Dual Derby winner Camelot is close to retirement after failing to recapture his three-year-old form. Trainer Aidan O’Brien says next week’s Eclipse Stakes at Sandown remains an option but the horse’s value to the Coolmore team as a stallion must also be considered. The son of Montjeu kicked off his… Read More »
Jim Bolger, out of luck with hot favourite Dawn Approach in the Epsom Derby, gained handsome compensation at the Curragh on Saturday when his Trading Leather won the Irish equivalent. Bolger’s second success in the Irish classic after St Jovite in 1992, was ridden by Kevin Manning, the 6-1 shot… Read More »
French 2000 Guineas winner Style Vendome gets the chance to prove himself the best of his generation in France as he goes for more Group One glory in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on Sunday. The Nicolas Clement-trained grey looked a potential Classic contender when winning the Prix Djebel… Read More »
Ruler Of The World will face eight rivals as he bids for a Classic double in the Irish Derby at the Curragh. Aidan O’Brien’s colt won the Derby at Epsom on just his third start having been unraced as a juvenile and will clash again with the placed runners from… Read More »
A trip to York for the Ebor remains a possibility for Royal Ascot winner Opinion. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt stayed on well to claim the 12-furlong Duke of Edinburgh Handicap in Berkshire last week on what was just his 10th career start. Harry Herbert, racing manager for owners Highclere… Read More »
Dawn Approach has been given the option of stepping back up in trip for the Juddmonte International at York on August 21. Jim Bolger’s brilliant miler added last week’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot to his 2000 Guineas triumph at Newmarket as he bounced back from the ignominy… Read More »
Trainer Marco Botti will consider a crack at the American St Leger with Dandino after he finished second behind the ill-fated Thomas Chippendale in the Hardwicke Stakes on Saturday. Botti sees the six-year-old, owned by Darren Dance’s Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, as the ideal type for the Melbourne Cup, but another… Read More »
Leading Irish Derby contender Sugar Boy has been sold to Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. The Authorized colt secured a determined victory in the Sandown Classic Trial on his most recent appearance for trainer Patrick Prendergast, notably beating subsequent Epsom Derby second and third Libertarian and Galileo Rock. He… Read More »
Eddie Lynam’s two star sprinters Sole Power and Slade Power are set to clash in the July Cup at Newmarket. Proven top-class performer Sole Power secured a well deserved Group One haul in the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot, his second victory at the highest level following his shock 100-1… Read More »
Racing is to set to be the first sport in Britain to hold a national student day. The six racecourses with fixtures on Saturday, October 26 will be making a uniform admission offer to young people, aiming to create the country’s biggest ever student attendance in one day. The venues… Read More »
Trainer Corine Barande-Barbe is confident Cirrus Des Aigles will be in “much better condition” for next month’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot following a disappointing return to action at Saint-Cloud. Officially the highest-rated Flat horse in training, having chased home the mighty Frankel in last October’s… Read More »
William Buick will retain the ride on the supplemented Libertarian in the Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday. The colt has recently been purchased by Godolphin and will be having his final start for Elaine Burke in Ireland this weekend before he joins Saeed bin Suroor in Newmarket. Unraced… Read More »
Wesley Ward has ruled out any chance of his impressive Norfolk Stakes winner No Nay Never running against his elders in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York. The American challenger looked head and shoulders above his rivals at Royal Ascot last week in the paddock and proved it out on the… Read More »
Globetrotting star Dunaden is likely to have his last start in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October. The Mikel Delzangles-trained seven-year-old has picked up almost STG5 million ($A8.4 million) prize money during a fantastic career, winning a Melbourne Cup, a Caulfield Cup and a Hong Kong… Read More »
SAINT-CLOUD, France, June 24 PA – Dunaden has come up short in his bid to win a first European Group One, finishing second to German raider Novellist in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. The winner of the 2011 Melbourne Cup and 2012 Caulfield Cup, Dunaden closed hard in the final… Read More »
The Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday ended tragically when the winning horse, Thomas Chippendale, collapsed and died soon after passing the winning post. Veterinarians attending the horse were unable to revive the horse after jockey Johnny Murtagh had dismounted. A post-mortem will be conducted but the suspected cause… Read More »
The Queen’s bloodstock advisor John Warren hopes the monarch may get more time to spend with her horses when she eventually reduces her Royal commitments. Photographs of the Queen cheering home Estimate to Ascot Gold Cup glory dominated Friday’s newspapers. Next to her in the Royal Box was Warren, who… Read More »
Rain has boosted trainer Corine Barande-Barbe’s spirits ahead of Cirrus Des Aigles’ comeback at Saint-Cloud on Sunday. The multiple Group-race winner has been absent since giving Frankel a run for his money in the Champion Stakes at Ascot in October. He has been sidelined since straining a ligament during his… Read More »
Three days of disappointment for Richard Hughes dissolved in an instant when Sky Lantern carried the British champion jockey to a pulsating victory in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. What was billed as a closely-matched affair involving 17 runners became a one-horse race as Hughes scythed through… Read More »
Day four of the Royal Ascot carnival will be run tonight with another six race program full of quality runners. The feature race for the day is the Coronation Cup for fillies which looks to be a cracking race. The meeting has plenty of value for punters. Form Guide Free… Read More »
