At first glance, it seems as though High Definition should be a viable contender for the 2021 Kentucky Derby. But his pedigree is a cause for pause.
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The beautifully-bred Nobel Prize joined the European Road to the Kentucky Derby with a front-running victory in the Ballysax (G3) at Dundalk in Ireland.
Chares may have scored an impressive front-running victory in the 1-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition S. at Kempton Park, earning 20 qualification points on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby. But from a pedigree perspective the Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained colt seems an unlikely candidate to wear the roses on the first Saturday in May.
With most horses, even those bred to thrive on turf, you can dig into their pedigrees and convince yourself they have enough dirt breeding to contend for victory in a race like…
The 2019-20 European Road to the Kentucky Derby gets underway this weekend with the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) at Newmarket in England and the Beresford Stakes (G2) at the Curragh in…
The European Road to the Kentucky Derby kicks off on Saturday at Newmarket in the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (Eng-G2). The demanding one-mile endeavor has featured some powerful runners in recent seasons,…
The Cardinal Conditions Stakes will be run as Race 4 at Chelmsford City on Thursday afternoon in Great Britain. It is the final leg of the European Road to the Kentucky Derby…
At the comparable midway stage last year on the inaugural European Road to the Kentucky Derby, Aidan O’Brien’s Saxon Warrior topped John Gosden’s Roaring Lion on the leaderboard, with no dirt prospects…