Mail Sport’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Friday’s meetings at Doncaster, Chepstow, Newcastle, Sandown and Perth.Source
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Savabeel’s Son Mo’unga Storms Into Newhaven Park
Mo’unga, the first multiple group 1-winning son of New Zealand’s eight-time champion sire Savabeel, has been retired to stud and will join the Newhaven Park stallion ranks for 2024; Benbatl’s fee set at AU$22,000 in first Southern Hemisphere season. Source
Paul Nicholls says female jockey Bryony Frost has had to look for rides in France as 14-time champion trainer claims: ‘The public like her more than some trainers do’
Paul Nicholls is bemused by Bryony Frost’s lack of outside opportunities and questioned why she is more popular with British racegoers than trainers.Source
Kagno, Hill to Serve as Interim Jockey Club Stewards
Juliet Kagno will serve as The Jockey Club steward for the remainder of Aqueduct spring meet and for the Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet while Dr. Ted Hill will assume the steward position during the Saratoga summer meet. Source
Balnikhov Faces Full Field in San Fran Mile Repeat Bid
It will be a bittersweet day at Golden Gate Fields April 27 as the $175,000 San Francisco Mile Stakes (G3T) is slated to be the last stakes race ever held at the track that opened in 1941. Source
Honor Marie Catches the Eye in Final Derby Breeze
Ribble Farms, Michael Eiserman, Earl Silver, Kenneth Fishbein, and Dave Fishbein’s Honor Marie drilled an eye-catching five-furlong bullet in :59 1/5 at Churchill Downs April 25, his final work before the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1). Source
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No Nay Mets, Next Star in Churchill Feature Stakes
Star router Next and the speedy No Nay Mets are among the top contenders in two of Churchill Downs’ featured stakes races May 1 leading up to Kentucky Derby (G1) weekend. Source
Muth Favored Over Fierceness in Preakness Future Wager
Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites Fierceness and Sierra Leone will open as the second and third choices behind Muth in the Preakness Future Wager when the final pool opens April 26. Source
Jockey Toledo Out Two Months Due to Collarbone Injury
Jevian Toledo, four-time leading rider at Laurel Park, had minor surgery to repair a dislocated collarbone suffered during a spill April 21. Source