Blue Bolt flashes home for electric Gr.1 Matron win
A good day for Juddmonte at the Irish Champions Festival continued when Blue Bolt secured her third Group 1 and fifth consecutive win in the Matron Stakes for trainer Andrew Balding and retained rider Colin Keane on Saturday.
First stakes win for Maire Rua in Listed Ingabelle Stakes
Leopardstown's Irish Champions Day opener came down to a battle between the TDN Rising Stars in the line-up and it was Maire Rua (Frankel) who subdued Timeless Tale (Sioux Nation) for success in the Listed Ingabelle Stakes.
Juddmonte’s 150th European Group 1 win
Kalpana’s victory in the Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks followed Item’s Gr.1 Juddmonte International success, and also marked Juddmonte’s 150th Group 1 victory in Europe.
Kalpana wins the Yorkshire Oaks Gr.1
Thursday's Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks promised to be a renewal for the ages and it delivered on that guarantee as three-time elite-level heroine Kalpana inched out the Jim Bolger-trained Sparan Nua in a thriller.
Item is a thrilling winner of the Juddmonte International Gr.1
At the end of Wednesday's G1 Juddmonte International Stakes, there was a star three-year-old in charge as the Item (Frankel) landed in front when it mattered.
Blue Bolt wins the Gr.1 Prix Rothschild
The Gr.1 Prix Rothschild saw the same one-two as the Falmouth Stakes between Blue Bolt and Precise at Deauville on Sunday.
Repel lands stakes breakthrough
In yesterday's eight furlong Listed Prix la Sorellina at Mont-de-Marsan, Juddmonte's homebred Repel was well positioned to strike under Clement Lecoeuvre.
'A Special mare': Keane guides Kalpana to King George glory
Kalpana outstayed French superstar Calandagan to carry off Ascot's Gr.1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday (25th July).
Dominant York Stakes victory for Item
Item (Frankel) bounced back to form at York, forging clear in the straight to take the Gr.2 York Stakes on Saturday (25th July).
Blue Bolt wins Gr.1 Falmouth Stakes
Relishing the fast-ground test of Friday's Group 1 Falmouth Stakes, Juddmonte's Blue Bolt struck for the older brigade in the next chapter of the clash of the generations.
