James Doyle believes the trip and track at Longchamp will be “perfect” for Al Kazeem when he bids for glory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 6. The in-demand rider is relishing a crack at Europe’s end-of-season middle-distance showpiece with Roger Charlton’s five-year-old, who has won three… Read More »
Planteur will head to the Prix Dollar next before an ambitious crack at the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Marco Botti’s six-year-old was a comfortable winner of the Group Three Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor having previously chased home Maxios in the Prix d’Ispahan back in May. That form was franked at… Read More »
Tac De Boistron will be aimed at the Prix du Cadran at Longchamp on October 6 after his effortless win at Chester on Saturday. The six-year-old returned to Europe after a stint with Mick Kent in Australia where he was unplaced in two starts in the Geelong and Melbourne Cups…. Read More »
Betstar’s Alan Eskander believes 2012 Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe runner up Orfevre will continue to shorten in the coming week’s leading into this year’s event on October 5. Orfevre moved into clear favouritism in Betstar’s 2013 Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe market after an effortless win at Longchamp on… Read More »
Voleuse De Coeurs could attempt to claim further Classic honours this autumn following her resounding victory in the Irish St Leger. The Dermot Weld-trained filly dotted up by six lengths at the Curragh on Sunday to initiate a likely visit to France in October. With a tilt at the Melbourne… Read More »
Trainer Tom Dascombe says there is “a possibility” Brown Panther could have a run before he enters quarantine for the Melbourne Cup in November. Last month’s Goodwood Cup winner had been due to contest the Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Sunday, but he was not declared for the… Read More »
Criquette Head-Maarek will be unfazed by whatever the elements throw at Treve when she runs in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in three weeks’ time. The three-year-old filly shot towards the forefront of the betting for Europe’s premier middle-distance race after a startling display in the Prix Vermeille on… Read More »
Figures from across the sport of Flat racing gathered in Ely Cathedral to celebrate the life of Sir Henry Cecil. The huge Gothic structure, which looms over the Fens, was a building Cecil admired and it was chosen by his widow, Lady Jane, as a fitting venue for his remembrance…. Read More »
A six length win in the Irish St Leger is unlikely to lead to a Melbourne Cup start for Voleuse De Coeurs with trainer Dermot Weld saying he would prefer to wait another year. But 2011 Cup winner Dunaden is now being targeted at Melbourne again after failing to flatter… Read More »
Champion Singapore jockey Joao Moreira is reported to be moving to Hong Kong later this year. The Brazilian has been a superstar in Singapore for the past four years and has also enjoyed success on visits to Australia where he will ride again next week at the two-day Newcastle Cup… Read More »
The 2013 Melbourne Cup has come around too quickly for Times Up but trainer Ed Dunlop is hoping the dual Doncaster Cup winner stays in training for a possible crack next year. Dunlop enjoyed one of the most satisfying victories of his career when Times Up landed the Group Two… Read More »
Europe’s premier race seems likely to win out over the Melbourne Cup for Leading Light, winner of the English St Leger at Doncaster. Leading Light put himself in the frame to be a late entry for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with his victory over Oaks winner Talent. Trainer… Read More »
Orfevre makes his eagerly awaited return to French soil when he lines up in Sunday’s Prix Foy at Longchamp. Brought over from Japan to land this trial last year, the chestnut suffered an agonising defeat in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe when idling in front inside the final furlong… Read More »
Frankie Dettori finally gets to put his potential Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe mount Treve through her paces on the racecourse during a glittering afternoon of trials at Longchamp on Sunday. Criquette Head-Maarek’s unbeaten filly is one of the shiniest jewels in the Italian’s arrangement with Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad… Read More »
Brown Panther has been ruled out of Sunday’s Irish St Leger at the Curragh with illness but the Melbourne Cup is still a hope if he recovers in the next few days. Owned and bred by former English football great Michael Owen and trained by Tom Dascombe, the five-year-old spiked… Read More »
Galileo Rock will not run in the English St Leger on Saturday unless the going improves at Doncaster. Trainer David Wachman says he will switch his dual Derby-placed colt to the Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Sunday should he deem the ground at the South Yorkshire course to… Read More »
Day two of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster was cast into the shadows after jockey Hayley Turner suffered an awful fall in the Park Hill Stakes. Turner, 30, was taken to Doncaster Royal Infirmary for further assessment after she was unseated from Seal Of Approval, who clipped heels with… Read More »
eading Melbourne Cup contender Brown Panther is in doubt for Sunday’s Irish St Leger with a high temperature. Owned and bred by former English soccer great Michael Owen and trained by Tom Dascombe, the five-year-old was a close third 12 months ago and was being geared towards this event as… Read More »
Endurance trainer Jaume Punti Dachs insists there was no suggestion of “wilful or careless wrongdoing” after a consignment of his veterinary products was seized from Moorley Farm East in Newmarket last month. Moorley Farm is listed as owned by Darley Stud Management Co Ltd, the banner company of Sheikh Mohammed’s… Read More »
Jockey Stephane Pasquier has had a three-month riding ban suspended at a civil court tribunal in France, said his agent Nerve Naggar. Pasquier is free to ride from Thursday after “a serious doubt about the legality of the ban” emerged during the tribunal. The stewards of racing authority France Galop… Read More »
