Latest News and Features Meld Stakes next for Purview, says Weld Do Or Do Not aiming to build on Ascot effort at Newmarket Doyle banking on Bermuda to turn up the heat at Newmarket Conditions key to Rosallion’s Sussex Stakes run Ghostwriter going for Princess of Wales’s Stakes gold Owen backing Hallelujah U for big […]
Purview, who caught the eye when second to subsequent Eclipse winner Delacroix in the Leopardstown Derby Trial, will be seen next in the BoyleSports Meld Stakes on July 17. Dermot Weld has pinpointed a return to Leopardstown for the Juddmonte-owned colt, having resisted the urge to run in any of the Classics to date. Winner […]
Although he is the only maiden in the Kingdom of Bahrain July Stakes, Do Or Do Not is out to prove his Royal Ascot second was no fluke at Newmarket on Thursday. Ed Walker’s son of Space Blues was sent off at odds of 80-1 when leading home the runners on his side of the […]
James Doyle is relishing the prospect of his reunion with Flora Of Bermuda as she seeks a change in fortunes in the Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup Stakes at Newmarket. The Andrew Balding-trained filly was purchased by Wathnan Racing before Royal Ascot, where she finished third in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes under […]
Richard Hannon will be led by ground conditions as he decides the next move of his star miler Rosallion. The four-year-old was most recently seen finishing second by a nose in the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot, prior to which he was third in Lockinge when making his long-awaited return to action. The Sussex Stakes […]
Trainer Clive Cox considers the Princess Of Wales’s Stakes as too good an opportunity to pass up with his stable star Ghostwriter. Although without a victory since the autumn of his juvenile campaign, the four-year-old has run some excellent races in defeat at the highest level since, last season finishing third behind City Of Troy […]
Hallelujah U will bid to turn the tables on past rivals in the Bahrain Trophy Stakes at Newmarket. The James Owen-trained three-year-old is owned by the Gredley family and was last seen finishing sixth in the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot. He was slow into his stride but was still close to the action when […]
Jim Goldie is “reasonably confident” American Affair will still make the Breeders’ Cup after he was forced to rule his stable star out of the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes at York. The five-year-old was one of the most popular winners at Royal Ascot when he powered through the field under Paul Mulrennan to win […]
More Thunder will be given the chance to gain compensation for his Royal Ascot near-miss in Newmarket’s bet365 Bunbury Cup on Saturday. Although campaigned at a mile and a quarter when trained by Sir Michael Stoute last season, the four-year-old has thrived back down in trip since joining William Haggas this term, winning his first […]
Brian Toomey’s first-ever two-year-old winner could prove worth the wait after Electrical marked himself as an exciting prospect with a power-packed display on debut at Newbury. The former jockey turned trainer – who sustained life-threatening injuries in a fall at Perth in 2013 – had previously never sent out a juvenile winner from his Chalfont […]
Ed Walker has a circle around the last weekend in July on his calendar, as his frustrating wait for suitable conditions with Almaqam continues. The high-class colt beat subsequent Royal Ascot scorer Ombudsman in the Brigadier Gerard in May, but the Lambourn handler has had to settle for the role of keen observer during the […]
Colin Keane is set to miss the Qatar Goodwood Festival after being suspended for 14 days for using his whip over the permitted level at Sandown last week. The Irishman has not long been retained by Juddmonte as their first choice jockey and was aboard their colt Windlord when he won the Gala Stakes at […]
Royal Dress justified strong market support with an emphatic victory in the Weatherbys Hamilton Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract. James Tate’s mare won at Listed and Group Three level last season and kicked off the current campaign by finishing third behind See The Fire in the Middleton Stakes at York. Having since placed fourth in the […]
