Alcohol Free to run in Juddmonte International

The Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes (3.20) takes place at Leopardstown on Saturday and the upcoming running of the Group 1 looks set to be a cracker. We have delved through previous Irish Champions and identified key pointers to help you find the winner. . . Six of the last ten winners have been three-year-olds, including St Mark's Basilica and…

Big things can come in small packages, so don't spend too much time gnashing your teeth or grumbling about only four runners being declared for the Coral-Eclipse on Saturday. The mile-and-a-quarter s how piece traditionally attracts a small field with the last double-figure field being in 2009. But it still has a glittering roll of honour and this…

Trained by Andrew Balding for owner Jeff Smith, the daughter of No Nay Never was a top-level winner in each of the last three seasons, winning the Cheveley Park Stakes as a juvenile, both the Coronation and Sussex Stakes at three and then successfully dropping back to six furlongs to win this season's July Cup as a four-year-old. Bidding started at…

The Kingsclere stable run by Andrew Balding and famous for being home to Mill Reef has found its way back to the top echelons of racing in the past few years thinks to the classic-winning exploits of Guineas winner Kameko and multiple Group 1 winner Alcohol Free. The list of recent Group 1 winners was further expanded at Newmarket on Saturday as…

You sense Andrew Balding is enjoying his first season training for Juddmonte. Wearing the pink and green team colours with his shirt and tie combo, the Kingsclere handler beamed in the Newmarket winners' enclosure after Chaldean fought hard to land his trainer a first Dewhurst. The son of Frankel is one of five Juddmonte horses to be sent out onto…

Obviously Champions Weekend brings the curtain down in style on the British Flat Season next weekend, but before that carnival of action at Ascot we have a fabulous weekend at Newmarket to enjoy, headlined by the Cesarewitch. The race before the big handicap of the weekend is an absolute belting renewal of the Dewhurst Stakes, and here Billy…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Irish Champion Stakes 2022 sees the Jean-Claude Rouget-trained VADENI topping the betting for Saturday's big Group One contest this Saturday. The talented 3 year-old was last seen winning the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown - a race last year's Irish Champion Stakes winner - St Mark…

Join our channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing Successful Ryan Moore rides are often significant, but there was a major milestone for the jockey at Deauville on Sunday. Steering Blackbeard to victory in the Prix Morny was his 100th Group 1 winner for trainer Aidan O'Brien. Moore's first top level victory for the master of Ballydoyle…

So far, so good for Baaeed, who might not be Frankel yet and probably never will be, but he is not doing a bad impression of the Juddmonte superstar's 2012 campaign. Then, as a four-year-old, the legendary colt swept to victories in the Lockinge and Queen Anne before the midsummer miling highlight, which he won in customary commanding…

Kyprios and Order Of Australia will spearhead what could be a select Qatar Goodwood Festival team for Aidan O'Brien. The Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup is Kyprios' target after he announced his arrival as the latest star of the staying scene with victory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last month, with Stradivarius and Princess Zoe poised to renew rivalries…

Rob Hornby is ready to celebrate this weekend after Alcohol Free stormed to the Darley July Cup at Newmarket - his second Group One winners in 24 hours After Rob Hornby partnered his second Group One winner in 24 hours aboard Alcohol Free in the Darley July Cup at Newmarket, he quipped: "It will not be an alcohol-free weekend!" Since Hornby lost…

Narrow Irish Champion Stakes winner St Mark's Basilica has a similarly slender lead in the race to be Cartier Horse of the Year for 2021. Getting the best of a three-way battle at Leopardstown last weekend landed the Aidan O'Brien-trained three-year-old his fourth Group 1 success of the season, after the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix du Jockey…

Watch a full replay of a race that memorably lived up to its billing at Leopardstown on Saturday. St Mark's Basilica landed the odds in a pulsating renewal of the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown. Having his first race since winning the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown 10 weeks ago, St Mark's Basilica (5-6 favourite) showed his trademark…

Four runners went to post for the feature on day one of Longines Irish Champions Weekend. And it was St Mark's Basilica who was the winner, from Tarnawa and Poetic Flare Ryan Moore riding St Mark's Basilica (right) on their way to winning the Irish Champion Stakes St Mark's Basilica preserved his unbeaten record for the season as the Irish Champion…

Magical: won a high-class running of the Irish Champion Stakes last year It's almost here. Longines Irish Champions Weekend takes place this Saturday and Sunday, with leading international performers doing battle across a host of divisions at Leopardstown and the Curragh. First introduced in 2014, the massive two-day meeting begins with eight races…

Mishriff heads the betting for the Juddmonte International. Others with leading claims on day one of the Ebor Festival include Dubawi Legend and High Definition Mishriff continued the fairytale for jockey David Egan with an easy success in the £1 million Juddmonte International. The colt, victorious in the world's richest race earlier this year,…

Mishriff is the hot favourite for the Juddmonte International, the feature race on day 1 of York's Ebor Festival. He is a general 7-4 shot to see off six rivals Even in horse racing, there are some things money can't buy. The likes of Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore would have struggled to match David Egan's earnings during the first three months of…

Jockey David Egan has backed Mishriff to deliver in Wednesday's Group One Juddmonte International Stakes at York on the return to his optimum mile and a quarter distance. The colt trained by John and Thady Gosden is now 7-4 favourite after Aidan O'Brien's St Mark Basilica, who beat Mishriff in the Eclipse Stakes, was forced out of the race. O'Brien…

A'top-class' horse on Timeform's scale of Flat ratings is defined as one rated 130 or more, and so far this season we've been treated to two three-year-old colts reaching that level. To do so, both St Mark's Basilica (130p) and Adayar (131), already established as leading members of their own generation as classic winners, had to beat high-class…

Palace Pier: has entries in the Queen Elizabeth II and Champion Stakes Stars of the season Palace Pier, St Mark's Basilica, Snowfall, Adayar and Poetic Flare are among an outstanding list of entries for Qipco British Champions Day on October 16. £4 million in prize-money is offered on Britain's richest raceday, up from £2.5m in 2020, with the Queen…

It is not only the England football team who are bidding to bridge a long gap between top-level triumphs at a venue. Leading owner and breeder Jeff Smith may have won countless big prizes in the past four decades, but he has not landed one of the Group 1 prizes at the Newmarket July Festival since the brilliant Chief Singer saw off all the best…

Master Of The Seas: finished second in this month's Qipco 2000 Guineas Guineas runner-up Master Of The Seas will miss Royal Ascot after suffering a setback, Godolphin confirmed on Monday. The Charlie Appleby-trained three-year-old, who finished a short head behind Poetic Flare in the 2000 Guineas this month, will be on the easy list for up to four…

Racing fans will be watching Newmarket on Saturday where the first Classic of the Flat season is run at 3.40. The race is one of six on the ITV schedule The first Classic races of the Flat season take place this weekend, with Wembley hoping to score in the Qipco 2000 Guineas. The Galileo colt, named after the home of English football, was backed in…

Irish champion flat trainer Aidan O'Brien is responsible for 12 of the 72 entries for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, 1 May 2021. The first Classic race of the British flat season, which will be staged on Newmarket's Rowley Mile course, will see the Irish handler bid for an incredible 10 QIPCO 2000 Guineas success. The…