Curragh Round-up: Arizona Blaze Strikes in Flying Five

Curragh round-up: Arizona Blaze strikes in Flying Five

Arizona Blaze bounced back from Nunthorpe disappointment to land the Bar One Racing Flying Five Stakes.

Arizona Blaze, Precise get BC bids; Zavateri also wins at Curragh

Arizona Blaze rebounded from last month’s 11th-place finish in the Nunthorpe (G1) by taking advantage of yielding turf to win Sunday’s Group 1, $US$469,380 Flying Five Stakes, a straight, five-furlong sprint for open company at the Curragh in Ireland. The race also served as one of the two win-and-you’re-in qualifiers on the card for the Breeders’ Cup. Arizona Blaze earned a berth in the one-turn, five-furlong Turf Sprint on Nov. 1 at Del Mar. ?…

Amo's Arizona Blaze Gets His Group 1 In The Flying Five, Breeders' Cup The Plan

Thoroughly deserving of his first Group 1 success on Sunday, AMO Racing Limited and Giselle De Aguiar's Arizona Blaze (Sergei Prokofiev) justified David Egan's call to partner him in The Curragh's Bar One Flying Five Stakes. Taking a lead from the owners' other live contender Bucanero Fuerte (Wootton Bassett), the 11-2 shot stayed on strongly to edge ahead a furlong out and land the five-furlong prize by a length from Nighteyes (Night Of Thunder…