Frankie Dettori has been left red-faced after a premature celebration on Lady Aurelia at the end of the Nunthorpe Stakes. The photo-finish showed the American filly had been nosed out by the Sir Mark Prescott-trained Marsha in the Group One sprint at York. “I’m in shock. I thought I’d won… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Singapore on Friday night, and while there are no feature races, once again, the depth looks pretty good for night racing at Kranji, with the key runner being the unbeaten Chopin’s Fantaisie in race seven. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS… Read More »
Singapore will host a ten race card on Sunday with the intriguing race coming in the fifth event with impressive debut winner Refresh having his second start. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $600 FREE BET… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has issued an ominous message to American filly Lady Aurelia’s rivals, saying she might be even better suited at York than she has been at Ascot. The Wesley Ward-trained filly blitzed the field for the second year running at the Royal meeting, this time against her elders in… Read More »
Enable is firmly on course for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after enhancing her credentials as the best middle-distance horse in training with a decisive front-running success in the Yorkshire Oaks. Despite sweating up beforehand, there was never an anxious moment in the race itself for supporters of the… Read More »
It was another 1-2 for super-sire Galileo in today’s Group One Juddmonte International at York with the Sir Michael Stoute trained four year old Ulysses getting the better of Aidan O’Brien’s dual 2,000 Guineas winner Churchill by two lengths. Barney Roy was a further neck back in third. In the… Read More »
Dual Derby placegetter Cracksman has rocketed into second favouritism fort the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after taking his rivals apart in the Great Voltigeur Stakes at York. Five years after his sire, champion racehorse Frankel, claimed victory in the Juddmonte International at the York meeting, Cracksman produced the fireworks… Read More »
All roads lead to the Breeders’ Cup for Ulysses following a top-class performance to put his rivals in the shade in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York. Having finished second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old claimed a second Group One… Read More »
Enable is the odds-on favourite to add the Yorkshire Oaks to her English and Irish Classic successes. Trained by John Gosden for Khalid Abdullah, Enable stamped herself as out of the ordinary when she beat the males in the King George at Ascot. Gosden also managed the feat with Taghrooda… Read More »
Almanzor, last season’s champion three-year-old in Europe, has been retired. Trained in France by Jean-Claude Rouget, Almanzor won the French Derby, the Irish Champion Stakes and the Champion Stakes at Ascot. Almanzor stayed in training as a four-year-old with a view to running in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe… Read More »
Ulysses and Barney Roy are set for an intriguing rematch in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York. The two treated racing fans to a thrilling finish in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown last month and are among seven horses declared for the Group One race over 2000 metres on Wednedsay… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Red Cardinal has finished fifth in the Group Two Prix Kergorlay at Deauville won by English horse Marmelo. Trained by Andreas Wohler for Australian Bloodstock, Red Cardinal was taken back in the field by Eduardo Pedroza early in the 3000m-race on Sunday (Monday AEST). He made ground… Read More »
Trainer Bob Baffert has admitted Arrogate is racing below par after the world’s highest-ranked and horse finished second to his stablemate Collected in the Grade One Pacific Classic at Del Mar. “He ran a good race, but we expect to see something else,” Baffert said. “I feel like my older… Read More »
The world’s highest-ranked horse Arrogate has been beaten for the second time in his past two starts at Del Mar, this time by his Bob Baffert-trained stablemate Collected. The Dubai World Cup winner travelled in third place in the Pacific Classic with Collected leading the way from Accelerate who won… Read More »
Singapore will host a nine race card on Sunday with the intriguing race coming in the last with the benchmark 97 attracting a quality field, headed by Lincoln Road. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $600… Read More »
Jockey William Buick will see a specialist to determine the extent of the injury he sustained in America. Buick was riding the Mark Johnston-trained Permian when the Royal Ascot winner fatally fractured a foreleg and unseated him shortly after crossing the line in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park in… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Singapore on Friday night, and while there are no feature races, once again, the depth looks pretty good for night racing at Kranji. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS… Read More »
Prominent New Zealand owner/breeder Sir Peter Vela has celebrated Eminent’s Group Two win in France with the colt earmarked as a potential stud prospect. Eminent is a son of the all-conquering Frankel and could become the first of his progeny to stand in New Zealand. Vela is the principal of… Read More »
Robert Havlin has failed to persuade the disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority not to reciprocate the six-month ban given to him by France Galop for failing a drugs test. In February, the French authority said the Newmarket-based jockey had returned a positive sample at Saint-Cloud last October. It… Read More »
Dual Oaks winner Enable is a firming favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after French stars Brametot and Almanzor were upstaged by British challengers Eminent and First Sitting in the two feature events at Deauville. Jean-Claude Rouget’s pair of aces were looking to seal their places in some… Read More »
