Danny Tudhope’s pick from David O’Meara’s four runners was second in last weekend’s Portland Handicap and he has winning form over track and tripThe far side and low numbers fared best in the Ayr Bronze Cup on Friday afternoon and Buffer Zone, the favo…
Romanised may have won at Longchamp under old rules, but occasional controversy is better than denying worthy winnersThe question of what, exactly, a horse and rider must do to an opponent to be disqualified from first place raises itself again, follow…
A trader with a well-known betting brand suggests practices could breach gender discrimination lawsAre some of Britain’s major bookmakers guilty of gender discrimination when they sign up new customers? The question arises following a conversation with…
King Of Change returns to the track, 137 days after finishing runner-up in the Guineas, but where is Magna Grecia?One of many great things about the 2,000 Guineas is that it identifies the most classy young milers so we can have fun following them thro…
Japanese visitor is the most interesting horse around after being locked in the pocket at Leopardstown on SaturdayYou can keep your “Pinaturbo”. Star Catcher and Logician are all very fine, I suppose, if you like that sort of thing. But the horse from …
• 37-year-old rider banned from driving for five years• ‘It’s an awful shame because he’s a very talented lad’The talented but troubled jockey Graham Gibbons has been jailed, following his fourth conviction for drink driving. The verdict was recorded l…
As for the big race, the question after Trials day is still the same – can anything beat Enable?Forty-nine weeks on from an Arc day that left the organisers falling over themselves to apologise for horrendous queues and shortages of basics like sandwic…
• Longchamp win was Italian’s 16th Group One win of the year• John Gosden describes Dettori as a ‘genius’ after top-class rideFrankie Dettori equalled his best ever season at the highest level and did so with a flawless front-running ride as Star Catch…
The John Gosden-trained colt has won all four of his races and it is hard to see past him in the final Classic at DoncasterClarehaven Stables in Newmarket now houses an impressive number of horses who seem extremely hard to beat and Logician (3.35) is …
Stradivarius has now won all five of the British Champions Series races in the long distance category this year and is odds-on to win the Long Distance Cup at Champions DayA hastily arranged trip to Town Moor added £56,710 to John Gosden’s prize money …
Six-times champion Fallon rides Kilbaha Lady at Doncaster but is beaten by the youngest rider aboard Dubai AcclaimFor a few strides Kieren Fallon looked to be travelling as well as any jockey in the field as he made a brief return to race-riding in the…
Oisin Murphy, who is on his way to becoming Britain’s champion jockey, has turned down the chance to win his first Classic in favour of a rare return home for the Irish ChampionOisin Murphy, who is on his way to becoming Britain’s champion jockey, has …
The promising young rider Rossa Ryan won a valuable pot at Ascot on Saturday after getting his weight as low as he couldIf you made money from the narrow 8-1 success of Apparate at Ascot on Saturday, you should be giving thanks to the dedication of joc…
• Shock as wayward Circus Maximus keeps Prix du Moulin• Ken Condon, trainer of narrow runner-up Romanised, to appealCircus Maximus was sensationally allowed to keep the Prix du Moulin on Sunday despite having given a significant shove to the runner-up,…
• Hello Youmzain wins Group One race at 9-2• ‘Next year, he’s going to be bigger and stronger’Sprint races, in horse racing, may take place over three-quarters of a mile and last for more than a minute but the start can still be all-important. Back in …
• Trainer says riding Irish Champion Stakes could ‘overtax’ horse• Colt is second-favourite for October’s Prix de l’Arc de TriompheJapan, the second-favourite behind Enable for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe next month, could miss the Irish Champion Sta…
The trainer, who has died aged 70, officially saddled 10 Festival winners but may have masterminded many more big-race winsFerdy Murphy, whose death at the age of 70 was announced on Tuesday, officially saddled 10 winners at the Cheltenham Festival, th…
‘Nothing is set in stone’ says Nicky Henderson as anticipation builds over a possible meeting between the pair in NovemberIt seems the first big clash of the new jumps season is back on ice, as the team behind Altior are not yet ready to commit him to …
