Cross claims rousing Park victory
Rising Cross, placed in both the English and Irish Oaks, landed a deserved victory in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes over a mile and six furlongs at York.
Rising Cross, placed in both the English and Irish Oaks, landed a deserved victory in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Park Hill Stakes over a mile and six furlongs at York.
Mont Etoile faces a step up in trip for her next start with connections of the Irish Oaks fourth planning a tilt at the Park Hill Stakes or the Ladbrokes St Leger at York in September.
Thirteen fillies have been declared for the €400,000 Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh on Sunday. The lineup has an international character with one French and three English raiders.
Eswarah emulated her dam Midway Lady by winning the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom this afternoon.
In the words of her jockey Richard Hills: 'She stays, has the class for the Oaks, and can quicken most impressively'. Those seeking a Vodafone Oaks winner should look no further than the subject of that appraisal, the Michael Jarvis-trained Eswarah.
Shaun Micheel, rated the 169th best player in golf, became United States PGA champion at Oak Hill in Rochester, New York on Sunday - and he did it with the shot of the year.
Little-known Shaun Micheel and Chad Campbell share the lead going into the final round of the United States PGA at Oak Hill in Rochester, New York.
American Shaun Micheel is the shock halfway leader in the US PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
Phil Mickelson put himself on track for a long-awaited major title with an opening 66 and a share of the US PGA Championship lead, but Tiger Woods struggled to a four-over-par 74.
The declared state of emergency in the USA, prompted by mass power outages, will not affect today's second round of the US PGA Championship at Oak Hill in Rochester, New York.
Europe's top-ranked player Padraig Harrington has said that he could join the list of leading names who will miss next week's U.S. PGA Championship.
Barry Hills' unbeaten filly Geminiani will not take her chance in the Sagitta 1000 Guineas and may now be aimed at the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom in June.
Kieren Fallon will be hoping to score a second classic success on Guadalupe in the German Oaks (Preis der Diana) at Mulheim on Sunday.
Ryder Cup pair Philip Walton and Paul Broadhurst have given themselves a mountain to climb in the final round of the European tour qualifying school at San Roque in Spain tomorrow.
Philip Walton has not made a good start in his attempt to regain his European Tour card for the third time in as many years in Spain.