Colt confirms status as 2,000 Guineas favouriteWilliam Buick closes on Oisin Murphy in Flat jockeys’ standingsNative Trail extended his unbeaten record to four races and confirmed his status as the winter favourite for the 2,000 Guineas with a convinci…
Talking Horses: Mise En Scene can steal the show in Fillies’ Mile
Inspiral is the odds-on favourite but James Ferguson’s unbeaten filly is an interesting alternative in Group One raceInspiral has made short work of her opponents in three starts this season, most recently in the Group Two May Hill Stakes at Doncaster,…
New rule in Britain will end practice of sending former racehorses to abattoirs
Horses will be prevented from entering human food chainChanges follow BBC investigation which aired in JulyHorses trained and entered to race in Britain must be signed out of the human food chain in their passports from 1 January 2022, in a significant…
Talking Horses: 100th running of Arc has strong field worthy of occasion
French racing’s greatest showman, Christophe Soumillon, rides the favourite Tarnawa with 14 horses left in the raceThe 100th running of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday looks certain to have a lineup worthy of the occasion after 14 hors…
Gordon Elliott savours winning feeling again after returning from suspension
Favourite Fancy Foundations wins for Elliott at SligoTrainer was suspended in March over photo with dead horseFor the first time since early March, a Gordon Elliott runner walked into a winner’s enclosure at Sligo on Wednesday as the Grand National-win…
Altior, four-times Cheltenham Festival winner, is retired at age of 11
Altior won 19 consecutive races from 2015 to 2019Owners retire him while he is still fit and healthyAltior, one of the most prolific and popular jumps horses of recent decades, will not race again after his owners decided to retire him “while still at …
William Buick and Hurricane Lane storm to St Leger victory
Odds-on favourite eases to finish line ahead of Mojo StarSt Mark’s Basilica takes Irish Champion Stakes at LeopardstownIn the 101 years since the first running of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, no St Leger winner has followed up in Paris a few weeks la…
Talking Horses: Save A Forest good value to upset Frankie Dettori
The Italian’s mount Free Wind should start favourite, but Roger Varian’s filly is worth interest at around 11-2 at DoncasterThe Frankie effect should ensure that Free Wind sets off as favourite for the Group Two Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster on Thursda…
Talking Horses: Starman fancied after rivals fall on hard times at Haydock
Ed Walker’s four-year-old is unbeaten on good ground or faster and should have enough to see off Creative ForceIt is eight years since the word “soft” failed to appear in the going description at Haydock on Sprint Cup day, so the connections of Starman…
Reach For The Moon wins Solario to give Queen jubilee Derby chance
John and Thady Gosden’s colt 14-1 for next year’s DerbyColt second behind Point Lonsdale in ante-post bettingThe prospect of a fancied runner for the Queen in next year’s Derby amid the celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee moved one small step closer …