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This week, we were treated to a series of star turns at Newmarket's July meeting and some more quality international action. Here are three things we learned. . . Odds of 3-1 for a race next spring seem ridiculously prohibitive, but you can understand the caution of bookmakers looking to next year's 2000 Guineas after City Of Troy's electric…

Galileo and Sea The Stars managed it earlier this century, becoming the first since Blakeney and Morston in 1969/1973. Following his win in Saturday's Derby Trial at Lingfield, can Military Order also follow in his brother Adayar's hoofprints by winning the Derby? Unlike those other two pairs of Derby winners who were by different sires, Military…

Royal Ascot target for 2021 Derby winner Adayar, set for a seasonal debut at Sandown later this month, with stablemate Hurricane Lane ready for G3 return at Newbury this weekend GB: World #1 trainer Charlie Appleby has nominated the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot as the principal early-season target for 2021 Derby winner Adayar, who is set…

Charlie Appleby expects 2021 Derby winner Adayar to be a big player on his seasonal comeback in the bet365 Gordon Richards Stakes at Sandown Park later this month. The Godolphin handler will revert the five year old son of Frankel back down the Group Three level in the 10-furlong contest on Friday 28th April following an intended racecourse gallop…

The Godolphin handler will revert the five year old son of Frankel back down the Group Three level in the 10-furlong contest on Friday 28th April following an intended racecourse gallop at Newmarket's Rowley Mile. Adayar was restricted to just two starts in 2022 after missing the bulk of the campaign having met with a small setback in the build up…

Champion trainer Charlie Appleby is'working back from the Arc' with his classy five-year-old Hurricane Lane, who impressed onlookers in a racecourse gallop on the Rowley Mile on Tuesday morning. The son of Frankel went on a Group 1 winning spree in 2021 when racking up a hat-trick of wins at the highest level in the Irish Derby, Grand Prix de Paris…

Baaeed and Adayar are set to clash in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday All eyes are drawn to an epic Qipco British Champions Day clash at Ascot on Saturday - Baaeed v Adayar. The unbeaten machine that is Baaeed goes up against arguably his toughest rival in the Qipco Champion Stakes (4.00), in which he bids to cap his sparkling career…

The four-year-old has disappointed this year, having been beaten at Royal Ascot and again in a French Group One; trainer Charlie Appleby has ruled him out of the Arc, live on Sky Sports Racing next Sunday Sunday 25 September 2022 12:45, UK Hurricane Lane, third in last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, has been ruled out of Sunday's renewal at…

Hurricane Lane, third in last year's Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe, has been ruled out of Sunday's renewal at ParisLongchamp, Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby has confirmed. Third to stablemate Adayar in the Derby last season, the son of Frankel went on to land the Irish equivalent before taking a second Group One with a clear-cut success in the…

Hurricane Lane, third in last year's Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe, has been ruled out of Sunday's renewal at ParisLongchamp, Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby has confirmed. Third to stablemate Adayar in the Derby last season, the son of Frankel went on to land the Irish equivalent before taking a second Group One with a clear-cut success in the…

Third to stablemate Adayar in the Derby last season, the son of Frankel went on to land the Irish equivalent before taking a second Group One with a clear-cut success in the Grand Prix de Paris, powering to a six-length victory. He then justified odds-on favouritism in landing a second Classic, taking the St Leger with ease before finishing…

Hurricane Lane and Lone Eagle served up a real treat at the Curragh 12 months ago, with Charlie Appleby's Hurricane Lane managing to reel in Lone Eagle late on. After that the Godolphin runner went on to win the Grand Prix de Paris and the St Leger, before finishing third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Surprisingly well beaten on his return at…

It's fair to say that the phrase an "embarrassment of riches" could have been coined at the Moulton Paddocks stables of Charlie Appleby with the Godolphin Empire having access to top notch racehorses. Yet, it takes the best to train the best and Appleby has won a succession of Group One races since being unveiled as Godolphin trainer in 2013,…

By HRI Foreign Desk Staff - William Buick had racing fans on the edge of their seats in the closing stages of the 2021 flat season, as he tried everything within his powers to try and steal the Champion Jockey crown from the grasp of Oisin Murphy. The stage was set at Ascot's British Champions Day and when Buick won the Sprint Stakes…

THE Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is the race that stops a continent. Worth a stonking £4.3million, Europe's richest contest always throws up a top class winner. This year's race over 1½ miles takes place at Longchamp on Sunday October 3 - and it looks to be an absolute stonker. Epsom Oaks winner Snowfall was the runaway favourite but has now drifted…

Eight top-level Group One winners are among 14 hopefuls in Sunday's 100th running of Europe's richest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Adayar will bid to become only the third horse to complete the Derby, King George, Arc treble at ParisLongchamp. Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby also saddles St Leger winner Hurricane Lane. Breeders' Cup Turf…

Godolphin pair Adayar and Hurricane Lane, the Aga Khan's superstar mare Tarnawa and dual Oaks winner Snowfall have been declared for Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as 15 runners stood their ground on Thursday. The Roger Varian-trained Teona, who beat Snowfall in the Prix Vermeille this month, misses the race as the ground will be…

Derby winner Adayar is bidding for Arc glory in France this weekend. Steve Chambers profiles the Charlie Appleby-trained Adayar, who was an epic winner of the Derby earlier in the season, and the Godolphin raider is a leading contender for Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday afternoon at Longchamp... Age: 3 Races: 6 Wins: 3 Trainer: Charlie…

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…

The 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby winner at The Curragh in late June, Hurricane Lane (8/11f), added the Cazoo St Leger at Doncaster, England, to what is now becoming an impressive Curriculm Vitae. Godolphin's colt had run third in the Cazoo Derby at Epsom, England, at the beginning of June, and had then scored Group 1 success in Ireland and in…

Irish Derby and Grand Prix de Paris winner Hurricane Lane faces nine rivals in the Cazoo St Leger (3.35) at Doncaster on Saturday. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt, whose sole defeat came when third in the Derby, seeks a hat-trick of Group 1 wins and is an odds-on favourite to land British racing's oldest Classic. Hurricane Lane is ridden by…

Adayar: will miss the Prix Niel this weekend Derby and King George winner Adayar will head straight to the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on October 3 after an infection in a hind leg ruled him out of Sunday's Prix Niel at Longchamp. Adayar landed the Epsom Classic under Adam Kirby in June and was partnered by William Buick when following up in…

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…

Hurricane Lane: has won two Group 1s this season Godolphin's two Derby heroes Adayar and Hurricane Lane feature among 31 entries for the Cazoo St Leger at Doncaster on September 11. Both trained by Charlie Appleby, Hurricane Lane heads the betting for the world's oldest Classic at a general 9-4 following a prolific campaign that has seen him win…