Chaldean emerges victorious in Juddmonte battle to win the Dewhurst Stakes

The jockey recently announced he had shelved his retirement plan but instead would be moving to America to ride full-time in California this winter. "It's absolutely insane, I have to pinch myself," said Dettori, as he came in on his Champion Stakes winner King Of Steel to the most joyous and raucous reception from an appreciative Ascot crowd. Held…

The Dewhurst Stakes 2023 trends, ahead of Saturday's big Newmarket juvenile race, will tell us if there are any horses that might be able to upset the hot favourite City Of Troy, as trainer Aidan O'Brien looks to win the UK's best 2 year-old race for an eighth time. ��Time: 2:00pm��Date: Saturday 14th Oct 2023��Racecourse: Newmarket (7f)��: Winner:…

It's just about 30 years ago that Frankie Dettori was signed up to ride Godolphin's horses, a partnership that would last 18 years. One of the first equine stars he became to be associated with in the Godolphin blue was Halling, trained by John Gosden, the horse having won the Cambridgeshire Handicap in the old maroon and white Sheikh Mohammed…

Chaldean will spearhead a Juddmonte assault on France's Group 1s this weekend, with Oisin Murphy replacing the suspended Frankie Dettori in Sunday's Haras d'Etreham Prix Jean Prat. While 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean seeks a second top-level success of the season at Deauville, Westover is set to carry the famous Abdullah family silks in Saturday's…

Royal Ascot 2023 is a big one for Frankie Dettori, with this set to be his last before retiring, and he has five chances on the opening day of the festival. And William Hill are offering Epic Odds on Frankie Dettori to ride a winner on the first day of Royal Ascot on Tuesday, June 20. Frankie Dettori to ride a winner on Day 1 at Royal Ascot 2023 -…

Queen Anne - Inspiral King's Stand - Manaccan St James's Palace Stakes - Chaldean If you packaged up the video highlights of the last six months of Frankie Dettori's 2022, mixed it in with his farewell year of 2023 and set it to My Way by Frank Sinatra, you've got yourself a YouTube smash. Royal Ascot has been kind to Dettori throughout his career,…

Frankie Dettori has certainly had better days at the office than he did at Newbury last month when he was unseated from Chaldean leaving the stalls in the Greenham Stakes not long after finishing a tailed-off last on Soul Sister in the Fred Darling Stakes earlier in the afternoon. But, leaving those performances well behind, those same two horses…

The Andrew Balding-trained and Frankie Dettori-ridden Chaldean was the star of the show at Newmarket after romping away with the first English Classic of the season - the 2000 Guineas. With Frankie Dettori riding in his farewell season, it was the last time Newmarket racegoers were going to see the pocket Italian in action in the 2000 Guineas - a…

The Juddmonte-owned colt will bid to double his tally of Group One wins when contesting the opening Classic of the season and give Dettori a fourth 2000 Guineas success in his final year in the saddle. Dettori, who announced in December that he would be retiring from riding in 2023, steered Chaldean to victory last year in both the Group Two Coral…

Classic trials are meant to help punters, but the Greenham might have provoked them following an unfortunate spill from Frankie Dettori on the hot favourite Chaldean, which left the way open for Brian Meehan to secure the spoils with Isaac Shelby, a horse he has always held in the highest regard. Britain's top juvenile last term, Chaldean, was…

Joint-trainers John and Thady Gosden have made a rapid start to the year and are currently operating at a 24 per cent strike-rate as they prepare a team of eight for Newbury's fixture. Although they had a quieter Craven meeting then hoped for, they still registered a winner with Covey landing a maiden stakes. Godolphin's Bridestones made an…

Unbeaten juvenile Streets Of Gold will face his toughest assignment yet on Saturday when he takes on leading Guineas hope Chaldean in the Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes () at Newbury. The son of Havana Gold was a stylish winner of all five starts last season for Eve Johnson-Houghton, culminating in victory in the British EBF 2YO…

Ante-post 2000 Guineas favourite Auguste Rodin has been cut to 11-4 after it was announced Nostrum, who was expected to be one of his most dangerous opponents, will miss the race. Sir Michael Stoute-trained Nostrum looked to have the physique to thrive as a three-year-old and build on his third place in last season's Dewhurst Stakes. But Barry…

Andrew Balding's son of Frankel is the general third-favourite behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained pair of Auguste Rodin and Little Big Bear for the Newmarket showpiece (May 6) on the back of an impeccable juvenile season. Although only fifth at Newbury on debut, he soon returned to the Berkshire track to set the record straight before picking up a…

Emily Upjohn: a potential King George and Arc candidate for Frankie Dettori in 2023 Enable in particular has made the twilight of Frankie Dettori's career memorable for the right reasons and three fillies, also trained by John and Thady Gosden, have the potential to send the rider out on a high next year. Emily Upjohn and Inspiral were Group 1…

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…

Frankie Dettori picked himself off the turf after a crashing fall in the opening race at Newmarket to win the feature Group One Dewhurst Stakes on Chaldean with a trademark front-running ride. Dettori was fired into the ground when Liftoff clipped the heels of a rival and came down three furlongs out in the Zetland Stakes. The 51-year-old was…

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…

Nostrum will bid to emulate a host of champion two-year-olds and extend his unbeaten record to three when lining up in the Dewhurst. He followed up his debut success at Sandown with victory in the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes at Newmarket last time and is second-favourite for next year's Qipco 2000 Guineas behind Little Big Bear. "We're excited,"…

Nostrum: heads seven declarations for the Dewhurst Stakes Impressive Tattersalls Stakes winner Nostrum will bid to maintain his unbeaten record on Saturday when he lines up against six rivals in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained two-year-old was promoted to favouritism for the Newmarket contest after Sakheer was ruled out…

Barry Mahon: excited for the future with Laurel, who has been supplemented for the Sun Chariot Stakes Juddmonte's exciting Laurel has been supplemented for Saturday's Sun Chariot Stakes (2.42) at Newmarket and their racing manager Barry Mahon is hoping to take advantage of a "long season" for her rivals. The three-year-old was an impressive debut…

A half-length winner over Indestructible in the Acomb Stakes at York last month, Andrew Balding's juvenile increased the winning distance over the same horse by three lengths after dominating from the front under Frankie Dettori in the Group Two Champagne Stakes. While connections were initially minded to step up to a mile after his York triumph,…