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Black Caviar Set For Brisbane Trip

Black Caviar looks like heading to Brisbane to race in the BTC Cup at Brisbane after her success in Sydney.

The mare set an Australian record of 15 Group 1 wins by winning in the T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick and can choose next month between the BTC Cup in Brisbane and The Goodwood at Morphettville due to take place on May 11.

Newspaper reports in Australia have suggested Peter Moody is likely to favour a trip to Brisbane as a Q

Auroras Encore and Ryan Mania To Go For National Double

John Smith`s Grand National winners Ryan Mania and Auroras Encore are set to be reunited at Ayr this weekend after both were given the go ahead for Saturday's Coral Scottish Grand National.

Ryan Mania fell back down to earth Less than 24 hours after winnning the Aintree Spectacular on April 6, having to be airlifted to hospital following a heavy fall at Hexham.

He suffered a small fracture to a vertebra as well as some soft tissue

Frankel Half Brother Morpheus Returns To The Track

Half-brother to Frankel, Morpheus will return to the track in the Montaz Restaurant EBF Maiden Stakes at Newmarket.

The 10 furlong contest was won by the Prince Khalid Abdulla's Model Pupil 12 last year and the owner's famous silks will be carried by both Morpheus and Demonic on Wednesday.

Morpheus will partner Ian Mongan as he makes his second racecourse start having finished out of the place backend maiden at Nottingham last Oc

Rival D`Estruval Will Enter The Scottish Grand National

Connections of top Coral Scottish Grand National fancy Rival D'Estruval have confirmed the eight-year-old will go for the big Ayr race on Saturday week.

A major contender for the National Hunt Chase at last month's Cheltenham Festival, Pauline Robson's stable star looked like playing a big part in the race until leading Irish amateur Derek O'Connor fell from his mount two fences from the finish.

After the Festival, Robson's part

Sue Smith and Harvey Smith win the 2013 John Smith’s Grand National

Harvey & Sue Smith win with Auroras Encore in the John Smith’s Grand National this afternoon. As the winning trainer, Sue Smith  has become only the third women to have ever won the Grand National and she did it, in absolute style with a 66-1 outsider. Ridden by Ryan Mania, Auroras Encore galloped all the way to the finish line nine lengths ahead of Cappa Bleau who took the runner up place. Iain Graham for British Showjumping commented “I

Red Cadeaux Excellent Form Continues In The Dubai World Cup

Red Cadeaux`s amazing career took another twist on Saturday when the globetrotting gelding beat all bar Animal Kingdom in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan.

Ed Dunlop's seven year old has been nurtured into a top class international performer over the past couple of years, placing in the Melbourne Cup and Hong Kong Vase in 2011.

He gained a deserved victory in the 2012 renewal of the latter contest in December before heading to Dubai

JT McNamara Suffers Paralysis After Festival Fall

Jockey JT McNamara, is remaining positive despite suffering paralysis as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival after Galaxy Rock fell at the first fence in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup on 14 March. .

The 37-year-old had surgery after fracturing two vertebrae and remains at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital.

"Whilst he suffered a neck injury resulting in paralysis, JT has made progress and is in a

Injury Forces Prince De Beauchene Out Of The Grand National

Willie Mullins has confirmed that Prince De Beauchene will miss the Grand National due to injury.

The 10-year-old was betting at around 12/1Aintree spectacular having won two from three starts this year and finishing second to Roi Du Mee in a Grade 2 at Fairyhouse last time out.

Prince De Beauchene had been favourite for the 2012 National but was withdrawn a week before the race with a similar setback.

The Irish cha

Alfie Sherrin Won`t Go In The Irish Grand National

Alfie Sherrin`s name was missing from the latest forfeit stage for The Ladbrokes Irish Grand National. Jonjo O`Neill`s charge had been a leading fancy for the Easter Monday showpiece since the weights had been released. The 10 year old is owned by JP McManus and his racing manager Frank Berry explained that a hard race at Cheltenham, where he finished fourth behind Same Difference in the Kim Muir, has taken a toll on Alfie Sherrin. "There's nothi

Cue Card Aimed At Flemenstar And Sprinter Sacre

Cue Card trainer, Colin Tizzard has confirmed his charge to be on target for a exciting clash at Aintree with Flemenstar and Sprinter Sacre. The trio are set to clash in the John Smith`s Melling Chase on Ladies` Day, Friday, April 5. Cue Card claimed Grade One success in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham earlier this month and will be seeking a reversal on Sprinter Sacre, who beat him in the Arkle Trophy last year. Tizzard said: "Cue Card is on co

Sir Peter O`Sullevan Suffers Stroke

Sir Peter O`Sullevan has been taken to Charing Cross Hospital, London, having suffered a mild stroke on Sunday, accordign to Nigel Payne, chief executive of the former broadcaster`s charitable trust.

O'Sullevan, 95, will take further tests over the next few days.

Payne told Press Association Sport: "Sir Peter had a mild stroke on Sunday night, which he detected himself.

"He called the doctor and was admitted to hos

JT Mc Namara To Move To Dublin Hospital

Injured amateur Jockey JT McNamara, who suffered a nasty fall from Galaxy Rock at the Cheltenham Festival fracturing two vertebrae, will be transferred to a hospital in Dublin to be closer to his family. The 37-year-old is said to be in a stable condition at Frenchay Hospital near Bristol, having been airlifted there after his fall in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase 10 days ago. A statement issued on Monday on behalf of the McNamara Family by Dr Adr

Bad Weather CLaims Monday Afternoon Jump Meetings

Monday`s jumps meetings at Towcester and Taunton have been cancelled due to the ongoing unseasonal weather.

Robert Bellamy, Towcester clerk of the course was due to inspect the track at 12pm but made an earlier call after the venue saw plenty of overnight snow.

He said: "We are covered in about two inches of snow and have further showers forecast today, possibly totalling another two inches.

"We also have sub-zero

Today`s Doncaster Meeting The Latest Victim Of The Unseasonal Weather

This afternoon`s flat season kick off meeting at Doncaster has been abandoned due to snow. The fixture was due to feature the first major event of the Flat season, the William Hill Lincoln, but clerk of the course Roderick Duncan called off the card following a 6am inspection. He said: "We have had about two to three inches of snow overnight and it's still falling now. "Daytime temperatures are forecast to stay at or below freezing and further

Wincanton Sunday Meeting Passes Early Inspection

Sunday afternoon`s Wincanton meeting will go ahead after the track passed an 8am inspection on Saturday. Barry Johnson, Course Clerk says the track is fit for action despite concerns about heavy rain. He said: "We had 15 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours and the course has taken it really well. "We have just showers forecast today and tomorrow now and we are not planning any further inspections. "However, we will be keeping an eye on

Sprinter Sacre To Step Up In Trip At Aintree

A step up in trip and a mouth watering potential clash with Cue Card and Flemenstar at Aintree may be on the cards for Spinter Sacre after his breeder Christophe Malse told trainer Nicky Henderson he was "mad" for restricting the superstar seven-year-old to two miles. And Henderson agrees his stable star, unbeaten in eight starts over fences but has never raced further than the 2m1f in his career, could be better still over further distances. Hend

Doncaster To Inspect

aturday`s planned meeting at Doncaster on Saturday, a card including the William Hill Lincoln, is subject to a 6am inspection on raceday morning.

Course officials are alert after snow is forecast on Town Moor.

Clerk of the course Roderick Duncan had been due to inspect at noon today, but that has now been put postponed until morning.

He said: "We will have a first look at 6am tomorrow as there is still some snow in

Friday Evening Racing Called Off At Dundalk

High winds have forced Dundalk to call off their meeting this evening.

The eight-race card was due to start at 5.50pm but officials have cancelled the fixture due to the inclement weather.

The track tweeted: "Both horse and greyhound racing has been cancelled this evening due to the very high winds; apologies for any inconvenience."

Martin Dwyer Banned For 2 Months By Royal Western India Turf Club

Jockey Martin Dwyer is "in a state of shock" over being banned for two months by the Indian racing authorities.

The charge, preventing a mount from running on its merits, means a suspension running from April 6 to May 31.

Dwyer told BBC Sport: "This is unbelievable, and I'm shocked and a bit numb about it all. I'm trying to get my head round it, but I will appeal against this decision, and will do everything I can to clear my name

Southwell Announces An Extra Fixture This Weekend

Southwell is to stage an additional all weather Flat fixture on Saturday.

The British Horseracing Authority and the Levy Board have sanctioned a seven-race card because of an unfavourable weather forecast that could threaten racing on turf.

The main meeting on Saturday is at Doncaster featuring the William Hill Lincoln, the first big race of the new turf Flat season.

Races at Southwell will close at noon on Thursda

Prize Money Boost For Sandown Season Finale

Good news for the horse racing industry as Prize money for the Bet365 `Ultimate Celebration` meeting, which signifies the end of the National Hunt season, will be increased by 15% from £555,000 to £637,000 for 2013. The meeting takes place at Sandown Park on April 26 and 27 and is a mixed Flat and jumps meeting. Channel 4 will be televising meeting, with four races per day, including the highlight race of the card on Saturday, the £150,000 Bet365 Gold

Bryan Cooper Dream Week Continues With Double At Wexford

Jockey Bryan Cooper completed one of best weeks in his career by landing a double at Wexford on Sunday.

Cooper rode three winners at the Cheltenham Festival and was back tio winning ways closer to home.

Gates Of Rome came in at 5-2 for his first in the St Patrick`s Day Hurdle, winning comfortably from Salesin back in second.

Winning trainer Colm Murphy said: "He deserved that as he was unlucky to come up against a

Our Conor Post The Performance Of The Week So Far At Cheltenham

Our Conor put up a mighty performance in running away with the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham today. Never out of the first two, Dessie Hughes' youngster stretched his 100% record over jumps to four with an easy win. The 4/1 shot, ridden by Bryan Cooper, found a load at the second-last to win unchallenged by 15 lengths from Far West (4/1) with Sametegal (33/1) a further two and a quarter lengths away in third. Once Our Conor opened up, he le

Same Difference Wins The Kim Muir Challenge Cup

Same Difference went off at 16-1 and stayed on better than 11-2 favourite Super Duty in an exciting finish to the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase. In a first-time visor, the Nigel Twiston-Davies horse crept into the race under a patient ride from Ryan Hatch as Super Duty and Becauseicouldntsee battled for the lead. When the latter weakened having travelled well, the only remaining threat emerged from Romanesco (8/1) who had been h

Salsify Wins The Foxhunter Chase In Fortuitous fashion

Salsify was lucky to retain the CGA Foxhunter Chase as the fairly comfortable leader Oscar Delta sensationally snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Oscar Delta was leading on the run-in and showing no signs of stopping with Salsify trying hard close in, but he jinked at the intersection where the runners had previously set out for another circuit and unseated his 18-year-old rider Jane Mangan. With the pair having been clear, the incident left

Carrickboy Upsets The Odds In The Byrne Group Plate

Carrickboy came in at a massive 50/1 made all to win the Byrne Gold Plate for Venetia Williams and Liam Treadwell in a fantastic performance for the Grand National winning team of Miss V Williams and Liam Treadwell. The nine-year-old had been pulled up on his last start at Wincanton but came back meaning business to see off his rivals under a bold front-running ride finding more and more throughout the race. Despite a large field, the Grade 3 contest wa

JT McNamara Undergoes Surgery After Fall At Cheltenham Festival

JT McNamara has undergone surgery today on the serious neck injury he sustained in a fall at Cheltenham on Thursday.

The 37-year-old was injured in a horrible looking first fence fall from Galaxy Rock in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup.

McNamara was airlifted to hospital after being treated by the on-course medics.

Conscious following the fall according to officials at the track, he was put in an induced co

Injury Forces Davy Russell Out Of Cheltenham Festival

Davy Russell will sadly miss the ride aboard Sir Des Champs in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup after suffering a suspected punctured lung.

Russell fell badly from Un Beau Matin at the final flight in the Coral Cup but wastook up his first two rides on Thursday.

But after finishing unplaced on both Argocat in the Jewson Novices' Chase and Stonemaster in the Pertemps Final, Russell was ruled out for the rest of the meeting after a

Cheltenham Festival Day 1 Review

The thousands who braved the cold afternoon at cheltenham were treated to a spectacular day of racing where the bookies took a beating and Ruby Walsh rode a fantastis treble, one leg of which on Hurricane Fly became the first horse since 1975 to regain the Champion Hurdle in the day's feature race

Ruby Walsh said afterwards of Hurricane Fly:"He pinged the last and I'm glad he got it back to show everyone he's a true champion hurdler."

Cheltenham Festival Ground News

The going at Cheltenham is Good to Soft on both the Chase and Hurdles Courses, and Good to Soft, Soft in Places on the Cross Country Course, after four millimetres of rain on Thursday.

Simon Claisse, Cheltenham's Clerk of the Course, said: "We have had four millimetres of rain today and we are now expecting up to 10 millimetres before The Festival.

"There is no change from the forecast yesterday in that it will be frosty on Monda

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John Gosden seeks more success in St Leger race at Doncaster

John Gosden seeks more success in St Leger race at Doncaster

John Gosden describes Doncaster's St Leger as "a great race, run at a wonderful track", and so he might after his success in the final and the oldest of Flat racing's Classics. Of the last four runners sent north for the challenge, over an extended one and three-quarter miles, from his powerful string in Newmarket, three have returned home with the

Plum Pretty All That in Kentucky Oaks

Plum Pretty All That in Kentucky Oaks

John Fort's Peachtree Stable's Plum Pretty fought off a late charge by St. John's River to win the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (the first jewel in the Filly Triple Crown) to win by a neck. Zazu rallied for third in the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies under the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The daughter of Medaglia d'Or

Grand National 2010: Graham Lee out to break record on The Package

Grand National 2010: Graham Lee out to break record on The Package

Normally, the revelation of the first jockey's choice in a race as big as the John Smith's Grand National has quite a significant effect on the betting market, but not so when Timmy Murphy publicly declared his preference for Comply Or Die, leaving Graham Lee to partner The Package at Aintree on Saturday.

There was a tiny ripple when Lad

Chantal Sutherland Should Be Our Danica

Chantal Sutherland Should Be Our Danica

Last week was a big one for jockey Chantal Sutherland. She won her first top-tier race in a controversial ride on Game On Dude in the Santa Anita Handicap. Hours upon hours of debate were spent discussing whether her skill was the reason for the win or whether she caused a near tragic accident with an ill-timed left-handed use of the whip. Days lat

Tony McCoy Stood Down at Wetherby

Tony McCoy Stood Down at Wetherby

There was high drama at the start of the day at Wetherby as Tony McCoy parted company with Mr Watson before the Wetherby Racecourse & Conference Centre National Hunt Novices Hurdle.

The Jonjo O'Neill-trained five-year-old was a hot favourite in the exchanges for the opening contest of the two-day Charlie Hall Chase meeting, but was ke

Kentucky Derby 2011: Animal Kingdom Victorious, Archarcharch Injured

Kentucky Derby 2011: Animal Kingdom Victorious, Archarcharch Injured

Team Valor International’s homebred Animal Kingdom came from off the pace and roared down the stretch to win the 137th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands May 7 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Second in the classic race was Nehro with Mucho Macho Man finished third. Front-running Shackleford finished fourth.

The pace was tepid

Zenyatta In Foal at 60 Days

Zenyatta In Foal at 60 Days

Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, has been pronounced in foal at the 60-day mark of her mating to Bernardini. The 7-year-old daughter of Street Cry--Vertigineux, by Kris S., was declared in foal to Bernardini earlier in the year but was not in foal when checked at the 35-day mark. She was bred back to the Darley stal

Mickael Barzalona in demand after Pour Moi`s Derby win

Mickael Barzalona in demand after Pour Moi`s Derby win

It took just over two minutes and 34 seconds for Pour Moi to be propelled to racing superstardom in the Epsom Derby; in the process he was not emerging at the sport's summit seulement. While the French colt's owners, partners in the Irish-based Coolmore racing empire, and his trainer Andre Fabre have long seen their names emblazoned in lights, the

Camelot Storms Home To Win The Derby

Camelot Storms Home To Win The Derby

In The smallest field for over 100 years in the Epsom Derby today, Camelot powered clear to win very comfortably and looked like he would have still done so had there been 100 entries.

Camelot had sat at the back of the field with just one behind for much of the race, and with Astrology looking happy very good in front from the start it

Connections speak of Sadness At Danedream Arc Withdrawal

Connections speak of Sadness At Danedream Arc Withdrawal

Danedream`s Dream of winning Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for two years o the bounce are over as the horse is unable to travel as her stables at Cologne racecourse were on Monday placed into quarantine due to a serious outbreak of an equine infection.

A statement issued by trainer Peter Schiergen and part-owner Heiko Volz on Wednesday afterno

Aidan Coleman sidelined with broken collarbone

Aidan Coleman sidelined with broken collarbone

JOCKEY Aidan Coleman has been sidelined with a broken left collarbone following a fall at Punchestown on Friday. Coleman fell when riding Shoreacres in the Mick The Tent Memorial Novice Handicap Chase.Coleman said: "I've had luck with injuries, this is the first time I've broken anything. It's a clean break, nothing complicated and there will be no

Graham Lee lives a dream

Graham Lee lives a dream

Graham Lee had never tasted Festival success before, but three winners gave the northern-based jockey a week to savour. By the time Graham Lee had answered every request for an autograph, posed for photographs with people he’d never met and accepted with a nod or a wave every single word of praise, night was falling over Cheltenham and the throng a

Jockey Aaron Gryder Hits 3,000-Win Mark

Jockey Aaron Gryder Hits 3,000-Win Mark

Jockey Aaron Gryder recorded the 3,000th victory of his career when he guided Pressthepace to a gate-to-wire victory in the nightcap at Santa Anita Park Wednesday. The victory in the $25,000 maiden claiming event for older horses snapped a 23-race losing streak since Gryder drew to within one win of the milestone achievement.

"It feels g

Oliver Sherwood `FeelsLike Packing It In`

Oliver Sherwood `FeelsLike Packing It In`

Trainer Oliver Sherwood is feeling deflated after after being fined £3,000 over the running and riding of Furrows in a beginners' chase at Hereford on Wednesday.

Jockey Leighton Aspell was hit with a 14-day ban (December 19-22, 26-31, January 1-4) while the horse was suspended from running for 40 days.

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