Star mare Sunlight is recovering after undergoing surgery on a hind leg after an accident in the spelling paddock. The multiple Group One winner required surgery to remove a chip from the splint bone on her off-hind leg. Trainer Tony McEvoy ordered X-rays after she was found to have filling… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has ridden another Group One winner at Royal Ascot, steering Advertise to win the Commonwealth Cup. The Martyn Meade-trained colt was one of the star performers in the juvenile division last season – winning three of his five starts and finishing second in the Coventry Stakes and in… Read More »
Hayley Turner has become the second female jockey – and first since Gay Kelleway 32 years ago – to ride a Royal Ascot winner when Thanks Be triumphed in the Sandringham Handicap. Trained by Charlie Fellowes, Thanks Be got home by a neck to beat the Queen’s horse Magnetic Charm… Read More »
It’s unsure whether Blue Point will indeed back up in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) this Saturday night at Royal Ascot but he is the clear favourite with Sportsbet.com.au. If he was to line up, he would be attempting to do the Kings Stand/Jubilee double, a feat that hasn’t been… Read More »
Hermosa is regarded as one of the good things at Royal Ascot for 2019 and as such has been well supported to win the Coronation Stakes (1600m) this Friday night at the meeting. The Aidan O’Brien trained filly comes here off the back of a dominant win in the Irish… Read More »
Ten Sovereigns is the firm favourite with Sportsbet.com.au to take out one of the features at Royal Ascot this Friday night, the Commonwealth Cup (1200m). The Aidan O’Brien trained colt returns to sprinting after being tried as a miler first up in the 2000 Guineas where he didn’t run the… Read More »
Frankie Dettori has been the star of the show on Gold Cup day at Royal Ascot, riding four winners including Stradivarius in the main event. Dettori kicked off his afternoon with Al’Ali in the Norfolk Stakes for Simon Crisford, before winning the Hampton Court aboard the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Sangarius… Read More »
The Royal Ascot Carnival continues this Thursday night with the highlight of the entire week being the draw card, the Ascot Gold Cup (4000m), featuring Stradivarius and the Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter.
Frankie Dettori has reinforced he is the king of Ascot with a memorable double highlighted by Crystal Ocean in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. It was the ebullient jockey’s 62nd career winner at the Royal Ascot meeting, after he had opened his account for 2019 on Raffle Prize in the… Read More »
Sir Michael Stoute has long been revered as a trainer who has no equal at improving older horses. It seems the trainer is himself improving with age and, having ended a long drought in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot last year with Poet’s Word, he didn’t have… Read More »
Trainer Toby Edmonds will wait to see how Australian sprinter Houtzen comes through her unplaced King’s Stand Stakes run before confirming whether the mare contests more races during the English summer. Houtzen’s chances in the Group One sprint at Royal Ascot on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) were dealt a blow when… Read More »
Magical has clearly been the best backed runner with Sportsbet.com.au to win the feature race on day two at Royal Ascot, the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2000m). The Aidan O’Brien trained mare has been outstanding in both runs back from a break, carrying on from her outstanding finale to 2018…. Read More »
Queensland mare Houtzen has finished a disappointing eighth in the King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot following a slip at the starting barrier. The Toby Edmonds-trained four-year-old went off at $25 with the local bookmakers, but hopes of shocking the home contingent in the 1000 metre Group One showpiece were… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 King’s Stand Stakes. The King’s Stand Stakes will be run on Wednesday 19th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 12:40am Distance: 1000m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIER WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Battaash (IRE) Jim Crowley 12 9st 4lbs Charles Hills 2… Read More »
The iconic Royal Ascot Carnival gets underway this Tuesday night with Day One, highlighted by the King’s Stand (1000m), featuring Aussie sprinter Houtzen along with potential Everest candidates Bataash and Blue Point.
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 St James’s Palace Stakes. The St James’s Palace Stakes will be run on Wednesday 19th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 1:20am Distance: 1600m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIER WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Bell Rock Oisin Murphy 8 9st 0lbs Andrew… Read More »
The Royal Ascot Carnival kicks off on Tuesday night with the Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) and while the 2019 edition isn’t a vintage field, there has been early key moves with Sportsbet.com.au. Sir Michael Stoute trains Mustashry and it’s been the best backed runner in early betting for the opener,… Read More »
The Sportsbet.com.au market for the Kings Stand (1000m) at Royal Ascot on Tuesday night has tightened in, with the two best horses in the race not far off being equal favourites. As it stands right now, Bataash is the $3 favourite and hasn’t budged from that opening price, but the… Read More »
View the final field and barriers for the 2019 Queen Anne Stakes. The Queen Anne Stakes will be run on Tuesday 18th June at Royal Ascot racecourse. Time: 11:30pm Distance: 1600m Class: Group 1 NUMBER HORSE/JOCKEY BARRIER WEIGHT TRAINER 1 Accidental Agent Charles Bishop 16 9st 0lbs Eve Johnson Houghton… Read More »
A decade after breaking new ground at Royal Ascot, American trainer Wesley Ward is returning with a team of eight as hungry as ever. The trainer was not well known in England when he first brought horses to Britain’s summer showpiece meeting but it did not take him long to… Read More »
