Respected New Zealand trainer Frank Ritchie came within a neck of Group One glory in the Zabeel Classic on the first day of the Ellerslie carnival and is looking to go one better in the Railway. Fiscal Fantasy ran second to True Enough in Thursday’s Zabeel (2000m) and Ritchie will… Read More »
Star steeplechaser Sizing John will make his return to the races after an injury-enforced absence of two years when he runs in a hurdle at Punchestown. The 2017 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner takes on Willie Mullins-trained stablemates, Cesarewitch winner Stratum and Irish National winner Burrows Saints, over two miles 3-1/2… Read More »
Mike Smith has ridden a record-breaking 217th Grade One winner on Omaha Beach in the Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita. Smith surpassed the mark set by retired Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey to set a new mark for United States thoroughbred racing. “Jerry is someone that comes from my… Read More »
Cox Plate-winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi has ended the year on a high with two-year-old Contrail taking out the Group One Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama. His win on Saturday came a week after the Yahagi-trained Lys Gracieux added the Grade One Arima Kinen to her Cox Plate. The Hopeful Stakes over… Read More »
Two of Britain’s leading National Hunt trainers, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson, have been recognised with OBEs in the New Year Honours list. The two have been responsible for many of the modern-day winners of all Britain’s highest-profile jumps races. Nicholls, 11-times champion trainer to Henderson’s five titles, exceeded 3000… Read More »
A strong ten race card will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, where the feature race is the Bauhinia Sprint Trophy, a Group lll contest down the straight over 1000m. Race One: 3 Lucky Quality Race Two: 10 Master Bernini Race Three: 11 Brilliant Race Four: 3… Read More »
Last year’s winner Clan Des Obeaux has given trainer Paul Nicholls a record 11th victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton. Five runners went to the post for the traditional Boxing Day feature with Clan Des Obeaux taken on by his top-class stablemate Cyrname, Lostintranslation, Irish raider Footpad… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Thursday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth is pretty good across the program. Race One: 5 Starlot Race Two: 6 Clement Legend Race Three: 3 Winning Endeavour Race Four: 2 Charity Wings Race Five: 10… Read More »
We take a look at the feature race meeting in New Zealand on Boxing Day at Ellerslie where the G1 Zabeel Classic headlines the meeting. View our tips and bets for todays Ellerslie meeting. Race One: 8 Special Light Race Two: 8 Taroni Race Three: 5 Gino Severini Race Four:… Read More »
Alysha Collett is hoping to sign off from New Zealand racing for the time being with a Group One win. Collett will return to Singapore for a 12-month stint after a brief return home for a Christmas holiday. She has a solid book of rides at Thursday’s Ellerslie meeting including… Read More »
Cyrname and Lostintranslation head a select field of six to go to the post for the King George VI Chase at Kempton. The two market leaders for the past month, Cyrname and Lostintranslation, are both chasing a second Grade One win. The King George is the holiday showpiece of British… Read More »
Trainer Paul Nicholls knows better than anyone what is needed as he bids to add to his tally of 10 King George VI Chases with Clan Des Obeaux and Cyrname in the Kempton showpiece. The 11-time champion jumps trainer first enjoyed success in the Grade One contest in 1997, when… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has destroyed a quality packed Arima Kinen field in Japan. Lys Gracieux the winner of this years Cox Plate was sent out as the $6.50 favourite behind the short priced Almond Eye who failed to run a placing in the race. Australia’s Damian Lane partnered… Read More »
Hollie Doyle has added another milestone to a record-breaking season with her win aboard Maystar at her first ride in Qatar. Two weeks ago Doyle became the winning-most female jockey in a calendar year in Britain with her 107th success of 2019 on Class Clown at Southwell. With her domestic… Read More »
A strong ten race card will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, where the feature race is the Pearce Memorial Challenge Cup, a Class Three event over 1200m. Race One: 8 Soccer Master Race Two: 12 Lucky Guy Race Three: 5 Kwai Chung Elite Race Four: 8… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux will jump from gate six in the Grade One Arima Kinen at Nakayama. The field for Sunday’s 2500m-race in Japan is decided by public vote with Lys Gracieux polling the second highest number behind champion Almond Eye. Australian jockey Damian Lane will continue his association… Read More »
All seven jockeys banned for 10 days at Sandown in England for finishing a race which had been voided have had their suspensions quashed on appeal. The bans followed the London National on December 7, which was called off on safety grounds, with the Venetia Williams-trained Houblon Des Obeaux being… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth is pretty good across the program. Race One: 4 Happy Hour Race Two: 10 Happy Good Guys Race Three: 3 Best Alliance Race Four: 11 Happy Warrior Race… Read More »
Yesterday, racing ended in Canada for the season. Snow has a way of stopping things over there. But not before the most amazing confessional ever heard was announced. And it came from Woodbine’s champion jockey for the past decade, Eurico da silva, whose on and off the track persona has… Read More »
The Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in Florida will have substantially reduced prize money from the previous three editions of the event with horses at the meeting to race free of medication. The Stronach Group, which operates Gulfstream, announced the significant changes on Sunday. Entry fees, which had been… Read More »
