Libertango

Juddmonte's Kalpana (Study Of Man)is one of 15 confirmations for the G1 Legends Global Yorkshire Oaks on August 20 at the latest entry stage on Friday. Fresh off winning a thrilling G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, the Study Of Man mare faces off against a seven-strong battalion of Coolmore runners anchored by multiple Group 1 winner Minnie Hauk (Frankel), who won this race in 2025. The 2025 Arc runner-up is joined by Aidan O'Brien stablemates Amelia Earhart (Camelot), a winner of the Listed Cheshire Oaks,...

Now that the vast majority of the Classics and the high-pressure events of Royal Ascot are recent history, racing's summer loosens up a touch with Newmarket's July Festival next on the endless circling timeline. What those amazing hardwoods in the pre-parade ring could tell you, looming over decades of choice thoroughbreds and interactions, hushed awe and nervous tension. The meeting's agenda reads like a mini-Saratoga and is Newmarket's finest week of the year. While Saturday's G1 Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup is the key race, the July Festival is...

Royal Ascot is the focus of this week's column as we rank the six two-year-old winners at the meeting, according to Timeform ratings. The usual format will return next week with a look at the maiden/novice winners who might have gone under the radar whilst all eyes were on the action in Berkshire. 6. NOLA SOUL Justify - Sing Me Home (GB), by Muhaarar Timeform master rating: 97p 'TDN Rising Star' Nola Soul, a debut winner at Leopardstown on May 16, showed much improved form to maintain his unbeaten record...

Breeze-up handler Brendan Holland, who had open-heart surgery on Tuesday, says watching Libertango win the Albany provided him with "a proper boost" Brenan Holland had good reason not to be at Royal Ascot to see Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up graduate Libertango (No Nay Never) storm to G3 Albany Stakes glory for George Boughey and Billy Loughnane.  "I'm not in Ascot," he explained shortly after Friday's opener, "I'm actually in ICU in Cork Hospital - couldn't make it to Ascot because I had open-heart surgery on Tuesday." Asked how he managed to...