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Somelikeithotbrown (Big Brown) wins the Dinner Party Stakes (G2) at Pimlico on 5.15.21. Jose Ortiz up, Michael Maker trainer, Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable owners.
Juddmonte s multiple stakes winner Set Piece (GB) along with Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable s two-time Grade 2 winner Somelikeithotbrown lead a field of 10 older horses that was entered in Saturday s $300,000 Wise Dan (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Named after multiple champion and two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan, the 32nd running of the 1 1/16-mile turf event goes as Race 10 of 12 with a post time of 5:26 p.m. (all times Eastern). First post is 12:45 p.m. The Wise Dan is one of seven stakes events on the fantastic closing day card at Churchill Downs. The program also features the $600,000 Stephen Foster (G2), $300,000 Fleur de Lis (G2), $150,000 Bashford Manor (G3), $150,000 Debutante (Listed), $150,000 Tepin and $150,000 War Chant.
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Royal Ascot Day One: Palace Pier tops Queen Anne contenders
Wed 9 Jun 2021
Palace Pier will face a maximum of 11 rivals when he bids for back-to-back Group One victories at Royal Ascot in the Queen Anne Stakes.
John and Thady Gosden’s star miler won a thrilling renewal of the St James’s Palace Stakes last summer – and will be a hot favourite to double his tally in the race which opens next week’s showpiece meeting on Tuesday, having made an impressive start to his campaign in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.
Circus Maximums provided Aidan O’Brien with a fourth Queen Anne success 12 months ago, and the Ballydoyle handler is once again likely to be represented – with both
Saffron Beach bidding to go one place better in Oaks
Thu 3 Jun 2021
Saffron Beach gives Jane Chapple-Hyam strong claims of becoming the first woman to train the winner of the Cazoo Oaks at Epsom on Friday.
Unbeaten in two starts as a juvenile, the daughter of New Bay was narrowly beaten on her return to action in the Nell Gwyn at Newmarket before performing best of the British when runner-up to Aidan O’Brien’s Mother Earth in the 1000 Guineas.
While a tilt at the Irish Guineas was considered, connections ultimately decided to step up half a mile in distance for a second tilt at Classic glory following a pleasing racecourse gallop at Epsom last week.