Minding has put herself into calculations for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with her sixth Group One victory in the Nassau Stakes. Having dominated the Group One fillies’ races during the Flat season, the Aidan O’Brien-trained Minding lived up to her 1-5 favouritism on the final day of the… Read More »
Big Orange overnight made it back to back wins in wet conditions in the Goodwood Cup. The British galloper ran 5th in last years edition of the Melbourne Cup but with a bit more experienced to his name this year he does look to have Melbourne Cup credentials. Big Orange… Read More »
Horses in a mid-Canterbury stable on New Zealand’s South Island have come down with what is suspected to be the highly contagious strangles disease. Strangles is an equine respiratory tract infection causing fever, nasal discharge and swollen lymph nodes, particularly in foals and yearlings. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing said in… Read More »
Ladbrokes and Coral must offload 350 to 400 High Street stores as a condition of their proposed STG2.3 billion ($A4.04 billion) merger, the Competition and Markets Authority has said. In its final report into the merger, the CMA found the deal could “lead to a worsening of the offer made… Read More »
Former leading amateur rider JT McNamara has died aged 41 having spent the past three years paralysed from injuries sustained in a race fall. McNamara fractured two vertebrae in his neck in the fall at the Cheltenham Festival in 2013 . Renowned as one of the best amateur riders the… Read More »
The Melbourne Cup is again in the agenda for Trip To Paris who is to be set for the Lonsdale Cup for his second run back from injury. Runner-up in the 2015 Caulfield Cup before his fourth in the Melbourne Cup, Trip To Paris injured a tendon in the Japan… Read More »
James McDonald has six rides on the opening day of the Goodwood Festival but Melbourne Cup hopeful Antiquarium has been ruled out of the Cup later in the week. McDonald rode Antiquarium to win the Northumberland Plate which prompted talk of a trip to Australia later this year. Trainer Charlie… Read More »
Champion filly Songbird has kept her unbeaten record intact with a dominant win in the American Oaks at Saratoga Springs in New York. The highest-ranked two-year-old in the world last year, Songbird took her record to nine from nine with a 5-1/4 length win over Carina Mia in the Group… Read More »
Fair Eva is the favourite for the next season’s 1000 Guineas after giving her sire Frankel his first stakes winner in the Group Three Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot. The filly was sent out the 4-6 favourite in Saturday’s race and claimed an impressive four-length victory in the hands of… Read More »
California Chrome has come out on top in a duel with Dortmund in the Grade Two San Diego Handicap at Del Mar. It was California Chrome’s first start since he won the $10 million World Cup in Dubai in March. With regular rider Victor Espinoza aboard, the Art Sherman-trained California… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Highland Reel could return to Australia after claiming his first European Group One win in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. The much-travelled four-year-old won the Secretariat Stakes in North America in August and the Hong Kong Vase after running third to Winx… Read More »
Melbourne Cup hope Antiquarium is a late entry in the Group Two Goodwood Cup for Godolphin. Leading Sydney jockey James McDonald rode Antiquarium to win the Northumberland Plate which marked the four-year-old as a contender for Australia’s most famous race. “He just seems in good order and he wouldn’t look… Read More »
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There will be 16 fewer race meetings in New Zealand next season in a bid to maintain field sizes. NZ Thoroughbred Racing’s Matthew Hall said the reduction for 2016/17 was in line with the strategic plan released last year. “We have to cater for the horse population and maintain average… Read More »
The much-travelled Side Glance, a Group One winner in Australia, will be among the retired stars on display at Ascot on King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes day. The now nine-year-old won the 2013 Mackinnon Stakes during the Melbourne Cup carnival and finished third in the Caulfield Stakes the… Read More »
The Queen’s horse Dartmouth is the new favourite for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot following the withdrawal of Postponed. Trainer Roger Varian said the former odds-on favourite was found to have a respiratory infection after failing to work as well as usual. Victory for Dartmouth… Read More »
Francesca Cumani will co-host ITV’s coverage of Flat racing next season when the network takes over as Britain’s terrestrial broadcaster. Cumani has been a regular on the Seven Network’s Melbourne Cup week coverage in Australia since 2008 and hosts Winning Post on CNN. The daughter of Newmarket trainer Luca Cumani,… Read More »
The Queen’s Royal Ascot winner Dartmouth is a late entry for the Group One King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained Dartmouth won the Hardwicke Stakes at the Royal meeting over the same 12-furlong (2400m) distance as Saturday’s race. The four-year-old has been introduced to the… Read More »
Cox Plate placegetter Highland Reel is likely to be trainer Aidan O’Brien’s only runner in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. The four-year-old won the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington before running third behind Winx and Criterion in the Cox Plate last October. At his next start… Read More »
Veteran Irish sprinter Gordon Lord Byron has claimed a Group Three win at the Curragh to prompt talk of further travel. The eight-year-old has won races in England, France and Australia where took out the 2014 Group One George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill. “I didn’t think there was a Group… Read More »
