It was a record breaking day at Doncaster as Aidan O’Brien’s Saxon Warrior took the Racing Post Trophy, the final Group 1 race of the UK season, and gave the trainer a world record-breaking 26th win at the very highest level this year. O’Brien thus surpassed Bobby Frankel’s record of… Read More »
Champions Day at Ascot seldom disappoints and on the day that trainer Aidan O’Brien equalled the world record for Group/Grade 1 victories in a single year when Hydrangea won the Fillies and Mares race, he somehow found himself eclipsed in the headlines by his arch rival John Gosden and crowd… Read More »
The world’s oldest classic lived up to its illustrious history at Doncaster today as a classy field was led home in a pulsating renewal by the Irish Derby winner Capri. Capri started 3/1 favourite on the back of his Derby success at the Curragh, he’d beaten Cracksman there and that… Read More »
A large crowd turned up at York today with one main aim, to see the superstar filly Enable extend her winning sequence and add another Group One to her growing tally. And the John Gosden trained daughter of Nathaniel didn’t disappoint, winning by five lengths from stable companion Coronet. With… Read More »
It was another 1-2 for super-sire Galileo in today’s Group One Juddmonte International at York with the Sir Michael Stoute trained four year old Ulysses getting the better of Aidan O’Brien’s dual 2,000 Guineas winner Churchill by two lengths. Barney Roy was a further neck back in third. In the… Read More »
John Gosden’s star three year old filly Enable won Ascot’s mid-summer showpiece, the Group One King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, in fine style today. Racing prominently throughout, she took up the running just over two furlongs out and from that point the result never looked in doubt and… Read More »
The Gold Cup at Ascot seldom disappoints and it served up another cracking race today as hot favourite Order Of St George was just held by the Newmarket trained Big Orange. Michael Bell, who trained Derby winner Motivator, was pleased to see the forecast rain had by-passed the track this… Read More »
The second day of Royal Ascot’s 5 day meeting was brought to life by Aidan O’Brien’s globetrotting star Highland Reel who won the Group 1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes with a tenacious display. As tough as nails, Highland Reel sat just off the pace for most of the race but… Read More »
Michelle Payne looked relaxed and confident as she jumped aboard Kaspersky for her first ride at Royal Ascot. In the end her mount finished out of the money but he ran above expectations, coming home fifth in a top class Group One field. The race was won by Ribchester, trained… Read More »
Confirmation this morning in the UK that Kaspersky has been declared for the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday and that, as expected, Michelle Payne will take the ride. It will be a tough ask for Kaspersky, currently trading at 66/1 in early betting markets for… Read More »
The Epsom Derby provided a 1-2 for the all-conquering O’Brien stable but things didn’t turn out as predicted as 40/1 winner Wings Of Eagles stunned the large crowd by getting up in the final strides to foil better backed stable companion Cliffs Of Moher. Australian punters will be familiar with… Read More »
Jockey Frankie Dettori won his fourth Oaks and his first in 15 years when driving home Enable by four lengths from the hot favourite Rhodedendron today at Epsom. The day was full of drama, starting with the late arrival of Aidan O’Brien’s runners after a fuelling problem delayed the plane… Read More »
English racing fans were disappointed to hear that Michelle Payne is not going to ride in the Epsom Derby this Saturday, having been proposed some weeks ago as a potential jockey for rank outsider Diore Lia. In her absence an apprentice, Gina Mangan, who has yet to ride a winner… Read More »
