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Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin stable continued its good run with success in Newmarket's Group One Shadwell Fillies' Mile with Lyric Of Light. Frankie Dettori's ride, in retaining her unbeaten record (three from three), trailed long-time leader Samitar going into the final straight.
And Dettori had to use all his strength to push her forward, winning on the line ahead of Firdaws in third. "She was unbalanced towards the end of the race," was the I
Former Grand National winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald says despite the death of Ginger McCain, the family's Aintree tradition remains in very safe hands. McCain, who has died aged 80, had four Grand National wins to his name. "I'll always remember seeing him after his son Donald won the race in Apil this year with Ballabriggs," Fitzgerald told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"He was proud of that achievement, but also that Donald was continuing the Nation
The Queen will attend the inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot on 15 October, race officials have announced. Her Majesty will present the trophy to the winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - the race named in her honour. Andrew Balding-trained Side Glance, who finished fourth in the Woodbine Mile, will make his next start in the one-mile race, in which Sussex Stakes winner Frankel will start as favourite. LAST FIVE WINNERS OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Former Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis has died, aged 73. Jarvis guided Carroll House to victory in the 1989 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and landed the 2005 Epsom Oaks with Eswarah. He retired in February after having heart surgery in 2009. He was also treated for prostate cancer. Royal Ascot winner Rakti, who also won the Champion Stakes and Lockinge Stakes, was among his horses and he trained numerous Group One winners.
Former jockey Mick Kinan
Donald McCain - always known as Ginger - ate, drank and slept Aintree and the Grand National, so much so that when he was dubbed "Mr Aintree" during the glory years of Red Rum, it stuck. More importantly, with their big, populist personalities, trainer and horse made a necessary contribution to reviving the flagging fortunes of the world's most famous horse race. During the 1970s, there was much talk of Aintree closing and, consequently, the future of wha
Ginger McCain, trainer of the legendary Grand National winner Red Rum, has died aged 80 after suffering from cancer. McCain guided "Rummy" to three victories and two second places in a five-year period during the 1970s. He was nicknamed 'Mister Aintree' for his record at the Merseyside track, and won a fourth National with Amberleigh House in 2004.
In 2006, McCain handed the reins to son Donald who won the Grand National with Ballabriggs this y
Imperial Commander won the 2010 Gold Cup but pulled up in this year's race, Imperial Commander has been ruled out for the rest of the season after a tear was found on his foreleg tendon. The 10-year-old, last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup Winner, had returned to pre-training in Ireland after bursting a blood vessel defending his crown.
He had been due to return to the Gloucestershire yard of trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies, who said: "We haven't seen
So You Think is likely to take part in next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The five-year-old Australian import has won four of his five starts this term for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien. It will be a step up in class for the Irish Champion Stakes winner, who is priced at 6-1 for the Longchamp contest in Paris on Sunday, 2 October
He performed well over two miles when third in last year's Melbourne Cup, but is yet to race over the Arc distance
Trainer Paul Nicholls says dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star is "in great order" and could return in Haydock's Betfair Chase on 19 November. Owner Clive Smith indicated the record-breaking horse was nearing retirement after a defeat at Punchestown in May.
But Nicholls told his website:" Kauto Star has been back in training for a few weeks now and all the signs remain positive that he is in great order." The 11-year-old would be seeking
AMAZING Grace, the only rose among the thorns, put to shame her male rivals to capture the RM70,000 Barobyn Racing All Grey Stakes, sponsored by Irishman Barry Brogan over 1400m (Race 5) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Ridden by jockey Oscar Chavez, the five-year-old New Zealand mare by High Chaparral was slowly away, but quickly made up ground to be sixth at the 1200m mark and remained in that position at the 800m mark.
Amazing Grace swept to the le
Sarafina became a warmer favourite for next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after a dramatic Group Two Qatar Prix Foy win at the Paris track. The filly, a luckless third in last year's Arc, accelerated from the last place in the four-runner field. Jockey Christophe Lemaire pushed her through the narrowest of gaps.
The head-on camera indicated runner-up Hiruno D'Amour and St Nicholas Abbey, who was third, suffered interference but
Masked Marvel produced a great display to win Flat racing's final Classic of the season, the St Leger at Doncaster. Jockey William Buick and trainer John Gosden celebrated their second successive St Leger victory as Masked Marvel (15-2) won by three lengths. Pre-race favourite Sea Moon struggled with the furious early pace and despite a late charge could only finish third. Brown Panther, owned by former England footballer Michael Owen and ridden by Keiren
Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien sent out a rare 20-1 winner when Reply belied his odds to win the Weatherbys Insurance two-year-old Stakes at Doncaster. The trainer's son Joseph, 18, rode the Coolmore-owned colt as he stormed to a narrow success over Factory Time (33-1) and 66-1 shot Letsgoroundagain. Also at the St Leger Festival, Frankie Dettori enjoyed a convincing win by three-and-a-half lengths on Meeznah.
Improving middle distance filly Set to
Record-breaking US jockey Julie Krone came out of retirement to steal the show on the opening day of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster. The 48-year-old won the Clipper Logistics Leger Legends charity race by three-and-a-half lengths on 4-1 favourite Invincible Hero. Skyfire and Charlie Swan were second with George Duffield third on Dialogue.
Krone, the most successful ever female jockey, received a rapturous ovation from the crowd after her 3,7
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 winners' trophies: Shantou (1996), Lucarno (2007) and Arctic Cosmos 12 months ago.
Indeed, Shantou
Graham Motion, the Maryland-based trainer who won this year's Kentucky Derby with Animal Kingdom and currently ranks as the nation's fourth leading trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, today (Aug. 6) received the first Maryland Horse Industry Board's (MHIB) "Touch of Class" Award. The award was presented following the Board's monthly meeting at a luncheon reception at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture in Hunt Valley. "The equine industry
So You Think held off Snow Fairy in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown for a third Group One success of 2011. Sent off the 1-4 favourite under Seamie Heffernan, he had to work hard before getting the better of 6-1 shot Snow Fairy, with Famous Name in third. The Australian import, who joined Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle team in January, won the Coral-Eclipse and Tattersalls Gold Cup earlier in the season.
Meanwhile, Dream Ahead triumphed in
Brown Panther owner Michael Owen and trainer Tom Dascombe have surprisingly replaced Richard Kingscote with Kieren Fallon for the St Leger. Kingscote was wearing Owen's blue silks when Brown Panther won the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot in June. "I have spoken to Michael at length and it was a tough decision, but on this occasion we've decided to go for a more experienced jockey," said Dascombe.
Brown Panther is a 10-1 shot for the race
Beautiful Pleasure, voted the 1999 champion older female after winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff, has been euthanized in Kentucky because of complications from laminitis. The 16-year-old Maudlin mare produced a Medaglia d'Oro colt in February but was plagued for months by the debilitating disease. She spent several weeks in a clinic and appeared to be on course for recovery but the disease's progression in recent months caused her demise. "She was afforde
Britain's leading female flat jockey Hayley Turner will be out of action for several weeks after suffering a broken ankle in a fall at Bath. The 28-year-old's agent Guy Jewell said the rider was "comfortable" after an operation on Thursday. "I think she'll be out for six to eight weeks but sportsmen and women are often back quicker than the norm," he said.
Turner was on her way to the starting stalls when her mount Rose Aurora dumped her to the
Walter Swinburn is to quit as a trainer on 31 October - although he may return if a backer can be found. The former jockey, 50, won the Epsom Derby three times as a rider, including the 1981 contest on Shergar. He took over the training licence from his father-in-law, Peter Harris, in November 2004 and sent out over 260 winners from his yard in Hertfordshire.
But with Harris ending his 30-year link with racing, Swinburn told the Racing Post: "A
Britain's leading female flat jockey Hayley Turner faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering a broken ankle in a fall at Bath on Thursday. The 28-year-old was on her way to the starting stalls for the day's second race when her mount Rose Aurora appeared to jink in front of the stands rail, and dumped her to the ground.
The filly reared up and landed on the dual Group One-winning rider. Turner was thought to have bad bruising but went to h
Pour Moi, the winner of this year's Derby at Epsom, has been retired after suffering a serious leg injury. The colt was hurt while being prepared by trainer Andre Fabre for October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. Pour Moi has been retired to stud by owners, the Irish-based Coolmore Stud.
At June's Derby, winning jockey Mickael Barzalona famously celebrated before reaching the finishing line, as the French-trained horse beat Treasure Be
Thoroughbred horsemen's groups largely support proposed changes in race-day medication rules for Thoroughbred racehorses but are drawing a line in the sand when it comes to the anti-bleeding drug furosemide, which is marketed under the trade name Salix. In the past few months two organizations have taken the first steps toward a race-day ban on Salix. Breeders' Cup won't allow use of the drug in 2-year-olds during the 2012 World Championships, and the Amer
The leader of the global Olympic movement, Jacques Rogge, has called match-fixing and corruption as big a threat to sporting integrity as doping. Unfortunately, sporting scandal and attempted crooked betting coups have all too often gone together, as recent football match-fixing events in Finland and South Korea have shown.
Those events, like last year's furore surrounding three Pakistan cricketers - subsequently given bans - and the bowling of
Moyenne Corniche mounted a late surge to win the Ebor Handicap at York for trainer Brian Ellison. The 25-1 chance, ridden by Dale Swift, burst through inside the final furlong to win the hotly contested feature race on the Knavesmire. Tactician (9-1) was a length adrift in second with another 25-1 shot Investissement finishing third ahead of Richard Hughes' mount Modun (7-1).
"He did it well and travelled so nicely," said Swift.
"I di
Turner is the only woman to have won a Group One race outright Margot Did won the Nunthorpe Stakes at York's Ebor Festival to give jockey Hayley Turner the second Group One success of her career. The 20-1 shot, trained by Michael Bell, came home three-quarters of a length ahead of Hamish McGonagall (28-1), with Prohibit (12-1) third.
Turner, who won Newmarket's July Cup on Dream Ahead, said: "I can't believe it - it's the best season ever.
Jockey Frankie Dettori rode Blue Bunting to victory for trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks on ladies day at York's Ebor Festival. Tom Queally coaxed a strong challenge from Vita Nova, but Sir Henry Cecil's filly had to settle for second place. Thirsk trainer Kevin Ryan took the valuable opening race, the DBS Premier Yearling Stakes, with Bogart.
"He didn't handle Goodwood at all but our jockey Phillip Makin always had a lot
Malton trainers Nigel Tinkler and Richard Fahey ended the opening day of York's Ebor meeting with a winner each. Tinkler's Bomber Jet took the Sportingbet.com Stakes, while Fahey's Our Joe Mac won the final race, the Patrington Haven Leisure Park Stakes. Tinkler told BBC Radio York: "The horse is like a child who needs his hand holding, so he had another horse go down to the start with him today.
"If it hadn't been for that fellow he probably wo
On Tuesday (Aug. 9), champion Uncle Mo turned in his fourth consecutive encouraging work at Saratoga (Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and seems on his way to making a comeback in the Aug. 27 King's Bishop. Repole is also only a couple weeks removed from winning the Jim Dandy with Stay Thirsty, who could be the favorite for the Travers and is all of a sudden in the hunt for championship honors. Oh by the way, Repole has the top-ranked 2-year-old in
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Following Brendan Powell's course mix-up, Fakenham's chief executive David Hunter has blamed the problem on "jockey error" , but has said he will look at ways of avoiding a repeat.
Jockey Powell missed the route to the post in Tuesday's 1.30 handicap chase whilst way ahead at the finish. The 17-year-old, on Benny The Swinger, was subs
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
From the ridiculous to the sublime, and back again. Willie Carson, castigated for a dreadful display at Lingfield last week, answered his critics by giving Matiya a perfect ride to take the Irish 1,000 Guineas at The Curragh yesterday. The filly strode home three lengths clear of Dance Design to give her Newmarket-based trainer Ben Hanbury his firs
Ascot will refund Saturday's spectators who were labelled with orange stickers for breaching new dress codes. The rules, which require male premier enclosure ticket holders to wear a jacket and tie, were not enforced, but the stickers were issued as a warning. "No customers should be expected to pay for such an experience," Ascot chief executive C
Mince continued her progress with a fifth win of the year and her first in Group Three company with a battling win in the John Guest Bengough Stakes at Ascot.
Roger Charlton`s three-year-old filly had to dig deep to hold the five-year-old gelding highly fancied Soul after a thrilling race.
These two, both strong in the mark
Leading Derby hopes Carlton House, Seville and World Domination all feature among a field of six runners for Thursday's Dante Stakes at York. The 10-furlong race is a key trial ahead of the Epsom Classic on 4 June.
Workforce lost in the 2010 Dante but won the Derby for trainer Sir Michael Stoute and owner Khalid Abdullah. This time, Sto
The British Horseracing Authority are to speak to their legal team before considering whether to take further action against Mahmood Al Zarooni.
Al Zarooni, 37, was found guilty of administering anabolic steroids to 15 horses at a hearing on April 25 and banned for 8 years, the trainer has since withdrew his appeal against the severity of
My Tent Or Yours ran out an emphatic winner of the Grade 3 Betfair Hurdle, the most valuable handicap hurdle in Europe.
Tony McCoy had to abandon plans of getting a helicopter from Warwick to Newbury but his journey proved to be more than worthwhile as his mount made light work of the opposition.
Always handy off a strong early g
Jockeys Paul Doe and Greg Fairley have been banned from racing for 12 years for "not riding a horse to its merits" after an investigation into corruption. Two other jockeys are among 11 people barred from the sport following a British Horseracing Authority probe.
Kirsty Milczarek has been banned for two years, while Jimmy Quinn has received
For those of you planning to travel to Towcester for a day of racing will be dissapointed as the race course announced mondays racing will be abandoned due to the water logged conditions. How disturbing is it that in a small country like The UK we can have coinciding flood warnings and hosepipe bans? Well if you`ve got hanging baskets you need to s
Art Scholar finished strongly to win the final big race of the Flat season, the Betfred November Handicap.
The Michael Appleby-trained five-year-old (20/1) was a spare ride for Franny Norton, who produced his mount to perfection inside the final furlong to beat Communicator by three-quarters of a length.
The runner-up looked lik
Hurricane Fly will likely make his next appearance in the Istabraq Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown on December 29 after emerging with a win and in good health from his comeback run at the weekend.
Willie Mullins' two-miler lost his Champion Hurdle crown to Rock On Ruby last March.
He bounced back at the Punchestown Festival and r
With speculation still ongoing as to whether Camelot will run in the Prix de l`Arc next Sunday it has now been revealed Joseph O'Brien will not ride the Derby winner if he does compete.
O`Brien has partnered the four-times Group One winner, trained by his father, Aidan, on all five starts to date but is unable to make the weight for Europ
Conditions at Ascot are set to be testing for the two-day event culminating in Saturday's card, featuring the Long Walk Hurdle and The Ladbroke.
The going is currently heavy, soft in places, but with more rain forecast overnight, clerk of the course Chris Stickels hasn't ruled out making a further change to that report before tomorrow