It is hard to see past the Richard Fahey runner after the colt’s excellent run in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal AscotIn most years the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury is a tremendously competitive contest among two-year-olds of broadly similar ability…
It is hard to see past the Richard Fahey runner after the colt’s excellent run in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal AscotIn most years the Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury is a tremendously competitive contest among two-year-olds of broadly similar ability…
The sport is in a ‘dangerous moment’ according to a former betting executive and the 2005 Gambling Act is a chief factorThe internal combustion engine, powered flight, electricity, universal suffrage and two world wars are just a few of the transformat…
If Danny Tudhope can maintain his current strike-rate, it is only a matter of time before he replaces Oisin Murphy as favouriteSilvestre de Sousa has been Britain’s champion jockey on the Flat in three of the last four seasons, but he has drifted from …
Dettori arrived in a pony-and-trap as Lester Piggott had done on his visit, but could not match Piggott’s three wins at the County Kerry trackFrankie Dettori’s flying visit to Killarney racecourse on Wednesday evening did not result in any flying dismo…
The size of the loss has not been revealed, but Arc weekend was in the red in 2018, despite an eye-watering admission price hikeFrench racing’s senior executives are clearly hard at work before October’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and briefed reporters …
Seven of France’s top 50 Flat jockeys this year are women, up from zero in 2016 and five more than in BritainWhile waiting at Longchamp for Japan to win Sunday’s big race, it crossed my mind to check how female jockeys are faring in France, two years a…
• Colt’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe odds widely cut to 9-1• Trainer Aidan O’Brien says ‘We were very happy with him’Japan has the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe firmly on his agenda, after an exploratory trip here resulted in victory in the Grand Prix de Par…
• Ryan Moore lands July Cup after ride is backed from 10-1 to 9-2• Victory is huge boost to stud value of Ten SovereignsThe bookmakers have spent the past few weeks dodging Frankie Dettori’s mounts whenever possible. On Saturday, they ran into Ryan Moo…
Advertise (4.40) is taken to follow his Commonwealth Cup success at Royal Ascot in the July Cup at NewmarketNow that he is available at around 10-1, it is quite tempting to take a chance on Ten Sovereigns in the July Cup, the feature race on a hectic d…
Still rated the best jockey in the world by some, Ryan Moore has been second 11 times since his most recent winnerWhat to make of Ryan Moore? At his best, he’s one of the most effective Flat jockeys I’ve ever seen but he seems short of his best just no…
Masar has an excellent chance to end the poor record of recent Derby winners with victory in the Princess Of Wales’s Stakes at NewmarketThe last four winners of the Derby at Epsom have managed only a single victory between them in six subsequent starts…
The Levy Board has provided a big incentive for British courses to start churning out sectional times data right awayGod bless the Levy Board, which has thrown its weight behind the idea of sectional times in British horse racing. This is an idea whose…
The Italian jockey could hardly buy a winner in 2013 but is back at the top of his sport and has the bookies running scaredOnly a tiny number of athletes are so good that they change the way the game is organised. In racing, Arkle is remembered for bei…
• Enable records 10th straight win at Sandown • Dettori: ‘She’s very special. I really love her’Frankie Dettori hailed Enable as “the queen of racing” and the best horse he has ridden in his long career after she made a winning return to action in the …
Regal Reality impressed in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park in May and can surprise Enable in the Eclipse at the same trackEnable is at the centre of a fascinating Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown and the winner of two Arc de Triomphes …
Racing is facing up to heavy losses from annual media rights payments and the pressure on prize money will be brutalWednesday’s news that William Hill will close about 700 betting shops over the next few months, around a third of its retail estate, put…
