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 »
Champion jumps trainer Paul Nicholls has claimed the last major prize to have eluded him with Al Ferof the winner of the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham. Al Ferof is one of owner John Hales’ army of grey horses. In April, Hales’ Neptune Collonges broke Nicholls’ duck in the… Read More »
The judiciary was on Rollout The Carpet’s side this time as she won the Group One 1000 Guineas in Christchurch on Saturday. Rollout The Carpet lost the Group One Diamond Stakes for two-year-olds on protest in March after she veered out to the outside rail. She was again first past… Read More »
English trainers have been told to be on guard following the shut-down of trainer Victor Dartnall’s Devon stables due to an outbreak of equine herpes virus in the form of equine neurological disease. Dartnall had runners as recently as Saturday at Wincanton while his last winners came at Exeter and… Read More »
November has proven to be a stellar month for jockey Brett Prebble who not only claimed the Melbourne Cup but also his 600th winner in Hong Kong. Prebble chalked up his 599th win when he steered the Caspar Fownes-trained Fiery Raider to victory in the first race at Sha Tin… Read More »
Frankie Dettori’s failed drugs test in September was not for a performance-enhancing substance, the British-based Italian jockey’s lawyer says. Dettori, one of the outstanding riders of his generation, is now set to face a medical hearing before the medical committee of France Galop, French horse-racing’s ruling body, after it was… Read More »
Frankie Dettori, one of the outstanding jockeys of his generation, failed a drugs test when riding at Longchamp in France in September, his lawyer has announced. The legendary Italian rider’s positive result will be the subject of a hearing conducted by France Galop, French racing’s governing body, in Paris next… Read More »
David Pipe has reaffirmed his belief Grands Crus is a well handicapped horse ahead of his eagerly anticipated return at Cheltenham. The top-class staying hurdler made a brilliant start to his career over fences last term, completing a hat-trick with a devastating performance in the Feltham Novices’ Chase at Kempton,… Read More »
Richard Hughes has every intention of chasing the jockeys’ championship again next year after being crowned Flat king for the first time at Doncaster on Saturday. Achieving a life-long ambition, Hughes had the title in safe-keeping for some weeks after building up an unassailable lead over Silvestre de Sousa and… Read More »
Boom New Zealand colt Sacred Falls could take on Australia’s best in the autumn after maintaining his unbeaten record in the Group One Two Thousand Guineas in Christchurch. Unbeaten in five starts prior to Saturday’s 1600m race, Sacred Falls was the $1.60 favourite for the Guineas but had a tougher… Read More »
Sir Henry Cecil has credited Frankel with giving him strength during a season in which he is undergoing treatment for stomach cancer. The world’s best racehorse left his Newmarket stable on Thursday to prepared for his new career as a stallion at his birthplace, Banstead Manor Stud. Frankel left the… Read More »
Sir Henry Cecil bade farewell to Frankel as the world’s best racehorse left his Warren Place stable in Newmarket to begin his new career as a stallion. The four-year-old colt made the short journey to his birthplace Banstead Manor Stud where he will take up stallion duties in 2013. “There… Read More »
Marco Botti has his eyes on a big-race double in the Far East with globetrotters Jakkalberry and Joshua Tree. Both horses have done the Newmarket-based trainer proud, with Joshua Tree taking the Canadian International and Jakkalberry faring best of the European raiders in the Melbourne Cup with an excellent third… Read More »
Ex-pat Australian trainer Ian Wilkes has claimed a famous victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita with Fort Larned who led all the away in North America’s richest race. Fort Larned fought off Mucho Macho Man in a duel down the straight to win the $US5 ($A4.83 million)… Read More »
Little Mike has pulled off a big upset in the $US3 million ($A2.9 million), Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita. The five-year-old gelding, trained by Dale Romans, sat off the pace set by Turbo Compressor, but under jockey Ramon Dominguez seized the lead in the straight and held off odds-on… Read More »
Kauto Stone upheld the family name as he emulated his legendary half-brother Kauto Star by winning the Champion Chase at Down Royal. Kauto Star, who was retired earlier this week, won the race in 2008 and 2010 and his younger sibling added his name to the roll of honour with… Read More »
The trainer and jockey who combined to win last year’s Melbourne Cup have enhanced their international reputations on the first day of Breeders’ Cup racing. French raider Flotilla surged through an opening in the stretch to give Europe a first win Friday in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup with a triumph… Read More »
