#Group 2

Promising type Piraeus can put himself on a path to a three-year-old stakes tilt when he hunts a hat-trick of wins in Wednesday's Huckel Excavations Benchmark 64 Handicap (1350m) at Wyong. Trainers Richard and Will Freedman have their son of Merchant Navy racing in top form and will raise the bar again in the gelding's fourth career start. Piraeus…

Blackbeard: will bid to resume winning ways in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin on Sunday One of the many ways in which Aidan O'Brien has marked himself out as a generational training talent has been the way he doesn't just go round ticking big races off a career list and then discarding them. His record in the British and Irish Classics is that of a…

The HK$18.5 million Longines Hong Kong Sprint has fast become a global sprint championship race, with horses lining up regularly from many of racing's leading jurisdictions to determine which horse is quickest. Originally run over the straight 1000m course as a Listed race, Hong Kong legend Fairy King Prawn won the first edition in 1999. The…

The St Leger: will be staged on a nine-race card at Doncaster on Sunday The BHA has announced that Saturday's racing in Britain will be cancelled as a mark of respect following the death of the Queen, with key races including the St Leger featuring in a revised programme on Sunday. The new nine-race card at Doncaster will also include the Group 2…

Saffron Beach stormed to a three-and-a-half length victory in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes to give trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam her first Royal Ascot success since 2016. Despite being penalised for her G1 Sun Chariot Stakes win last season, the 5/2 joint-favourite was ideally placed to pounce off steady early fractions. William Buick took full…

The Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes is the highlight on an excellent card at Ascot on Saturday. We have got predictions for all six Tote Placepot races across the meeting. Ascot Tote Placepot picks - Saturday selections Already got a Tote account? Take advantage of the latest Free bets offers for new customers. Glenlauren…

Just days after his son Equinox (Jpn) was named both champion of his generation and Horse of the Year in Japan, Kitasan Black (Jpn) could well have another player on this year's Classics trail in the form of Sol Oriens (Jpn), who took his record to two-from-two with a convincing victory in Sunday's G3 Keisei Hai at Nakayama. The slight second…

FORMER champion jockey and 15-times Group 1 winner Simon Marshall gives us his insights into all the runners in the 2018 Melbourne Cup. 1. BEST SOLUTION (Barrier 6) Approx win/place odds: $15 / $4. Gutsy Caulfield Cup winner who's drawn perfectly in gate six. It was a terrific win at Caulfield, and came after back-to-back of Group 1 wins in…

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (5.20) has come a long way in its 153-year existence. Created in 1866, it took until 1907 for Orby to do the Epsom and Curragh Derby double, and another 57 years before Santa Claus became the second. These days things are different and Anthony Van Dyck would become the 19th horse to etch his name on both trophies…

The Irish 1000 Guineas winner, ridden by Colm O'Donoghue, powered clear for a scintillating six-length victory over runner-up Threading, with Veracious third. Victory for the 11-4 favourite was another flat racing triumph for the Irish trainer whose successes over the jumps include last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Sizing John. "I have a lot…

Knicks Go, seen winning the Grade I Pegasus World Cup in January, is favorite for Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rich purses drew some top foreign talent for the Saratoga Derby and Oaks on Saturday and Sunday on the upstate New York turf to highlight a big weekend of Thoroughbred…

Talented sprinter Jungle Jim looks tough to beat stepping up to 1200m after a strong win at the track last start. Quadzilla with Jett Hatton RACE 6 FIRST LEG Looks an open edition of the Standish. HALVORSEN (2) is shooting for his third win in the race, comes here off two good runs and has a good third-up record. WESTERN EMPIRE (1) the obvious…

Sceptical: Denis Hogan-trained sprinter weak in the July Cup market on Saturday morning The Darley July Cup (3.35) at Newmarket is a rare omission from Frankie Dettori's glittering CV and the star jockey will bid to set the record straight aboard Sceptical, who is weak in the market for the day's feature race at a general 9-2. The leading rider,…

It is easy see why Tiz The Law is a heavy favorite for the Belmont Stakes. His two Grade 1 wins and his 4-for-4 record on fast tracks put him alone in the front of the plane while the rest of the field is stuck in coach. But if it is easy to declare that he will win Saturday, why is it so hard to figure out who will lead him there? Blame it on Fore…

The race is loaded with superbly-bred colts potentially worth millions of dollars - and then there is Raging Bull. He's the epitome of a "bargain basement buy". The maestro, David Payne, spotted the gelding roaming the paddock as a yearling and purchased him for just $6000. At Royal Randwick on Saturday, Raging Bull has an opportunity to put a dent…

Shaun Mcgruddy and David Harrison have combined with Buster Bash thrashing the field in the Group 2 Perth Cup, with all involved, trainer, jockey and horse winning their maiden Perth Cup. After a fall marred the race two weeks ago, 16 of the runners turned up again on Saturday to do it all over again, and the five-year-old son of Trade Fair showed…

A positive mindset leads to positive results and perhaps nobody knows that better than former champion trainer Doug Watson, as he prepares to lead a five-strong team into Saturday's $30.5 million Dubai World Cup meeting. It's been close to three decades since he arrived in Dubai as a hungry young groom hoping to forge a career on the country's…

Ayrton returned to the winners' list after saluting in the Gunsynd Classic. Picture: Trackside Photography It wasn't quite the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap they had dreamt of, but boom horse Ayrton is back on track after a dominant win in Saturday's Group 3 Gunsynd Classic, prompting trainer Mick Price to put the super rich Golden Eagle on the…

The summer of 1966 was a memorable one, as Aunt Edith became the first filly to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in what was the 16th renewal. Trained by Noel Murless and ridden by Lester Piggott, Aunt Edith was bouncing back from an odds-on defeat in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, where she finished a 15-length…

Largent, shown winning the 2020 Fort Lauderdale Stakes, returns from an 11-month layoff to contest Saturday's Tropical Turf at Gulfstream Park and could be considered for the Grade 1 Pegasus Turf with a good effort. Photo by Ryan Thompson, courtesy of Gulfstream Park Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A potential prep for the Pegasus World Cup Turf in Florida, a…

The 2023 Perth Cup is a Group Two race (2400m) worth $400000. The race will be held on Saturday 14th January 2023 at Ascot Racecourse in Western Australia. See more information about the race below plus: betting tips, latest track conditions, FAQs and more. Perth Cup 2022 winner Midnight Blue, photo by Western Racepix Western Australia's premier…

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…

The big day and 10 super races await us. With fine weather for most of the week the track should be good and if anything like last week on-pacers will have an advantage. History has shown that form stands up on this day and I will be with those that can keep out of trouble and have proved their credentials. BEST BET: INDISCREETLY (Race 10 No…

Spacewalk and Steel City have attracted plenty of support from TAB Fixed Odds punters going into the Rosehill Gardens meeting on Saturday. "When markets opened on Wednesday, Spacewalk was the first horse backed," TAB spokesman Andrew Georgiou said. "We wrote a lot of big bets against him in the first 20 minutes of betting and since then, although…

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. Cups double to Major Meister Major Meister, a son of the American sire Art Major, has been the star of the Country Cups racing in Victoria. He won the $100000…

Don't be a plonker - go with Jubiloso to land the Coronation Stakes (4.20, ITV) on Friday. Sir Michael Stoute's filly, whose uncle is the great unbeaten champ Frankel, faces a big step up in class but could hardly have made a more promising start to her career. An easy winner at Chelmsford at the end of April, Jubiloso went on to blitz her rivals…

This is "last call" weekend for Breeders' Cup hopefuls with more than a dozen "Win and You're In" races spread across three U.S. tracks. It's also Arc weekend in Paris and Winx seeks her 28th straight win in Australia. There's even more, with important 2-year-old races in Canada and the Group 1 Sun Chariot in England. Twenty-eight straight wins? It…

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…

Headlined by classic winners Authentic, Swiss Skydiver and Tiz The Law, 184 horses were drawn Monday afternoon into 14 fields for the $28 million Breeders' Cup championships Friday and Saturday at Keeneland. The morning lines were determined by handicapper Mike Battaglia. [] Below are the fields and odds for the 14 Breeders' Cup races in reverse…

All roads lead to Newcastle for the running of the $1m The Hunter over 1300m. The race has drawn together a capacity field of 15 runners with four emergencies. There's not a huge amount of pace in the race with Prime Candidate the likely leader. It's an even race with a few winning chances given the handicap conditions. 1. LOST AND RUNNING He ran…

The Magic Millions Cup will feature a full field of 15 runners with five emergencies accepting for the $1 million race over 1425m. The 2023 Magic Millions field is littered with Group and Listed race winners as well as the top weight, Vega One, who is trying to win his second in four years. The winner of the Magic Millions Cup will take home…

Royal Ascot is back as one of the biggest weeks in racing returns in front of a full house for the first time since 2019. Five days of action gets underway on Tuesday with seven races each afternoon and a total prize fund of over £8.5 million up for grabs. The racing will build up to the Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday, which is one of eight Grade One…

Japan (Ryan Moore, left) just gets the better of Trueshan (Hollie Doyle) Class and a 5lb penalty made the difference as the oddest of couples fought out the finish of the Group 3 Ormonde Stakes. In the summer of 2019, Japan won the Grand Prix de Paris and the Juddmonte International for Aidan O'Brien, while the Alan King-trained Trueshan won Class…

Noon Star: leading Oaks contender has been declared for the Musidora Stakes at York Teona and Noon Star will clash in Wednesday's Tattersalls Musidora Stakes (3.10) after the two exciting fillies were declared for a race that promises to have major implications for the Cazoo Oaks market. Santa Barbara, fourth in the 1000 Guineas after being highly…

Toast of New York defied the 12-1 odds and came through to win the 2014 UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Saturday. It was a thrilling run from start to finish, complete with a great ending that was fitting for such a prestigious event. Toast of New York's strong surge at the end allowed him to win by 2-1/2 lengths over Asmar, who placed…

LATEST RESULTS, TIPS AND UPDATES: Find out every winner of every race on Ladies Day, plus the best pictures and videos Royal Ascot 2018: behind the scenes of a top stables where the Queen's racehorses are trained Stradivarius claimed victory in a thrilling renewal of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. Trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori,…

Danny Tudhope: four-winner haul at Royal Ascot for second time in four years Danny Tudhope has described Ascot as a difficult place to ride and said it has taken him a long time to get to grips with the track - but having partnered four winners at the royal meeting for the second time in four years, he has shown he rides it better than most. Only…

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…

Kentucky Derby second-place finisher Mandaloun (pink cap) wins Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park. Photo courtesy of Monmouth Park June 14 (UPI) -- Maybe it's a little early to crown Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality as best 3-year-old in the nation, especially after Mandaloun's impressive victory in Sunday's Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth…

Two weeks after a Grade 1 win at Saratoga, trainer Christophe Clement is putting the star of his barn back in the starting gates. Gufo (7-5) is morning-line favorite Saturday for the Grade 2, $1 million Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes. Post time from Kentucky Downs is 5:45 p.m., with the race broadcast on both CNBC and FanDuel TV, the network formerly…

Battaash: super sprinter will face six in bid for fourth King George Qatar Stakes Battaash will face six rivals in Friday's King George Qatar Stakes as Charlie Hills's record breaker bids for a fourth success in the race. The Sheikh Hamdan-owned six-year-old is already the winningmost horse in the Group 2's history, having won the race every year…

Barcelona will be aiming to grab their first win of the year with a win against underdogs Intercity in the la Copa del Rey round of 32 after their draw against Espanyol in LaLiga last time out. The game between Intercity and Barcelona starts on Wednesday, 4 January, 2023. Intercity will go into the match with lots of motivation against Catalan…

World class sprinter Artorius is likely to have his first jumpout this time in later this month. Picture: Alan Crowhurst-Getty Images Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman have identified the perfect distance for Artorius's latest bid for a second Group 1 win in the autumn. Artorius won the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes as a two-year-old in February 2021…

Hollie Doyle and Dame Malliot land the Group 2 Princess of Wales's Tattersalls Stakes Fresh from her first Royal Ascot winner last month, Hollie Doyle ticked the latest item off her bucket list after Dame Malliot gave the high-flying rider her first success at Group level in the Princess of Wales's Tattersalls Stakes. Doyle rode more winners than…

Passeggiata made it two from two with a strong win at Rosehill on Saturday. Picture:Brendon Thorne-Getty Images Exciting filly Passeggiata is named after the Italian word for walk or stroll but certainly did the opposite when maintaining her unbeaten record with a scintillating display of speed at Rosehill on Saturday. The Bjorn Baker-trained…

Giga Kick (right) hangs on to win the Danehill Stakes over Buenos Noches at Flemington. Picture: George Sal-Racing Photos via Getty Images Giga Kick has taken trainer Clayton Douglas a huge step closer to a reward for years of hard work with his latest win in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Douglas hails from one of Mornington's…

History awaits Mishriff in the third running of the $20 million Saudi Cup, where victory would make him the sport's leading prize-money earner of all time. With a cool $10m (£7.5m/€9m) to the winner, a repeat Saudi Cup win would take him clear of global giants Winx, Arrogate and Almond Eye at the top of the money list and cement his legacy among…

Sir Michael Stoute: trainer of Desert Crown The Derby trials at Chester and Lingfield have thrown up plenty of Classic clues for Epsom next month, but one horse has shortened significantly in the betting without needing to advertise his credentials. Before the Guineas, Desert Crown was around a 33-1 chance to win the Cazoo Derby, but he has been…

May 3 (UPI) -- Just hours before Medina Spirit wired the Kentucky Derby, Poetic Flair won a nip-and-tuck victory in the first of the British Classics, highlighting a big weekend of international horse racing action. That Qipco 2000 Guineas showdown keyed a meeting at Newmarket that also included an upset in the Qipco 1000 Guineas, an impressive…

Trainers work their whole lives hoping to get a horse that can win them a single Grade 1 or Group 1 race. Charlie Appleby has a horse that won him two Group 1s in five days. Already a repeat winner Tuesday in the King's Stand, Blue Point (1-1 in the U.S., 3-2 in the U.K.) did it again Saturday. He held on to win by a head in the $764520 Diamond…