TAB has opened markets on six features at this year’s Royal Ascot meeting, including the week’s signature event, the Gold Cup, which features the trifecta from last year’s Melbourne Cup. Winner of that race, Twilight Payment, is a $26 chance with the horse he denied at Flemington, Tiger Moth, sharing… Read More »
Punters are somewhat looking outside the obvious when it comes to the King’s Stand (1000m), to be run and won this Tuesday at Royal Ascot. The obvious is clearly Battaash, who gets his best chance to break the Ascot hoodoo. He opened $1.61 and has eased to $1.80, which is… Read More »
Royal Ascot 2020 gets underway on Tuesday night with a seven race card, highlighted of course by the Queen Anne (1600m) and King’s Stand (1000m).
View the final field and barriers for the 2020 King’s Stand Stakes. The King’s Stand Stakes will be run on Wednesday 17th June at Royal Ascot. Time: 12:35AM AEDT Distance: 1000m Class: Group One Have Your Say: Who do you think will win the King’s Stand Stakes – Comment below… Read More »
Battaash will face 10 rivals as he bids for a first victory in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Second in the race for the past two seasons to the now-retired Blue Point, Charlie Hills’ speedster is reappearing on Tuesday after a rare below-par run in the Prix de… Read More »
Royal Ascot recruiter Nick Smith has already seen what Nature Strip can do and is looking forward to the star sprinter’s return in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Saturday’s weight-for-age Lightning Stakes (1000m) will be the Chris Waller-trained Nature Strip’s first race since he dominated the VRC Sprint… Read More »
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 »
