European Racing

Magician works Curragh magic

British Horseracing Authority | 50 mins ago
Magician gave Aidan O'Brien his ninth victory in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh. Sent off at 100-30 and ridden by the trainer's son, Joseph, the colt followed a strong pace set firstly by Ask Dad, and then by the Jim Bolger repre... Read More...

Betting shop employee murdered in London

Racing Post | 1 hour ago
A BETTING shop employee was murdered in south London on Saturday. The male victim, who is believed to have been stabbed in the chest, was 55. Read More...

Chigun fires in Abu Dhabi heat

British Horseracing Authority | 2 hours ago
Sir Henry Cecil's Chigun rewarded strong market support in the Abu Dhabi Stakes at the Curragh. Although slightly flat-footed at the halfway pole, Tom Queally soon had her on an even keel and she joined La Collina moving sweetly. Once Queally asked... Read More...

Native back on familiar ground

British Horseracing Authority | 2 hours ago
Kingsgate Native made a spectacular return to form as he regained the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock. On a long losing run since this very event three years ago, the Robert Cowell-trained runner was on the stands side along with the 11-10 favourit... Read More...

SOUTH AFRICA: Via Africa justifies trainer's confidence

Racing Post | 3 hours ago
Via Africa (Duncan Howells/Alec Forbes) readily justified her trainer's confidence by running out an impressive winner, despite drifting from odds-on to 27-2 Read More...

FRANCE: Silasol set to revel in Longchamp battle

Racing Post | 3 hours ago
ON a day when ability to handle testing conditions is likely to count for an awful lot, the only two fillies to have won at Group level both have proven ability on heavy ground. Read More...

Bittar hopes for Dettori resolution

British Horseracing Authority | 4 hours ago
British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar is hopeful jockey Frankie Dettori can be given the go-ahead to return to action before next weekend's Investec Derby meeting at Epsom. French racing authority France Galop banned Dettori, 42,... Read More...

Kingsgate Native slays Temple Stakes rivals

Racing Post | 5 hours ago
VETERAN sprinter Kingsgate Native rolled back the years to land a thrilling Temple Stakes for Robert Cowell and Shane Kelly. Read More...

Kingsgate Native slays Temple Stakes rivals

Racing Post | 5 hours ago
VETERAN sprinter Kingsgate Native rolled back the years to land a thrilling Temple Stakes for Robert Cowell and Shane Kelly. Read More...

Gerard mission for Ektihaam

British Horseracing Authority | 5 hours ago
Ektihaam will be one of the stars on show at the British season's most prestigious evening meeting at Sandown on Thursday. Roger Varian has made two entries in the Group Three Cantor Fitzgerald Brigadier Gerard Stakes, but the well-travelled Sri Put... Read More...

Banoffee added to Oaks field

British Horseracing Authority | 5 hours ago
Hughie Morrison's Banoffee has been formally supplemented for next Friday's Investec Oaks at Epsom. Her owners had been widely expected to come up with the �30,000 required to add the daughter of Hurricane Run to the field, having won both her starts so far. She started off in a maiden at Newbury in mid-April and successfully stepped up in class when coming with a late finish in the Cheshire Oaks. A general 8-1 chance, she is one of 12 confirmed runners, which include impressive Lingfield winner Secret Gesture, Sir Michael Stoute's winter favourite Liber Nauticus, plus Moth, Say and Snow Queen for Aidan O'Brien. Michael Bell has kept in his pair The Lark and Madame Defarge, while Talent - a stablemate of Secret Gesture - Miss You Too, Gertrude Versed and Roz complete the line-up at this stage. Harry Dunlop is attempting to secure the experienced Johnny Murtagh for Roz, who took a Listed race last season and finished second in the Fillies' Mile. She was only 10th on her reappearance in the 1000 Guineas. "The plan is to run Roz in the Investec Oaks. She has been fine since the Guineas and has come on a lot for the run," said Dunlop. "Hopefully, Johnny Murtagh will ride Roz. It's a possibility and we have spoken to his agent and fingers crossed that's who we have got. "I wouldn't count on it until we have declared her but hopefully that is the plan." Read More...

Hitchens back on top in Greenlands

British Horseracing Authority | 5 hours ago
Hitchens repeated his Weatherbys Greenlands Stakes win of two years ago under a fine ride from Johnny Murtagh at the Curragh. Trained in North Yorkshire by David Barron, the eight-year-old got a nice tow into the race as Leitir Mor set just a reason... Read More...

Coach oozes class in Marble

British Horseracing Authority | 5 hours ago
Coach House looked a horse with a very bright future as the O'Briens got back on track in the Cold Move European Breeders Fund Marble Hill Stakes at the Curragh. Abbakova took them along on the rail, but O'Brien junior stoked his mount up a furlong ... Read More...

Marvellous Magician storms to Guineas success

Racing Post | 5 hours ago
AIDAN O'BRIEN worked his magic for a ninth time in the Irish 2,000 Guineas as Dee Stakes winner Magician dropped back in trip to annihilate is nine opponents under Joseph O'Brien. Read More...

Marvellous Magician storms to Guineas success

Racing Post | 5 hours ago
AIDAN O'BRIEN worked his magic for a ninth time in the Irish 2,000 Guineas as Dee Stakes winner Magician dropped back in trip to annihilate his nine opponents under Joseph O'Brien. Read More...

Bergin banned for 28 days after Haydock error

Racing Post | 6 hours ago
APPRENTICE jockey David Bergin was handed a 28-day ban by the Haydock stewards on Saturday after he was found guilty of failing to ride out a horse that would have otherwise won. Read More...

Maarek thwarted by stone bruise

British Horseracing Authority | 7 hours ago
Maarek could head straight to Royal Ascot after he was taken out of the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. The Group Two-winning sprinter has been sidelined by a stone bruise. David Nagle's inmate will now come under c... Read More...

Supplemented Banoffee backed for Oaks glory

Racing Post | 7 hours ago
BANOFFEE was the springer in the Investec Oaks market on Saturday after connections supplemented her at a cost of £30,000 for Friday's Classic at Epsom. Read More...

Quick ground causes withdrawals at Haydock

Racing Post | 9 hours ago
HAYDOCK'S meeting on Saturday afternoon, which features the Group 2 Betfred Temple Stakes, and the betfred.com Silver Bowl, has been hit by non-runners, largely due to the quick ground. Read More...

Caponata out of Curragh heat

British Horseracing Authority | 9 hours ago
Caponata has been declared a non-runner for this afternoon's Abu Dhabi Stakes at the Curragh. The Dermot Weld-trained mare was prominent in the betting for the Group Three over a mile, but has been taken out of the race because she is in season. Ca... Read More...

Oxx issues bright Cloud forecast

British Horseracing Authority | 9 hours ago
Trainer John Oxx expects the fast ground at the Curragh to suit Little White Cloud in the Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes on Sunday. The Dalakhani colt outran his odds in the Derrinstown Derby Trial when a close third behind Battle Of Marengo and Loch ... Read More...

SOUTH AFRICA: Sprinting fillies take centre stage at Scottsville

Racing Post | 11 hours ago
VIA AFRICA (Duncan Howells/Alec Forbes) is hot favourite after finishing second to champion sprinter What A Winter in two of her last three starts and she carries plenty of stable confidence. Read More...

AUSTRALIA: Boot camp does the trick for Epaulette

Racing Post | 11 hours ago
A stint of boot camp proved the catalyst for Epaulette's win in a Doomben 10,000 marred by tragedy on Saturday. Read More...

Hannon holds strong hand for Irish 2,000 Guineas

Racing Post | 11 hours ago
RICHARD HANNON last tasted success in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas in 2010 with Canford Cliffs, and the trainer has a strong hand for this afternoon's race at the Curragh with Havana Gold and Van Der Neer representing the yard. Read More...

Viz firing ahead of Guineas test

British Horseracing Authority | 12 hours ago
Eddie Lynam reports Viztoria to be ready for her Classic appointment in the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas on Sunday. The daughter of Oratorio defeated Snow Queen by seven and a half lengths at the Curragh in September before finishing second in... Read More...

Camelot raring to go in Cup clash

British Horseracing Authority | 12 hours ago
Joseph O'Brien does not anticipate the small field posing any problems for Camelot in Sunday's Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Camelot wrote his own name into Turf history last year by winning the 2000 Guineas at Newma... Read More...

Hills: Curragh just ideal for Judge

British Horseracing Authority | 12 hours ago
Trainer Charlie Hills believes Just The Judge will be suited by the track at the Curragh as the filly has her second chance at Classic glory in the Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas on Sunday. The Qatar Racing-owned three-year-old went within just ... Read More...

Bittar admits BHA failing over Improvisation testing

Racing Post | 12 hours ago
BHA chief executive Paul Bittar admitted that it was "a failing on our part," that Improvisation was not tested following victory last month, before the three-year-old colt subsequently tested positive for anabolic steroids. Read More...

Sole Power out to reclaim Temple Stakes crown

Racing Post | 13 hours ago
SOLE POWER, winner of the Betfred Temple Stakes in 2011 and denied by a neck last year by Bated Breath, will attempt to claim the Group 2 prize again this afternoon for trainer Eddie Lynam. Read More...

O’Brien hoping for Guineas magic

British Horseracing Authority | 21 hours ago
Joseph O'Brien feels Magician heads into Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh as a relatively unexposed horse - despite him lining up for what will be his sixth race in the Classic. Having only won one of his four starts at two,... Read More...

Riders in the wars at Cork on Friday evening

Racing Post | 23 hours ago
EARLY falls in the evening at Cork for former champion jockeys Ruby Walsh and Paul Townend led to them being stood down for the night with minor soft tissue injuries but other riders were not so lucky and were taken to Cork University Hospital. Read More...

Dettori hoping for swift resolution

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Frankie Dettori is hoping to get clearance early next week from the French authorities to return to race-riding after his six-month worldwide ban. The 42-year-old was back home on Friday after spending the previous two days trying to sort out an iss... Read More...

Small fields offer Scoop6 punters chance of big rewards

Racing Post | 1 day ago
PUNTERS can smell blood in the hunt for upwards of £500,000 as Saturday's Scoop6 shuns a trappy 16-runner Haydock handicap as the first leg in favour of a Listed six-runner race which is crucially on Channel 4. Read More...

Cox relishing reckless return

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Clive Cox believes exciting young sprinter Reckless Abandon has a "real edge on him" as he prepares to strut his stuff in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday. The Lambourn trainer believes this Group Two dash over five furlongs is tailo... Read More...

Saeed Al Tayer offers support for new UAE steroids law

Racing Post | 1 day ago
SAEED AL TAYER on Friday offered his support for Sheikh Mohammed's decree that the import, trade and use of anabolic steroids for equine sport will be made a criminal offence in the wake of the Mahmood Al Zarooni doping scandal. Read More...

Ground key to Caponata bid

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Connections of Caponata will make a late call over the participation of the filly in the Abu Dhabi Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. Trainer Dermot Weld will walk the course before racing to assess conditions as the daughter of Selkirk requires som... Read More...

Slade expected to improve

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Slade Power is expected to be all the better for the outing when he returns from injury in the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. The four-year-old has been absent since suffering a setback when eighth to Maarek in the ... Read More...

FRANCE: Mosse times his return aboard Grace Lady

Racing Post | 1 day ago
GERALD MOSSE made a flying visit home between commitments in Hong Kong and hit the jackpot with Grace Lady for trainer Tatiana Puitg. Read More...

Ascot aim for Alive Alive Oh

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Connections of Alive Alive Oh are mulling a couple of Group race options for the filly next month following her impressive Listed win last time out. The Tommy Stack-trained filly was a six-length winner at Navan, stepping up in some style on her pre... Read More...

Sole aiming to overpower rivals

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Eddie Lynam is hoping Sole Power can continue his fine recent run in Saturday's Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock despite going to the well for the fourth time in 11 weeks. The six-year-old had two outings at Meydan in March before lifting the Palace... Read More...

Camelot and Kazeem in Cup clash

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Camelot and Al Kazeem are the headline acts among a field of just four declared for Sunday's Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh. The Aidan O'Brien-trained Camelot made a successful start to his four-year-old campaign when landing the Mooresbridge S... Read More...

Hannon duo primed for Guineas

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Richard Hannon has a strong hand in Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas. The trainer ruled Olympic Glory out of the race earlier in the week but still has Havana Gold, a close up fifth in the French Guineas, and Van Der Neer, third to Dawn App... Read More...

USA: California debut for French Guineas winner Lucayan

Racing Post | 1 day ago
LAST year's shock French Guineas winner Lucayan (Neil Drysdale/Julien Leparoux) makes his debut for new US connections against five rivals at Hollywood Park on Saturday. Read More...

SOUTH AFRICA: Via Africa warm order to get her head in front

Racing Post | 1 day ago
Via Africa (Duncan Howells/Alec Forbes) is hot favourite after finishing second to champion sprinter What A Winter in two of her last three starts and she carries plenty of stable confidence. Read More...

Royal Ascot next for Guineas runner-up Glory Awaits

Racing Post | 1 day ago
GLORY AWAITS, who finished best of the rest behind Dawn Approach in the Qipco 2,000 Guineas, is firmly on course for Royal Ascot - and is not for sale, according to trainer Kevin Ryan. Read More...

Ahern lodges appeal

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Eddie Ahern has lodged an appeal against the decision of the British Horseracing Authority to suspend him from riding for 10 years. Ahern was found guilty of conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice along with former footballer Neil Cle... Read More...

Judge leads Guineas field

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Just The Judge heads a field of 16 declared for Sunday's Etihad Airways Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh. The Charlie Hills-trained filly will attempt to go one better than in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket where she was beaten half a length ... Read More...

Banner bows out again

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Starspangledbanner is set to stand at Rosemont Stud in Australia after being retired from racing. The seven-year-old was a Group One performer Down Under before being purchased by the Coolmore team and switched to the care of Aidan O'Brien in 2010. ... Read More...

Bonfire performance still a mystery

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Connections of Bonfire remain baffled by the four-year-old's poor display in the Huxley Stakes at Chester. A big run had been expected from the Andrew Balding-trained gelding in the Group Three contest on the Roodee on the back of a promising effort... Read More...

Greatwood team seek Listed option

British Horseracing Authority | 1 day ago
Greatwood could have his sights lowered in a bid to get his career back on track following a disappointing performance in the Dante Stakes. Connections had hoped the Luca Cumani-trained colt would book his place in next week's Investec Derby with a ... Read More...
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