Netflix star Katie Davis promises to be one of the headline acts in the latest edition of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot. Born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, Davis has more than 300 wins in her career so far and featured in the recent ‘Race for the Crown’ series, centred […]
Hayynah may be the only runner in the European Bloodstock News EBF Star Stakes yet to register a victory, but is backed to give Ollie Sangster a third straight success in the Sandown Listed event. The daughter of Showcasing has shown great potential when hitting the crossbar in two outings to date and her handler […]
Ed Walker’s high-class filly Scenic has been retired after suffering a setback, her owners Wathnan Racing have announced. The daughter of Lope De Vega had made a fine start to her five-year-old campaign, with a Group Three triumph in York’s Bronte Cup prompting the Wathnan team to purchase her from previous owner David Ward. She […]
The Jockey Club has thrown its support behind proposals from intended new chair Lord Allen to make the British Horseracing Authority’s board fully independent in future. Allen was due to take up the role on June 2 but his tenure was delayed as the BHA said he wished to “continue meeting stakeholders to better inform […]
William Buick will ride Field Of Gold in next week’s Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Narrowly beaten in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket when partnered by Kieran Shoemark, John and Thady Gosden’s three-year-old has made no mistake in two subsequent starts under Juddmonte’s retained rider Colin Keane, emulating his sire Kingman with brilliant victories […]
Latest News and Features Derek Thompson signs off at Wolverhampton The Vagaries of Early Speed: Soft Leads and Pace Collapses Charles ‘working on’ producing a contender for the Derby Estrange on course for Yorkshire Oaks, with Paris on the horizon Ross O’Sullivan eyeing more Galway Festival gains Eustace’s Ascot heroes hunting more glory at Goodwood […]
Even though there was a clear winner, a trademark shout of “photo!” from Derek Thompson was an appropriate way of bringing the curtain down on his 60-year commentary career at Wolverhampton. Thompson announced late last year he would retire from commentating in 2025 and subsequently identified Tuesday night’s six-race fixture at Dunstall Park as his […]
The King has said he is working on producing a runner for one of the greatest spectacles in the racing calendar – the Derby. Charles’s comment came when he and the Queen visited the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket, after touring the nearby National Stud. There they met the stallion Stradivarius, the champion stayer who […]
Estrange is poised to step up to Group One level at York next month. The David O’Meara-trained four-year-old has been beaten only once in her five-race career to date and created a huge impression when winning the Group Three Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes at Haydock in a canter in May. In fact so impressive was […]
Ross O’Sullivan is readying a strong squad for this season’s Galway Summer Festival after enjoying a fruitful meeting last year. The stable sent out three winners for the showpiece fixture 12 months ago, all of whom return to the track this time around alongside further hopes both on the Flat and under the National Hunt […]
Harry Eustace could be in line for another week to remember as stable stars Docklands and Time For Sandals prepare for their respective targets at the Qatar Goodwood Festival. Both horses shone at Group One level at Royal Ascot in June, with Docklands kicking off the meeting with a surprise 16-1 success in the Queen […]
Vespertilio is pencilled in for sprint targets in both Ireland and England after skipping the Minstrel Stakes at the weekend. The filly was an intended runner in the Group Two at the Curragh on Sunday, but when the going description was changed to good to yielding trainer Willie McCreery opted to save her for more […]
Royal Ascot hero Noble Champion is set to lead Ed Walker’s squad into battle at next week’s Qatar Goodwood Festival. The Lambourn handler is enjoying an excellent season, highlighted by multiple Group-race victories thanks to the exploits of not only Noble Champion but also the likes of Almaqam – who is bound of this weekend’s […]
Ed Walker is preparing to take the wraps off Almaqam in Saturday’s Sky Bet York Stakes. The four-year-old has been limited to just two starts so far this year, finishing third in the Gordon Richards Stakes on his initial outing before securing a first Group Three success when beating Ombudsman in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes […]
Latest News and Features Field Of Gold ‘in great order’ for Sussex Stakes test Almeraq powers to hugely impressive victory at Ayr Goodwood and Deauville under consideration for My Cloud Tommo – ‘Are you well? I thought you were!’, and so much more Derek Thompson bringing the curtain down on his commentary career Jan Brueghel […]
