Glorious Goodwood: Owner of 50-1 shot stages protest as "dangerous" jockey proves costly

While his only feature-race ride for the afternoon ended in a one-meeting suspension, Brenton Avdulla dominated Sunday's Sha Tin undercard with a four-timer that further entrenches him in the Hong Kong riding ranks. After three wins from 137 rides after arriving for the final two and a half months of last season, Avdulla had made a solid start to…

LIVID punters have hit out over the'absolutely pathetic' decision to reverse placings and ban the winning jockey in a controversial Kempton race. Intergalacticat was first past the post in a 1m3f Class 5 handicap under jockey Daniel Muscutt. The win looked cut and dry for the 7-2 favourite and Hugh Taylor, the popular At The Races tipster, said he…

Frankie Dettori, Willam Buick and Oisin Murphy among five riders grilled about their riding after Quickthorn romped to a six length victory Quickthorn is not for catching in the Goodwood Cup Frankie Dettori, William Buick and Oisin Murphy were summoned to the stewards room and quizzed about their riding in the Group 1 Goodwood Cup. They were among…

Hard One To Please, who completed a remarkable treble of Scandinavia's biggest races in 2022, set to run in the G3 Glorious Stakes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival Norway: How good are the best horses in Scandinavia these days? Square De Luynes was so outstanding at home between 2019 and 2021 that he became known as the'Frankel of the fjords' - but…

Charterhouse (purple) rattled into second behind Riddle Me That in the Winter Championship Series Final. Picture: Brett Holburt-Racing Photos Herald Sun racing writer Gilbert Gardiner has run a rule over Finals Day at Flemington to highlight some horses to follow and forgive as well as sectional stars. CHARTERHOUSE (Race 8) Enormous finish to run…

Joseph Azzopardi received a six-week ban after pleading guilty to careless riding by allowing his mount to shift out, leading to mare Chili Is Hot clipping heels and suffering a fatal injury The moment Chili Is Hot comes down after clipping heels during the Perth Cup A jockey sanctioned for a sickening race pile-up that caused the death of a horse…

Flavien Prat rides Flightline to victory during the Breeders' Cup Classic race at the Keenelend Race Course, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Running the biggest race of a brief career, Flightline left no doubt about this year's top thoroughbred. The unbeaten colt posted another dominant run,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Running the biggest race of a brief career, Flightline left no doubt about this year's top thoroughbred. The unbeaten colt posted another dominant run, overtaking Life Is Good entering the top of the stretch and pulling away to an 8¼-length victory in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland, and all but…

BALTIMORE, Md.- William Branch's Carotari, returning to the site of his most recent victory, fended off Comedy Town the length of the stretch and got his nose down in time for a dramatic triumph in Saturday's $100000 Laurel Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 24 running of the Laurel Dash for 3-year-olds and up sprinting five furlongs on the…

FRANKIE DETTORI cost connections £127000 after he was disqualified and banned by stewards in Sunday's big race. Juddmonte, the owners of Haskoy, initially thought they would have pocketed a huge £168990 for coming second in the St Leger at Doncaster. Dettori would have been in line for around ten per cent of that after finishing two lengths behind…

Hotline Bling's Brazilian trainer Raphael Freire and owner Hans Christian Valstad objected to the result of the Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes at Goodwood, won by Tom Marquand on Rocchigiani Rocchigiani (front, centre) ridden by jockey Tom Marquand was first in the Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes and Hotline Bling (yellow and black checks) was fifth The…

MITBAAHY is fancied to win the battle of the fastest horses on Goodwood's card in the King George Qatar Stakes (3.35). Roger Varian's sprinter was unlucky not to take the spoils at Sandown, enduring a troubled passaged over the minimum trip. Raasel was in front that day but the selection has a fine chance of turning the tables. Earlier on the…

William Haggas' Newmarket stable is firing on all cylinders at present and continued its dominance when Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's unbeaten Maljoom (Ire) (Caravaggio) overcame a slow start to maintain his perfect record in Sunday's G2 37th Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen - German 2000 Guineas at Cologne. The April-foaled bay went postward for this first…

The jockey of Kentucky Derby upset winner Rich Strike is serving a four-day suspension handed down by Ohio racing stewards that his agent says won't prevent him from riding the horse in next week's Preakness. Stewards suspended Sonny Leon last week for careless riding during the third race on April 27 at Thistledown Racecourse, east of Cleveland,…

Over HK$25 million was refunded to punters after stewards determined that Kowloon East Star was not afforded a fair start in the Class Four Lily Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Saturday. A $7.90 chance when the gates opened, Jimmy Ting Koon-ho's galloper - who normally races on the speed - was slow away under Ruan Maia and settled behind midfield…

Ex-Royal Dragoons tank regiment paratrooper Alan Roberts was delighted when his Betfred accumulator came up trumps, celebrating five winners on the same afternoon A punter will be all smiles after investing some of his £92000 winnings on a new set of teeth. Alan Roberts turned £18 into the huge sum, after all five horses in his accumulator romped…

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…

Jamie Kah stunned the Eagle Farm crowd with her winning ride aboard Vega One in the Kingsford-Smith Cup. Picture: Grant Peters/Trackside Photography Jamie Kah morphed into Wonder Woman at Eagle Farm as she courageously snatched Group 1 triumph from the jaws of defeat and knocked her mate Michelle Payne out of the record books. Kah now has six Group…

If Macau-based jockey Peter Ho Wah-lun left Sha Tin on cloud nine 12 months ago after booting home his first winner in Hong Kong thanks to his brother-in-law Frankie Lor Fu-chuen, he is at the other end of the spectrum a year on. Star trainer Lor entrusted Ho with three rides on Saturday including that of raging favourite Little Wise Man in the…

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Maximum Security led the Kentucky Derby every step of the way except for the last one - into the winner's circle. The colt became the first winner disqualified for interference in the Derby's 145-year history, leading to an agonizing wait and an eventual stunning reversal that made 65-1 shot Country House the winner…