International Horse Racing

• Parrain heads Power field

  Mon Parrain heads a field of 20 declared for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

   
• Poquelin set for Power play

  Topweight Poquelin is set to run in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday, owner Andy Stewart has revealed.

   
• Dane team dreaming of Japan glory

  Peter Schiergen’s Longchamp heroine Danedream remains on course for a tilt at the Japan Cup at the end of this month.

   
• Ed Dunlop eyeing Cadeaux consolation

  Ed Dunlop is hoping for better luck in Hong Kong with Red Cadeaux when the five-year-old bids to go one better than his agonising defeat in the Melbourne Cup.

   
• Whip rule talks ongoing

  The British Horseracing Authority insists the new whip rules are still the subject of constant monitoring after Tony McCoy became the latest high-profile jockey to receive a suspension.

   
• Future bright for Kauto Stone

  Connections of Kauto Stone are keeping their options open and their feet on the ground after Kauto Star’s half-brother made a scintillating start to his steeplechasing career on Saturday.

   
• Tony McCoy banned for whip rule breach

  Champion jump jockey Tony McCoy fell foul of the new whip rules for the first time at Ffos Las.

   
• Hanagan crowned champion jockey

  Paul Hanagan paid full tribute to his big rival Silvestre de Sousa after retaining his English Flat jockeys’ championship title.

   
• Goldikova bows out with Mile placing

  Freddie Head spoke of his pride in Goldikova after the brilliant mare ended her career with third place in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs.

   
• So You Think unplaced in Breeders’ Classic

  Two-time Cox Plate winner So You Think has finished unplaced in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

   
• St. Nicholas Abbey wins Breeders’ Cup Turf

  St. Nicholas Abbey swept to a scintillating Turf victory on Saturday, making 18-year-old Joseph O’Brien – trainer Aidan O’Brien’s son – the youngest jockey to win a Breeders’ Cup race.

   
• Silvestre De Sousa hangs on in title battle

  Silvestre de Sousa ensured the race for the jockeys’ championship will go to the final day of the season at Doncaster on Saturday with a four-timer on the penultimate day.

   
• Perfect Shirl shines, Euros denied

  erfect Shirl’s upset win in the Filly and Mare Turf was just one Breeders’ Cup result on Friday that had the European contingent needing to regroup for the big day on Saturday.

   
• Burgundy won’t need to lead, says trainer

  Jason Bridgman says Burgundy won’t need to set the pace as he looks to emulate his close relation Darci Brahma in Saturday’s 2000 Guineas at Riccarton.

   
• Hanagan still heading title race

  Paul Hanagan heads into the penultimate day of the Flat season seven winners ahead of Silvestre de Sousa in the race for the jockeys’ championship.

   
• Frankel firmly in Breeders’ frame

  Connections of Frankel have raised hopes that the brilliant colt could grace next year’s Breeders’ Cup meeting.

   
• Rain pain for Strong Suit team

  Connections of Strong Suit, Sea Moon and Elusive Kate were left unhappy when track officials at Churchill Downs refused to let them use the turf course for trackwork on Thursday.

   
• So You Think O’Brien is happy? He is

  Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien liked the look of So You Think, his 5-1 challenger in Saturday’s $US5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, after checking out the horse at the barn on Thursday.

   
• Ortensia targets NZ sprint double

  The decision to defer Ortensia’s stud career proved lucrative when the mare won the Listed GH Mumm Stakes at Flemington at her first start for new trainer Paul Messara.

   
• Melbourne Cup makes flying visit to NZ

  There may not have been any Kiwi horses in the Melbourne Cup this year, but the cup still made its way to New Zealand, albeit briefly.