Apprentice Gina Mangan has been barred from riding rank outsider Diore Lia in the Epsom Derby and will be replaced by the more experienced junior Paddy Pilley. Have Your Say: Did the BHA make the right decision or not? – Leave a comment below. After originally saying Mangan was free… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won on the Sha Tin dirt on Wednesday night, with the seventh event being the feature race with some really good depth. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $150 FREE… Read More »
Seven races will be run and won at Nottingham on Wednesday night Australian time, where it is Nottinghamshire Oaks Day. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $150 FREE BET BONUS at CrownBet.com.au Race One: 1… Read More »
English racing fans were disappointed to hear that Michelle Payne is not going to ride in the Epsom Derby this Saturday, having been proposed some weeks ago as a potential jockey for rank outsider Diore Lia. In her absence an apprentice, Gina Mangan, who has yet to ride a winner… Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien is expected to have six runners in the Epsom Derby as he attempts to win the Classic for a sixth time. Ryan Moore is likely to ride Cliffs Of Moher who is disputing favouritism with the Mark Johnston-trained Cracksman for Saturday’s race. O’Brien will also saddle Chester… Read More »
Winter has given champion trainer Aidan O’Brien a clean sweep of the English and Irish Guineas with her win at the Curragh. On Saturday the O’Brien-trained Churchill backed up his 2000 Guineas win at Newmarket with victory in the Irish equivalent and Winter mirrored the feat a day later when… Read More »
Deteriorating conditions could not stop Churchill adding the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh to his Classic success at Newmarket. It was not completely plain sailing in the rain-softened ground, but his class shone through in the closing stages as the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt powered 2-1/2 lengths clear in the… Read More »
Group l racing will be seen at Chantilly on Sunday where it is the Prix D’Ispahan Stakes (1800m). But the key race for Australian viewers is the Vigier Stakes, a raced used successfully by Americain en route to the 2010 Melbourne Cup. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at… Read More »
Top class racing continues at the Curragh on Sunday night with a Group l double header highlighting the card, the Tatts Gold Cup and the 1000 Guineas. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $150 FREE BET… Read More »
Singapore will host a bumper ten race card on Sunday, where the feature race is the Group ll Stewards Cup (1400m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $150 FREE BET BONUS at CrownBet.com.au Race One:… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday where the feature race is the Group l Chater Cup (2400m), featuring a high class field. We also get to see the debut of Southern Legend, the former high class Les Bridge trained galloper. BONUS #1: $501… Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien hopes to have Minding back for an autumn campaign after a setback derailed the brilliant mare from a number of targets. The reigning European Horse of the Year would have been favourite to claim an eighth Group One win in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh… Read More »
Hong Kong champion Able Friend has been retired and will return to Australia where he will spend his days at the Ramsey family’s Turangga Farm in NSW where he was born. The highest-rated horse to race in Hong Kong, Able Friend will be farewelled at a special ceremony at Sha… Read More »
French 1000 Guineas winner Precieuse will next run in either the Coronation Stakes or the Prix de Diane. She would need to be supplemented for the Royal Ascot race, while if she stays in France it would mean a step up in trip at Chantilly on June 18. “She will… Read More »
Young South African jockey Callan Murray is off the mark in Hong Kong, riding a winner at Happy Valley at his second meeting. Murray spent the final weeks of his apprenticeship with Lindsay Park in Victoria during the Australian summer, riding four winners. He had five winless rides at Sha… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Singapore on Friday night and while there are no feature races, the depth does look pretty good, especially in the third event. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3:… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night where the feature race is the Sauternes Cup, a Class 3 event over 1650m. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: $150 FREE BET… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Gerald Mosse has been signed by new racing organisation Phoenix Thoroughbreds as their retained jockey. The 50-year-old will link up with the Luxembourg-based investment group which has been active at the sales with purchases being sent to Bob Baffert and Jeremy Noseda Mosse, who won the 2010… Read More »
French trainer Freddy Head has been forced to call time on the career of multiple Group One-winning miler Solow. During 2015, the gelding claimed five Group One races in a row and looked impregnable in Europe, winning twice at Ascot in the Queen Anne and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, and… Read More »
Caravaggio has cemented his place as the market leader for the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot with victory in the Group Three Lacken Stakes at Naas. Unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile, the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt firmed from 5-2 to 6-4 for the Group One sprint for three-year-olds at… Read More »
