#Finest Sound

It's the big day of Royal Ascot week and Frankie Dettori's mount Stradivarius bids to win a third Gold Cup at 3.35pm. Follow for live updates, tips and reaction History could be made at Royal Ascot, when Stradivarius races for a third Gold Cup. Only two horses have managed it before, Sagaro the first to complete the hat-trick from 1975 to…

Irish trainer John F. O'Neill owes the stalls handlers at Goodwood a good drink or two. In Ireland this season he has run just three horses - Tullyhogue Fort, Daily Pursuit and Pink Fire Lilly - in a total of 13 races at an average starting price of around 100-1. None has won. Last Saturday, Pink Fire Lilly, who had finished twelfth of 13 in an…

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…

Immediately noticeable in this year's Superior Mile is the lack of established Group performers. Stormy Antarctic counts, but he is surrounded by improvers, many of whom appeal as having it in them to go past him. His best hope is the testing ground in which he has tended to excel. Three of the top four in this race on adjusted RPRs, excepting…

Five horses go to post for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday. Earlier on the card, Hoo Ya Mal is a hot favourite for the Group 3 March Stakes. Both races are live on ITV Mutasaabeq was priced up as favourite for the Group 2 William Hill Celebration Mile Consistent colt Mutasaabeq is favourite to give his…

Finest Sound: a comprehensive winner at Haydock last time out Simon and Ed Crisford are in pole position to become the first dual licence holders to celebrate success at Royal Ascot, with recent Haydock winner Finest Sound leading the charge. The father and son combination got their new venture off the mark when the son of Exceed And Excel ran away…

Frankie Dettori's horse Lord North is a non-runner in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. There is also a big gamble in the Windsor Castle Stakes on Kaboo Love would not be denied from the front in a fascinating renewal of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The 11-10 favourite was sent straight to the front under Ryan Moore, on her first start in ten months -…

The Queen will be without a runner at Epsom on Derby day after her final horse was not declared. Just Fine had been due to contest the World Pool Northern Dancer Handicap at the prestigious fixture. The gelding's trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, has the favourite for the feature Cazoo Derby (4.30pm). The big race is the only Flat Classic the Queen has…

Four days of frenetic international-fueled trade rolled to a stop on Thursday with the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale having posted record figures across the full spectrum of market metrics. Turnover reached 36164500gns, a 15 per cent increase on last year's total, which was also a record. The average price rose by the same amount to a…

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…

Alflaila bids to put the seal on an excellent week for trainer Owen Burrows with victory in the Masar Darley Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The Lambourn handler was in Paris last weekend to see his progressive four-year-old Anmaat make it three from three for the season in the Group Two Qatar Prix Dollar. Seven days on, fellow Shadwell-owned…

The five-year-old did nothing but improve over in the UK last summer and signed off with an impressive victory in the Listed Godolphin Stakes at Newmarket in September. And he's built on that since, finishing a head behind Hukum on reappearance in the Group 2 Dubai City of Gold over course and distance on Super Saturday. Without A Fight's…

After being placed in the bet365 Mile at Sandown, the Diomed Stakes at Epsom and the Summer Mile at Ascot, Mutasaabeq was a hot favourite to get back on the winning trail in last month's Celebration Mile, but could only finish fourth. While on the face of it his Goodwood performance was disappointing, the winner Jadoomi has since followed up in the…

BRAZEN IDOL looks ready to complete a hat-trick of victories when he runs in the 6f Bet @racingtv.com Handicap at Kempton (8.15). The Simon Pearce-trained three-year-old has not finished worse than fourth in six races since being gelded and he switched from William Jarvis' yard in March. Last time out over six furlongs at Thirsk, my selection…

There are six race meetings across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, with perhaps the pick of the bunch being the jumps card at Listowel (2.00-5.30), which hosts the Kerry National. The first action is from the day's other National Hunt card at Perth (1.00-4.30), while they race on the Flat at Redcar (1.43-5.38), Goodwood (1.50-5.20), Kempton…

It was a hot renewal of the Gimcrack Stakes, perhaps the most strength in depth in the race for many a year, a contest which has produced Group One winners like Muhaarar, Blue Point, Sands Of Mali and Emaraaty Ana in the last decade. The first two home this year, Noble Style and Marshman, pulled over three lengths clear of the rest and they look…

There's a simple reason why the $1 million, Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes awards a "Win and You're In" berth to the Grade 1 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile - it's one of the most productive Breeders' Cup Mile prep races in North America. As its name implies, the Woodbine Mile is contested at a distance of one mile on the Woodbine turf course. Since…

Join our channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage This Saturday's Woodbine Mile 2022 is expected to have the Godolphin-owned MODERN GAME in the final runners. The Charlie Appleby 3 year-old was last seen running second behind the classy Baaeed in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and if bringing that form to Canada this weekend will be hard…