#Fillies & Mares

With a £600000 purse both reflecting and reinforcing its status as a rising international fixture, Friday's fourth running of the Bahrain International Trophy (G3) has attracted a quartet from Godolphin, along with classy Irish mare Insinuendo and a new French recruit for the home team in Dilawar. You can watch and wager on the Friday morning…

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…

Newsboy fancies Baaeed to take star billing at Ascot as the unbeaten four-year-old bids to bow out in the Champion Stakes with an 11th straight win Ascot hosts the six-race Qipco Champions Day meeting on Saturday October 15 BAAEED tops the bill as a glittering cast list assembles for the £4million QIPCO British Champions Day seasonal finale at…

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…

Godolphin pair Adayar and Hurricane Lane, the Aga Khan's superstar mare Tarnawa and dual Oaks winner Snowfall have been declared for Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as 15 runners stood their ground on Thursday. The Roger Varian-trained Teona, who beat Snowfall in the Prix Vermeille this month, misses the race as the ground will be…

The Melbourne Cup is one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, and if you're a fan, you'll want to know how to watch it live online from anywhere. Whether you're traveling or just can't get to a TV, we've got you covered with all the information you need. Keep reading for step-by-step instructions on how to stream the 2022 Melbourne Cup…

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…

Mimikyu: one of five joint-favourites with Ladbrokes for the Fillies & Mares Stakes following the defection of stablemate Free Wind Baaeed, the highest-rated horse in Europe, remains on course for Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on October 15 following the latest acceptance stage, but Fillies & Mares Stakes favourite Free Wind was a notable…

Glorious Goodwood is one of the highlights of the summer sporting calendar and has produced some of the great horse racing performances over the years. If you have never watched the festival before, here are some of the must-see races at this year's edition. The festival gets underway on Tuesday with six races on the schedule. With the…

John Gosden and Frankie Dettori: the pair joined forces in 2015 They were only together for seven years, but the Frankie Dettori-John Gosden partnership became a part of racing furniture. However, it was announced late on Friday that their high-profile relationship "is on sabbatical" . Here is a look at their time together. . . March 2015 Frankie…

LUXEMBOURG can win the QIPCO 2000 Guineas Stakes (British Champions Series) (Colts & Fillies) (3.40pm) at Newmarket on Saturday afternoon. While TUESDAY may bring up a Classic double for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas Stakes (British Champions Series) (Fillies) (3.40pm) back at Headquarters on Sunday. Trainer Charlie…

BAAEED can star in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (British Champions Series) (3.20pm) at Newbury on Saturday afternoon. Willie Haggas' four-year-old is hardly a betting prospect at long odds-on but he looks sure to maintain his unbeaten record in the Group One feature at the Berkshire track. The son of the Sea The Stars didn't race as a juvenile but…

The first of two days of top class horse racing action takes place at Leopardstown this afternoon as Irish Champions Weekend kicks off. The eight-race card features two Group 1s, two Group 2s, one Group 3, a listed race and two incredibly competitive handicaps. Just seven line up in the Irish Champion Stakes, but it is a high class field, as you…

FRANKLIN, Ky. - The accomplished Long Range Toddy is scheduled to make his turf debut in Thursday's seventh race at the FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs, a $180000 conditioned allowance for 3-year-olds and up at a mile. Long Range Toddy has earned more than $1 million in his career, the bulk coming for breeder/owner Willis Horton and Hall of Fame…

WSB Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas heads a cracking card A field of 14 with recent Gr1 Western Cape Fillies Championship winner Ciao Bella top-rated at 110 will contest the fairer sex classic. R10000001600m 16:50 Ref-182 1st R593750, 2nd R190000, 3rd R95000, 4th R47500, 5th R23750, RCIS R50000 WORLD SPORTS BETTING CAPE FILLIES GUINEAS (Grade 1) For 3…

Fans' Favourites is a weekly feature in the Racing Post Weekender in which we talk to those closest to racing's most popular horses and find out why they tug on our heartstrings. This week's subject: Wonderful Tonight Several months may have passed since Wonderful Tonight suffered a career-ending injury while in her pomp but the affection in which…

We have three plays on this tackle football Sunday, in stakes races from New York, Ontario, and California. We expect fast dirt and firm turf in all three; let's go. Aqueduct, Race 7, 2:44 pm ET $135000 Forever Together Stakes, 1 1/16 miles, Turf, Fillies & Mares 3 & Up Eight filly and mare turf runners line up for the Forever Together Stakes.…

If it's the end of the workweek, it's time for a pre-Thanksgiving edition of our regular Friday feature, Dad's Hat Happy Hour Handicapping. Today we have five plays in five races at five tracks, from one end of this great land to the other, all of which go off in less than an hour's time. We expect fast dirt and firm turf in all of them, so throw…

Frankie Dettori and Richard Kingscote after finishing their racing in Renault Clio RS cars around the short track of the Bahrain International Circuit, home of the Bahrain Grand PrixBahrain 17.11.22 Pic: Edward Whitaker Friday: Bahrain Frankie Dettori and Richard Kingscote prepared for the fourth running of the Group 3 Bahrain International Trophy…

Too keen in the Yorkshire Oaks last time, Roger Varian's charge was in front two furlongs out under Jim Crowley. She was immediately challenged by Albaflora and Snowfall but the latter, sent off an odds-on favourite, was soon beaten. The runner-up stuck to her task gamely but the winner was always holding her off, hitting the line a short-head to…

BAAEED is the star attraction on British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday afternoon and he can end on a high with victory in the Group One QIPCO Champion Stakes (British Champions Middle Distance) (4pm). But at cramped odds he is not really a betting proposition but his Willie Haggas' stable-mate SEA LA ROSA certainly is in the Group One QIPCO…

David Egan stole the show at Newbury on Saturday with a sparkling four-timer - headlined by Sakheer's facile win in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes. In contrast there were moments of anxiety aboard the strong travelling Stay Alert in the Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup Stakes though as she was full of running but short of room pinned against the far rail at…

The big day has arrived: it's Breeders Cup Saturday. There are eight Grade 1 races, spread out over almost six hours; it's the best day of the year to be a horseplayer. We expect fast dirt and firm turf in all races, so let's go. Keeneland, Race 3, 11:50 am ET Grade 1 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, 7 furlongs, Dirt, Fillies & Mares 3 &…

Irish Derby and Grand Prix de Paris winner Hurricane Lane faces nine rivals in the Cazoo St Leger (3.35) at Doncaster on Saturday. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt, whose sole defeat came when third in the Derby, seeks a hat-trick of Group 1 wins and is an odds-on favourite to land British racing's oldest Classic. Hurricane Lane is ridden by…

John and Thady Gosden have a strong hand in the Haras De Bouquetot Fillies' Trial Stakes at Newbury as their exciting filly Nashwa puts her Cazoo Oaks aspirations to the test under Hollie Doyle in the 10-furlong Listed contest. The daughter of Frankel is a general 12-1 chance in the Oaks market following an impressive six-and-a-half-length win at…

Flavien Prat, atop Flightline, looks between his legs for the rest of the field after winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at the Breeders' Cup Championships at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday. Photo by Mark Abraham/UPI | License Photo LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The Breeders' Cup is in the rearview mirror and the star of the…

DID YOU KNOW? The Richard Hannon yard have won the July Stakes 9 times since 1989 Help find the winner of Thursday's 2022 July Stakes using our key trends and stats 19/20 - Had won over 5 or 6f previously 18/20 - Placed in their last run 17/20 - Had 2 or more previous career starts 15/20 - Won by either a Feb or March foal 12/20 - Won their last…

SENIOR CITIZEN can go one better than last year and win Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Grand Sefton Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (2.11pm) at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday afternoon. In the first race run over the famous of the Randox Grand National fences of the season Alan King's nine-year-old can finally get his head in front. Last year at Aintree,…

It's hard to believe, but the Breeders Cup is in just three weeks. That leaves the stakes schedule a little light, as the best horses currently in the country have all run their prep races, and will be training up to the big event. Into this void, fortuitously enough, is the biggest day of the year for steeplechasers: the one-day Far Hills meeting…

This marked a tremendous training performance from John and Thady Gosden as the 3/1 favourite was racing for the first time since disappointing over course-and-distance in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July. She was always travelling sweetly on this occasion and showed a smart turn of foot to put the race to bed two furlongs…

channel for our exclusive free betting tips, picks and offers. Frankie Dettori has racked-up 14 Breeders' Cup wins over the years and the pocket Italian is back for more this weekend. He's got four booked rides on Breeders' Cup Saturday at Keeneland - so, let's take a look at which horses Dettori is getting the leg-up on. best horse racing betting…

Palace Pier: has entries in the Queen Elizabeth II and Champion Stakes Stars of the season Palace Pier, St Mark's Basilica, Snowfall, Adayar and Poetic Flare are among an outstanding list of entries for Qipco British Champions Day on October 16. £4 million in prize-money is offered on Britain's richest raceday, up from £2.5m in 2020, with the Queen…

Free Wind: stormed home to land the Park Hill at Doncaster last year When it comes to Group races for fillies it's often a case of John Gosden chasing Sir Henry Cecil for the record of most wins. However, the Lancashire Oaks is one race where Gosden has surpassed him, with Enbihaar's victory in 2019 taking him one clear of the late, great…

The eyes of the horse racing world will be on Belmont Park the next two days, and while the main event, a gaggle of stakes leading up to the biggie, the last jewel in the Triple Crown, is not until tomorrow, the races today are quite good too. We have plays in four of them, all stakes, and we expect fast dirt and soft turf at Big Sandy today. Let's…

We have plays in four races on this hot July Sunday, from New Jersey to Ontario to Southern California. We expect fast dirt and firm turf in all of them, so let's go. = Monmouth Park, Race 10, 4:27 pm ET $100000 Colleen Stakes, 5 furlongs, Turf, 2-Year-Olds Eight juveniles line up to sprint five furlongs on the grass in the Colleen Stakes at the…

Following the deluge of rain on Thursday evening, conditions at Ascot remain extremely testing for the final day of the royal meeting. Five of yesterday's seven winners had winning form with soft in the going description heading into the day, and these four horses should relish the conditions. The highly regarded Mutasaabeq appeared to have no…

Verry Elleegant (right): runs in the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot Francis Graffard might feel he is due a change of luck after recent events but his chief hope for Verry Elleegant's challenge in the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (2.40) at Ascot on Saturday is that she can show European audiences her true…

Who will rise to the challenge at Ascot on Saturday? Andy Stephens shares his best bets and suggests potentially underestimated runners to keep in mind. 1.25 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) THE TIP: ELDAR ELDAROV at a general 5-2 No three-year-old has won this race since it was first run in 2011 but that masks the fact that…

THE £4 million Flat season finale is finally here. Ascot hosts a star-studded six-race card on QIPCO British Champions Day, with four mouth watering Group 1s to get stuck into. The meeting was launched in 2011 and has gone from strength to strength, and this year it will be the scene for Baaeed's career swansong. The unbeaten four-year-old will be…

It's Champions Day at Ascot racecourse on Saturday which features FIVE group races including the Sprint Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the big Champion Stakes. The latter of which will see Baaeed, rated 135, go off on his final race odds-on ahead of Adayar, Bay Bridge, My Prospero and more middle distance greats. Along with the Fillies & Mares…

The flat racing season might be drawing to a close, but it's still an exciting time of the year for its loyal following - with the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe recently taking place at the iconic Longchamp racecourse in Paris, while British Champions Day, the big-money Breeders' Cup World Championships in America and the Melbourne Cup are…

Join our channel for our exclusive free betting tips, picks and offers. QIPCO British Champions Day takes centre-stage this Saturday as Ascot racecourse hosts a six-race card that includes six Group One contests. The second highest racehorse in the world, Baaeed, is one of the stars on show, so we guide you through the meeting, with the full race…

These are the kinds of days that horseplayers live for: There are excellent stakes races from one end of this great continent to the other. There are so many, in fact, over three dozen by our count, that we cannot even begin to cover them all, so we've selected six of the most important, which are worth watching purely for entertainment, but which…

If it's Friday, it's time for another installment of Dad's Hat Happy Hour Handicapping. It's a particularly good one, at least as far as the quality of racing goes: it is opening day at Keeneland, where a trio of superb graded stakes headline an excellent, 10-race card. We have five plays today, in five races that go off in about an hour's time; we…

With racing in New York dark until Thursday, and California racing dealing with highly unusual September rains, we are turning to New Jersey and Kentucky for our plays on this late summer Saturday. We have selections in four races, all on turf, one at Monmouth Park, where the turf will be firm, and three at Kentucky Downs, where the turf should be…

The parade will take place after the QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes (2pm) and will give fans the opportunity to show their appreciation to the eight-year-old, who will stand at the National Stud from 2023. Trained by John & Thady Gosden, Stradivarius had a remarkable career on the track that included winning the QIPCO British Champions Long…

Even without Champion Stakes-bound Baaeed and in the absence of Desert Crown, not seen since taking the Derby so impressively, this was still a deep renewal of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Europe's premier middle-distance prize. The maximum field of 20 runners included the winners of this race last year, the Prix du Jockey Club and Eclipse, the…

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ARCADIA, Calif.-Santa Anita's 18-day Autumn meet which begins Friday will be highlighted by 26 stakes, 15 of them graded. Overnight purses remain the same as last year. Most all stakes purses are the same as in 2021, with the following exceptions: both the Golden State Juvenile and the Golden State Juvenile Fillies have had purses increased from…