Denton Hall News
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- 27-Jul-2026: King of Fury wins at Southwell for the second time this month
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- 20-Jul-2026: Hale End strikes under Sean Kirrane to make it an Ayr double
- 20-Jul-2026: Imperial Guard makes it back-to-back wins at Ayr
- 17-Jul-2026: Arapaho Gold wins listed race at Newbury
- 13-Jul-2026: Imperial Guard strikes at Ayr under Connor Beasley
- 10-Jul-2026: Northern Express wins at York to land our 25th winner of the season
- 05-Jul-2026: King of Fury reigns at Southwell under Jason Hart
- 01-Jul-2026: Arapaho Gold makes it two out of two with an easy win at Thirsk
First foal of Mecca's Angel impresses on debut at The Curragh
AIDAN O'Brien has described Hudson River - the first foal of Mecca's Angel - as "a lovely colt" after the two-year-old impressed on his debut at The Curragh today.
The O'Brien-trained Hudson River made a winning debut in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C&G) Maiden despite drifting out to 3-1.
Top class sprinter, Mecca's Angel, pictured, was trained at Denton by Michael Dods and she made history by becoming the first horse in more than 30 years to win back-to-back runnings of the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York.
She was bought privately as a brood mare by Coolmore who sent her to their champion sire Galileo. The combination of stamina and speed led to Hudson River starting his career over seven furlongs and showing a great attitude to fight off the opposition.
Having broken smartly for Seamie Heffernan, he never saw another rival, beating Ace Aussie by a length and a half with Wembley, also trained by Aidan O'Brien, third.
O'Brien said: "He's a lovely colt and was just ready to start. He could go to the (Newmarket) July meeting. He'll probably end up a miler and it was a nice race to start him in."