#John Warren

At the age of 92 most of us would be safely tucked up in bed at around 11pm with a big day ahead, but the Queen showed phenomenal staying power on Friday night by staying up late to watch her homebred four-year-old Call To Mind win the Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational before talking to her racing adviser John Warren on the phone…

KING Charles has granted approval to break 70 years of tradition and have a race named after the late Queen be run in his name instead. In what Canadian media are calling a'shock to the system' for sports fans, the country's biggest race The Queen's Plate will now be called The King's Plate. It might seem a minor and logical change given…

Queen Elizabeth II, 94, is one of Britain's biggest racehorse owners and breeders and is hugely dedicated to the sport. Her racing manager John Warren has claimed horse racing is the Queen's "great passion" and said she likes to stay informed about every detail regarding her horses. This weekend the Queen was dealt a devastating blow after one of…

OLI BELL is familiar to horse racing fans as the fresh-faced presenter of The Opening Show, and will be again be covering the Cheltenham Festival for ITV. An expert on all things racing and a natural in front of the camera, Bell also hosts a popular podcast with footballer Charlie Austin. But it was for another reason the 33-year-old made headlines…

KING Charles earned more than £1million selling 14 of the late Queen's beloved racehorses. The sales ranged from £300000 for Just Fine - the horse that gave Charles his first winner in the Royal Silks - to £4000 for three-year-old colt Tack. King Charles inherited the horses from his late mother, who passed away aged 96 at Balmoral last month. The…

Malaysian billionaire Teo Ah Khing talks about his growing international involvement in racing with the recently formed China Horse Club. Nobody starts like this. Not even the Aga Khans, the Maktoums or the Howard de Waldens kicked off with a Derby winner - and a dual Derby winner at that. It is more remarkable that the general reaction in European…

It's the penultimate day of Royal Ascot, and we've already had a great few race days so far. Thousands of racegoers will descend on Ascot for one of the biggest events in Berkshire's calendar. Racegoers can place bets on their favourite horses and spoil themselves with fine dining and champagne at the biggest racing event of the year on Friday,…

Her Majesty's passion for horses will be celebrated with unseen footage on ITV showing her feeding horses at the Sandringham stables The Queen will miss the Epsom Derby on Saturday for only the third time in her reign, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Friday. She will watch on television from Windsor Castle as she continues to suffer with mobility…

Just Fine and Ryan Moore: the pair became the first winner in the silks of King Charles III Tuesday: Leicester History was made at Leicester when Just Fine became the first winner in the silks of King Charles, with the victory described as a "very nice pick-me-up" by the monarch's racing manager. Just Fine is trained by Sir Michael Stoute, who was…

Racing has got back underway after being postponed on Friday and Saturday following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. With full cards postponed across the country, fans flocked back to Chepstow and Doncaster in droves to pay tribute to the Queen ahead of an exciting day's racing. The St Leger is the pick of a nine-race card at…

IT'S known as the Sport of Kings for a reason. Horse racing's close ties with the Royal family date back to the days of the Great Fire of London. According to history buffs, King Charles II was'never happier' than on his regular visits to Newmarket, where he would relax on the heath watching horses galloping up Warren Hill. He established the…

Ascot's straight course tends to favour sprinters who are ridden cold - it's a long way home without cover on this wide track - and a glance at the race comments for winners of the Wokingham since 2011 features'held up' on eight occasions. The two anomalies have come in the last two years as Cape Byron (2019) and Hey Jonesy (2020) were always up in…

KING Charles is set to axe the role of one of the late Queen's closest and most trusted friends, it's been claimed. Racing manager John Warren oversaw all the late Queen's racing and breeding interests for more than 13 years and famously celebrated next to Elizabeth II when her horse Estimate won the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013. The bloodstock maestro…

In her Platinum Jubilee Year, the Queen's odds-on favourite Reach For The Moon was beaten by Claymore in the Hampton Court Stakes. Dettori was also a runner-up on Saga, as Thesis won the Britannia Stakes. And he had a nightmare passage as Stradivarius was denied a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup. The 13-8 favourite Kyprios, ridden by Ryan Moore…

Next to her adoration for corgis, Queen Elizabeth II arguably had an even larger love for well-bred equestrians. The Queen d ied on Thursday at 96, marking an end to the longest-ruling monarch in history. But spanning longer than her seven-decade reign was her passion for horses. Her Majesty began riding horses at 3 years old, when she was then…

It was confirmed last week that horses in the famous purple, red and gold colours would now run under the name of His Majesty following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last month. King Charles III had his first runner in the Royal silks at Salisbury on Thursday, with the William Haggas-trained Educator finishing second as the 11-10…

Every year there's a frisson of excitement at Cheltenham Festival as racegoers try to guess who is in the Royal Box. Most years there will be at least one member of the Windsor clan cheering on the horses at the four-day festival. So who might it be here this year? If the bookies allowed betting on which royal is most unlikely to there, the Queen…

Tactical wins the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot While the July Stakes is sometimes regarded as the first test of the Royal Ascot juvenile form, the average RPR recorded by the winner is about 1lb lower than in the Coventry. Even though just three weeks tends to separate the races, these are ever-developing two-year-olds and that is…