Horse Racing: Gran Premio del Jockey Club

One thing Italy, devastatingly, has had a lot of is the coronavirus. One thing it does not have at all is Group 1 horseracing. Late May witnessed the return of the sport in Italy, and while that in itself was a relief, so began another campaign bereft of a domestic Group 1 target for the nation's beleaguered racing professionals. There were seven…

Bologna, 16 ottobre 2023 - Italia ancora terra di conquista per Jarif. Già vincitore di Milano UAE President Cup 2022 e 2023 e Milano Jockey Club Stakes 2022, oltre che 4º nella Tower of Pisa Cup 2022, il 7 anni allenato da Babeth Bernard a distanza di un anno si è ripetuto all' Ippodromo Snai San Siro nella edizione 2023 delle Milano Jockey Club…

Classy stayer Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}-Shao Line {Fr}, by General Holme) seized the initiative under Hollie Doyle from the bell and carried the G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran field pillar-to-post on a sunny Saturday at ParisLongchamp. Pressed for most of the 4000-metre race by Emily Dickinson (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Frankie Dettori, the 7-year-old…

Well-backed early favourite Semana is sweating on a start in Saturday's $160000 Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) after Sydney's final feature race of the season drew a capacity field at Rosehill Gardens. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained galloper has been the subject of an early betting move, shortening $6 into $4.20 favouritism with TAB…

With three wins and four placings from eight starts this season, Amazing Victory has advanced from 57 to 80 in the handicap. "He's been racing well throughout the whole of the season and he's gradually getting better with each and every race, so I'm looking forward to riding him again," Teetan said. "He's drawn well again and if it's a true-run…

Champion jockey Zac Purton hopes imported Group One winner Beautyverse will avoid "getting it wrong two times in a row" when he lines up in Saturday's Class Two Poinsettia Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin as the countdown to the Classic Series continues. Beautyverse, the dominant winner of May's Group One South Australian Derby (2500m), made a great…

A plethora of stakes action at Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Del Mar and elsewhere awaits fans on Saturday. A slimmed down assemblage of the TwinSpires Jury is back with their best plays for an intriguing day of racing. Kellie Reilly: At her generous morning-line price, #7 Half Is Enough (15-1) has appeal in Saturday's Safely Kept S. at Laurel. The…

To understand the depth of the monumental crisis facing the racing industry in Italy, you have to go back to 1995. Tuesday, June 27, 1995, to be precise. Until then, Italy had been one of the leading countries in Europe for breeding, racing, and betting turnover. After that "Black Tuesday", it was never the same again. In those days, Italians were…

THIS is the shocking moment a brawl erupted between punters and police after a winning horse was controversially demoted to second. One person jumped the railing of a balcony leading to the stewards' room and a window was smashed as tempers flared spectacularly in Argentina. A police officer tries to intervene with security to calm the scenes but…