Topic: John Oxx
The 40-year-old rider surprised many last week by resigning from his job as stable jockey to recordbreaking trainer Aidan O'Brien but has been snapped up quickly by the Aga Khan, for whom he rode Sinndar to victory in the 2000 Prix ...
The complete professional in every way - so said trainer John Oxx of Mick Kinane, the bushy-browed master horseman who has retired from riding after a glittering three-and-a-half decade career.The quietly spoken 50-year-old Irishman heads into retirement with what one commentator described ...
Sea The Stars franked his credentials as one of racing's legends here on Saturday when he won his fifth successive Group One race of the season, the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.The Epsom Derby winner - ridden by Mick Kinane and ...
BRILLIANT Coral-Eclipse winner Sea The Stars will almost certainly miss the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and instead be aimed at the Group 1 Juddmonte International at York.. The John Oxx-trained three-year-old, whom Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation ...
Derby winners have an unhappy knack of failing to deliver in the Eclipse - often at very short odds. But expect Sea The Stars to buck the trend to become just the fifth three-year-old in the last 18 years to win the prestigious ...
Sponsors of the Coral-Eclipse have cut the odds of dual Classic winner Sea The Stars after John Oxx said he was confident his colt can succeed where Motivator and Authorized failed.. But following his Derby romp, Irish trainer Oxx hopes the same ...
Sandown officials are worried that Derby hero Sea The Stars will scare off most of the opposition should he take on his elders for the first time in the Coral-Eclipse.. Trainer John Oxx will leave it late before deciding whether the Epsom ...
Sea The Stars became the first horse since Nashwan in 1989 to achieve the English 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby double here on Saturday.The Irish raider - giving trainer John Oxx his second Derby winner and rider Michael Kinane his third - beat ...
Irish raider Sea The Stars landed the first major European racing classic this season here on Saturday as he won the English 2000 Guineas at 8/1 to give trainer John Oxx his first success in the race.The three-year-old colt - ridden ...
Rip Van Winkle is likely to go off favourite for the 2,000 Guineas, providing he recovers sufficiently from a bruised foot.. O'Brien is optimistic that Rip Van Winkle will make his seasonal debut. Mick Kinane will ride Sea The Stars ...
