All roads lead to the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for Leffard, after his emotional victory in the Grand Prix de Paris. French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget was marking his return to the big time, having battled with cancer in recent years and seeing his string much reduced, also abandoning a plan to join forces […]
Latest News and Features Action-packed Curragh Eyecatcher one to follow Al Riffa makes class count with stylish Curragh Cup win Jan Brueghel poised to be the Ballydoyle big gun in the King George Anthelia comes out on top in Super Sprint thriller Plate smasher Cobden delivers with Ballysax Hank Minnie Hauk makes it a Classic […]
Aidan O’Brien’s Action is bred to be top class and there is plenty to look forward to judged on a debut full of promise at the Curragh. The apparent second string of three runners for Ballydoyle, the son of Frankel is a half-brother to dual Derby winner Lambourn, so the seven-furlong distance he faced in […]
Joseph O’Brien’s Al Riffa stamped his class on the Michael John Kennedy Curragh Cup. The dual Group One winner had played a supporting role in three previous outings this year, finishing third in the Neom Turf Cup in Saudi Arabia and fourth in the Prix Ganay in France before finding the globetrotting Rebel’s Romance too […]
Aidan O’Brien has suggested the Coolmore partners are leaning towards running Jan Brueghel rather than dual Derby winner Lambourn in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Last season’s St Leger hero Jan Brueghel opened his account for the current campaign in the Coronation Cup at Epsom last month and looks set […]
Rod Millman continued his love affair with the Weatherbys Super Sprint, as Anthelia regained the winning thread to deny Royal Ascot winner Havana Hurricane in a thrilling finish to the Newbury feature. The Devon handler credits the valuable two-year-old contest as salvaging his career when winning it for the first time with Lord Kintyre in […]
Ballysax Hank completed a successful raid when partnered by Harry Cobden in the Unibet Summer Plate Handicap Chase at Market Rasen. The Gavin Cromwell-trained six-year-old was one of a handful of Irish horses to travel over for the valuable summer feature, with Cobden taking the ride in his quest for a third successive triumph in […]
It may have been more solid than spectacular, but Minnie Hauk eventually wore down Wemightakedlongway to avoid a shock and double her Classic tally in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks at the Curragh. The Frankel filly got the better of stablemate and subsequent Pretty Polly Stakes winner Whirl when landing the Oaks at Epsom in early […]
Arizona Blaze secured the biggest victory of his career to date in the Barberstown Castle Sapphire Stakes at the Curragh. Adrian Murray’s charge has run a number of excellent races in top-class company, finishing on the podium in the Norfolk Stakes, Railway Stakes, Phoenix Stakes and at the Breeders’ Cup last season, while just last […]
Rage Of Bamby produced a 33-1 shock in the Hallgarten And Novum Wines Hackwood Stakes at Newbury. The winner of a Listed affair at Newmarket in October, Eve Johnson Houghton’s charge was well adrift of her best in her first two starts of this season, but was back to something like when not beaten far […]
Cavern Club rolled in with a late run to land the Unibet Same Race Multi Summer Handicap Hurdle for James Owen and Gavin Sheehan. The chestnut was last seen winning at Chester on the Flat in June, but has plenty of hurdling experience on his CV and was a good runner-up in a Cheltenham novice […]
Royal Ascot heroine True Love showed her male counterparts the way home with a scintillating display in the GAIN Railway Stakes at the Curragh. Aidan O’Brien had saddled 14 previous winners of the Group Two contest, with Rock Of Gibraltar (2001), George Washington (2005) and last year’s victor Henri Matisse (2024) among them, and it […]
A hunch from Owen Burrows to explore options at 10 furlongs paid dividends, as new recruit Royal Dubai thrived over the extra yardage in the BetVictor Steventon Stakes at Newbury. Previously trained by Marco Botti, the five-year-old has been a consistent operator in good company at distances around a mile, but after a switch to […]
Aidan O’Brien has revealed his Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Lake Victoria may not run again. The Frankel filly enjoyed a faultless juvenile campaign, winning each of her five starts including Group One strikes in the Moyglare Stud Stakes, the Cheveley Park and at the Breeders’ Cup. Following an interrupted preparation she could finish only sixth […]
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