The 2012 St Leger winner Encke is among seven horses to test positive for anabolic steroids as the investigation widened into doping involving Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin operation. The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) revealed on Monday it had undertaken an extensive testing program at the yard of former Godolphin trainer Mahmood… Read More »
Hopes continue to rise that Snow Fairy could make her reappearance in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot. The six-time Group One-winning mare looked as good as ever when she won the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown last September, but she was ruled out for the rest of… Read More »
Although no one really keeps track of such things, Gary Stevens had no problem making the assessment with complete conviction. “I guarantee I’m the first grandfather winner of a Triple Crown race,” said the 50-year-old Stevens, who guided Oxbow to a stunning upset victory in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday… Read More »
There will be no Triple Crown winner this year after Oxbow won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico with Kentucky Derby winner Orb fourth. Oxbow’s win crowned the comeback of 50-year-old jockey Gary Stevens who returned to riding earlier this year after an absence of seven years. The winner is trained… Read More »
Jockey Joseph O’Brien has cast doubts on Dawn Approach’s stamina ahead of the next month’s Epsom Derby. O’Brien, who won the Derby last year on Camelot and is set to ride Battle Of Marengo from his father Aidan’s squad, spoke of his admiration for Jim Bolger’s 2000 Guineas winner but… Read More »
Oxbow won the 138th Preakness Stakes on Saturday as heavily favoured Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished fourth, his bid for US racing’s coveted Triple Crown ruined. “I get paid to spoil dreams,” said Oxbow’s trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who claimed a sixth Preakness victory and his 13th win in one… Read More »
Comeback jockey Gary Stevens has won the Preakness Stakes aboard Oxbow for veteran trainer D. Wayne Lukas with Kentucky Derby winner Orb fourth. Stevens, who came out of retirement in January after seven years away from the sport, took Oxbow to the front from the outset and the colt was… Read More »
Internationally renowned jockey Johnny Murtagh has been granted a training licence by the Irish Turf Club. Murtagh owns the Curragh stables where Tommy Carmody is based and has been working alongside the trainer while undergoing his preparation to take out a licence. The team started out last year and sent… Read More »
Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin team received its first significant piece of good news in some time when Farhh emerged a convincing winner of the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Still dogged by the scandal which resulted in an eight-year ban for trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni for administering anabolic steroids to horses in… Read More »
A number of trainers will be interviewed by the British Horseracing Authority as it emerges more than one stable could have used a banned drug. Newmarket handler Gerard Butler admitted last month he was the subject of a BHA investigation after a number of his horses tested positive for anabolic… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Orb was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course. “He’s really settled in well. He seems to be energetic about what he’s doing so I couldn’t be more pleased,” trainer… Read More »
Frankie Dettori’s planned return to the saddle may be delayed with the British Horseracing Authority yet to issue him a licence. The 42-year-old had planned to return to action at Leicester on Monday after serving a six-month ban for testing positive for cocaine at Longchamp following a race last September…. Read More »
Local winners of the Dante Stakes at Yorkshire are so rare Libertarian was allowed to start at 33-1 before beating Derby aspirants from some of the top British and Irish stables. Middleham-based couple Elaine and Karl Burke became the first trainers from the county to win the Knavesmire’s important Classic… Read More »
Beautifully bred filly Lilliburlero will face a career litmus test when she steps out in the Fred Best Classic at Doomben on Saturday. A daughter of former top Queensland sprinter Regimental Gal, Lilliburlero has shown promise winning two of her three starts to date. She made her debut with a… Read More »
Champion jumps jockey Tony McCoy has made a winning return to action at his first ride back from an injury enforced break. McCoy won aboard Church Field at Ludlow four weeks after suffering broken ribs in a fall at Cheltenham. “It’s nice to be back. You get fairly frustrated and… Read More »
Former Champion jockey Frankie Dettori claims depression caused by Godolphin’s decision to remove him from his role as their top rider was the trigger that led to his drugs ban. The Italian has served a six-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine in France in September and returns to the… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Orb has drawn the inside barrier for the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the triple crown. Orb was immediately installed as the even money favourite but trainer Shug McGaughey said he would have preferred not to be on the rail. When asked what his choice would… Read More »
Jockey Frankie Dettori has admitted the drug which led to his six month ban was cocaine. In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News just days before his return to riding, Dettori says he is “very ashamed and embarrassed” by the events. The star rider was suspended for six months… Read More »
Connections of Telescope hope he will still run in the English Derby despite having to miss his intended prep race at York on Thursday. The Galileo colt, owned by Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, was not among the final declarations for the Dante Stakes because of a minor infection which developed in… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner Orb made a spirited walk along the row of racetrack barns at Pimlico on Tuesday ahead of Saturday’s 138th Preakness, the second leg in American racing’s Triple Crown series. Orb’s trainer Shug McGaughey brought the horse from New York’s Belmont Park to Baltimore on Monday ahead of… Read More »
