#Lethal Force

Buckpasser's unraced daughter, Sex Appeal, has made her mark on the breed in no uncertain terms and this year is to be found in the pedigrees of top thoroughbreds ranging from US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) and Mecca's Angel (Dark Angel), winner of Friday's Gr1 Nunthorpe Stakes over 1000m. Sex Appeal's name is also…

The most anticipated meeting of the Flat racing season gets underway on Tuesday for the first of five days of Royal Ascot 2014. Quality races are guaranteed as the Queen Anne Stakes starts things off, before the Queen Alexandra Stakes eventually closes out proceedings on Saturday afternoon. There is at least one Group 1 race on each day of the…

It's Ladies Day at Ascot, one of the most glamorous occasions of the year. But apart from fancy frocks, top hats and tails - plus some Royal involvement in the shape of Wills and Kate - there's the serious business of racing. Today's feature race - The Gold Cup - seems set for Desert Skyline who looks tailor made to give wily fox David Elsworth a…

The Shadwell operation might've been streamlined significantly ahead of the 2022 Flat season, but the horses that remain carrying the famous blue and white silks are firing at present, as evidenced by a golden Lockinge day at Newbury. BAAEED, the flagbearer. Not only for Shadwell but for European racing, this unbeaten superstar is now as short as…

There is plenty of midweek racing action to take in on Wednesday, with five meetings scheduled across the UK and Ireland. National Hunt action takes place at Chepstow (12.52-4.25pm) and Musselburgh (1.07-4.07), with Nottingham (12.46-4.16), Dundalk (2.00-5.40) and Kempton (4.20-8.00) staging Flat cards, the last two on the all-weather. Wednesday's…

The top four in the betting for the Darley July Cup say it all. We have last year's winner, Oxted, a five-year-old, bidding to become the first repeat victor of the race since Right Boy in 1959. Then there's Starman, a four-year-old, lightly-raced and one from one this season after an impressive Group 2 win at York at the Dante meeting in…

The July Cup will offer a prize purse of £500000 this month with 26 horses racing to win the more than £283000 paid out to the winner of the race. The July Cup is one of the most prestigious and lucrative races in British horse racing. It is also one of the marquee races of the British flat racing schedule. In addition, the race meeting attracts…

Only twice outside of the top three in nine starts this term, the consistent daughter of Gale Force Ten was striking at Listed level for the second time in a row when taking the Arran Scottish Sprint EBF Fillies' Stakes (replay below), following an impressive rout in the Garrowby Stakes at York earlier this month. She could now attempt to keep her…