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Royal Fixation is Lowther queen for Ed Walker

Royal Fixation sprinted away from the field to land Group Two honours in the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes at York. Trained by Ed Walker and ridden by William Buick, the 5-2 joint-favourite was settled well off the pace in the six-furlong contest and had plenty of ground to make up as the race began in […]

Andre Fabre delighted by Birr Castle’s pacemaking turn

Andre Fabre felt the front-running performance of Birr Castle “added some spice” to proceedings in the Juddmonte International at York on Wednesday. The master French trainer provided the five-year-old as a pacemaker for favourite and eventual winner Ombudsman, trained by John and Thady Gosden but in the same Godolphin ownership. Ridden by Robert Havlin, Birr […]

Rosallion heads 11 contenders for City of York title

Rosallion is set to face 10 rivals in the first renewal of the Sky Bet City of York Stakes since it achieved Group One status. Richard Hannon’s star miler was bound for the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville last weekend but a bruised foot scuppered that plan and he was redirected to York. He […]

Racing Bulletin for 21/08/2025

Latest News and Features York TV Trends: Thurs 21st Aug 2025 York Eyecatcher Air Force One can take flight Minnie Hauk at concert pitch for Yorkshire Oaks date Leopardstown option for Delacroix following York eclipse Aidan O’Brien still positive despite Lambourn’s Voltigeur defeat Ombudsman takes International crown at York Pride Of Arras returns to form […]

York Eyecatcher Air Force One can take flight

Air Force One is surely capable of bagging a big sprint before the season is out after his good run in the York opener. He was all dressed up with nowhere to go two furlongs from home, allowing the eventual winner Trefor to get first run. However, when eventually he did get in the clear […]

Minnie Hauk at concert pitch for Yorkshire Oaks date

Minnie Hauk bids to win a fourth different Oaks in the Pertemps Network-sponsored Yorkshire version on Thursday. Aidan O’Brien’s Frankel filly has been outstanding so far this season, collecting three successive Oaks titles starting with the Listed Cheshire contest, before adding Classic strikes in both the Epsom and Curragh editions. Now she turns her attention […]

Leopardstown option for Delacroix following York eclipse

Aidan O’Brien could target Irish Champion Stakes compensation with Delacroix after he came off second best in his rematch with Ombudsman in the Juddmonte International at York. The Ballydoyle runner bounced back from Derby disappointment to win a pulsating renewal of the Eclipse in early July, coming from an unpromising position to somehow grab victory […]

Ombudsman takes International crown at York

Ombudsman eventually came out on top in an exciting renewal of the Juddmonte International Stakes at York. The 7-4 favourite was ridden by William Buick for John and Thady Gosden, with the fellow Godolphin-owned runner Birr Castle sent out to make the running as a rank outsider in the field of six. The latter horse […]

Pride Of Arras returns to form with Voltigeur victory

Pride Of Arras made a brilliant return to the scene of his finest hour to claim a Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes at York in which dual Derby hero Lambourn misfired. An impressive winner of the Dante on the Knavesmire earlier in the season, Ralph Beckett’s Pride Of Arras had proven no match for Aidan […]

Gewan secures Acomb honours for Andrew Balding

Gewan was a game winner of the Tattersalls Acomb Stakes for Andrew Balding and PJ McDonald at York. The grey was a 11-2 chance in the seven-furlong Group Three, and ran prominently from the off when racing in the slipstream of the leader May Angel in the early stages. In the last two furlongs the […]

Trefor enters Ayr Gold Cup reckoning after York success

Charlie Hills is eyeing a possible tilt at the Ayr Gold Cup with Trefor following his narrow victory in the opening race of the Ebor Festival at York. The four-year-old won at Doncaster and Ripon earlier this season and having been narrowly denied by Chief Mankato on his most recent appearance in a valuable event […]

Ed Walker anticipating bold Lowther show from Royal Fixation

Ed Walker is backing Royal Fixation to defy her relative inexperience in Sky Bet Lowther Stakes at York on Thursday. Owned by Opulence Thoroughbreds, Ed Walker’s youngster pushed Albany Stakes scorer Venetian Sun to within a neck in the Group Two Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket and her team are confident they have a […]

Lady Iman leads 17-strong Nunthorpe field

Lady Iman heads a field 17 when she bid to become the first two-year-old in 18 years to win the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday. Ger Lyon’s youngster has dazzled throughout the current campaign and was supplemented at a cost of £40,000 after advertising her claims in the Molecomb at Goodwood […]

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