Andrea Atzeni believes a wide draw cost Farraaj victory in Australia and is hoping for better luck in Hong Kong. The Italian jockey believes the British raider would have gone closer than third in the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington at his most recent start had he not had to start… Read More »
California Chrome has strengthened his claims for American Horse of the Year honours with victory in the Hollywood Derby, his first race on turf. The winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, California Chrome failed as so many have before in the final race of the Triple Crown,… Read More »
Ryan Moore attempts to put the gloss on a superb year when he guides Gentildonna in her bid for a third consecutive victory in the Japan Cup. The Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup winning jockey was at the helm 12 months ago when the Sei Ishizaka-trained mare claimed the Grade… Read More »
The HK$25 Million (AU$3.75 Million) Longines Hong Kong Cup is the second richest race in the world over 2000m on the turf, and as such, it attracts the best of the best the racing world has to offer. HONG KONG OFFER: Register via this link for a $501 BONUS BET on… Read More »
A British point-to-point jockey who lost a leg fighting in Afghanistan has not let his war injury stop him returning to race riding. Former army officer Guy Disney, 32, rode five winners before losing his right leg below the knee in 2009 when he was in a vehicle hit by… Read More »
Gordon Lord Byron has shown his fitness for his upcoming Hong Kong trip with a racecourse gallop at Dundalk. The much travelled six-year-old, a Group One winner in Australia in March, will be running at the Hong Kong International meeting on December 14 for the third time. He has finished… Read More »
Trainer Philip Fenton has been disqualified for three years following an Irish Turf Club hearing on Saturday. Fenton was called before racing officials after being found guilty and fined for possessing anabolic steroids and other banned substances at a district court hearing last month. A cardboard box packed with 25… Read More »
Ryan Moore admits it is flattering to be hailed as the best rider in the world, but is not letting such praise go to his head. Moore has enjoyed another stellar year, with Protectionist’s Melbourne Cup win filling another rare blank on his packed CV. His perfectly timed delivery of… Read More »
Frankel’s jockey Tom Queally has been banned from driving for 22 months after a court rejected his claim he was sleep walking while drink driving. Queally, who rode the unbeaten Frankel to all his 14 wins, was more than twice over the limit after being found asleep behind the wheel… Read More »
Dessie Hughes, a giant of Irish jumps racing both as a jockey and a trainer, has died from cancer at the age of 71. Hughes rode Monksfield to win the 1979 Champion Hurdle and then sent out Hardy Eustace to claim the 2004 and 2005 editions of the hurdling crown… Read More »
Willie Mullins is confident Hurricane Fly still has what it takes to make his mark at the top level ahead of his return in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown. Having already racked up an astonishing 19 Grade One victories, the 10-year-old will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest… Read More »
Rich Tapestry is set to make history as Hong Kong’s first Breeders’ Cup runner. Trainer Michael Chang Chun-wai took Rich Tapestry to the United States in September to acclimatise and he showed how well he had settled in with a Grade One win on October 4 at Santa Anita, the… Read More »
Connections of Telescope believe Cox Plate winning jockey Ryan Moore can make the most of the favourite’s inside draw in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita. Moore, fresh from steering Adelaide to a history-making win in Australia on Saturday, has partnered the Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt in his past… Read More »
The unbeaten Shared Belief is the early favourite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic ahead of Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome. Shared Belief is at 9-5 after drawing gate six with California Chrome (4-1) to jump from 13. Mike Smith, who has won more Breeders’ Cup races than any other jockey,… Read More »
Tac De Boistron has claimed his second win in the Group One Prix Royal Oak at Longchamp. Owned by Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, Tac De Boistron campaigned in Australia in 2012 but was sent back to Marc Botti in England after failing on firm tracks in the Geelong and Melbourne Cups…. Read More »
Side Glance could not manage to pull off the Cox Plate in Melbourne for Andrew Balding but the trainer had Group One success at home with Elm Park an all-the-way winner of the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. With Balding in Australia to oversee Side Glance’s fourth behind Adelaide, it… Read More »
CARRICK-ON-SUIR, Ireland, Oct 23 AP – An Irish racehorse trainer has been fined E6,000 ($A9,000) for possessing steroids and other banned substances at his stables. Philip Fenton, who has trained winners at the Cheltenham Festival, faced eight charges after veterinary inspectors found a cardboard box packed with 25 bottles and… Read More »
Richard Hughes is poised to be crowned champion British jockey for a third time in the absence of Ryan Moore who is chasing prizes around the world including Australia. Moore, the winner of Sunday’s Canadian International on Hillstar, will not ride in Britain again this season. He will be aboard… Read More »
Hillstar has claimed his first Group One victory in the Canadian International at Woodbine run without the pre-post favourite Brown Panther. The Tom Dascombe-trained Brown Panther acted up in the parade ring then bolted past the starting gate and did a lap of the course, dropping Richard Kingscote on the… Read More »
Olivier Peslier has made the perfect start to his new association with Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalifa al Thani by winning the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Charm Spirit. Peslier’s long-time contract with the Wertheimer brothers was recently terminated and he was snapped up by the sheikh. He managed to find a… Read More »
