#Diamond Jubilee

The HK$18.5 million Longines Hong Kong Sprint has fast become a global sprint championship race, with horses lining up regularly from many of racing's leading jurisdictions to determine which horse is quickest. Originally run over the straight 1000m course as a Listed race, Hong Kong legend Fairy King Prawn won the first edition in 1999. The…

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (5.20) has come a long way in its 153-year existence. Created in 1866, it took until 1907 for Orby to do the Epsom and Curragh Derby double, and another 57 years before Santa Claus became the second. These days things are different and Anthony Van Dyck would become the 19th horse to etch his name on both trophies…

The Irish 1000 Guineas winner, ridden by Colm O'Donoghue, powered clear for a scintillating six-length victory over runner-up Threading, with Veracious third. Victory for the 11-4 favourite was another flat racing triumph for the Irish trainer whose successes over the jumps include last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Sizing John. "I have a lot…

Sceptical: Denis Hogan-trained sprinter weak in the July Cup market on Saturday morning The Darley July Cup (3.35) at Newmarket is a rare omission from Frankie Dettori's glittering CV and the star jockey will bid to set the record straight aboard Sceptical, who is weak in the market for the day's feature race at a general 9-2. The leading rider,…

We've got everything you need to know about the famous races in June has returned for five days of high quality racing. Each day has six flat races, including eight Group One races. Thursday includes the main event of the festival - the coveted Gold Cup race. Order of St George, rode by Ryan Moore, won last year's Gold Cup and is the favourite to…

for all the Coral Stewards' Cup runners and riders, form, Timeform comments and hints plus the very latest betting. Inver Park bids to supplement Royal Ascot success and secure a fourth straight win for George Boughey when he goes for gold in the Coral Stewards' Cup. Bought for £35000 out of the retiring Mick Quinn's yard in December, the Pivotal…

3.00) at Royal Ascot on Saturday, as he bids to bounce back from his disappointing third in the 2000 Guineas. The Charlie Appleby-trained son of Shamardal was defeated for the first time in the Newmarket Classic and will once again take on Wichita, who finished second. Appleby said: "Naturally, you are always disappointed when you lose that…

When Sandown Park opened in 1875 as Britain's first purpose-built racecourse with enclosures it was said by a diarist of the time to be "a place where a man could take his ladies without any fear of their hearing coarse language or witnessing uncouth behaviour". That might not always be the case, but one thing visitors to the Queen Mother's…

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Desert Crown: the new favourite for the Cazoo Derby Thursday: Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes, York It was just like old times. Racegoers packed eight or ten deep around the paddock to see the runners before the Dante Stakes and afterwards everyone was crowding around Sir Michael Stoute to acclaim a new star. Now, racing's worries about…

The Tin Man and Tom Queally after winning the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot in 2017 Popular sprinter and three-time Group 1 winner The Tin Man has been retired after breaking down on the Newmarket gallops on Saturday morning. The nine-year-old, a star for the James Fanshawe stable over six seasons, sustained a fractured cannonbone during a routine…

Robert Havlin: decided not to appeal against the 21-day ban Robert Havlin signalled his intention to put his controversial ride at Lingfield on Wednesday behind him by winning the 1m2f handicap on Side Shot. As he had done the previous evening at Chelmsford, Havlin struck on his only ride of the day as the John and Thady Gosden-trained son of…

Sceptical and Joey Sheridan prove a class apart in the Listed Woodland Stakes at Naas Sceptical confirmed his position as Ireland's top sprinter after a devastating performance in the Listed Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes at Naas, with a tilt at the King's Stand Stakes next week now on the cards for Denis Hogan's bargain buy. Paddy…

Kentucky Derby second-place finisher Mandaloun (pink cap) wins Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. Photo courtesy of Monmouth Park June 14 (UPI) -- Maybe it's a little early to crown Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality as best 3-year-old in the nation, especially after Mandaloun's impressive victory in Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth…

Harry Allwood selects five horses to follow at the Moët & Chandon July Festival (Thursday-Saturday) which takes centre stage on Racing TV this week. There are set to be plenty of stars on show at Newmarket this week, including a few that were forced to bypass Royal Ascot due to the ground conditions changing ahead of the final two days. At the time…

Trainers work their whole lives hoping to get a horse that can win them a single Grade 1 or Group 1 race. Charlie Appleby has a horse that won him two Group 1s in five days. Already a repeat winner Tuesday in the King's Stand, Blue Point (1-1 in the U.S., 3-2 in the U.K.) did it again Saturday. He held on to win by a head in the $764520 Diamond…

The Royal Ascot Carnival for 2019 concludes this Saturday night, headlined by the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) and the Hardwicke Stakes (2400m). WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 9 Lope Y Fernandez (Bet Now: $2.50) is a son of Lope De Vega for Aidan O'Brien that was well supported when…

The most anticipated meeting of the Flat racing season gets underway on Tuesday for the first of five days of Royal Ascot 2014. Quality races are guaranteed as the Queen Anne Stakes starts things off, before the Queen Alexandra Stakes eventually closes out proceedings on Saturday afternoon. There is at least one Group 1 race on each day of the…

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…

he flat racing season arrives at Ascot this week as over 300000 people prepare to descend on the famous course for what has become British horseracing's biggest draw. Here, the Racing Post's betting editor Paul Kealy gives us the inside track on who the runners and riders are at Royal Ascot 2016. A three-way battle between three 2000 Guineas…

Starman is in a high class field for the Newmarket feature and faces the likes of Oxted and Creative Force. Check out Newsboy's top tips for the 11 races on ITV Starman (blue colours) on the way to winning the 2021 Duke Of York Clipper Logistics Stakes STARMAN is expected to blow your mind in the Group 1 Darley July Cup (4.25) at Newmarket…

The 2022 Royal Ascot festival is well underway, with punters set to enjoy two more thrilling days of action in Windsor. The first three days of Royal Ascot haven't disappointed, but there are still plenty of races to come. From the Gold Cup to the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, Ascot is one of the standout fixtures in the racing calendar, and they are…

Video production firm JockeyCam has utilised its state-of-the-art technology to unleash a new 360-degree horse racing experience for racegoers, inviting them to set foot into the world of jockeys by the magic of Virtual Reality (VR). The experience has been developed to give punters first-hand experience of life as a National Hunt jockey. The VR…

If horseracing could be purely calibrated by a stopwatch and mathematical tables, if you were good enough at the game, you would literally never lose. Every result would be inevitable - and the story of Winx would be a boring one. But that ignores the abilities and character of horses - the fascination with champions of racing has little to do with…

SIR BUSKER is fancied to call the tune in the Unibet Golden Mile (2.45) at Glorious Goodwood today. Having marked his return with a win at Newcastle at the start of June, the William Knight four-year-old followed up in the Silver Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot 15 days later. Oisín Murphy's mount then stepped back from a mile to seven furlongs for the…

Nick Seddon previews Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, as Enable bids to win the race for a record third time. Regardless of the rather strange make-up of this year's Flat season, it's disappointing to see just four runners take their chance for one of the most prestigious races in the calendar, and some of the gloss is…

She's the star of some of the biggest movies out there: "The Hunger Games," "The Lego Movie," "Pitch Perfect" and more. Banks is also a huge horse racing fan and a Breeders' Cup Ambassador, so you can bet on seeing her at Santa Anita this November! Bonnie-Jill Laflin is a force to be reckoned with: she was the first and only female NBA scout for…

When a jubilant Frankie Dettori and his mount Stradivarius were saluted by a 70000 crowd at Royal Ascot a year ago, life was very different. Covid-19 and social distancing were unheard of. Now flat racing's biggest meeting is set to take place behind closed doors with jockeys wearing face masks. On Tuesday, there will be no Queen, Royal procession…

More has made it all the merrier for the multiple members of the Fred Archer Racing syndicate, who have shared the sort of ride an owner could spend millions on without coming close to thanks to their redoubtable old-stager The Tin Man. Saturday's run in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes marked the sixth year in succession he has competed for Group 1…

Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 4:19 pm |Back to: Breeders' Cup's Director of Racing and Industry Relations Courtney Reid | photo courtesy Courtney Reid By An incentive-based participation bonus program called the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen was unveiled by the Breeders' Cup this Thursday. The new program will award monetary credits, funded by Breeders'…

Kachy declared a Non-Runner on Friday morning... Cleonte can make his class tell in another thoroughly competitive renewal of the Sportpesa Chester Cup on the Roodee. The six-year-old was good enough to win at Listed level and be placed in Group Three company when trained by Andre Fabre in France, but he has not really hit the same kind of heights…

Mr. Misunderstood wins Saturday's Commonwealth Turf at Churchill Downs, headed for bigger things in the year to come. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs A spate of major weekend races around the world fueled hopes for the coming season, even as this year's championships are still being debated. In Australia, Redzel silenced any lingering doubts…

Happy Power: Leicester win sets up Royal Ascot bid Saturday: Leicester The King Richard III Stakes had been a target for the late Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owner of King Power, and that ambition has now been achieved by his son Aiyawatt with Happy Power. The Andrew Balding-trained six-year-old stalked the Godolphin-owned…

The French racing community collectively love Ascot like no other fixture outside their own borders and will be on the royal racecourse in force to prove it this week. In fact the powers that be at France Galop are so enamoured of the meeting that they schedule nothing above Listed status on the Flat in opposition, allowing everyone to focus on the…

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,…

A total of 26mm of rainfall has hit the racecourse since Thursday, which caused the going to change to soft, heavy in places - and the wet weather continues A racegoer takes cover from the rain on day four of Royal Ascot Day four of Royal Ascot is under threat after torrential rain hit the track. Fans have to wait until 12.45pm to see whether the…

It is Ladies Day at Royal Ascot and a number of royals, including the Queen, are expected to attend the famous races at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire this week. About 300000 people are will flock to the five days of racing and there will be £6.58 million in prize money up for grabs. Ascot has become synonymous with the finest fashion and Ladies Day…

LATEST RESULTS, TIPS AND UPDATES: Find out every winner of every race, plus pictures and videos as the drama unfolds on Day 5 Royal Ascot 2018: behind the scenes of a top stables where the Queen's racehorses are trained Brighton-born Ryan Moore clinched a big-race double on the final day of Royal Ascot to leapfrog veteran Frankie Dettori in the…

Limato will likely go off as favourite in the Diamond Jubilee with the weight of some impressive wins under his belt. The five-year-old emerged victorious from the Darley July Cup and Prix de la Foret - although punters might be concerned about his failure to deliver on his last two outings. Elsewhere, the Queen will be hoping for a first win of…

With the new Flat season kicking off at Doncaster this weekend - live on Sky Sports Racing - we take a look at five horses who could be set for a big 2022 campaign. You can watch all the action from the flat season opener at Doncaster with the Lincoln Handicap as well as the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Racing. Trainer: Richard…

These are the ways to watch the Royal Ascot festival which welcomes crowds of 12000 Tuesday to Saturday. ITV and Sky Sports are behind this year's coverage Royal Ascot is the biggest racing festival to be held this summer. Last year it was behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now 12000 lucky fans can attend each day. Fashion…

THERE'S no meeting in the world like Royal Ascot. It's one of the biggest social occasions of the year, with five days of top-class racing, pageantry and tradition - plus MILLIONS in prize-money up for grabs on track. It's only fitting that the meeting that attracts Royalty and some of the wealthiest people on the planet is the most expensive run…

They're not wasting any time in giving the well-heeled racing fans at Royal Ascot the meet's main attraction. On Tuesday's first day of the 2022 Royal Ascot meet, those fans get Golden Pal vs. Nature Strip in the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes. Only the top North American turf sprinter against his Australian counterpart in a Breeders' Cup "Win and…

Saturday brings the fifth and final day at Royal Ascot, and the ground will be very testing after all the rain that fell after racing on Thursday. 2.30 CHESHAM STAKES - MASEKELA The longest juvenile race of the week will take some getting for these youngsters over the stiff seven furlongs. Two years ago it was Godolphin's Pinatubo who beat…

Speed. Pure, unadulterated acceleration with gears to spare. It's what makes Usain Bolt a track icon and its pursuit fuels the multi-million pound F1 circuit. It was the also the underlying theme of a memorable opening day at the biggest Flat meeting of the season. Twice Richard Hughes experienced that wind in the hair feeling most of us can only…

Campanelle: held off Sacred to land the Queen Mary When American ace Wesley Ward knew he would have to miss his beloved Royal Ascot due to travel restrictions, he made sure his powerful team of runners were being watched over by the very best in the business. While Frankie Dettori was booked to ride his key hopes, Kieren Fallon was responsible for…

Sir Michael Stoute (top hat) celebrates another Royal Ascot success The Queen was not the only much-loved figure to make a hugely welcome appearance on the final afternoon. Stoute trained his first winner at this meeting in Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee year of 1977 so it was fitting that his record-extending 82nd should come in the Diamond Jubilee…

For details of advised bookmakers and each-way terms, visit our transparent tipping record If there's a new sprinting superstar in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of Royal Ascot, it's probably Sceptical, the £2800 Godolphin cast-off who has rocketed himself to favouritism for this Group One following three wins this year after only…

There was little doubt that Highfield Princess was the sprinter who achieved the highest profile during the season, thanks mainly to completing a Group 1 hat-trick in three countries in the space of not much more than a month in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville, the Nunthorpe at York (replay below) and the Flying Five at the Curragh. The…