Trainer Ed Dunlop has entered Red Cadeaux for next month’s Winter Derby at Lingfield ahead of a possible trip to the World Cup meeting but Cox Plate bound Unbridled Command will not go to Dubai. Hollywood Derby winner Unbridled Command, who was bought late last year by Kevin and Colleen [...]
Sir Henry Cecil has declared himself “raring to go” for the new season after revealing how difficult he found it at times last summer to follow Frankel’s unbeaten career and fight illness at the same time. Frankel retired with an unblemished 14 from 14 record and starts his new career [...]
Paul Nicholls could yet bypass the Cheltenham Festival with Tidal Bay in order for him to make it to the Grand National in the best possible shape. The champion trainer finally ended a long quest to win the Aintree showpiece a year ago with Neptune Collonges and he appeared delighted [...]
Last year’s winner Mick Kinane features among an elite group of ex-jockeys confirmed for the third running of the Aintree Legends Charity Race on Grand National day. The 13-time Irish champion and Melbourne Cup winning jockey partnered the Paul Nicholls-trained American Trilogy to win the one-mile-five-furlong (2600m) contest last April [...]
The Cheltenham Festival has been dealt a blow with Flemenstar suffering a lung infection and Sizing Europe scratched from the Gold Cup. Trainer Peter Casey said Flemenstar was “very unlikely” to run at Cheltenham next month after the diagnosis on Monday following his second to Sir Des Champs at Leopardstown. [...]
More outstanding mares have been lined up to be covered by racing’s superstar Frankel as he embarks upon his career as a stallion later this week. Now at owner Khalid Abdullah’s Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket after being retired from the track unbeaten in 14 starts, Frankel has already attracted [...]
Leading World Cup contender Animal Kingdom has finished second in what is expected to be his final United States race, the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. Point Of Entry got the better of the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner who will run in the $US10 million ($A9.78 million) World Cup in Dubai [...]
Sir Des Champs became Ireland’s leading contender for the Cheltenham Gold Cup when he outstayed Flemenstar in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown. While the three-mile (4800m) Grade One looks to have ended the Gold Cup dream for Flemenstar’s connections, it has cemented plans for Sir Des Champs who had [...]
Final Touch stamped herself as a contender for New Zealand sprinter-miler of the year after winning her third Group One of the season at Te Rapa. The five-year-old mare sprinted past former Singapore champion Better Than Ever in the straight and then held off Xanadu and Zurella to win the [...]
Trent Busuttin said he was always confident Victoria Derby winner Sangster would be competitive in Group One company again after he easily won the International Stakes at Te Rapa. Sangster won his first race since the 2011 Derby when he sprinted away in the straight to claim Saturday’s 2000 metre, [...]
