17/06/2024. Horse Racing World: Asmussen Assistant Toby Sheets Found Dead In Greece, White Birch, Market Leaders Vandeek And Bucanero Fuerte Ruled Out Of Commonwealth Cup… by TDN

 

 

Asmussen Assistant Toby Sheets Found Dead In Greece

According to a report by several news reports, an American tourist was found dead near the Greek Island of Corfu on Sunday. The reports did not name the individual, but the TDN was able to… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

No White Birch In The Prince Of Wales’s As Ascot Wednesday Fields Confirmed

Wednesday’s Royal Ascot cards were finalised on Monday, with the feature G1 Prince of Wales’s S. made up of 10 runners but not, as expected, White Birch (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}). The G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Market Leaders Vandeek And Bucanero Fuerte Ruled Out Of Commonwealth Cup

The Commonwealth Cup has been blown wide open after market leaders Vandeek and Bucanero Fuerte were ruled out of Friday’s Group 1 at Royal Ascot.  Bucanero Fuerte was reported to have suffered from travel sickness by… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Planetario Breaks His Own Track Record To Win Another GIII Juan Capistrano S. At Santa Anita

Breaking his own course record that he established in last year’s GIII San Juan Capistrano S. at ‘The Great Race Place’, Planetario (Brz) (Il Doge (Brz)–Aerosfera (Brz), by Crimson Tide {Ire}) scrawled his name into… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Aguas de Cristal Hands Sire Volatile His First Winner At Monmouth Park

On a sunny Sunday afternoon at Monmouth Park, it was Aguas de Cristal (Volatile–Cedar Hall, by Bayern) who accelerated down the lane to break her maiden at first asking and hand her freshman sire his… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Diane Glory For Kingman’s Sparkling Plenty

Up in trip for Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly, Jean-Pierre-Joseph Dubois’s Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}–Speralita {Fr}, by Frankel {GB}) edged another close-run affair in a French Classic in 2024. Held up… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Frankel’s TDN Rising Star Delius Makes Black-Type Breakthrough at Chantilly

Coolmore and Westerberg’s hitherto undefeated ‘TDN Rising Star‘ Delius (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Whatami {GB}, by Daylami {Ire}), who added to his win column going 12 furlongs at Chantilly last month, continued on a roll over the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Ballydoyle’s Kingman Blueblood Off The Mark

Handed a tough task on debut last month in the G3 Marble Hill S., Ballydoyle’s The Parthenon (Ire) (Kingman {GB}–Wonder Of Wonders, by Kingmambo) had finished close enough to Arizona Blaze (GB) (Sergei Prokofiev) and… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

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