Jockey Craig Williams is convinced Dunaden can show his true colours when he bids for back-to-back wins in the Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin on Sunday week. The Mikel Delzangles-trained six-year-old claimed the esteemed Group One in some style last season, but must put behind him a disappointing run… Read More »
Trainer Ed Dunlop’s star mare Snow Fairy has been stripped of her victory in the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville after failing a test for a banned substance. Dunlop explained it was due to anti-inflammatory treatment the five-year-old had been receiving. Snow Fairy has struggled with injury through her career,… Read More »
Dual Nunthorpe Stakes winner Borderlescott has been retired. Trainer Robin Bastiman said age had caught up with the 10-year-old who last ran a month ago. Borderlescott won back to back Nunthorpes in 2008 and 2009 and also recorded victories in other major sprint races including the Stewards’ Cup and King… Read More »
Big Buck’s will face a maximum of seven rivals when he seeks to win the Long Distance Hurdle for the fourth year running at Newbury on Saturday. Paul Nicholls’ crack performer is unbeaten in 17 races since he returned to hurdles after unseating Sam Thomas in the Hennessy at the… Read More »
French horse racing stewards will meet next week to decide whether to take further action against jockey Frankie Dettori over his positive drug test. The British-based rider tested positive for an unidentified banned substance on September 16 at Longchamp. The medical committee of the French horse racing association temporarily suspended… Read More »
The Luca Cumani-trained Mount Athos is one of two English stayers who have been ruled out of the Hong Kong Vase. Mount Athos disappointed the Cumani stable with his Japan Cup effort, bringing to an end an international campaign that started with his luckless fifth in the Melbourne Cup. The… Read More »
The jockey destined to keep rewriting Singapore racing’s record books has landed a ride in Australia’s final Group One race of the year. Brazilian maestro Joao Moreira, best known in Australia for his fly-in, fly-out missions to ride for Nathan Tinkler, has secured the mount on Fuddle Dee Duddle in… Read More »
The situation awaiting Adelaide galloper Alcopop as he headed to Hong Kong on Monday is as familiar as it is unwanted and undeserved. Alcopop is to run in the Group One Hong Kong Cup, the world’s richest 2000m race on turf, at Sha Tin on Sunday week where he will… Read More »
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Solemia has been retired following her failure in the Japan Cup won by local filly Gentildonna. Solemia finished 13th of the 17 runners and trainer Carlos Laffon-Parias announced her retirement immediately after Sunday’s race. “I think she did very well in regard to that… Read More »
Champion Japanese filly Gentildonna has survived a protest to win the Japan Cup by a nose from Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe runner-up Orfevre. The pair came together in the final stages of the 2400m race with a nose separating them on the line but after a stewards’ inquiry, the… Read More »
Silviniaco Conti has stamped himself a worthy successor to the incredible Kauto Star with a spring-heeled display to win the Betfair Chase at Haydock. Champion trainer Paul Nicholls announced the retirement last month of legendary steeplechaser Kauto Star after a breathtaking career that included five King Georges, a brace of… Read More »
Local champion Orfevre will be aiming to avenge his last-gasp Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe defeat as he again clashes with Solemia in Sunday’s Japan Cup in Tokyo. The Japanese raider appeared to have the Longchamp feature won, only to hang across the track in the closing stages and let… Read More »
Connections of Mount Athos are hoping the five-year-old can capitalise on a good draw in Sunday’s Japan Cup to make amends for an unlucky run in the Melbourne Cup. The Luca Cumani-trained gelding has been handed stall five in the Group One at Tokyo, as he drops back to a… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has been temporarily banned from riding in France “based on medical grounds”, French racing’s ruling body has announced. The suspension follows Tuesday’s inquiry at France Galop’s headquarters in Paris into Dettori’s positive test for a banned substance when he was riding at Longchamp on September 16. A France… Read More »
Trainer Marco Botti is looking forward to seeing Melbourne Cup third placegetter Jakkalberry shoot for further international honours in this weekend’s Japan Cup. The six-year-old has enjoyed a fantastic campaign since joining the Newmarket-based Italian at the start of this year, running well in the Dubai Sheema Classic and winning… Read More »
Riding great Frankie Dettori is due to learn whether he will face a ban for a doping offence after an independent medical commission meets in Paris. The 41-year-old England-based jockey was not present for Tuesday’s hearing before the three-man commission, which was held at the headquarters of French racing’s governing… Read More »
Britain-based jockey Frankie Dettori faces a drugs hearing in Paris which could have a huge impact upon his career as one of Europe’s most successful riders. The Italian, the ‘face’ of British flat racing, tested positive for a banned substance at Parisian course Longchamp on September 16. He now face… Read More »
Peter Chapple-Hyam has been chosen as the trainer of the most expensive yearling bought at auction in the world this year. A half-brother to Authorized, the colt Chapple-Hyam trained to win the 2007 English Derby, Hydrogen cost Sheikh Fahad Al Thani’s Qatar Racing 2.5 million guineas ($A3.985 million) at the… Read More »
The 2011 Cheltenham hero Hurricane Fly received mixed reactions from bookmakers for the Champion Hurdle after his successful reappearance at Punchestown. Hurricane Fly made all of the running in the Morgiana Hurdle, but only after Go Native took a crashing fall at the final flight. Paul Carberry brought Go Native… Read More »
Luckless Melbourne Cup runner Mount Athos will go into the Japan Cup “with little to lose”, according to trainer Luca Cumani. Mount Athos will be one of three Melbourne Cup starters among five internationals to contest the Japan Racing Association’s richest race next Sunday. “Hopefully this Cup won’t come too… Read More »
