Mars, early ante-post favourite for the 2013 English Derby, made the perfect start to his career with a successful debut at Dundalk. Quoted at 12-1 by some firms for the premier Classic at Epsom next June before he had even seen a racecourse, the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt made most of… Read More »
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Danedream will have her first start in England on Saturday when she contests the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The Ascot showpiece looks like being a strong renewal with dual Coronation Cup winner St Nicholas Abbey, last year’s winner and Eclipse hero… Read More »
The professionalism of Craig Williams has earned the globe-trotting jockey a comparison with English racing’s champion jumps rider. As Williams prepares for an Ascot reunion with the Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden at the weekend, owner Sheikh Fahad Al Thani’s racing manager David Redvers said the Australian jockey’s dedication reminded him… Read More »
Jockey Kieren Fallon believes Mount Athos would be a live chance in the Melbourne Cup while Scottish trainer Jim Goldie is eyeing a start for Icon Dream. Owner Dr Marwan Koukash expressed his desire to send the Luca Cumani-trained Mount Athos to Australia after his impressive win at York on… Read More »
Craig Williams landed back in Melbourne on Monday, but only to re-pack his suitcase. The globe-trotting jockey is off again this week to ride Dunaden in England’s best open company race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot. The booking came at the insistence of Dunaden’s… Read More »
Mayson will be considered for all the top European sprints later this year following his astonishing victory in the July Cup. Richard Fahey’s four-year-old speedster put in a career best performance when bouncing back to form after two poor efforts to take the Newmarket Group One by five lengths. While… Read More »
Trainer Paul Messara has confirmed Australian mare Ortensia will remain in England for another tilt at Group One success. Ortensia improved on her King’s Stand failure to finish a creditable fourth in the July Cup at Newmarket in wet conditions unlike anything she had previously experienced. Messara says he is… Read More »
Bjorn Baker’s in-form Warwick Farm stable will be further bolstered with the arrival of a lightly-raced two-year-old who is set to follow a proven path to the Victoria Derby. Baker revealed his trainer father Murray would send Ellerslie maiden winner Dundeel across the Tasman to replicate a Derby campaign that… Read More »
Australian mare Ortensia has finished a gallant fourth in the July Cup won on a waterlogged Newmarket track by Mayson who led all the way. Ridden by dual champion jockey Paul Hanagan for trainer Richard Fahey, Mayson was never in danger, going to the line five lengths clear of The… Read More »
Australian mare Ortensia will have one less rival in the July Cup at Newmarket following the scratching of pre-post favourite Bated Breath. With rain continuing at Newmarket, Bated Breath has been withdrawn from the famous sprint due to the soft ground. Society Rock is the new favourite ahead of former… Read More »
A French victory in the Falmouth Stakes had been expected but it came through the less obvious source of the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained Giofra. Golden Lilac, a rare British runner from Andre Fabre, arrived with glowing reviews and was sent off the 10-11 favourite at Newmarket on Friday but finished… Read More »
Australian sprinter Ortensia has drawn a middle barrier for her shot at another international victory in the Group One July Cup at Newmarket. Ortensia will jump from barrier eight in the 1200m feature which has a final field of 15 runners including former Australian star Sepoy who’ll start from barrier… Read More »
Sir Michael Stoute is considering a tilt at the Summer Mile at Ascot on Saturday week with his high-class middle-distance performer Carlton House. Third for the Queen in last year’s English Derby at Epsom, the colt made a winning four-year-old debut in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown. He ran… Read More »
Red Cadeaux remains on track for a second attempt at the Melbourne Cup despite a tired performance for third behind Fiorente and Joshua Tree at Newmarket. The Princess of Wales’s Stakes was billed in some quarters as a Melbourne Cup trial with 2-1 favourite Harris Tweed leading until the last… Read More »
The Wildenstein family has transferred 14 horses from France to England to be trained by Sir Henry Cecil and Luca Cumani. Among them is stable star Beauty Parlour who has left Elie Lellouche to join Cecil while a dozen unraced juveniles will be trained by Cumani. Beauty Parlour has already… Read More »
Frankel is among just 17 horses left at the latest confirmation stakes for the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on August 1. Sir Henry Cecil’s unbeaten superstar produced one of his best efforts when he swept clear of Canford Cliffs in last year’s Sussex and will be long odds-on for what… Read More »
Trainer Peter Schiergen will assess the entries on Monday before deciding whether to let star filly Danedream line up in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Last year’s shock Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner got off the mark for the season at Baden-Baden but then… Read More »
Moulin De La Croix was the benefactor of a walkover at Worcester as trainers registered their dissatisfaction with prizemoney by boycotting a novices’ hurdle. Twelve horses were declared for the event but as the race fell below the level set out in the Horsemen’s Group tariff by STG900 ($A1,379), 11… Read More »
Britain’s wet weather will play an important role in Australian mare Ortensia’s challenge in the July Cup at Newmarket. While trainer Paul Messara is committed to running Ortensia, the same is not so for connections of some of her major rivals. Messara said the Newmarket track was slow on Wednesday… Read More »
The globe-trotting Red Cadeaux heads a field of nine declared for the Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday. The Ed Dunlop-trained six-year-old, placed in both the Melbourne Cup and Hong Kong Vase at the end of last year, again has the Australian race as his main objective. However,… Read More »
