OVERVIEW Already a Group One winner in the USA and Dubai, Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux) is set to retire to Arrowfield Stud after a tilt at the Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) at next week’s Royal Ascot meeting. Trained in the US by Graham Motion, Animal Kingdom was second on his debut at Arlington over […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM IN FINAL QUEEN ANNE WORKOUTWorld Cup, Derby winner breezes five panels at Lambourn in last drill of his career. In what is expected to be the last workout of his career, Animal Kingdom breezed five furlongs in 1:03 with his dedicated workmate over the uphill Polytrack surface near David Lanigan’s yard in Lambourn, England June 12. Trainer Graham Motion […]
THE BREEDERS’ CUP FORUM: RAISING A ‘KINGDOM’Craig and Holly Bandoroff have been on the Animal Kingdom bandwagon from day one, when the son of Leroidesanimaux foaled at their Denali Stud near Paris, Ky., on March 20, 2008. They raised the colt for Barry Irwin’s Team Valor and entered him in the 2009 Keeneland September yearling sale, where he was bought back […]
DENALI REACHES NEW HEIGHTSGr.1 Kentucky Derby and Gr.1 Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom will write his most historic chapter on 18th June at Royal Ascot, when he becomes the first Kentucky Derby winner to run at Ascot since Triple Crown winner Omaha in 1936. And yet his celebrated story actually begins at the picturesque Denali Stud in […]
Denali reaches new heights as part of the Animal Kingdom storyKentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom will write his most historic chapter on June 18 at the Royal Ascot race meet in England when he becomes the first Kentucky Derby winner to run at Ascot since Triple Crown winner Omaha in 1936. And yet his celebrated story actually begins at the picturesque Denali Stud […]
Animal Kingdom works toward Royal AscotTrainer Graham Motion reported via Twitter that Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) winner Animal Kingdom completed a four-furlong gallop in :52 Thursday, May 9 at Lambourn. Animal Kingdom, by Leroidesanimaux, is preparing for a start at Royal Ascot, most likely in the June 18 Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I), a one-mile race. Team Valor and Arrowfield Stud’s Animal Kingdom also is entered in […]
Queen Anne Stakes confirmed for Animal Kingdom’s next startGraham Motion, the trainer of Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom, decided after walking the course at Ascot this week that the Royal meeting’s opening race over a mile will be the Kentucky-bred’s target in his career finale on June 18. “We had discussed the possibility of either the Queen Anne Stakes or the Prince […]
Animal Kingdom works toward Royal AscotTrainer Graham Motion reported via Twitter that Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) winner Animal Kingdom completed a four-furlong gallop in :52 Thursday, May 9 at Lambourn. Animal Kingdom, by Leroidesanimaux, is preparing for a start at Royal Ascot, most likely in the June 18 Queen Anne Stakes (Eng-I), a one-mile race. Team Valor and Arrowfield Stud’s Animal Kingdom also is entered in […]
BELMONT PARK: HESSONITE POWERS HER WAY TO BEAUGAY VICTORYShe’s back and better than ever, if Hessonite’s seasonal debut in the Beaugay Stakes is any indication. Last of six in the 2012 Beaugay on yielding turf before going on to win four stakes and a second straight New York-bred title, Hessonite ($9.80) turned in an exhilarating performance in this year’s edition to inhale the […]
Velazquez to ride Animal Kingdom at Royal AscotJockey John Velazquez, who rode Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) to victory in the 2011 GI Kentucky Derby, will be aboard the colt when he makes his career finale at Royal Ascot in June, Team Valor International has announced. Velazquez has a history of success at Royal Ascot, having ridden at the meeting in 2000, 2009, […]
