14/05/2024. Horse Racing World: Maple Leaf Mel, Mystik Dan, Fortuna Mia, Her Majesty The Queen Announced As Royal Patron Of York Racecourse, Glee, Birthe (IRE) & Catching Freedom by TDN

 

 

Maple Leaf Mel Named 2023 New York-Bred Horse Of The Year

The late Maple Leaf Mel (Cross Traffic), who won last year’s GIII Victory Ride S. and GIII Miss Preakness S. before tragically falling en route to victory in the GI Test S., was named New… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Muth Favored To Give Baffert A Ninth Win In the Preakness

In the few days after Mystik Dan (Goldencents) pulled an 18-1 upset in the GI Kentucky Derby, there was the real possibility that none of the 20 horses that competed in the first leg of… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Vekoma Gets First Winner With Fortuna Mia At Horseshoe Indy

Freshman stallion Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}) notched his first winner Monday when Fortuna Mia won nicely at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Off at 5-1, the 2-year-old filly stalked the pacesetter, pounced off the turn, won going away… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Her Majesty The Queen Announced As Royal Patron Of York Racecourse

Her Majesty The Queen has agreed to be the Royal Patron of York Racecourse, it was announced on Monday. Both The King and The Queen have a keen interest in both racing and breeding, with the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Honor A.P.’s Glee Beats The Boys At Lone Star

With a ‘frog strangler’ at Lone Star Park, Glee (Honor A.P.–Red Tabby, by Bluegrass Cat) beat the boys over the slop to break her maiden at first asking and in the process handed her freshman… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Study Of Man’s Birthe Wins The Saint-Alary

Completing a treble of shocks on Sunday’s ParisLongchamp card, Alain Jathiere and Christine Guilbert’s Birthe (Ire) (Study Of Man {Ire}–Barakaat {Fr}, by Lope De Vega {Ire}) upstaged her peers to take the G2 St Mark’s… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Catching Freedom To Enter Preakness According To Cox

Albaugh Family Stables’s Catching Freedom (Constitution), the GI Kentucky Derby fourth-place finisher, is slated to enter Saturday’s $2 million GI Preakness S. at Pimlico Race Course, trainer Brad Cox said Sunday morning via a 1/ST… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

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