Supporters of the Derby at Epsom were prepared for major disruption following threats from animal rights group Animal Rising who had made a clear threat that they would endeavour to have the race stopped. That threat was nullified as the Epsom management team and the police deployed an effective containment… Read More »
Frankie Dettori was having a great final year…until day 1 of Epsom’s Derby meeting that is, when his year went from ‘great’ to ‘unbelievable’ as he won both Group 1 races on the card, the Oaks and the Coronation Cup. In the Coronation Cup Dettori was on board the John… Read More »
Oisin Murphy returned in February following a lengthy ban for alcohol and COVID breaches. He faced a long road back to the top but he took a giant step towards restoring his reputation with a winning ride in the Godolphin colours to win the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on the… Read More »
On the day the UK crowned a new King it was racing royalty who triumphed in the first classic of the season, Newmarket’s 2000 Guineas. Frankie Dettori, no stranger to fairytales, started his final classic season off in the style both he and his fans would have wanted by winning… Read More »
The Kingsclere stable run by Andrew Balding and famous for being home to Mill Reef has found its way back to the top echelons of racing in the past few years thinks to the classic-winning exploits of Guineas winner Kameko and multiple Group 1 winner Alcohol Free. The list of… Read More »
While Frankie Dettori may not be the easiest jockey to handle (ask John Gosden) his talent has never been in question and the 51 year old weighing room veteran showed all his undisputed brilliance yet again when taking the £500,000 Sky Bet Ebor Handicap on the four year old gelding… Read More »
Highfield Princess became the fourth Yorkshire trained filly to win the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York in the last 8 years, taking the race in convincing fashion in front of packed stands on the Knavesmire. The filly, a five year old daughter of Night Of Thunder, had made her handicap… Read More »
Kirsten Rausing’s breeding operation, centred around her Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, added yet another Group 1 to its growing list of major successes as Alpinista landed the Yorkshire Oaks. In so-doing the mare took her own tally of Group 1 wins to 5. Miss Rausing has had the female line… Read More »
Baaeed has had the misfortune throughout his career to suffer constant comparisons to Juddmonte’s superstar of yesteryear, Frankel. Like the former champion Baaeed arrived at York in his four year old season an unbeaten winner of multiple Group 1 races over a mile. At the Knavesmire both faced the step… Read More »
Frankie Dettori had come in for some strong criticism following his ride on popular stayer Stradivarius in the Ascot Gold Cup but within 24 hours he’d transformed himself, as only Dettori can, into the hero of the hour by guiding favourite INSPIRAL to victory in the feature race on Friday’s… Read More »
It was ten years since the last Australian horse won at Royal Ascot, and what a day that was with the mighty Black Caviar holding on in dramatic fashion for a thrilling and historic win. But for many today was well worth waiting for because Nature Strip never looked like… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien’s record-breaking 41st British classic winner was also one of his closest finishes as his filly Tuesday edged out the favourite, the John and Thady Gosden trained Emily Upjohn. The race, won by a short head at the finish, may have been decided right at the start as Emily… Read More »
The first classic of the season in the UK saw the relentless Charlie Appleby bandwagon continue to roll as he saddled the first two home, Coroebus and Native Trail, in the Newmarket showpiece, the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas. Appleby had hinted last autumn that he thought Coroebus might be even better… Read More »
The Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes had a one-horse look to it with hot favourite Yibir bringing strong credentials on the back of a Breeders Cup Turf win last term along with a runners-up spot on his 2022 debut in the Sheema Classic. But races aren’t run on the form… Read More »
There is something about the Grand National at Aintree, Liverpool, that seems to mystically produce a heart-warming story year after year. Last year we had the win of Rachael Blackmore, the first lady jockey to win the race and hers was just the latest in a very long line of… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning trainer Joseph O’Brien recently announced his intention to concentrate on his flat racing string but he showed he is still able to turn them out at the top level over the jumps, sending Fakir D’Oudairies to win his second consecutive Marsh Chase at Aintree’s Grand National meeting…. Read More »
It was a case of bring out the old, bring in the new at York on the third day of the Ebor meeting as the veteran superstar stayer Stradivarius took the Lonsdale Cup in a pulsating finish while the three year old filly Winter Power stormed to success in the… Read More »
The Darley Yorkshire Oaks is usually won by a smart filly but this year it was won by a filly that is fast becoming a superstar. The Aidan O’Brien trained Snowfall was well enough thought of as a two year old to have connections aiming her at Group 1 prizes… Read More »
Mishriff added to his reputation as the world’s most versatile racehorse at York when running away with the 2021 renewal of the Juddmonte International. The all-aged Group 1 race lost some of its lustre when the ante-post favourite St Mark’s Bailica was withdrawn but that horse’s connections provided an able… Read More »
Covid may have put many travel plans on hold but did not deter Francois Rohaut from brining his speedy three year old filly Suesa over to Goodwood for the King George Qatar Stakes and she duly repaid her trainer’s boldness by comfortably winning the feature race on day 4 of… Read More »
