Stradivarius has shown why he is regarded as the world’s best stayer by dominating the Group Two Doncaster Cup to claim his 10th successive victory. Trained by John Gosden, the five-year-old has ruled the staying division over the past couple of seasons with back-to-back wins in the Yorkshire Cup, Gold… Read More »
The Royal Ascot Carnival continues on Thursday, where the feature race of the day and perhaps Carnival is the Gold Cup (4000m), featuring two world class stayers in Order Of St George and Stradivarius.
View the final field for the 2018 Gold Cup. The Gold Cup will be run on Friday 22nd June at Ascot UK racecourse. Time: 1:20am Distance: 4014m Class: Group 1 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the Gold Cup? – Comment below No (Draw) Horse Age Weight… Read More »
Popular stayer Big Orange will have up to 15 rivals in his bid for a record third Goodwood Cup. The two-mile (3200m) race on Tuesday will be run at Group One level for the first time. Big Orange, unplaced in the past two Melbourne Cups, goes to the race on… Read More »
The Gold Cup at Ascot seldom disappoints and it served up another cracking race today as hot favourite Order Of St George was just held by the Newmarket trained Big Orange. Michael Bell, who trained Derby winner Motivator, was pleased to see the forecast rain had by-passed the track this… Read More »
Big Orange has led all the way under James Doyle to win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot for trainer Michael Bell, holding off a late challenge from last year’s winner, the Lloyd Williams-owned Order Of St George. Doyle was positive from the start, disputing the early lead with Quest… Read More »
Dual purpose performer Max Dynamite is unlikely to go to the Cheltenham Festival with another crack at the 2017 Melbourne Cup his main aim. The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old finished half a length behind Prince Of Penzance in 2015 but two outings on the Flat last year yielded little joy and… Read More »
Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton sat on a horse for the first time barely a year ago. Next week, she’ll be competing on British horse racing’s biggest stage. Amid concerns she is taking on too big a challenge, the 35-year-old Pendleton announced on Monday that she has been given a… Read More »
