Dragon Pulse, prepared by Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Delzangles, got up right on the line to end Dabirsim’s unbeaten run in the Prix de Fontainebleau at Longchamp. The Christophe Ferland-trained Dabirsim, winner of all five starts as a juvenile, the last two of which were in Group One company under [...]
Aidan O’Brien took both Guineas Trials at Leopardstown as he enjoyed a treble at the Dublin track. The Ballydoyle trainer sent out Furner’s Green to capture the 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes followed by Homecoming Queen in the fillies’ version. Furner’s Green was cut to 33-1 from 66-1 for the Qipco [...]
British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar has spoken of his belief that changes implemented since last year’s Grand National need time to be judged. Australian Bittar, a recent incumbent to his position at the BHA, also expressed his sympathy to connections of Synchronised and According To Pete, who both [...]
Teddy Grimthorpe has refuted rumours that Frankel, the world’s highest-rated racehorse, has been retired. Sir Henry Cecil’s nine-time winner suffered an injury during a workout at Newmarket on Wednesday morning, the full extent of which is not yet known. There had been suggestions on Saturday afternoon that the unbeaten colt [...]
Neptune Collonges won the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, but the famous race ended in tragedy with the deaths of two horses, including Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised. Neptune Collonges, a 33-1 shot, was the first grey to win the race since Nicolaus Silver in 1961. The Daryl Jacobs-ridden [...]
Neptune Collonges won the Grand National by a nose at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool on Saturday to become the first grey to win the race since Nicolaus Silver in 1961. The Daryl Jacobs-ridden 33-1 Neptune Collonges, who succeeded where trainer Paul Nicholls’s previous 52 runners had failed, beat home Sunnyhillboy [...]
Frankel is almost certainly out of the Lockinge Stakes after sustaining an injury at Newmarket on Wednesday morning. Winner of all nine of his starts to date and the highest ranked racehorse in the world, Frankel was due to make his seasonal reappearance at Newbury on May 19. However, the [...]
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised has been confirmed as an intended runner in Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree. The Jonjo O’Neill-trained nine-year-old ran out a determined winner at Cheltenham aided by an inspired ride by champion jockey Tony McCoy. Golden Miller is the only horse in history to have followed [...]
David Pipe’s Junior will bid to complete a quite incredible treble by landing the Grand National at Aintree. The nine-year-old has always had a touch of class to go with his quirky character, but his owners, Middleham Park Racing, could not have dreamed of the success enjoyed since buying him [...]
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised is becoming increasingly likely to take his chance in the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday week. Trainer Jonjo O’Neill is waiting for owner J P McManus to decide whether to let the nine-year-old be among his team for the world’s most famous steeplechase. But [...]