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The first two of the big three races on the Spring Racing Calendar - the Caulfield Cup and the Cox Plate - have been run and won. Now we're getting close to the first Tuesday in November, and that means it's time for the most famous horse race on the Australian sporting calendar. Find out everything you need to know ahead of the 162nd running of…

Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe could be run on soft ground, the man in charge of track conditions warned on Tuesday after the latest forecast predicted more rain will fall at Longchamp this weekend than had previously been expected. Soft ground would be unlikely to hinder Tarnawa or Hurricane Lane, who have both won in France in the last…

History tells you it takes a three-year-old of rare constitution and quality to run in the Derby and Irish Derby before tackling the older generation in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes. Only truly exceptional talents - Troy and Shergar in 1979 and 1981, followed by Generous a decade later and Galileo in 2001 - have been able to…

Photo by Josh Chiodo on Unsplash The race that stops a nation takes place at Flemington, Melbourne, on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 The Melbourne Cup is one of the biggest races on the international calendar, as the field competes over 3200 meters While the Kentucky Derby attracts interest from a mainstream audience in the United States, there are few…

THE Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is the race that stops a continent. Worth a stonking £4.3million, Europe's richest contest always throws up a top class winner. This year's race over 1½ miles takes place at Longchamp on Sunday October 3 - and it looks to be an absolute stonker. Epsom Oaks winner Snowfall was the runaway favourite but has now drifted…

German jockey Rene Piechulek has warned against again underestimating shock 2021 Arc winner Torquator Tasso when he lines up in Saturday's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes at Ascot. The Marcel Weiss-trained colt stunned the Longchamp crowd last October when beating a star-studded field, including Tarnawa and last year's King George and…

Eight top-level Group One winners are among 14 hopefuls in Sunday's 100th running of Europe's richest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Adayar will bid to become only the third horse to complete the Derby, King George, Arc treble at ParisLongchamp. Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby also saddles St Leger winner Hurricane Lane. Breeders' Cup Turf…

New York takes center stage of the racing world this weekend. Belmont Park hosts 14 graded stakes between its Friday and Saturday cards, including nine at the Grade 1 level, culminating in the 2022 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Rougir (6-5) is morning-line favorite for the first of those Grade 1 affairs, the $750000 New York Stakes. Post…

On the first of November, a field of talented stayers from all over the world will enter the stall at Flemington racecourse ahead of the 2022 Melbourne Cup. There are now less than four days to go before "the race that stops a nation" hits our screens and the betting is beginning to hot up. Let's take a look through the latest Melbourne Cup odds…

THE King George at Ascot on Saturday looks like being an unmissable blockbuster involving some of the world's top equine talent. Epsom Derby third and subsequent Irish Derby winner Westover heads the pack. But Emily Upjohn was a surprise addition to the line-up after the Oaks second was forced to miss last weekend's Irish Oaks due to a bird strike…

The eyes of the horse racing world will be on Belmont Park the next two days, and while the main event, a gaggle of stakes leading up to the biggie, the last jewel in the Triple Crown, is not until tomorrow, the races today are quite good too. We have plays in four of them, all stakes, and we expect fast dirt and soft turf at Big Sandy today. Let's…

John Egan: did not hold back on his views on the state of British racing The best quotes from the racing world this week. . . It cost around £600 for a three-day trip all the way to Perth and your option was to withdraw our horse, what a terrible way to treat smaller owners who are the lifeblood of the sport Owner Dave Simpson blasts the lack of a…

An open-looking renewal of Europe's richest race is one of five'Win and You're In' contests on a glittering card at ParisLongchamp on Sunday The tantalising prospect of seeing Baaeed end his career here has failed to materialise, but the quality on show in the 2022 Qatar Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe remains extraordinarily high and in the absence of…

Punters are predicting a Frankie Dettori masterclass riding Torquator Tasso for back-to-back wins in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. No horse has taken the autumn highlight from a stall wider than 16 in recent years, but the top jockey and reigning champion start from 18. Sustained support has led to Ladbrokes dropping Torquator Tasso's odds…

Peter Schiergen will take on Arc hero Torquator Tasso with Sammarco in Germany's biggest all-aged race, the Grosser Preis von Baden Arc-winning trainer Peter Schiergen looks set to ensure Frankie Dettori and Torquator Tasso do not have an easy time of things in next Sunday's €200000 Grosser Preis von Baden. Schiergen has confirmed that Deutsches…

The nights are drawing in, there's a chill in the air and the Arc looms large. On October 2 the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe takes centre stage at Longchamp (3.00) - and this year's renewal looks wide open. Here we assess the main contenders - just don't mention the B word. . . Form 11-311 Strengths Once the favourite for the Derby, Luxembourg has…

Germany: Rene Piechulek will be aiming to stun ParisLongchamp for the second year in succession after German outsider Mendocino, trained by the jockey's girlfriend Sarah Steinberg, was given the green light to contest the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Last October, Piechulek and Torquator Tasso sloshed through a heavy track to defeat Tarnawa and…