#Dream Ahead

HAYLEY TURNER is the groundbreaking female jockey who bounced back from the lows of a betting ban to stand on the cusp of a smart £25000 payday. A much loved face on ITV Racing and popular with her rivals, Turner is the queen of team competitions in racing. She already proved that in the prestigious Shergar Cup - and now she's doing so in the…

CHURCHILL made an eye-catching start to his stallion career, featuring among the leading freshmen sires of 2021 and supplying a double-digit tally of winners that included six blacktype earners; three won listed races. Ladies Church (dam by Rio De La Plata) landed the Marwell Stakes at Naas and finished third in the Group 3 Round Tower Stakes at…

Dramatic scenes on the track on Arc day at Longchamp on Sunday were not confined to the track. The Captain witnessed an angry outburst from the Wertheimer brothers - owners of the brilliant Goldikova - towards the Racing Post's much respected veteran Paris man Desmond Stoneham. Flashpoint: Alain Wertheimer (in bowler hat), owner of Goldikova, was…

Former champion Sydney apprentice and the state's reigning leader female rider by wins, Winona Costin, will make her first visit to Armidale on Sunday. Costin, a one-time apprentice to Bede Murray, Gai Waterhouse and Peter Snowden, has ridden more than 500 winners all over NSW, but until Sunday has never ridden at Armidale. Costin, not…

Trainer Tracey Bartley is relying on Mabel's top first-up record to get her over the line at Hawkesbury on Wednesday. The four-year-old Dream Ahead mare lines up in the fourth race over 1000m and has never run worse than second from three first-up runs to date. Bartley is confident she will run well but has one little doubt in his mind ahead of her…

The top four in the betting for the Darley July Cup say it all. We have last year's winner, Oxted, a five-year-old, bidding to become the first repeat victor of the race since Right Boy in 1959. Then there's Starman, a four-year-old, lightly-raced and one from one this season after an impressive Group 2 win at York at the Dante meeting in…

Saturday's Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes is always a significant signpost for the end-of-season pecking order among the juveniles, let's not forget it's roll of honour includes the mighty Brigadier Gerard. A test of a two-year-old colt's speed and balance it has proven a pointer to the following year's 2000 Guineas over the years although not since…

Andrew Adkins is the jockey to follow at Bathurst on Monday. Picture: AAP Image-Mark Evans Young trainer Will Freedman will be looking to take another step towards the Country Championships when he lines up Ang Pow at Bathurst on Monday. BEST BET Race 6 No. 2: Ang Pow Boom horse and for good reason. Currently $17 to win the Country Championships…

The Brocklesby kicks off the new Flat turf season in Britain at Doncaster The Brocklesby is not only the traditional opener for the Flat season, it also gives pedigree enthusiasts a chance to gauge some of the first-season sires with runners on show too. Those first-season sires with runners here are Expert Eye (I Still Have Faith), Havana Grey…