Sha Tin will play host to an eleven race card on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 2 Hero Mastermind Race Two: 2 Winning Machine Race Three: 2 Forerunner Race Four: 3 Oldtown Race Five: 3 Flying Knight Race Six: 8 Fortune Star Race Seven: 2 Raging… Read More »
Waller was politely answering every media request for interview after Joliestar’s narrow loss in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes (1200m) when he was informed His Majesty, King Charles III wanted an audience. So, as Almeraq’s trainer, jockey and owner were receiving their trophies after the sprinter’s upset… Read More »
The O’Brien domination continued at Royal Ascot on Friday as Aidan O’Brien and son Joseph have now notched up 11 winners between them with one day of the Festival still to go. It was O’Brien senior who took the day’s feature race as the filly Precise followed up her Irish… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2026 concludes this Saturday night, headlined by the QEll Jubilee Stakes (1207m). Watch 📺 – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes
Having one Royal Ascot winner is a dream for most trainers but Aidan O’Brien is no ordinary trainer and he raised the bar to a level unlikely to be matched when training his 100th winner at the famous Royal meeting. Being O’Brien he not only achieved the feat, he did… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2025 continues this Friday night, headlined by the Commonwealth Cup (1207m) and the Coronation Stakes (1603m). Watch 📺 – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Commonwealth Cup 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Commonwealth Cup Coronation Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for… Read More »
And with Her Majesty cheering down from heaven, it’s the Aussie heroine Joliestar who’s said to be the NAP of the Royal Meeting to win the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. As the $2.70 favourite according to leading Aussie betting sites, it’s the World’s Best Jockey James McDonald… Read More »
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Australian riding sensation Zac Lloyd has announced himself on the international stage, riding his first Royal Ascot winner aboard Moonfall in a memorable breakthrough at the famous carnival. Lloyd, who has been based in Britain since the start of the month in preparation for Royal Ascot, made the most of… Read More »
The Prince of Wales’s Stakes 12 months ago was the race where Ombudsman staked his claim to a position within the elite of the 10-furlong division. His performance in winning the 2026 edition, leaving the 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner and runner-up trailing in his wake, was arguably… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2026 continues this Thursday night, headlined by the Gold Cup (4013m). Watch 📺 – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Gold Cup 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Gold Cup
Victorious overcame a remarkable setback to stamp herself as one of the most compelling juvenile winners of the Royal Ascot carnival, producing an impressive display in the Queen Mary Stakes despite being blind in one eye. A daughter of Wootton Bassett, Victorious lost the vision in her left eye after… Read More »
Leading international jockey Christophe Soumillon has been suspended for eight days following a stewards’ inquiry into his ride aboard Puerto Rico in Tuesday’s Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Stewards found Soumillon rode the 16-1 outsider in a manner that advantaged stablemate Gstaad, the Aidan O’Brien-trained second… Read More »
Trainer George Boughey is one of the UK’s most upwardly mobile trainers. He’s graduated from just four horses when he started in 2019 to a 100 box yard and has trained two Guineas winners in the space of 7 years. His move in early 2025 to Craven House stables in… Read More »
Bow Echo may not have had it all his own way this time but his class shone through for a Royal Ascot victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes (1603m). A third group one win for jockey Billy Loughnane, Bow Echo ($1.83/5-6) followed up on the pair’s Group 1 2000… Read More »
There was just one thing more for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore to complete at Royal Ascot and Mission Central was the horse the give the pair the full set of wins at the highest level at English racing’s showpiece. Moore, aboard Mission Central ($13/14-1), pounced late in a high-pressure… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2026 continues this Wednesday night, headlined by the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2004m). Watch 📺 – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Prince Of Wales’s Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes
Australian sprint star Asfoora will need to overcome a wide barrier if she is to claim a second victory in the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday night. The Henry Dwyer-trained mare has drawn barrier 26 for the prestigious 1000m sprint, placing her on the… Read More »
The iconic Royal Ascot Carnival begins this Tuesday, headlined by a stack of top class racing, notably the Queen Anne Stakes (1609m) and the St Jame’s Palace (1603m). Watch 📺 – Watch the Royal Ascot races live at swiftbet Queen Anne Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the… Read More »
Grand Final Day as almost arrived for Asfoora and Henry Dwyer is tipping an improved performance from his globe-trotting mare in the King Charles III Stakes on Day 1 at Royal Ascot. The seven-year-old daughter of Flying Artie, who won the 1005-metre Group 1 sprint at Royal Ascot two years… Read More »
Can that Irish maestro Aidan O’Brien keep Coolmore on top for 2026 with his all-conquering Diamond Necklace and jockey Ryan Moore highly fancied in the Prix de Diane Longines. Priced as the odds-on $1.60 favourite with Australia-wide wagering agencies, victory will give Aidan O’Brien his second success in this French… Read More »
