Royal Ascot and Newmarket will be under consideration for Gamilati after the Godolphin filly created a huge impression with her powerful win in the UAE 1000 Guineas at Meydan. The Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained three-year-old had shown good form in England as a juvenile winning the Cherry Hinton at Newmarket, and [...]
Kempton racetrack will pay tribute to Kauto Star by naming a bar after the champion jumper. The Kauto Star bar will be in the Clubhouse while discussions are continuing about a statue to be commissioned following the horse’s eventual retirement. Kauto Star’s owner Clive Smith will conduct the official opening [...]
Fox Hunt, who found a chequered path when finishing seventh in last year’s Melbourne Cup, makes his debut for Godolphin in tonight’s Tabloid Trophy (2800m) at Meydan.
Australian interest in the Dubai Racing Club meeting, to be held March 31 at Meydan, is at an all time high with two of our three best sprinters nominated for races on the rich card.
Australian jockey Zac Purton has rocketed into third place in the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership courtesy of a winning treble at Happy Valley. Purton opened his account with a win aboard Industrial Legend before adding to his tally with victories on Wind Damper and Charity Spirit, who took out the [...]
Last year’s winner Ballabriggs heads the 82 entries for the Grand National at Aintree on April 14. The 11-year-old provided trainer Donald McCain, son of the legendary Ginger McCain, with an emotional first triumph in the world’s most famous steeplechase. McCain also has Charlie Hall Chase winner Weird Al and [...]
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has given superstar hurdler Big Buck’s a clean bill of health following his 15th straight win at Cheltenham on Saturday. The Andy Stewart-owned nine-year-old briefly looked in trouble as Dynaste kicked clear turning for home in the Cleeve Hurdle but Ruby Walsh never really had to [...]
The Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot has been renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes to mark this important milestone in The Queen’s reign. The Group One race over six furlongs (1200m) takes place on Saturday, June 23. It was known as the Cork And Orrery Stakes until 2002 when it [...]
British race clubs are trying to save important jumps meetings this week by laying frost sheets with icy weather predicted over the next few days. Sandown have deployed frost covers in an effort to safeguard Saturday’s fixture featuring the Grade One Challengers Novices’ Chase. “We decided the cover the track [...]
Hong Kong agent Willie Leung had a blank cheque in his bid to secure So You Think’s three-quarter brother. Leung went to $800,000, the highest price to date at New Zealand’s Premier Yearling Sale, to secure the colt by High Chaparral out of La Souvenir, a daughter of So You [...]