Ok, the famed Breeders’ Cup meeting is about to unfold and it is America’s day of racing. Probably is North America’s day too as many with interest from Canada get involved also. Obviously, it is also one of the very biggest meets in the world. So wouldn’t it be amazing,… Read More »
Singapore will host another quality Friday night meeting as we head into a great weekend of racing around the country with Victoria Derby day at Flemington headlining the weekends race meetings. View our Singapore tips and bets. Race One: 4 Paperback Trooper Race Two: 1 Lord Justice Race Three: 5… Read More »
Tensions have been running high at troubled Santa Anita Park ahead of the Breeders’ Cup meeting. Thirty six horses have died at the famed Southern California venue since the season began in late December and although the track’s safety record has improved since it implemented drug reforms in March, some… Read More »
Our North American correspondent, Ric Chapman, has again run the fine tooth comb over the Woodbine midweek card. Good luck. Race 1 9:45am Synthetic 1700m Because of the draw CAROLINA GRACE comes into play here. She should park up just off the pace and is fit enough to trouble these…. Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth looks pretty solid right across the night, with the rail in the true position. Race One: 9 Young Glory Race Two: 2 Cerefino Race Three: 5 Magnetism Race… Read More »
Academy Award winning-actor Jeremy Irons will play legendary English trainer Sir Henry Cecil in a film about unbeaten champion Frankel. Irons will also produce the film in collaboration with Andrew Berg and John Sachs of Eclipse Films. Ron Scalpello will direct from a screenplay by Jim Piddock which charts Frankel’s… Read More »
Trainer Mark Johnston has set a record for the number of winners trained in a calendar year in Britain with Bavardages’ victory at Kempton. Johnston, 60, who last year became the most successful trainer in terms of career winners in Britain, was saddling his 236th winner of 2019. The previous… Read More »
Multiple Group One-winner Magical has run her last race with a temperature ruling her out of her planned swan song at the Breeders’ Cup meeting. Trainer Aidan O’Brien has confirmed the four-year-old will now head to the broodmare barn. Magical had a stellar 2019, winning the the Tattersalls Gold Cup… Read More »
Japanese superstar Almond Eye has consolidated her position as the country’s best with a scintillating victory in the Tenno Sho in Tokyo. The reigning Japanese Horse of the Year, Almond Eye beat nine other Group One winners to add the Tenno Sho to her Group One Dubai Turf win earlier… Read More »
A strong nine race card will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with all races on the dirt track. The feature is the Kwangtung Cup, a Class Two event over the 1650m. Race One: 8 Dating Race Two: 6 This One’s For You Race Three: 5 Hidden… Read More »
The Futurity Trophy will become the first Group One race in Britain run on an all-weather surface with the meeting moved to Newcastle after being washed out. The final Group One race of the season, the one-mile (1600m) event for two-year-olds was scheduled to be run at Doncaster on Saturday…. Read More »
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has whittled his team down to five juveniles for the Futurity Trophy at Doncaster, British racing’s final Group One race of the year. Rival trainer Andrew Balding will saddle Kameko, the inly challenger to O’Brien’s attempt to win the race for a 10th time. Having been responsible… Read More »
The Final Field for the 2019 Cox Plate has been released and there are quite a few horses we haven’t seen race before in Australia or haven’t been seen in awhile. We take a look at those horses and give race replays, comments and information on each of them. Here… Read More »
Singapore will host another quality Friday night meeting as we head into a great weekend of racing around the country with the Cox Plate headlining the weekends races. View our Singapore tips and bets. Race One: 8 Mr Alfonso Race Two: 2 Mr Alejandro Race Three: 4 Alaranch Race Four:… Read More »
Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Kemboy could be barred from racing for the foreseeable future following a ban on entries from syndicator, the Supreme Horse Racing Club. The syndicate, which has all its horses with Irish trainer Willie Mullins, hit the last headlines last season through the exploits of Kemboy, who… Read More »
Leading trainers competing at the Breeders’ Cup meeting are confident Santa Anita will be safe for their horses despite a surge of deaths at the famed Southern California racetrack. Thirty four horses have perished at the Stronach Group-owned venue over the past 11 months with the latest three-year-old gelding Satchel… Read More »
Champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has a strong team heading to the Breeders’ Cup including brilliant filly Magical who he has confirmed will run in the Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Often the bridesmaid behind Enable – including in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf – Magical has managed… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, where the feature race is the Longines Cup, a Class Four event over 1200m. Race One: 3 Doctors Delight Race Two: 5 After Me Race Three: 1 Amazing Satchmo Race Four: 1 Helene Charisma Race Five: 9… Read More »
Our form guy, Ric Chapman has studied up on everything to do with this midweek Woodbine meeting. Here’s found the top 3 in each race. Race 1 8:45pm Synthetic Allowance 1700m Off this draw the filly LADIES NITE should kick up[ and find a good spot with cover. That… Read More »
Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien seems certain to end the racing year on a high with the stable responsible for 11 of the 12 declared runners in the final Group One event of the British season. The Andrew Balding-trained Kameko is the only potential runner not from Ballydoyle at the latest… Read More »
