#Khalid Abdullah

Tommy Lyons ranks the country's greatest horsemen from the past 50 years. A star from the outset, Walsh served notice of what was to come by winning the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham aboard Alexander Banquet, and winning the Aintree Grand National at the first attempt. He showed his outstanding natural ability and adaptability by being able to ride…

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…

It's Flat racing's Arc weekend - 12 horses, the smallest field in 12 years, are due to be chasing Europe's grandest prize at ParisLongchamp racetrack in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday. Though two-time winner Enable is hogging the build-up headlines as she and Frankie Dettori seek an historic treble in the mile-and-a-half-long feature, the…

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Alan Thomson is taking aim at a competitive Wolverhampton sprint handicap in his Race of the Day, live on Sky Sports Racing. The Sky Sports Racing cameras head to Wolverhampton on Monday for an eight-race card, with the 11-runner 6.30 Huge Daily Boosts Only At BetUK Handicap over five furlongs coming under the microscope. This evening's chosen…

Queen of the turf. King of the saddle. A master trainer and the sporting prince. But could the weather rain on racing royalty's parade? Sunday sees record-breaking mare Enable aimed at one more piece of history in probably her final competitive outing - an unprecedented third victory in Europe's richest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Victory…

Enable is an odds-on favourite with the sponsors to make a winning return as she faces seven rivals for her seasonal return in Saturday's Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. John Gosden's superstar filly has been off the track since winning the Breeders' Cup Turf at Churchill Downs last November, with that run only the third of her 2018 campaign after…

It was high-wire stuff, Siskin and Colin Keane on the inside, buried, a rail to their right and horses all around them. Nowhere to go and the two-furlong pole flashing past. Now get out of that one. You have to pause and rewind a few times to figure out all that happened then. Lope Y Fernandez quickened up on the outside in what looked like a…

Five-time Irish flat racing champion jockey turned trainer Johnny Murtagh believes Siskin will prevail in Friday's Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh racecourse. Ger Lyons' thoroughbred is one of 11 contenders who are set compete in the €250000 classic. The colt won three out of three races at the Kildare circuit last year and owner Prince Khalid…

Siskin: won last season's Phoenix stakes and will once again do battle against Monarch of Egypt (green) and Royal Lytham (blue and orange) He may be yet to taste defeat from four starts as a juvenile, but question marks hover over market leader Siskin as he tackles a mile for the first time. So far, the Ger Lyons-trained colt has done all of his…

Aidan O'Brien (left) and John Gosden: who will come out on top in Saturday's feature Group 1? Enable could face a tidal wave of runners from Ballydoyle in her bid for a historic third King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday as Aidan O'Brien on Monday refused to rule out running all six of his entries. O'Brien and Enable's…

2022-10-11Sir Henry Cecil and Willie Carson to be inducted into British Champions Series Hall of Fame One of the most respected, successful and popular trainers the sport has ever seen, Cecil's induction comes 10 years after the mighty Frankel's final racecourse appearance. A special induction ceremony will take place on Qipco British Champions Day…

You need a thick skin and ear muffs to be a handicapper but it's hard to feel much sympathy for the French assessors right now after they effectively prevented Verry Elleegant running in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. The multiple Group One winner and 2021 Melbourne Cup heroine has not been at her best in two starts this season since…

Almost all of the prerace hype for the Pegasus World Cup is focused on the rematch between California Chrome and Arrogate. The fervor was stoked by their duel in the Breeders' Cup Classic, with Arrogate winning by a half-length. Saturday at Gulfstream Park the two top-rated thoroughbreds will reprise their rivalry with $7 million on the line as the…

Enable produced another sparkling display to claim an unprecedented third victory in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes. John Gosden's superstar mare was narrowly denied in her bid to become the first three-time winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last season - and has been kept in training as a six-year-old with the primary…