Sunlight will not be ready to defend the Newmarket Handicap but the star sprinting mare is still being aimed at Royal Ascot after an off-season injury setback which required surgery. Four-year-old Sunlight suffered a chip to the outside of a splint bone in a hind leg in a spelling paddock… Read More »
Champion sprinter Blue Point will not race again with Godolphin confirming he will be retired to stud after his wins in the two Group One sprints at Royal Ascot. Blue Point became the first European-trained horse to win the King’s Stand Stakes and back up four days later to claim… Read More »
Three Group One races on the first day of Royal Ascot started the meeting off in style and it was mixed fortunes for backers with Lord Glitters, an outsider, taking the Queen Anne Stakes to get the meeting off to a great start for the bookies. But the punters hit… Read More »
Queensland mare Houtzen has finished a disappointing eighth in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot following a slip at the starting barrier. The Toby Edmonds-trained four-year-old went off at $25 with the local bookmakers, but hopes of shocking the home contingent in the 1000 metre Group One showpiece were… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2019 Kings Stand Stakes. The Kings Stand Stakes was raced at Royal Ascot racecourse on 19/6/2019. Replay: #Shamardal’s son Blue Point becomes only the second horse in the last 90 years to retain the King’s Stand Stakes! 🏇🏿🇬🇧👍 pic.twitter.com/temXV95WOx — Darley (@DarleyStallions) June… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 King’s Stand Stakes. The King’s Stand Stakes will be run on Wednesday 19th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 12:40am Distance: 1000m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIER WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Battaash (IRE) Jim Crowley 12 9st 4lbs Charles Hills 2… Read More »
The iconic Royal Ascot Carnival gets underway this Tuesday night with Day One, highlighted by the King’s Stand (1000m), featuring Aussie sprinter Houtzen along with potential Everest candidates Bataash and Blue Point.
The Sportsbet.com.au market for the Kings Stand (1000m) at Royal Ascot on Tuesday night has tightened in, with the two best horses in the race not far off being equal favourites. As it stands right now, Bataash is the $3 favourite and hasn’t budged from that opening price, but the… Read More »
Australian mare Houtzen will start from barrier 11 of 12 in her bid for Royal Ascot glory in the King’s Stand Stakes. Race favourite Battaash has drawn alongside her in the outside gate for the straight track 1000m-sprint on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) the opening day of the meeting. Last year’s… Read More »
Connections of Australian sprinter Houtzen say they have not travelled to England to make up the numbers and are upbeat about her Royal Ascot chances. The four-year-old continued her build-up to next week’s King’s Stand Stakes with a rousing 800-metre gallop alongside travelling companion Acqume on Wednesday. Jamie Spencer warmed… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is hoping the Stradbroke Handicap is a lot less nerve-wracking than the lead-up to the race. Edmonds is off to England at the weekend to oversee the final preparation of Houtzen for the Kings Stand Stakes at Ascot on June 18. He is growing in… Read More »
Houtzen’s connections believe the Toby Edmonds-trained sprinter is overpriced for next month’s King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. The four-year-old continued her preparations for the Group One prize – for which she is a general $25 shot with local bookmakers – when taking part in a barrier trial under Oisin… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds is pleased with the news he is getting about his star mare Houtzen who is at Newmarket in England preparing for the Royal Ascot meeting. Houtzen was accompanied by Edmonds’ son and stable foreman Trent who has told his father everything went to plan for the long… Read More »
Rarely does a three-year-old racing in Queensland attract as much attention from breeding enthusiasts as Millard Reaction. Millard Reaction will be having his second race start when he tackles the Three-Year-Old Handicap at Doomben on Saturday The gelding became the ninth offspring of the mare Miss Jakeo to race and… Read More »
King’s Stand Stakes winner Blue Point has scored a decisive win over Australian Faatinah at Meydan to cement his place in the Al Quoz Sprint on World Cup night and give trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick a treble at the meeting in Dubai. BLUE POINT annihilates the opposition… Read More »
The 2018 Royal Ascot Carnival kicks off on Tuesday night with an absolute belter of a card, with three majors, headlined by a clash between sprinting stars Battaash and Lady Aurelia in the King’s Stand (1000m).
View the final field for the 2018 King’s Stand Stakes. The King’s Stand Stakes will be run on Wednesday 20th June at Ascot UK racecourse. Time: 12:40am Distance: 1005m Class: Group 1 Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the King’s Stand Stakes? – Comment below [crownbetoffer] No… Read More »
Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes leaves for Royal Ascot confident Redkirk Warrior is in peak condition. The gelding won an 800m-barrier trial at Werribee on Monday in which he streeted his five rivals under Regan Bayliss. Hayes was delighted with the way Redkirk Warrior quickened turning for home and… Read More »
One of last season’s sprint stars Battaash, who waltzed away with the Group 1 Prix De L’Abbaye to round off a successful three year old season, reappeared in Haydock’s Temple Stakes as a prelude to a crack at Royal Ascot’s Kings Stand Stakes. Trainer Charlie Hills appeared nervous beforehand and… Read More »
Redkirk Warrior has been given the opportunity to gallop between races at Flemington in preparation for his trip to Royal Ascot. The Lindsay Park trained sprinter is tentatively booked to fly to the UK on June 6 after he has another hit-out at Werribee on May 28. Redkirk Warrior has… Read More »
