Jm Jungle came through his final piece of work before next week’s Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York with flying colours. John and Sean Quinn’s five-year-old has a remarkably consistent profile for a five-furlong sprinter, and won the Dash at Epsom in June. He has now progressed out of handicap company and won the […]
Anmaat appears unlikely to line up in next week’s Juddmonte International, despite the fact connections are “desperate to run him” on the Knavesmire. Last season’s Champion Stakes hero has only been seen twice this season, pushing Los Angeles close in the Tattersalls Gold Cup in Ireland before finishing best of the rest behind Ombudsman in […]
William Haggas fears Champions Day at Ascot on October 18 will come too soon for Economics, with winter targets in the Middle East now more likely. Last year’s Dante and Irish Champion Stakes winner was being readied for a Royal Ascot return but met with a setback. It has been a slow recovery for the […]
Prix du Jockey Club winner Camille Pissarro has been retired due to an injury sustained while running in the Coral-Eclipse. Trained by Aidan O’Brien, the Wootton Bassett colt also won at the highest level as a juvenile when taking the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere by a neck from Rashabar. Third to stablemate Henri Matisse in the […]
John Gosden has issued an upbeat bulletin on Field Of Gold after the dual Group One winner picked up an injury in his Sussex Stakes defeat at Goodwood. The colt’s co-trainer is hopeful he will run again this season, with an autumn comeback in mind. “The good news is he’s come sound. There was considerable […]
Diego Velazquez will sport new colours when he runs in the Prix Jacques le Marois on Sunday, after Sam Sangster Bloodstock announced the acquisition of the Frankel colt. He will remain in training with Aidan O’Brien for the remainder of the 2025 season, with a view to retiring to the National Stud in Newmarket at […]
East India Dock is being primed for one more outing on the Flat in the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap before attentions turn to making his mark in the staying division on his return to hurdles. James Owen’s dual-purpose star was third in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and wasted little time securing a […]
Radiance looks the potential class act on show at Salisbury as she bids to follow up debut success in the Tattersalls £40,000 EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes. A 150,000 guineas breeze-up purchase by the Highclere Thoroughbred Racing team, the daughter of Farhh was an odds-on favourite for her introduction at Yarmouth in early July and justified […]
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Roger Teal’s Dancing Gemini will head to the Prix Jacques le Marois a fresh horse as he looks to regain the superb form shown earlier in the term. The son of Camelot won the Doncaster Mile on debut and followed up with a Group Two win in the bet365 Mile at Sandown under Rossa Ryan […]
The British Horseracing Authority is among those to send well-wishes to popular trainer Bill Turner, who is in hospital after reportedly suffering a serious accident at home on Monday. Turner, 78, a former jockey and as a trainer synonymous with the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster, having won the traditional first race of the Flat turf […]
After lighting up a gloomy Goodwood with his Richmond Stakes triumph, it could be next stop Deauville for Coppull, as Clive Cox eyes a raid on the Sumbe Prix Morny on Sunday week. Cox landed the Morny with Reckless Abandon in 2012 and a cross-Channel trip with the exciting son of Bated Breath would represent […]
James Owen is relishing linking up with Frankie Dettori when Wimbledon Hawkeye heads to America for the Nashville Derby later this month. The son of Kameko – who won the Group Two Royal Lodge as a juvenile – gave William Haggas’ potential Arc contender Merchant a fright in Goodwood’s Gordon Stakes and his trainer feels […]
Everything will need to go to plan for Porta Fortuna to make her comeback in the Coolmore America “Justify” Matron Stakes on September 13. Donnacha O’Brien’s stable star has been absent since making a winning reappearance in the Lanwades Stud Stakes in May. The winner of two Group Ones last year, including the Matron at […]
A Bit Of Spirit will bid to regain the winning thread when he returns to the familiar territory of Salisbury to step up to a mile in the British Stallion Studs EBF Stonehenge Stakes on Wednesday. Clive Cox’s talented youngster impressed at the Wiltshire track when defying a penalty there on his second start, and […]
