseas to contest the G1 July Cup on Newmarket on July 10.
“He s come out of (the King s Stand) good so we re going to leave him there and take a shot at the July Cup,” Walsh told
TVG Insider News. “He s there and he ran so well at Ascot, so another 3-4 weeks there, why not? He s in a nice environment and he seems to be doing well. And I think the timing would be good.”
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Extravagant Kid at Abington Place Stables
All 11 American raiders have arrived in Newmarket ahead of their engagements at Royal Ascot next week, with Extravagant Kid and Maven eyeing G1 spoils in the King s Stand Stakes (16 confirmations) on the opening day, Tuesday June 15.
The duo remain on course for a showdown with Europe s leading five-furlong sprinter Battaash (Charlie Hills), an easy winner of this race 12 months ago after agonising defeats at the hands of Blue Point in 2018 and 2019.
Extravagant Kid (Brendan Walsh) touched down in England yesterday having not been seen out since registering a first G1 success under Ryan Moore in the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan, UAE, on March 27.