The Dubai Racing Club, each day this week, will post trackwork notes from Meydan ahead of their major meeting, Dubai World Cup night, this Saturday March 31. Here is their summary from Monday morning: Group 1 US$10 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline Eishin Flash – Three of [...]
Darley stallion New Approach got his career off to the ideal start when his first runner, Dawn Approach, made a winning debut at The Curragh on Sunday. Trainer Jim Bolger expertly handled New Approach to win five Group Ones, including the Derby, during his two-year racing career. He is also [...]
Joseph O’Brien will ride dual Cox Plate winner So You Think in the world’s richest race, the $US10 million ($A9.66 million) Dubai World Cup. O’Brien, the son of Coolmore trainer Aidan O’Brien, secured the booking over Ryan Moore and Seamus Heffernan who have both won Group One races on So [...]
Former Australian trainer John Size has posted a breakthrough win in one of Hong Kong’s biggest races. The Size-trained Fay Fay claimed the Group One Hong Kong Derby after an ice-cool ride from Douglas Whyte. New Zealand-bred Fay Fay prevailed in a battling drive to the wire by a neck [...]
Man-of-the-moment Barry Geraghty continued his golden run with victory on Knockfierna in the feature ITBA Fillies Scheme EBF Dawn Run Mares Novice Chase at Limerick. Geraghty rode six of Nicky Henderson’s seven winners at the Cheltenham Festival, and if that was not enough he went on to Kempton on Saturday [...]
Channel 4 will show all terrestrial racing – including the Grand National, Royal Ascot and the Epsom Derby – for “at least the next four years” from 2013, the broadcaster said in a statement. The BBC have shown just 13 days of live racing since 2010 and have now relinquished [...]
The Dubai Racing Club (DRC) have this evening announced the likely fields for their showcase meeting, the Dubai World Cup card on March 31. It is a stellar line up featuring horses from all over the globe. Here is a look at some of the races on the card: Group [...]
Connections of Kauto Star will take their time before making a final decision whether to retire the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner after he was pulled up in the big race on Friday. The 12-year-old has certainly finished for the season but he appeared in good form when paraded at [...]
Synchronised stormed to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday after the expected duel between defending champion Long Run and Kauto Star failed to materialise. The 8/1 shot surged clear on Cheltenham’s famous uphill charge for the finish after a superb ride from legendary jockey Tony McCoy, who claimed [...]
Stablehand Conor Murphy reported for work at Nicky Henderson’s yard as normal on Friday morning despite winning around STG1 million ($A1.5 million) on a Cheltenham accumulator. Henderson has sent out six winners at the Festival meeting this week with 31-year-old Murphy having backed five of those in a bet struck [...]