Course specialist Art Power returns to the Curragh on Saturday for the FBD Hotels And Resorts Phoenix Sprint Stakes when he can finally get his season under way. The unusually dry spring and summer has prevented Tim Easterby’s grey from running so far this season as he is at his best when he can get […]
Owen Burrows is hopeful Royal Dubai can build on his winning start for the yard when he lines up for the Group Three Betfred Rose of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock. The five-year-old son of Seahenge joined Burrows from Marco Botti in June and quickly became popular with his new trainer, landing the Steventon Stakes at […]
Japanese raider Danon Decile stepped up his Juddmonte International Stakes preparations with his first piece of work since arriving in Newmarket on Friday morning. The Dubai Sheema Classic winner is a temporary resident at James Horton’s Beech Hurst Stables in the heartland of British racing ahead of his mouthwatering York clash with Eclipse one-two Delacroix […]
Katie Davis will look to Frankie Dettori for some sage advice as she prepares to make her Shergar Cup debut at Ascot. The 33-year-old shot to international fame after featuring in the Netflix series ‘Race For The Crown’ and the multiple US stakes-winning rider is eager to capitalise on any advantage she can gain for […]
Hugo Palmer will monitor the Celebration Mile at Goodwood as he plots a route for Seagulls Eleven. The son of Galileo Gold, who is owned by a group of current and former Brighton football players, finally broke his Group-race duck when landing the Thoroughbred Stakes on the Sussex Downs. He could be heading back to Goodwood […]
Royal Ascot runner-up Awaken is poised to return to deeper waters after a brief drop back in grade to open her account at Leicester recently. Second to Richard Spencer’s well-regarded Gold Digger at Yarmouth on debut, she reversed that form when again a silver medallist in the Albany Stakes at the Royal meeting, finishing a […]
Latest News and Features 2025 Phoenix Stakes Trends Sons And Lovers goes the distance in the Ballyroan victory Waardah far from certain to go to York Gabriella Hill bringing historic link to Newmarket Ghostwriter to fly the flag for Philippart de Foy Walker lining up powerful squad for Ebor meeting Staya firmly on course for […]
Sons And Lovers put up a smart front-running performance to repel Crystal Black in the Tote Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown and set up some potentially big targets on the international stage. A staying-on fifth in the 10-furlong Wolferton Stakes at Royal Ascot, Joseph O’Brien elected to try a mile and a half with his four-year-old, […]
Waardah looks set to bypass the Yorkshire Oaks on the Knavesmire and head straight to Qipco British Champions Day should the drying weather continue for Owen Burrows’ star filly. The three-year-old daughter of Postponed stepped up to a mile and six furlongs for the first time with ease as she held off Danielle to secure […]
Gabriella Hill, the great-granddaughter of Dawn Run’s owner Charmian Hill, could become a familiar face in Newmarket, as she ventures across the Irish Sea for her first taste of British racing’s Headquarters. She registered the third victory of her fledgling riding career when guiding Henry de Bromhead’s Trubshaw to victory at Sligo on Wednesday, her […]
Kevin Philippart de Foy is keen to make new recruit Ghostwriter a “high-profile flagbearer” in his role as principal trainer to Amo Racing. The Belgian handler replaced Raphael Freire in the Freemason Lodge hotseat for Kia Joorabchian’s operation and could have the ideal candidate to help make his mark after the Hardwicke Stakes third was […]
Ed Walker is building up a strong team for the Ebor Festival at York later this month with two leading contenders for the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes in Celandine and Mgheera. The Lambourn handler has a third entry in the Group One sprint in Balmoral Lady but she is only likely to take her […]
George Scott is relishing unleashing his star juvenile Staya in the Sky Bet Lowther Stakes at York after going close at Ascot last time. The Dragon Stakes scorer found only Hugo Palmer’s Fitzella too strong in her first try at six furlongs in the Princess Margaret Stakes, but her Newmarket handler is confident the youngster […]
Latest News and Features Meade confirms appeal against Galway Hurdle verdict Arlington Million trip with Cairo has Haynes in dreamland Crystal aiming to sparkle with Ballyroan repeat Golden Eagle swoop in the pipeline for globetrotting Luther Merchant route could encompass York or France ‘Premier’ meetings tag dramatically reduced for next year Goodwood victor Fox Legacy […]
Noel Meade has confirmed he has lodged an appeal against the demotion of Helvic Dream from first place in last week’s Galway Hurdle. Meade’s eight-year-old was first past the post, getting the better of the Gordon Elliott-trained Ndaawi by a head, only for the stewards to reverse the placings, ruling interference between the pair had […]
