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Troja springs surprise for Dunlop

British Horseracing Authority | 6 days ago
Ed Dunlop's High Troja reaped the rewards of a strong Paul Hanagan drive in the Betfred Mobile Sports London Gold Cup at Newbury. Sent off at 25-1, the High Chaparral colt followed the dawdling gallop set by 10-11 favourite and finished half a lengt... Read More...

Dawn stamina doubts for O’Brien

British Horseracing Authority | 6 days ago
Joseph O'Brien believes it could be a "big ask" for Investec Derby favourite Dawn Approach to see out the mile-and-a-half trip at Epsom on June 1. O'Brien, who won the Derby last year on Camelot and is set to ride Battle Of Marengo from his father A... Read More...

Willing sees off Newbury foes

British Horseracing Authority | 6 days ago
Godolphin claimed its biggest British victory of the season so far through Willing Foe in the JLT Aston Park Stakes at Newbury. While Mahmood Al Zarooni's stable remains shut, the team's other trainer Saeed bin Suroor has made a quiet start and only... Read More...

Farhh and away the best in Lockinge

British Horseracing Authority | 6 days ago
Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin team received its first significant piece of good news in some time when Farhh emerged a most convincing winner of the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Still dogged by the scandal which saw trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni banne... Read More...

Telescope faces key workout

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Investec Derby contender Telescope faces a key piece of work on Sunday as he continues to build towards the premier Classic on June 1. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt had been targeted at the Dante Stakes at York this week, however, he grazed hi... Read More...

Dawn dominates Derby contenders

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Dawn Approach features among 24 colts left in the Investec Derby at Epsom after the latest forfeit stage. Jim Bolger's unbeaten 2000 Guineas winner is as short as even-money favourite after the major Derby trials. Bolger has also left in Trading Lea... Read More...

Moore and Stoute hit treble

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Sir John Hawkwood (13-8 favourite) formed the first leg of a 29-1 treble for Ryan Moore and Sir Michael Stoute at York. The four-year-old defied a 6lb penalty for victory at Chester eight days earlier with a gutsy display off the steadier of 9st 12... Read More...

Winsili puts case for better things

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Winsili looked capable of flying pretty high this season after her convincing victory in the Swettenham Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury. Beaten by the useful Lovely Pass on the second of her two runs as a juvenile, John Gosden's filly, owned b... Read More...

BHA: Dettori return delayed

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Frankie Dettori may have to delay his return to the saddle after the British Horseracing Authority stated it has yet to issue his licence. The 42-year-old had planned to return to action at Leicester on Monday after serving a six-month ban for testi... Read More...

BHA confirms Sungate inquiries

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
A number of trainers will be interviewed by the British Horseracing Authority as it transpires more than one yard could have used a banned drug. Newmarket handler Gerard Butler admitted last month that he was the subject of a BHA investigation after... Read More...

Dettori cleared for Monday return

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Frankie Dettori will be allowed to make his comeback as planned at Leicester on Monday despite a last-minute scare. The 42-year-old had planned to return to action at the Midlands track after serving a six-month ban for testing positive for cocaine ... Read More...

Diamond edges Cup thriller

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Glen's Diamond repelled the late thrust of French raider Top Trip to land a thrilling renewal of the Qipco Yorkshire Cup at York. Richard Fahey's charge had to settle for second behind Red Cadeaux last year but was allowed to go off a 25-1 chance th... Read More...

Kitten purring for Cumani

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Italian import Kitten On The Run will have his first run for Luca Cumani in the Betfred Mobile Sports London Gold Cup at Newbury but may be clocking up more air miles later this year. The unbeaten colt was snapped up after landing a Listed race at P... Read More...

O’Brien on War-footing at Newbury

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Joseph O'Brien admits Declaration Of War faces by far the stiffest test of his career in Saturday's JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. The winner of five of his six starts to date, the four-year-old is jumping up in class from winning a Lis... Read More...

Leicester Dettori change vetoed

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Plans to rename the first race at Leicester on Monday evening in Frankie Dettori's honour have been vetoed by the British Horseracing Authority. The 42-year-old rider is due to return to action at the track after serving a six-month ban for testing ... Read More...

Memory lingers at York

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Beldale Memory confirmed the promise of her debut success when destroying a field of juvenile fillies in the Langleys Solicitors LLP EBF Marygate Stakes at York. Ceiling Kitty, last year's winner of this Listed contest, went on to take the Queen Mar... Read More...

Guest options open for Margarson

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Jammy Guest makes a swift leap up the ranks as he tries to supplement his Lingfield maiden success of a week ago with Listed victory at Newmarket. The highly-regarded three-year-old was a close-up fifth on his racecourse bow at Headquarters in April... Read More...

Abandon given Temple go-ahead

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Reckless Abandon will make his seasonal return next weekend in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock. Trainer Clive Cox has been pleased with the unbeaten colt over the winter after he won twice at Group Two level and two Group Ones, including the Mi... Read More...

Secret’s out for Sprint honours

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Trainer Ed McMahon is hoping Secretinthepark can extend his unbeaten record to four in Saturday's coral.co.uk Sprint Trophy at Newmarket. The son of Sakhee's Secret won both his juvenile outings before making an impressive return to action when succ... Read More...

Dun out to rule in King Charles

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Dundonnell, Roger Charlton's one-time 2000 Guineas hope, aims to return to winning ways in the Coral King Charles II Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The Acomb Stakes winner was second to Toronado in the Champagne Stakes as a two-year-old and then r... Read More...

Farhh shoots for Lockinge glory

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Trainer Saeed bin Suroor hopes Farhh can break his Group One duck in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. Despite having enjoyed a fantastic Dubai Carnival, Bin Suroor's string have been slow to come to hand this spring, but he expects Fa... Read More...

Cadeaux back on Cup trail

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Red Cadeaux drops right back in trip to 10 furlongs as he chases more glory in Sunday's Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji. Ed Dunlop's seven-year-old was last seen in action finishing third over two miles in the Grade One Tenno Sho at Kyoto racecourse in Japan in April. That race represented a big step up in distance on his previous outing, when he chased home Animal Kingdom in the mile-and-a-quarter Dubai World Cup at Meydan in March. Red Cadeaux previously won the 12-furlong Hong Kong Vase at the end of last term but he has demonstrated his versatility on more than one occasion during a career which has seen him amass �3.2million in prize-money. Dunlop said: "Reports I'm getting from over there are very encouraging. The horse had a little blow-out on Thursday morning on the grass and Robin (Trevor-Jones, assistant) said it had poured with rain before so the ground wasn't firm. "We've been drawn seven which I think is OK, so by all accounts everyone is very happy with him." Dunlop is not concerned by the drop in distance but rates the likes of Mario Hofer's Pastorius and Hong Kong raider Military Attack highly. He said: "There's the Prix Ganay winner (Pastorius) in there and the QEII winner from Hong Kong (Military Attack), so it's competitive. We're back to a mile and a quarter, having run two miles in Japan last time, so it's rather strange, but back to the trip of the Dubai World Cup where he ran so well. It's a sharp track but an extremely valuable race. He'd travelled so well and loved it all so much we thought it was an easy thing to do to do that on the way home." Red Cadeaux is joined in the line-up by two British compatriots, the Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained Mull Of Killough and Godolphin's Hunter's Light. Chapple-Hyam is taking a big leap in class with her charge but after winning the Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket on his return, the Suffolk handler thinks he deserves a shot at Group One honours. She told At The Races: "I suppose we are a Group Three horse stepping up, admittedly, but we've carried penalties in two Group Threes and a Listed race. Going to Chester probably would have been the obvious but when you get an invitation you don't get these chances very often, so you have to take it. "I think he can (step up). He's drawn in stall eight of 13 and we've just got to ride for a bit of luck in the first furlong and hope that we slot in about fifth or sixth. Ideally I would have liked stall three or four but that wasn't to be, the cards are dealt and you've got to play with them. He's in really good form. He put about three kilos on so that's got to be a good indication he's eating and hydrating well, so that's a major plus." Read More...

Mast ship-shape for KrisFlyer

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Balmont Mast flies the flag for Ireland as he bids for a first Group One success in the KrisFlyer International Sprint at Kranji on Sunday. The five-year-old hit the bar at Meydan last time when going down by just a neck to Reynaldothewizard in the ... Read More...

Harrison set for Thirsk swansong

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Jockey Kelly Harrison, who has been riding for 12 years, hopes to sign off with a winner when she partners Princess Rose at Thirsk on Saturday. The 28-year-old will set off into pastures new after she has donned racing silks for the last time on the... Read More...

Maureen sets sail for Irish Guineas

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Maureen, who finished sixth in the 1000 Guineas behind stablemate Sky Lantern, will run in the Etihad Airways-sponsored Irish equivalent on Sunday week. The Holy Roman Emperor filly won the Fred Darling Stakes on her return and proved her stamina by... Read More...

Olympic chasing Curragh glory

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Olympic Glory will aim to rebuild his reputation in the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday week. Richard Hannon's colt was sent off favourite for the French version last weekend, but a bad draw meant he was unable to land a bl... Read More...

Winning return for McCoy

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Tony McCoy made the perfect return to action after injury as Church Field defied a penalty in the Lycetts Insurance Brokers Novices' Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow. Having his first ride of the new jumps season, McCoy settled his mount just off the pace ... Read More...

All eyes on Orb in Preakness

British Horseracing Authority | 7 days ago
Trainer Shug McGaughey believes Orb has the potential to produce "something special" in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday. Although the Kentucky Derby hero will break from a potentially uncompromising berth in stall one in the second leg o... Read More...

Dettori anxious about comeback

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Frankie Dettori admits he is nervous of the reception he will be afforded when he makes his planned return to race-riding at Leicester on Monday evening. The Italian has served a six-month ban after testing positive for cocaine in France in Septembe... Read More...

Navajo lands Hambleton spoils

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
York specialist Navajo Chief ran out a clear-cut winner of the Betfred Hambleton Stakes for Alan Jarvis. Fifth in the race last year, he beat Area Fifty One on the Knavesmire back in June and was racing off a mark only 1lb higher. Michael J Murphy h... Read More...

Dalkala dazzles in Middleton

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Alain de Royer-Dupre raided another big prize on the Knavesmire when Dalkala showed her class in the Betfred Middleton Stakes at York. The 2-1 favourite travelled sweetly in the hands of Christophe Lemaire and her Group One form was to eventually pr... Read More...

Libertarian in Dante shocker

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Libertarian caused a huge shock when staying on best of all to win the Betfred Dante Stakes at York. All eight runners had something of a chance two furlongs out, but the unheralded Libertarian had been off the bridle for some time. Sent off at 33-... Read More...

Dettori hurt by Godolphin downgrade

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Frankie Dettori has pointed to the relegation of his standing within Godolphin as a contributory factor in the "moment of weakness" that resulted in a six-month riding ban after he tested positive for cocaine. In an exclusive interview with Channel ... Read More...

Telescope making good progress

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Telescope is on course to take part in a racecourse gallop next week in a last-ditch bid to enable him to make the Investec Derby field. Sir Michael Stoute's colt was denied a run in the Dante Stakes at York this week after grazing on his legs becam... Read More...

Concise faces Newbury acid test

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Ed Dunlop is hoping the real Concise will show up when she goes for the Swettenham Stud Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury on Friday. The American-bred filly has shown a decent level of form on the all-weather, but has flopped abysmally on her two run... Read More...

Cross to bear at York

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
There was a popular local success on day two of the York Dante meeting when Ancient Cross made a sparkling return to form in the Betfred Mobile Sports Stakes. Trainer Mick Easterby was not on the Knavesmire, having decided to head to the sales at Do... Read More...

Cadeaux camp content with Cup draw

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Red Cadeaux was handed stall seven at the barrier draw for the Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji on Sunday. Ed Dunlop's globetrotter was the only horse to take part in a serious workout on the track on Thursday, which had been hit by a ... Read More...

‘Special’ one attracts big interest

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Trainer John Murphy's phone has been ringing off the hook since the impressive victory of Big Time at Naas on Wednesday evening. Sent off at 16-1 in the Fishery Lane Race, taken last year by subsequent Guineas winner Dawn Approach, the Kheylef colt ... Read More...

Charlton considering Mince options

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Mince has two possible options to get back on the winning trail before she heads to Royal Ascot. Roger Charlton's sprinter won her last four races last season and reappeared in the Duke of York Stakes on Wednesday but after leading for the first hal... Read More...

War declared for Lockinge

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Aidan O'Brien's Declaration Of War, a midweek gamble for the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday, heads a field of 13 for the first Group One of the season for older horses. The former Jean-Claude Rouget-trained colt was available at 7-2 on M... Read More...

Guarantee targets Cup redemption

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Connections of Guarantee are hoping the application of blinkers will reignite his enthusiasm in the Qipco Yorkshire Cup at York on Friday. The William Haggas-trained four-year-old showed little sparkle when sixth to Universal in the John Porter Stak... Read More...

Cup hope Wade pleases Johnston

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Mark Johnston was pleased with Sir Graham Wade's latest effort in finishing third to Estimate in the Sagaro Stakes at Ascot and is hoping for more in the Qipco Yorkshire Cup on Friday. The Ascot run was a big improvement from his slightly disappoint... Read More...

All well with mighty Approach

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Trainer Jim Bolger said Dawn Approach has been "bucking and squealing" since his deeply impressive triumph in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. The unbeaten colt, who runs in the royal blue Godolphin silks, will next be seen in the Investec Derby at Ep... Read More...

Orb drawn low in Preakness

British Horseracing Authority | 8 days ago
Connections of Orb, the hot favourite for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, accept being drawn in stall one is not ideal. Shug McGaughey's Kentucky Derby hero will break from a potentially uncompromising berth in the second leg of the Triple Crown a... Read More...

Euphrasia shock in Blue Wind

British Horseracing Authority | 9 days ago
Princess Highway's quest to win back-to-back renewals of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Blue Wind Stakes was derailed by 33-1 chance Euphrasia. Last season's Ribblesdale Stakes heroine was sent on her way the 8-13 favourite for the Group Three prize, ... Read More...

Telescope treatment going well

British Horseracing Authority | 9 days ago
Connections of Telescope have issued an upbeat bulletin after the Investec Derby candidate was forced to miss the Dante Stakes at York on Thursday. Sir Michael Stoute's three-year-old had the key Derby trial as his aim for some time, but was a surpr... Read More...

McCoy poised for Ludlow return

British Horseracing Authority | 9 days ago
Champion jockey Tony McCoy is set to return to action at Ludlow on Thursday. McCoy sustained broken ribs in a bad fall from Nicky Henderson's Quantitativeeasing at Cheltenham last month, an injury which ruled him out of the concluding weeks of the s... Read More...

Travel worry for Dalkala team

British Horseracing Authority | 9 days ago
Dalkala's journey to York has been giving connections of the French-trained filly cause for concern ahead of the Betfred Middleton Stakes on Thursday. The Prix de Royallieu winner, who made a pleasing reappearance when fourth in the Prix d'Harcourt ... Read More...

Nauticus sinks Musidora foes

British Horseracing Authority | 9 days ago
Liber Nauticus staked a claim for the Investec Oaks when she got on top close home to land the Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York. The 4-6 shot hit the front about a furlong and a half out and kept on strongly to beat Romantic Settings by a length ... Read More...

Society rocks for hot Fallon

British Horseracing Authority | 9 days ago
Kieren Fallon continued his great run of recent form by driving home Society Rock in the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes on the Knavesmire. After struggling to get his mount into the stalls, Fallon managed to get the notoriously slow starter a... Read More...
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