Jamie Piggott, son of the legendary Lester, finished well beaten on his first ride in public at Killarney. The 19-year-old partnered Pivotal Rock for his boss Tommy Stack in the Killarney Grand Live Music Handicap over an extended mile at the County Kerry venue, with the six-year-old strongly backed and… Read More »
Intello, France’s leading three-year-old colt, remains on course for a possible mouth-watering clash with Dawn Approach in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville on August 11. Dawn Approach faces an intriguing rematch with Toronado in Glorious Goodwood’s Sussex Stakes on July 31, but if he comes through that, connections… Read More »
Ryan Moore is expected to partner Novellist for the second time when the German raider contests the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week. Moore guided Andreas Wohler’s four-year-old to an impressive victory in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud last month, where he beat the… Read More »
Grand race mare Snow Fairy has been retired due to a recurring tendon injury. Trainer Ed Dunlop called time on the six-time Group One winner’s career after she suffered the injury during a workout on Tuesday morning (Wednesday AEST). “It is with much sadness that a decision was made this… Read More »
Australia could make his second racecourse appearance in the opening maiden on Irish Oaks day at the Curragh this weekend. As a son of brilliant Galileo and out of multiple Group One-winning mare Ouija Board, Aidan O’Brien’s juvenile could hardly be better bred. He made his first public appearance in… Read More »
Dawn Approach will carry plenty of stable confidence into his latest clash with Toronado when the pair lock horns in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on July 31. The Jim Bolger-trained Dawn Approach beat Toronado in the 2000 Guineas and bounced back from a woeful Derby effort to again account… Read More »
Trainer Clive Cox is keen to let the dust settle on Lethal Force’s record-breaking performance in the July Cup before committing him to future targets including Australia. Something of a surprise winner when he led from pillar to post in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, the four-year-old grey… Read More »
Former Australian star Sea Siren will have big race sprints in her sights after making a winning debut for Aidan O’Brien in the Listed Belgrave Stakes at Fairyhouse. A triple Group One winner in Australia, she had last been seen finishing eighth in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot,… Read More »
Singapore star Super Easy has a new home at Hallmark Stud and will become the first son of Darci Brahma to stand in New Zealand. Hallmark acted quickly to secure Super Easy who ruptured a suspensory during his win in the Group One Patron’s Bowl two weeks ago. Super Easy… Read More »
View todays (14/7/2013) horse racing, form guides and odds, with races from Warracknabeal Racecourse, Sandown Racecourse, Grafton Racecourse, Mudgee Racecourse, Sunshine Coast Racecourse and Kalgoorlie Racecourse. Form Guide Luxbet Free BetSportsbet Free BetBookmaker Free Bet Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Warracknabeal Race 1 Race 2… Read More »
Young Tamworth trainer Leon Davies hopes to finish the Grafton racing carnival on a high note with Twin Zero in the $30,000 Maclean Cup on Sunday. Davies, 30, hit a carnival high when Kurtley won the $50,000 Grafton Guineas (1600m) on Wednesday. Twin Zero, by Dubleo out of Blue Lyric,… Read More »
Local trainer George Margarson is already dreaming of next year’s 1000 Guineas after his filly Lucky Kristale caused a sizeable upset in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket. Unbeaten and highly promising from her first two starts, Margarson’s 20-1 shot was only sixth in the Albany Stakes at Royal… Read More »
Reckless Abandon was a significant absentee from the 12 declarations for the July Cup at Newmarket. Clive Cox’s dual Group One-winning colt had been considered a major contender for this weekend’s six-furlong feature having finished third in Haydock’s Temple Stakes before placing fifth in the King’s Stand at Royal Ascot…. Read More »
There are few harder horses to dislodge from the front than Universal and Mark Johnston’s battler continued his impressive rate of progress in the Princess Of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket. As he was robust enough to be winning a third Pattern race from his 10th start of 2013, Johnston and… Read More »
Corine Barande-Barbe is looking forward to taking on St Nicholas Abbey again with Cirrus Des Aigles in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 27. Only a quarter of a length separated them in last year’s Dubai Sheema Classic with the French-trained runner coming out… Read More »
Tom Queally is to team up with Michael Bell in search of another Group One sprint aboard Sovereign Debt in the July Cup at Newmarket. Back in 2009, the Irishman caused a 20-1 surprise by winning the Diamond Jubilee Stakes aboard a spare ride for the Newmarket trainer in Art… Read More »
Charlie Appleby is to meet with the British Horseracing Authority later this week as he prepares to become the official trainer at Godolphin’s Moulton Paddocks operation. Following the eight-year ban handed to Mahmood Al Zarooni back in April for admitting to giving anabolic steroids to 15 horses in his care,… Read More »
Olivier Peslier expects Intello to prove he is the best three-year-old colt in Europe when he runs in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville on August 11. The French rider is looking forward to taking on the top milers around before connections decide where to go after that. Intello,… Read More »
Danny Mullins has lodged an appeal against the 14-day suspension he was given for driving an ambulance back to the weighing room at Bellewstown on Friday evening. The jumps jockey, who is retained by prominent owner Barry Connell, drove the vehicle himself after he had pulled up his mount Private… Read More »
Jockey Brian Toomey remains in a “stable condition” after undergoing surgery on the serious injuries he sustained in a heavy fall at Perth last Thursday. The 3lb claimer is still in an induced coma at the Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after the surgery which was undertaken to reduce swelling and… Read More »
