Merchant will not run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe after suffering a setback which will rule him out for the remainder of the season. The Highclere Thoroughbred Racing-owned colt was a Royal Ascot hero earlier in the summer before following up in the gloom of a rainy Goodwood afternoon in the Gordon Stakes, […]
Salisbury has felt the full force of the weather and has been forced to abandon their early-September Dick Poole card for the second year in a row due to waterlogging. The Wiltshire track lost the seven-race fixture, which has the Group Three juvenile event as its feature, on the day of racing 12 months ago, […]
Latest News and Features Mill Reef beckons for Into The Sky Lifeplan on course for Middle Park outing Rossa Ryan joins 1,000 winner club at Goodwood No decision yet on promising Almeraq’s weekend target Moon Target team optimistic for the future Clive Cox planning attack on big juvenile prizes with star pair Gstaad going up […]
Jim Boyle has a return to Newbury for the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef in mind for his runaway debut winner Into The Sky. The Starman colt made a serious impression when taking to the racecourse for the first time last week, cruising to a seven-and-a-half-length victory at 80-1. With plenty of well-bred, costly purchases […]
Declan Carroll’s Gimcrack winner Lifeplan will head next for the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket on September 27. The Kodi Bear colt arrived on the Knavesmire with one run under his belt as he claimed one-length victory at Thirsk in late July. He remained at the same six-furlong trip for the Gimcrack but stepped sharply […]
Rossa Ryan secured a major milestone when riding the 1,000th winner of his career on Lopeo at Goodwood. Riding for David Menuisier, Lopeo (4-1) stayed pn powerfully in testing conditions to win the British EBF Peter Willett Future Stayers’ Maiden Stakes. Career highlights for Ryan include last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe win on […]
Connections of Almeraq have yet to decide whether to throw the promising colt in “at the deep end” in Saturday’s Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock. The William Haggas-trained three-year-old has won two of his four starts to date and was last seen making a mockery of an opening mark of 90 on his handicap debut […]
Moon Target remains under consideration for some major end-of-season prizes, despite suffering defeat for the first time in the Prestige Stakes at Goodwood late last month. Sir Mark Prescott’s filly looked a hugely exciting prospect when making a winning debut at Newmarket in mid-July and she was just as impressive on her second start at […]
Clive Cox is keen to see if star juveniles A Bit Of Spirit and Coppull can bag more big-race success in the two-year-old division in the final third of the season. A Bit Of Spirit returned to winning ways with a battling display at Sandown to come out on top in a four-way finish to […]
Gstaad is expected to thrive over seven furlongs when he tries the trip for the first time in the Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh next weekend. A hugely impressive winner of the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, he met with defeat on his next start in what looked a red-hot Prix Morny […]
Two Ballydoyle heavyweights in Illinois and Jan Brueghel are on a collision course in the Comer Group Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Sunday week. Illinois finished second to Trawlerman in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in June and was then beaten by younger stablemate Scandinavia in the Goodwood Cup. Jan Brueghel beat […]
John Velazquez will add plenty of spice to this year’s Melbourne Cup after it was revealed the Hall of Fame rider will partner Parchment Party, the first American-trained runner to compete in the Flemington showpiece. There is a strong international challenge amongst the 120 nominations for the ‘race that stops the nation’ but it is […]
Latest News and Features Using Official Ratings to Measure Trainers’ Ability Lambourn given St Leger focus Kalpana out for repeat success in September Stakes American Affair ruled out of Champions Day outing Lazzat leads 22 contenders for Sprint Cup gold Minnie Hauk charting direct path towards Arc Lord Allen has far-reaching aims as he takes […]
Dual Derby winner Lambourn has been cut in the betting for the Betfred St Leger following confirmation from Aidan O’Brien that he is being aimed at the final Classic of the season. While he was not the choice of Ryan Moore at Epsom, Moore did take over in the saddle from Wayne Lordan at the […]
Kalpana will bid to strengthen her position as ante-post favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with a first victory of the season in the Unibet September Stakes at Kempton on Saturday. Although winless in three starts this season for trainer Andrew Balding, the Juddmonte-owned filly has performed admirably in defeat, finishing third on […]
