Cracksman has made a brilliant return to win the Group One Prix Ganay at ParisLongchamp. Having his first start since taking out the Champion Stakes in October, Cracksman blew the opposition away in the final furlong (200m) with a devastating turn of foot. Frankie Dettori had the John Gosden-trained Frankel… Read More »
The enigmatic Pakistan Star has been seen at his best in the Group One QEII Cup at Sha Tin, defying his critics with a brilliant victory. Pakistan Star has at times been banned for pulling himself up in races but showed no signs of his previous behaviour to win Sunday’s… Read More »
Hong Kong galloper Pakistan Star has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons, having refused to run on numerous occasions, but the persistence paid on Sunday when the cult horse bolted home to win the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup at Sha Tin. The Tony Cruz-trained gelding has been… Read More »
Nina Carberry has announced her retirement from the saddle a day after weighing-room rival and sister-in-law Katie Walsh revealed she too was bowing out. Like Walsh, Carberry chose to make her decision public after riding a winner at the Punchestown Festival aboard Josies Order for trainer Enda Bolger. Carberry has… Read More »
A bumper ten race card has been set down for Sha Tin this Sunday where the feature race is the Group l QEll Cup (2000m), which includes classy Japanese horse Al Ain. BONUS #1: Claim $600 in BONUS BETS* at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: Claim $500 in BONUS BETS* at… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Kyoto this Sunday where the feature race is the time honoured Tenno Sho (Spring) 3200m, headlined by Hugh Bowman steering Japan Cup winner Cheval Grand. BONUS #1: Claim $600 in BONUS BETS* at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: Claim $500 in BONUS BETS*… Read More »
Jockey Katie Walsh has announced her retirement immediately after riding Antey to a narrow success at the Punchestown Festival. The daughter of Grand National-winning trainer Ted Walsh and sister of National Hunt riding great Ruby, has enjoyed a stellar career in the saddle. Walsh claimed a Cheltenham Festival double in… Read More »
Donna Logan has trained her first winner in Singapore from her third runner with Green Star winning at Kranji. A Group One-winning trainer in her native New Zealand and Australia, Logan relocated from New Zealand in February. She is the second woman to hold a trainer’s licence in Singapore with… Read More »
Willie Mullins will officially be crowned Ireland’s champion jumps trainer trainer for a 12th time as he heads to the final day of the Punchestown festival with an unassailable lead over Gordon Elliott. Mullins started the five-day festival 521,413 euro ($A839,000) behind his big rival, but trebles on Tuesday and… Read More »
Sydney jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be tasked with riding the talented but erratic Pakistan Star in the Group One QEII Cup at Sha Tin. McEvoy has rides in nine of the 10 races at Sunday’s showcase meeting including the former Les Bridge-trained Southern Legend in the Champion’s Mile. Silvestre De… Read More »
Willie Mullins has sent out six winners including a Grade One treble at Punchestown to hit the front in his bid for a 12th Irish trainers’ championship. Mullins started the Puncestown Festival 521,413 euro ($A839,000) behind Gordon Elliott with his rival in front after the first day on Tuesday. Mullins… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, where the feature race is the Korea Racing Association Trophy, a Class Three event over 1000m. BONUS #1: Claim $600 in BONUS BETS* at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: Claim $500 in BONUS BETS* at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS… Read More »
Willie Mullins endured an up and down day to say the least at Punchestown in his bid to overhaul Gordon Elliott and win another Irish trainers’ Championship. Mullins started proceedings 521,413 euro ($A839,000) behind Elliott and ended on 405,839, but after an early domination of events, a chaotic finish to… Read More »
Gronkowski will not travel to America for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs after spiking a temperature. The Jeremy Noseda-trained colt is named after New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, who last week acquired a share in the horse in anticipation of watching him in the ‘Run for the… Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien expects Ryan Moore to travel to America to ride Mendelssohn in the Kentucky Derby rather than stay at home for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Moore has had a long-held ambition to win the Churchill Downs spectacular and appears to have every chance after Mendelssohn put up… Read More »
Order Of St George is off to a winning start this preparation with victory over his two rivals in the in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan. The six-year-old, part-owned by Australian Lloyd Williams, ran second to Torcedor 12 months ago as the 4-5 favourite, but he made no mistakes… Read More »
Champion jockey Ruby Walsh has failed in his bid to be fit for Ireland’s showcase Punchestown Festival. Walsh’s had hoped to be given the all-clear for next week’s five-day meeting but results from an X-ray on his right leg he fractured at Cheltenham last month showed it had not yet… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out eight metres from the 1400m-400m; Out seven metres from the 400m-Winning Post; Out four metres for the remainder. BONUS #1: Claim $600… Read More »
Impeccably bred Zarkamiya, a filly by Frankel out of Zarkava, has made a stylish winning debut in the Prix de la Lancette at ParisLongchamp. You would have to travel a long way to find a horse with better breeding than the filly trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre and it appears… Read More »
New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski has bought a minority stake in a racehorse named Gronk, a three-year-old colt who will run in the Kentucky Derby. Gronk, a son of champion Australian racehorse and sire Lonhro, was bought by Phoenix Thoroughbreds for more than $400,000 in England last year. Trainer… Read More »
