French horse Almanzor has been the brightest star at Ascot as British Champions Day lived up to its billing, and then some. The Jean-Claude Rouget-trained colt has barely put a foot wrong all year, claiming the French Derby and adding the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, both over a mile-and-a-quarter… Read More »
The Champion Stakes will be run on the normal outer track after Ascot scrapped plans to run the 10-furlong (2000m) showpiece on the inner course. Officials decided to switch the race back to the normal course following the latest weather forecast that suggests less rain is expected than previously forecast… Read More »
Ascot’s clerk of the course Chris Stickels has yet to decide which of two tracks will be used for the Champion Stakes. Officials provisionally planned to run the 10-furlong (2000m) showpiece on the newly demarcated inner Flat course, which was given the thumbs-up by leading jockeys Ryan Moore and Pat… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won under the Happy Valley lights on Wednesday evening, where the feature race is the JCI Hong Kong Senate 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… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist is on his way to Canada to run in Sunday’s Woodbine International. Protectionist has won his last two starts in Germany after returning home from a disappointing second preparation in Australian after he emphatically won the Melbourne Cup at his second start Down Under. The 2014 Melbourne Cup… Read More »
Trainer Tom Hogan has quashed talk of retirement for globetrotting Irish sprinter Gordon Lord Byron. The winner of three Group One races including the 2014 George Ryder Stakes in Sydney, Gordon Lord Byron has been disappointing in six starts since he won the Group Two Minstrel Stakes at the Curragh… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien has racked up his fifth win in the Group One Dewhurst Stakes for two-year-olds with Churchill overcoming difficulties inside the final stages of the 1400m-race at Newmarket. He is now the favourite for next year’s 2000 Guineas and O’Brien says he is much upside to the colt. “There’s… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, where the feature race is the Pok Oi Cup, a Class 3 event over 1200m. A former Australia, Raichu, makes his Hong Kong debut in the race, but the form out of his debut win at Cranbourne has… Read More »
We take a look at tonights Singapore meeting at Kranji racecourse and give our tips and bets for each of the nine races as well as our best bet and best long shot of the meeting. View our Singapore tips below. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au… Read More »
VERSAILLES, Kentucky AP – Belmont Stakes winner Creator has been retired and will stand at stud in Japan. Owners WinStar Farm said Creator had been bought by the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders’ Association to stand at Shizunai Stallion Station in Hokkaido. “Last year we visited the JBBA, and I was impressed… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, where the feature event is the Kwoon Chung Bus 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: Deposit… Read More »
Found has led in a stunning trifecta for champion trainer Aidan O’Brien in Europe’s most prestigious race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, at Chantilly. Although he has won most of the world’s biggest races, O’Brien admitted the achievement was probably the finest moment of his career after the mare… Read More »
English stayer Quest For More has claimed his first Group One win in the Prix du Cadran at Chantilly. The Roger Charlton-trained seven-year-old, who finished ninth in last year’s Melbourne Cup, overhauled the favourite Vazirabad to win by a short neck under George Baker. Quest For More is now an… Read More »
Postponed is a firming favourrite to cap his unbeaten season in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after drawing barrier seven for the European showpiece at Chantilly. Second favourite, Japanese horse Makahiki, eased to 6-1 from 9-2 after coming up with gate 14 of 16. Postponed’s trainer Roger Varian said… Read More »
View our tips and bets for tonights Singapore meeting raced at Kranji racecourse. View our Singapore tips below. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: Deposit $300 BET with $750 at CrownBet.com.au Race One: N/A Race Two:… Read More »
Frankie Dettori will ride Gold Cup winner and former Melbourne Cup favourite Order Of St George in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly. Dettori, who is chasing a fifth win in Sunday’s European showpiece, had been provisionally booked by trainer Dermot Weld for the 2015 Champion Stakes winner… Read More »
National Hunt racing has been rocked by a split between champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins and owners Gigginstown House Stud. Mullins said Gigginstown’s owners, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary and his brother Eddie, refused to pay an increase in training fees and had removed around 60 horses from the stable. “I… Read More »
An eight race program will be run and won under the lights of Happy Valley on Wednesday where the feature race is the Citi Spring Challenge Cup, a Class 3 event over 1200m which features the Hong Kong debut of Navas, a former Robbie Griffiths trained galloper that raced under… Read More »
Dual Derby winner Harzand has booked his ticket for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, proving his fitness with an impressive training gallop after an injury scare. But his Dermot Weld-trained stablemate Fascinating Rock will not run leaving Frankie Dettori without a ride in the showpiece at Chantilly on Sunday…. Read More »
Former 2016 Melbourne Cup favourite Order of St George is one of three likely runners for trainer Aidan O’Brien in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The Gold Cup winner could be joined by Highland Reel and foudn in Sunday’s race which is being run this year at Chantilly while… Read More »
