It’s British Champions Day at Ascot, and the high-octane action kicks off with the eagerly anticipated Long Distance Cup, featuring some of the world’s best-performing stayers of the year.
Only ten runners line up for this handicap sprint, but it’s chock-full of experienced six-furlong specialists who should give us a race to savour.
The Euphrates capped a fine afternoon for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore when bringing up a four-timer for the pair with a decisive victory in the Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch.
Dual Derby winner Auguste Rodin will race for the final time at the Japan Cup in November before being retired to stud.
Kyprios reclaimed his Irish St Leger crown at the Curragh, and still could be aimed at the the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in early October.
Day one of Doncaster’s St Leger meeting has some mouthwatering races lined up, including this huge field of capable two-year-olds competing for the biggest purse on Thursday’s card.
Twelve high-class contenders are left in the Irish Champion Stakes at the confirmation stage for Saturday’s Leopardstown showpiece, including Economics and Auguste Rodin.
Los Angeles appears increasingly likely to join stablemates Auguste Rodin and Luxembourg in the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, the feature race on day one of Irish Champions Festival weekend.
Tucked away in another bumper Ebor card is this wide-open nursery handicap, with the 17 promising two-year-olds sure to provide a thrilling seven-furlong contest for York’s race-goers to enjoy.
Los Angeles is now the outright favourite for the St Leger after recording a determined success in the Great Voltigeur Stakes at York.