International Horse Racing

• Star Witness set for second Ascot run

  Star Witness will back-up for another showing at Royal Ascot after a second place on opening day of the prestigious British event.

   
• Star Witness second at Royal Ascot

  Flemington-based Star Witness has run second in the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot, dashing hopes of an Australian win on day one of the prestigious British event.

   
• Royal Ascot Day 1 preview – Will we bear Witness to a Star victory?

  The world’s most historic racing carnival, Royal Ascot, is here once again with a stunning opening day setting the scene for a remarkable 300th carnival.

   
• Pipe books McCoy for Grands raid

  Champion jockey Tony McCoy will ride Grands Crus when he goes for French Champion Hurdle glory at Auteuil this weekend.

   
• Vermeille target for Galikova

  Freddie Head is sure Galikova is better than she showed when second in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly on Sunday.

   
• So You Think Dominates Wales’s Line-up

  So You Think is a red-hot favourite to land his first British Group One when he faces six rivals in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

   
• Danny O’Brien hoping for Star performance

  Star Witness bids to continue the fine record of Australian sprinters at Royal Ascot when he struts his stuff in the King’s Stand Stakes.

   
• Global feel to stellar Royal Ascot cast

  The Gold Cup is the traditional highlight of the Royal Ascot meeting, but the showpiece race could be overshadowed this year by an opening-day card featuring a stellar cast and an international flavour.

   
• Titanic clash to open Royal Ascot

  Royal Ascot 2011 will start with a clash of the titans as Goldikova takes on Canford Cliffs in the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday.

   
• Mighty Frankel ready for Royal Ascot

  Frankel is to face eight rivals as he bids to enhance his tall reputation to greater heights in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

   
• Henry Cecil honoured with knighthood

  Legendary English trainer Henry Cecil has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

   
• Long shot Ruler On Ice rules the Belmont

  A wild and unpredictable Triple Crown season came to an appropriately stunning conclusion on Saturday as long shot Ruler On Ice won the 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes.

   
• Moore takes So You Think mount

  Aidan O’Brien has confirmed Ryan Moore will ride So You Think in Wednesday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot.

   
• So You Think odds-on again

  Former Australian superstar So You Think will face up to 10 rivals in Wednesday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot as he strives to keep his unbeaten record in Europe intact.

   
• Canford Cliffs pleases in Ascot warm-up

  Canford Cliffs remains firmly on course for Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot after coming through a racecourse gallop at Kempton with flying colours.

   
• Rival champs face Belmont test

  Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is a slight favourite over Nehro and Preakness winner Shackleford for Saturday’s 143rd Belmont Stakes.

   
• Animal Kingdom top pick for Belmont Stakes

  Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom has been made 2-1 favourite for the Belmont Stakes, with Preakness Stakes champion Shackleford the third choice.

   
• St Nicholas Abbey handed Ascot target

  St Nicholas Abbey looks set to bid for a third Group One win in next month’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.

   
• Nova Hawk primed for Coronation swoop

  Nova Hawk is to make her second trip to Britain this year for next week’s Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

   
• Top sprints look Dunne deal for Captain

  Connections of Captain Dunne are eyeing Group One prizes for the six-year-old after his excellent display in the “Dash” at Epsom on Saturday.