#charlie hills trained

Paul Nicholls: champion trainer for the 13th time at the weekend Paul Nicholls, the titan of jumps racing who sealed his 13th training title at the weekend, is set to have an interest on the Flat this summer via a Charlie Hills-trained juvenile called Paddy's Day. The Somerset-based Nicholls was in rampant form at Sandown on Saturday, ending a fine…

The world's top-rated sprinter, Battaash, leads the Royal Ascot charge this week for Shadwell at the iconic meeting, headlining the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday, a race he won in 2020-one of a leading six victories for the powerhouse operation at last year's global spectacular. The famed blue and white silks of the late His Highness…

Robert Havlin gained the first Group One success of his long riding career when Commissioning powered home to win the bet365 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket. The 49-year-old has long been credited with playing a huge part at Clarehaven Stables, first for John Gosden and more recently in his partnership with his son, Thady. An impressive winner of the…

Robert Havlin rode his first Group One winner but Commissioning's bet365 Fillies' Mile success wasn't without a scare for punters who sent her off the 8/13 favourite. John and Thady Gosden's charge tracked the front-running Novakai (11/1) throughout but was off the bridle as the leader still held the advantage coming down into The Dip. The…

Pogo went one better than 12 months ago when holding off Sacred in the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes at Newmarket to tee up a crack at the Breeders' Cup. Ridden by soon-to-be-crowned champion jockey William Buick, partnering his 150th winner of the season, the Charlie Hills-trained six-year-old was winning for the eighth…

John Gosden: has six runners on the first day of Royal Ascot With six runners on Royal Ascot's opening day, John Gosden looks primed to start the meeting with a bang. He unleashes the hugely exciting Frankly Darling, one of three runners in the Ribblesdale Stakes (2.25), who bids to build on her brilliant Newcastle win and take a step closer to the…