Woodward Stakes preview
Sep 4th
Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers once said that: “If you can accept losing, you can’t win.”
Four weeks ago, when Quality Road lost out in a tight finish to Blame in the Grade One Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, Todd Pletcher would probably have said that he could have done without the [...]
Irish Champion Stakes preview
Sep 4th
When Rip Van Winkle won the Juddmonte International at York two weeks ago, Aidan O’Brien said: “He’s in a really good place now and he’s really on an upward curve.”
As the colt had just beaten Twice Over and Byword, respectively the winners of the Eclipse and Prince of Wales’s Stakes, just how much more upward [...]
Godolphin go worldwide
Sep 3rd
Out of sight can easily be out of mind in sport, where time out of the spotlight can send careers into decline.
It is almost a year since the royal-blue silks of Godolphin were seen in the winner’s enclosure of a British racecourse after a Group One race, when Mastery won the St Leger at Doncaster. [...]
Harbinger sold in undisclosed deal
Sep 2nd
Harbinger, who was rated the best racehorse in the world until sustaining a career-ending injury last month, has been sold in a deal that will see him stand as a stallion in Japan.
The four-year-old burst onto the international racing scene when he won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by 11 lengths in [...]
Calvin Borel off Mine That Bird ride for Woodward Stakes
Sep 2nd
This will probably be a week that Calvin Borel will prefer to forget.
First Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver was a dismal 10th of 11, beaten 24 lengths, in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. Twenty-four hours later Borel rode the same 10 furlongs in the Personal Ensign Stakes and for eight of them looked [...]
Six left in Irish Champion Stakes
Sep 2nd
Such are the equine resources that Aidan O’Brien can call upon that he is able to withdraw a horse who would be a stable star just about anywhere else and still maintain his grip on a major prize.
O’Brien has pared down his five entries for the Group One Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown [...]
Hereford gamble investigated by BHA
Sep 2nd
The BHA’s integrity and licensing department are beginning an investigation into the betting patterns behind a shock winner at Hereford.
Am I Blue left plenty of people red-faced when she won the Wyvern Ices Handicap Hurdle at Hereford on Wednesday by 19 lengths, as her price in the market dropped to just a fifth of its [...]
Music Show ready for Leopardstown
Sep 1st
Having already made one sweeping career change, to the point that there are many people who now only remember Mick Channon as a racehorse trainer, rather than an international footballer, there is always the suspicion that he could have made it as a comedian as well.
Bravo Bravo was a horse who had had his share [...]
Paco Boy runs in Prix Moulin
Sep 1st
Having considered taking the short route, Richard Hannon has elected to take the long-haul with Paco Boy this weekend as he attempts a fourth career Group One win.
In the horse’s formative years Hannon railed against suggestions, at times pointed, that Paco Boy did not truly stay a mile. His mile Group One victories in the [...]
Weights announced for Melbourne Cup
Sep 1st
Rite Of Passage, the market leader for the Melbourne Cup, will have to prove himself the hard way at Flemington on November 2nd.
Dermot Weld’s gelding (pictured right), who beat Age Of Aquarius, has been allotted 57kg (which equates to 9st) for the two-mile handicap. Only one horse has carried more to win Australia’s most famous [...]
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