Expat Australian Michael Wrona has landed the plum job as track announcer at Santa Anita. Wrona, 49, began calling races as a teenager in Queensland and has spent 25 years in the United States, the past 10 at Golden Gate Fields. The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, conducted an… Read More »
California Chrome is again favourite for the $US10 million ($A13.3 million) Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest horse race as he tries to avenge last year’s second place. The 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner’s most likely challengers will be Godolphin-owned Frosted, Travers Cup winner Keen Ice and Special Fighter… Read More »
The British Horseracing Authority has pledged to work more closely with the betting industry and other sports and regulators in the fight against corruption. Publishing its Integrity Review, a wide-ranging initiative launched in 2015 and overseen by an independent panel, the BHA made six main recommendations to improve and maintain… Read More »
American trainer Art Sherman says California Chrome is five lengths better than last year when he ran second in the World Cup. Sherman watched the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner go through his paces on the main track at Meydan early on Tuesday morning. “He’s a lot stronger… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won under the Happy Valley lights this Wednesday evening, with the feature race being the Happy Valley Vase (1800m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: Deposit $400 BET with $1000… Read More »
English jockey Sam Waley-Cohen will appeal a controversial seven-day ban for easing up on Long Run, saying he was trying to look after the horse. Waley-Cohen sent his mount straight to the lead in a race at Carlisle in his first start for 672 days. The 2011 Gold Cup winner… Read More »
Victoria Pendleton intends to carry on riding in point-to-point races after her exhilarating experience when fifth in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham. The dual Olympic gold medal winning cyclist was back riding out at Alan and Lawney Hill’s Oxfordshire stables on Saturday morning following her memorable afternoon… Read More »
A bumper ten race card has been assembled for Sha Tin on Sunday where we see one of the premier race days in that part of the world; Derby Day. 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 »
She didn’t win, but Victoria Pendleton has answered her critics in the best possible style by finishing a creditable fifth on Pacha Du Polder in the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham. The dual Olympic cycling gold medallist displayed plenty of the same dash she demonstrated in the velodrome as she executed… Read More »
Trainer Gordon Elliott has never made any secret of the regard in which he holds Don Cossack and that long-term faith has been gloriously justified in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The quietly-spoken Irishman stood in the hallowed Prestbury Park winner’s enclosure in a state of disbelief and with a tear… Read More »
French star Solow has been ruled out of his defence of the Dubai Turf at the World Cup meeting with a minor injury. The six-year-old, unbeaten in his past 10 starts, won the nine-furlong (1800m) event last year and had been on course to defend his title until suffering a… Read More »
Ruby Walsh’s success on Black Hercules for trainer Willie Mullins in the Novices’ Chase has made him the first post-war jockey to win 50 races at the famous Cheltenham Festival. In 1998, Mullins and and an 18-year-old Walsh combined for the first time to score at Cheltenham when Alexander Banquet… Read More »
Sprinter Sacre has starred on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival with a comeback success in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Nicky Henderson pulled off one of the great training feats to get the 10-year-old back to what could easily be a career-best after a series of problems since… Read More »
A strong eight race card will be run and won under the lights of Happy Valley this Wednesday night where the feature race is the Class 3 Hong Kong Exchanges Challenge Cup (1200m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au… Read More »
Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins has dominated the first day of the Cheltenham Festival winning three of the four Grade One races. The afternoon did not quite begin as many had expected, but there was an unerring sense of inevitability about rest of the day. Min’s defeat by Altior in… Read More »
Jacqueline O’Brien, widow of the legendary trainer Vincent O’Brien, has died aged 89. The daughter of a West Australian politician, Jacqueline O’Brien (nee Wittenoom) played a key role in her husband’s record-breaking career. She died early on Tuesday morning in a hospital in Dublin. Her husband, who died in 2009… Read More »
Racing on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival could start on good to soft going as the ground continues to dry out with little rain forecast for the week. Clerk of the course Simon Claisse described the going as good to soft, soft in places on Monday afternoon –… Read More »
LEADING TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS AT THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL Current trainers number of winners: 53 Nicky Henderson 41 Willie Mullins 37 Paul Nicholls 25 Jonjo O’Neill 18 Philip Hobbs 18 Edward O’Grady 15 Alan King 15 Nigel Twiston-Davies 13 David Pipe 9 David Elsworth 8 Jessica Harrington 8 Arthur Moore 7… Read More »
The Paul Nicholls-trained Old Guard will miss the Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham jumps festival. That leaves a field 12 to go to post on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) headed by the Willie Mullins-trained Annie Power. The mare was a late entry last week after injury ruled… Read More »
Many Clouds has boosted his claims for back-to-back victories in the Grand National with an impressive display at Kelso. Winning for the first time since his triumph the world’s most famous steeplechase last April, Many Clouds put in a superb exhibition of jumping on Sunday. The Oliver Sherwood-trained nine-year-old is… Read More »
