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 »
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 »
