Former champion jockey Kevin Darley was among those to pay tribute to distinguished trainer Reg Hollinshead, who has died aged 89. Hollinshead was famed for his production line of future top jockeys, such as Darley, Walter Swinburn and Pat Eddery. Derby-winning rider Willie Ryan was also associated with the Hollinshead [...]
Aidan O’Brien declared himself delighted after seeing his Classic winner Camelot make a perfectly satisfactory return to action in the Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh. The son of Montjeu appeared destined for greatness after winning both the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and completing the English-Irish Derby double in the first [...]
Jim Bolger admits it is “more than likely” his 2000 Guineas hero Dawn Approach will be allowed to take his chance in the Englishc Derby at Epsom next month. Unbeaten in six starts as a juvenile, the son of Bolger’s 2008 Derby hero New Approach went one better than his [...]
Reigning champion jockey Richard Hughes has accumulated a host of top-flight European races during his career but finally corrected one glaring omission as Sky Lantern provided his first British Classic in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Riding with greater confidence and competence than any other jockey at present, the 40-year-old [...]
Dan Excel continued John Moore’s incredible run of success in the Champions Mile giving the trainer his fourth success in as many years in the Sha Tin Group One. Moore was two-handed with the 2011 and 2012 winner Xtension preferred in the market to Dan Excel, but it was the [...]
Orb powered through the mud to win the 139th Kentucky Derby and give Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first winner in the Run for the Roses. Jockey of the moment Joel Rosario piloted Orb to the victory in the 1-1/4-mile (2000m) race on a muddy track at Churchill [...]
Orb has given veteran Hall Of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the Kentucky Derby with a come-from-behind win under Joel Rosario. In the moments before the race on Saturday (Sunday AEST) there was a seven-figure avalanche of betting on Orb who started the 5-1 favourite. More than [...]
Group One winning sprinter Sole Power has set himself up for another lucrative summer by stamping his authority on the Palace House Stakes at Newmarket. The Eddie Lynam-trained globetrotter has only won twice since he sprang a 100-1 surprise the Nunthorpe in 2010, although he has been placed on numerous [...]
Orb has splashed through the mud to win the Kentucky Derby, giving veteran Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the three-year-old classic. When the field turned for home on the cool, overcast Saturday (Sunday AEST) afternoon at Churchill Downs, Normandy Invasion grabbed the lead while Orb [...]
Unbeaten Dawn Approach made it seven wins from seven starts on Saturday as he won the English 2000 Guineas to give the embattled Godolphin Operation a welcome piece of good news. Trained by Irishman Jim Bolger the 11/8 favourite – whose sire New Approach finished second in the same race [...]
