Travelling Light has dealt with her male rivals in the Group One Levin Classic for three-year-olds at Trentham to give her trainer a first win at the highest level. Ben Foote, a former top jumps jockey in New Zealand, said he and jockey Sam Collett had discussed tactics which worked… Read More »
A strong ten race card will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, where the feature race is the Lok Sin Tong Anniversary Cup, a Class Three event over 1650m on the dirt. Race One: 9 Wayfoong Star Race Two: 1 Savvy Seven Race Three: 1 Inner Flame… Read More »
Multiple Group One winner Benbatl has outclassed his rivals on his return to action at Meydan in the Singspiel Stakes. Saeed bin Suroor’s stable star won the Dubai Turf, the Grosser Dallmayr Preis in Germany and Caulfield Stakes in Australia in a stellar 2018 which he rounded off with a… Read More »
In The United states overnight, many things happened. Mostly concerning the speech the President gave re the jet going down in Tehran and the strikes on Iraq. But also, quite quietly in the grand scheme of things, the sudden, impossibly unpredicted death of a US racing icon in X Y… Read More »
Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has been named Japan’s Horse of the Year, receiving 271 votes from a possible 274. The mare won three Group One races in 2019, the Takarazuka Kinen, Cox Plate and Arima Kinen, all with Australian jockey Damian Lane aboard. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, Lys Gracieux… Read More »
Happy Valley will host Wednesday nights Hong Kong meeting and it looks a good quality betting card. View our tips and bets for the nine race meeting. Race One: 6 Focus Race Two: 1 Loriz Race Three: 3 Oriental Elite Race Four: 5 What A Legend Race Five: 2 Flame… Read More »
Champion British jockey Oisin Murphy has ridden a career-high six winners at Nakayama. Riding in Japan on a one-month contract, Murphy began his latest stay with two winners on Sunday before his six a day later. Murphy has had a successful association with Japanese racing, riding Deirdre to win the… Read More »
Horse of the Year finalist Maximum Security is among 17 horses formally invited to compete in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park. But his owner Gary West has already indicated Maximum Security is more likely to go to the new $20 million Saudi Cup in February rather than… Read More »
A strong ten race card will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, where the feature race is the Po Leung Kuk Cup, a Class Three event over 1400m. Race One: 10 Treasure Chest Race Two: 6 Demons Rock Race Three: 3 All In Mind Race Four: 2… Read More »
Star New Zealand three-year-old filly Probabeel has proved a class above her age-group rivals, making a winning start to her summer campaign at Awapuni. Probabeel was backed as unbeatable on past performances which include a win in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) last season along with a runner-up finish to… Read More »
Frankel’s jockey Tom Queally has teamed up with his trainer father, Declan, for a win over hurdles on Owenacurra Lass at Tramore. Queally, who will forever be linked with superstar Frankel, was having his third ride over obstacles since taking out a National Hunt licence. With rides thin on the… Read More »
Having been retired with a tendon injury, Julius has capped a remarkable comeback with a hard-fought Group One victory over Australian sprinter Winter Bride in the Railway at Ellerslie. The eight-year-old was retired 12 months ago and spent much of that time roaming the paddocks of a west coast sheep… Read More »
To look at her, you’d swear she’s just a small yearling. To put a bidle on her, and a jock, you’d think she would collapse under the impost. Step her up in trip, give her a touch of maturity (with 3 race starts) and we have a racehorse who came… Read More »
A massive day of racing has been assembled for Ellerslie this Wednesday where it is Railway Stakes day. The weather is fine, the track is dead (4) and the rail is out 2.5m from 1000m to 400m. Race One: 1 Jimmy James Race Two: 12 Shanqueen Race Three: 1 Not… Read More »
Andrew Castles has been appointed chief executive of the Waikato Racing Club replacing Ken Rutherford who is to assume the same role at Hawkesbury in NSW. Castles’ background includes 11 years as director of racing for the Auckland Racing Club, four years as secretary/manager of the Otaki-Maori Racing Club and… Read More »
Respected New Zealand trainer Frank Ritchie came within a neck of Group One glory in the Zabeel Classic on the first day of the Ellerslie carnival and is looking to go one better in the Railway. Fiscal Fantasy ran second to True Enough in Thursday’s Zabeel (2000m) and Ritchie will… Read More »
Star steeplechaser Sizing John will make his return to the races after an injury-enforced absence of two years when he runs in a hurdle at Punchestown. The 2017 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner takes on Willie Mullins-trained stablemates, Cesarewitch winner Stratum and Irish National winner Burrows Saints, over two miles 3-1/2… Read More »
Mike Smith has ridden a record-breaking 217th Grade One winner on Omaha Beach in the Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita. Smith surpassed the mark set by retired Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey to set a new mark for United States thoroughbred racing. “Jerry is someone that comes from my… Read More »
Cox Plate-winning trainer Yoshito Yahagi has ended the year on a high with two-year-old Contrail taking out the Group One Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama. His win on Saturday came a week after the Yahagi-trained Lys Gracieux added the Grade One Arima Kinen to her Cox Plate. The Hopeful Stakes over… Read More »
Two of Britain’s leading National Hunt trainers, Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson, have been recognised with OBEs in the New Year Honours list. The two have been responsible for many of the modern-day winners of all Britain’s highest-profile jumps races. Nicholls, 11-times champion trainer to Henderson’s five titles, exceeded 3000… Read More »
