Owners Middleham Park Racing have been left “gutted” after Lazy Griff was cruelly ruled out of the Betfred St Leger following a setback. The Charlie Johnston-trained colt has been a standout performer for his connections this term and was due to head to Doncaster with leading claims after placed efforts in both the Derby at […]
Derby winner Adam Kirby, a Grand National hero in Niall ‘Slippers’ Madden and a former Cheltenham Festival regular in Denis O’Regan are among the names involved in this year’s Leger Legends race at Doncaster next Sunday. First run in 2010, the likes of Sir Anthony McCoy, Kieren Fallon, Mick Kinane, Julie Krone, Barry Geraghty, Richard […]
Cualificar snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a thrilling finishing flourish in the Qatar Prix Niel to deny George Scot’s Bay City Roller. Andre Fabre’s French Derby runner-up slightly disappointed last time when only third in the Prix Guillaume d’Ornano and looked like having to settle for a minor role once again at […]
Aventure went one better than 12 months ago to seal top honours for the first time in the Qatar Prix Vermeille at ParisLongchamp in which Whirl was a bitter disappointment. Second to Ralph Beckett’s Bluestocking in 2024, the Group One event proved an exceptional trial for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, with the duo […]
Rosallion’s wait for a first victory of the season continues, as Francis-Henri Graffard’s Sahlan produced a career best to win the Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. It has been a trying summer for Richard Hannon’s stable star who has had made the podium in the Lockinge, Queen Anne and Sussex Stakes before finishing a […]
Goliath returned to something like his best form in the Grosser Preis von Baden to provide part-owner John Stewart with the perfect wedding present. Returned to positive tactics – as he was when claiming the La Coupe at ParisLongchamp earlier in the summer – Francis-Henri Graffard’s five-year-old was making a welcome return to the Group […]
Byzantine Dream strengthened Japan’s hand for the the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with a convincing win in the hands of Oisin Murphy in the Qatar Prix Foy. Japanese contenders are famously yet to conquer Europe’s richest middle-distance prize with Orfevre’s near miss in 2012 the closest the raiders from the Far East have come […]
Doncaster’s St Leger meeting will always spark memories of Double Trigger, despite him just coming up short in the Classic. The achievements of Mark Johnston’s exceptional stayer are still lauded to this day on Town Moor, with the triple Doncaster Cup hero immortalised in statue form overlooking the parade ring around which he would once […]
It may be 40 years since Oh So Sharp sauntered to St Leger victory at Doncaster, but Steve Cauthen still remembers clearly the year the horse he calls “the best filly I ever rode” entered the legend of racing history. 1985 would be the last time the Triple Crown was achieved in Britain and Cauthen […]
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Andrew Balding’s Five Ways proved his promise with a tough success in the Unibet Sirenia Stakes at Kempton. The Kameko colt has been shaping up well as the season has progressed and got off the mark by a decent margin last time out to earn a step up to Group Three level. Under Jason Watson […]
Jerome Reynier felt the six-furlong course at Haydock could have proved too sharp for Lazzat after he was a beaten favourite in the Betfair Sprint Cup. The four-year-old blazed a trail in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Ascot on his penultimate start, setting a new course record as he fended off the Japanese […]
Whirl is among a plethora of horses looking to cement their place in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on a jam-packed card at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. Touched off by stablemate Minnie Hauk in the Oaks, she has since beaten Kalpana in the Pretty Polly in Ireland and ran out an easy winner of the […]
Qipco Champions Day at Ascot and a second trip to the Breeders’ Cup are among the options under consideration for Big Mojo after he provided trainer Mick Appleby with a first domestic Group One success in the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock. The Rutland handler has saddled only one previous top-level winner, with the similarly […]
Rosallion has another opportunity to return to the Group One winner’s enclosure in the Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sunday. Richard Hannon’s stable star broke his top-level duck in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at this track two years ago and last season enjoyed success in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James’s […]
