#Empress Josephine

A tour of Coolmore Stud in Fethard, County Tipperary is a wonderfully enriching experience for any Flat racing fan, the site being home to so many champions from years gone by. To drive the point home, simply check out the stud's roster for 2021 which counted 16 stallions and the winners of 44 Group/Grade 1 races between them. Of course, winning…

MOTHER EARTH is fancied to win the Group 1 Coronation Stakes (4.20) at Royal Ascot on Friday The Aidan O'Brien-trained filly took the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in May and can ass this race to her CV. Second in the French equivalent, she sets the standard for her 12 rivals to aim at. Newsboy's top tips for day four.. Newsboy's 1-2-3 1 HELLO YOU 2…

Tuesday has headed the market for the Irish 1000 Guineas but is not being labelled with the'certainty' tag as her stablemate Concert Hall is also being supported. Concert Hall narrowly won a 1m2f Listed contest on her reappearance and is now dropping back in trip for a tilt at the Irish Classic with the market suggesting she's in with a chance. The…

Sodashi, shown winning the Sapporo Kinen in her last start Aug. 22, returns in Sunday's Grade 1 Shuka Sho at Hanshin Racecourse. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association Oct. 15 (UPI) -- As American horse racing enters its pre-Breeders' Cup "calm before the storm" this weekend, the international contingent ably plugs the gap with the world's…

Empress Josephine ate up ground in the last furlong to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his 10th win in the Irish 1000 Guineas and jockey Seamie Heffernan his fifth, when pipping stablemate Joan of Arc by a short head at the Curragh on Sunday. The 14-1 winner looks likely to head to Royal Ascot for the Coronation Stakes again over a mile, while Joan Of…

LEXINGTON, KY - There are few partnerships that have been as productive or have been firing more live ammunition during the Breeders' Cup thus far than the Coolmore group, Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore. Following a pair of championship victories Friday, the triumvirate came right back on Breeders' Cup Saturday to annex the GI Maker's Mark…

Irish 1000 Guineas (G1) winner Empress Josephine is the best of the trio of Europeans set for Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) at Keeneland. We'll give a quick update on her before examining the stateside debutantes - fellow Irish invader Nicest and progressive British shipper Cloudy Dawn. As discussed in her scouting report for the…

Oisin Murphy bounced back from losing a Group 1 in the stewards' room by scooping the top level Coronation Stakes 40 minutes later. His Royal Ascot winner Alcohol Free (11-2) was fifth in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas on her latest start, but was back to her best on a soggy day in Berkshire. Trainer Andrew Balding was celebrating a double after 16-1 shot…

Mother Earth winning the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Top honours in the three-year-old fillies' mile division will be up for grabs as Guineas winners Mother Earth and Empress Josephine face off in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. Ryan Moore will partner Qipco 1000 Guineas winner Mother Earth with Seamie Heffernan continuing his…

There are less than seven days to go until this year's Melbourne Cup, which will be run in the early hours of Tuesday morning at Flemington. But plans for next year's race that stops the nation started coming together at Tattersalls on Wednesday as day three of the Autumn Horses in Training Sale was topped by Fancy Man at 675000gns. The classy…

Magical: won a high-class running of the Irish Champion Stakes last year It's almost here. Longines Irish Champions Weekend takes place this Saturday and Sunday, with leading international performers doing battle across a host of divisions at Leopardstown and the Curragh. First introduced in 2014, the massive two-day meeting begins with eight races…

Tom Thurgood of racingtv.com takes a closer look at each of the runners currently in the reckoning for the Group One bet365 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on Friday and shares the stats to note plus an early verdict. See what happens live on Racing TV! The opening Group One contest of the Dubai Future Champions Festival takes centre stage on the Rowley…

Saturday's 8th race at Keeneland is the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. The race is for 3 year old fillies and will be run at a route on the turf course. The Keeneland meet is not as long as some of the other premier meets around the country. This means that players need to pick up on trends quickly to take full advantage. So far in the meet…

Bell's the One Returns in Saturday's G2 TCA Stakes at Keeneland (Bell's the One / Coady Photography) From the Keeneland Media Team: Trainer Cipriano Contrereas and Andrew Knapczyk's Inthemidstofbiz will face five other fillies and mares as she goes for a repeat victory in the 41 running of the $250000 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) Saturday…

Queen Me's dam (Queen Kindly), granddam (Lady of The Desert) and great granddam (Queen's Logic) all won the Group 2 Lowther Stakes at York's Ebor Festival, and Queen Me went close to adding her name to that roll of honour when finishing runner-up last month. Queen Me went into the Lowther short on experience having won a Haydock maiden on her only…

Fourth, 7f fillies' novice, Curragh, Saturday 6 August (Timeform rating 78P) Unlimited race replays of all UK & Irish racing Access to exclusive features all for FREE - No monthly subscription fee Log in with your existing Sporting Life, Sky Bet, or Sky Games account. If you don't have any of those, it's completely FREE to register! This 7f…