The winner of Final Furlong’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is lightly raced 4yo Yokozuna (Gant’s Farm).
In real life, it will be on July 27th, and a Japanese contestant may run - 7yo Cheval Grand, by Heart’s Cry. His sire also ran in this race, and finished 3rd.
St. Leger Stakes in England is next; two furlongs longer.
Real life King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2019 is coming soon! Cheval Grand may run, as well as Enable, the 2017 Cartier European Horse of the Year.
What a race it was! Enable won against Crystal Ocean (Sea The Stars) who finished 2nd:
Anthony Van Dyck, the Epsom Derby winner, was the early leader but he finished 10th.
In Final Furlong, Ch. Quote (Generous Bloodstock), our Epsom Derby winner, won St. Leger Stakes yesterday.
Breeders’ Stakes at Woodbine is next, and five horses are entered for now.
Ch. Power The Passion (Lochiedo Stables) won Breeders’ Stakes. It was his first stakes race this year, and he earned a Champion title. Congratulations!
Sword Dancer International is next. Real life Sword Dancer will be a week later.
Ch. Arctic Expedition (Sakura Springs) wins the Sword Dancer International. With a speed record! It’s his second speed record on turf, and a second stakes win. His previous stakes win was last year, also with a speed record.
Man O’War Stakes in Belmont is next.
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Final Furlong’s Man O’War stakes is tomorrow, and we have 13 horses entered! Including Knight Enchanter, the Coronation Cup winner, and Ch. Power The Passion, the Breeders’ Stakes winner. There is also Ch. Secret Victor, the multi-millionaire International Stakes winner. Looks like interesting race.
Meanwhile, in real life Annals of Time won the Sword Dancer:
Ch. Final Scene (Sakura Springs) won FF’s Man O’War stakes. It was his first Grade 1 win, and second stakes win.
Turf Classic Invitational is coming this Saturday, and four colts are entered already.
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Ch. Arctic Expedition (Sakura Springs), the Sword Dancer Invitational winner, won the Turf Classic Invitational.
Mercedes Classic in Australia is next, and soon after - Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in France. In real life it will be on 6th of October. Among possible runners are two champion fillies: Enable, who won King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (twice), Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (also twice) and Breeders’ Cup Turf last year; and the Japanese filly Deirdre, who recently finished 4th in the Irish Champion Stakes.
5yo multi-millionaire Ch. Discovery (Gintara Lodge) wins Mercedes Classic. Last year she finished third in this race, and she also finished 2nd in the Melbourne Cup, this year and last year.
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is coming! Who’s going to France?
Ch. Mozart (Marshall Creek Ranch) wins Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Congratulations!
In real life it’s this Sunday and Enable is entered. Will she win it third time in a row? Frankie Dettori thinks she might:
in which case it will be his seventh Arc win!
It’s today!
Keeping 
Enable can do it!
Well, not this time… Waldgeist won, Enable finished 2nd:
While it would be amazing if she won, Waldgeist is a nice horse too; and he would qualify for stud in Final Furlong! Maybe we could consider him, if he retires? He’s by Galileo, so a grandson of Sadler’s Wells, like Frankel. And he is 4x5 inbred to Surumu, a German champion sire.
Frankel is 3x4 inbred to Northern Dancer, 4x5x5 to Natalma and 5x5 to Buckpasser. Comparing their stats:
Frankel: 14 Starts: 14 - 0 - 0, £2,998,302
Waldgeist: 21 Starts: 9 - 3 - 3, £4,298,561
Anyway, next big race is Canadian International in Woodbine.
Canadian International is today! In real life it was last week, and the winner was Desert Encounter:
He also won this race last year.
Japan Cup is coming! In the game, there are five horses entered now. Two from Starfish Stables, two from Gintara Lodge and one from Marshall Creek Ranch.
In real life, the 2018 winner was Almond Eye, the filly who won Dubai Turf this year. She’s probably not running in the 2019 Japan Cup, which will happen a few days later than in Final Furlong: Japan Cup (G1) - Preview.
Ch. Pretty Please (Gintara Lodge) wins Japan Cup! In real life it was Suave Richard:
Brisbane Cup in Australia is next.