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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... a reputation with fillies, Sinndar proved Oxx was equally adept with colts. He won the Epsom and Irish Derbies and the Arc. For most trainers he would have been considered the horse of a lifetime, but Oxx will modestly tell you he was lucky for Sea The Stars to come along. A more popular view, however, is that the horse was lucky to find him. Cartier Winners Horse Of The Year Sea...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... which threw up both Grey Swallow (2003) and Footstepsinthesand (2004) before they landed the Irish Derby and 2,000 Guineas respectively.Footstepsinthesand was one of six Aidan O’Brien-trained winners in the last 10 years and the champion trainer runs three today with Johnny Murtagh teaming up with Utrillo.On Saturday the in-form Murtagh brought the O’Brien-trained colt, St Nicholas...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
... week in Edinburgh and this evening will be a mouth-watering sell-out.Aside from being a full-on Irish derby with the leadership of the league at stake, the game can also represent something of a quasi final trial for the autumn Tests, along with next week’s Munster-Ulster game in Limerick. Regarding the composition of the Irish team to play Australia in three weeks’ time at...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
... Gold Cup winner hasn’t been seen since finishing a sick horse behind Sea The Stars in the Irish Champion Stakes, and a training setback since then looks like it could have called time on the Moyglare Stud-owned colt’s career.“He has had a hold up, a training setback, and he won’t race again this season,” Weld said yesterday. “A decision will be made in the next couple of weeks about whether...
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oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
... its usual strong field, headed by two of this season´s classic winners Fame and Glory (Irish Derby) (Aidan O´Brien/ Johnny Murtagh) and Sariska (Oaks and Irish Oaks) (Michael Bell/ Kieren Fallon). They are also the two highest rated and the likely favourites, but we have slight reservations about both, especially on this fast ground. Fame and Glory had the bad luck...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Racing:Fame And Glory heads a field of 14 for the Group 1 Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. Aidan O'Brien's Irish Derby winner bids to bounce back from a below-par performance in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last time out and backs down in trip to 10 furlongs.
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The Daily Donkey (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
... Day at Newmarket features the Champion Stakes and with it, perhaps one last opportunity for Irish Derby winner, Fame and Glory to gain some all age Group 1 success. While, this is far from a vintage renewal, the race having lost some of its lustre while being overshadowed by the Breeders Cup, Fame and Glory needs opposing. Chabal’s credentials look rock solid in the Dewhurst but is...
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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
The Montjeu colt has had the misfortune of bumping into the brilliant Sea The Stars in all but one of his starts in Group One company this season and the only time John Oxx's charge was not in attendance, Fame And Glory trounced his rivals in the Irish Derby.
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Bet Settle (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... off for Bolger with a little piece of history. The Emirates Airline Champion Stakes has attracted Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory but it looks something of a retrieval mission after his below-par effort in the Arc. Aidan O’Brien’s charge is also better over a mile and a half so at the prices, it is worth taking him on with Doctor Fremantle. Sir Michael Stoute had the original favourite...
