Menuisier toasts first British Group 1 as Wonderful Tonight bags Fillies & Mares

Sussex-based trainer David Menuisier enjoyed a happy homecoming as Sunway upset highly-regarded French juvenile Alcantor in the Group One Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. Oisin Murphy made good use of Sunway throughout the mile contest and forged ahead of Aidan O'Brien's front-runner Navy Seal two furlongs out. Andre Fabre's odds-on…

Sussex-based handler David Menuisier enjoyed a happy homecoming as Sunway upset highly-regarded French juvenile Alcantor in the Group One Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. Oisin Murphy made good use of Sunway throughout the mile contest and forged ahead of Aidan O'Brien's front-runner Navy Seal two furlongs out. Andre Fabre's odds-on…

The popular mare was sent off the 2/1 favourite for the ParisLongchamp Group 1 despite being drawn in stall 14 but would have traded much higher in-running with victory looking unlikely at halfway. The low numbers were taking full advantage of their draw against the rail and Perdika appeared to have the field in trouble when opening up a clear…

What to make of Blue Rose Cen? She looked like an outstanding filly after winning the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at this course and following up even more impressively in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly, but the wheels have fallen off spectacularly on her two subsequent starts. There were possible excuses for those defeats but she has had a long…

for Timeform comments on the Qatar Nassau Stakes runners, form plus race hints and the latest betting betting. French trainer Christopher Head is excited to see how the "filly of my life" Blue Rose Cen shapes up against Nashwa in a mouthwatering Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. Unbeaten in three starts this season, Blue Rose Cen landed the Poule…

In another first, the filly, who is a half-sister to Menuisier's QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares winner Wonderful Tonight, will be ridden by top Italian rider Cristian Demuro, who has yet to ride at Epsom. Friday's Classic, which is part of the QIPCO British Champions Series, has gone to either Aidan O'Brien or John Gosden every year since…

Savethelastdance heads a field of 11 declared for the Betfred Oaks on Friday when she will bid to give Aidan O'Brien his fourth straight victory in the Epsom Classic. The daughter of Galileo has been favourite for the fillies' showpiece ever since decimating the opposition in the Cheshire Oaks earlier this month and heads to Epsoms in anticipation…

David Menuisier is confident a step up in trip can help Heartache Tonight hit the big time when she races in the UK for the first time in the Betfred Oaks on Friday. A €160000 purchase as a yearling, she is a half-sister to two-time Group One-winner Wonderful Tonight, Menuisier's former stable star. The daughter of Recorder now has the chance to…

When Helleborine appears in a Juddmonte pedigree you know you are looking at one of the best bloodlines as the 2010 Prix Marcel Boussac second is the dam of Coventry winner Calyx and from the family of top-class Group 1 horses African Rose and Native Trail. Coppice is the latest of Helleborine's progeny to announce herself as a top-class prospect…

Lingfield: the scene of Captain Cisco's 50-1 win Saturday: Lingfield Rainfall so heavy that the parade ring was out of use failed to dampen the spirits of Cross Channel Racing, whose debutant Captain Cisco sprang a 50-1 shock in the 7f novice stakes. The juvenile made all from a wide draw and showed a game attitude to prevail by half a length under…

Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:47 pm |Back to: Europe, Britain's champion jockey William Buick | Racingfotos.com William Buick, who has already been crowned champion jockey in Britain for 2022, rounded off a sensational campaign in style by riding 200 British winners in a year for the first time. His 200th victory came at Southwell aboard the…

Having won the Flat jockeys' championship for the first time, Buick clinched his next target when partnering the odds-on Zealot to victory on the all-weather William Buick rode his 200th winner in a brilliant year William Buick crowned a first championship-winning campaign by reaching the 200-winner mark for the first time on Thursday. Buick, 34,…

Look, no hands!: Harry Skelton celebrates Becher success on Ashtown Lad Saturday: Aintree Dan Skelton landed a major prize for the third Saturday in a row as Ashtown Lad stuck on gamely to provide the trainer with a first win over the National fences in the BoyleSports Becher Chase. Skelton's wonderful winter continued as Ashtown Lad followed up…

Fans' Favourites is a weekly feature in the Racing Post Weekender in which we talk to those closest to racing's most popular horses and find out why they tug on our heartstrings. This week's subject: Wonderful Tonight Several months may have passed since Wonderful Tonight suffered a career-ending injury while in her pomp but the affection in which…

Snowfall: seeking a fourth Group 1 success on Sunday Ten of the last 21 Arc winners prepped on this card and you don't need to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of form across Britain, Ireland and France to appreciate that by far the most likely candidate to add to that haul is the current ante-post favourite, Snowfall. Wildly impressive against her…

Snowfall bids to continue her faultless campaign by providing trainer Aidan O'Brien with a sixth victory in the Darley York shire Oaks. It is 15 years since O'Brien's Alexandrova added to her wins in the Oaks at Epsom and the Irish Oaks at the Curragh with a dominant display on the Knavesmire, and Snowfall will be a very short price to repeat the…

Snowfall: heading for the Yorkshire Oaks next Thursday Snowfall remains on course to become the second horse in the last five years to complete the English, Irish and Darley Yorkshire Oaks clean sweep as she headlined ten confirmations for the Group 1 (3.35) on the second day of York's Ebor festival next Thursday. The Aidan O'Brien-trained daughter…

Wonderful Tonight: a non-runner in the King George Hardwicke Stakes scorer Wonderful Tonight has been declared a non-runner in this afternoon's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on account of the ground. Overnight rain and afternoon thunderstorms were forecast for Ascot but failed to materialise, leaving connections with a straightforward…

Sir Michael Stoute (top hat) celebrates another Royal Ascot success The Queen was not the only much-loved figure to make a hugely welcome appearance on the final afternoon. Stoute trained his first winner at this meeting in Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee year of 1977 so it was fitting that his record-extending 82nd should come in the Diamond Jubilee…

The fifth and final day of Royal Ascot 2021 had a single Group 1 on the card, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, with two-time runner-up Dream Of Dreams (3/1f) finally getting a victory in the six-furlong contest. The seven-year-old fought off the determined challenge of Glen Shiel (7/1) to claim a one-length success, with Art Power (7/2) coming home to…

Wonderful Tonight laid down an impressive starting marker in a season where her target is the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October with an authoritative length and half win in the Hardwicke Stakes. The 5-1 shot was a third winner of the week for jockey William Buick but the first in the career of Sussex-based, French-born trainer David…

After finishing second in 2019 and 2020, Dream of Dreams made it third time lucky Saturday in the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes with a tenacious victory on the closing day at Royal Ascot. An automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint came with the victory. The Group 1 highlight over six furlongs is always an exciting contest and the latest…

Watch Me (pale jacket) edges ahead of Suphala to win the Prix Imprudence at Maisons-Laffitte Watch Me made it two wins from three starts for Francis Graffard in the Group 3 Prix Imprudence at Maisons-Laffitte on Wednesday, but Lady Bamford's runner-up Suphala remains a candidate for the Qipco 1000 Guineas or French equivalent at…

The Darley Yorkshire Oaks is usually won by a smart filly but this year it was won by a filly that is fast becoming a superstar. The Aidan O'Brien trained Snowfall was well enough thought of as a two year old to have connections aiming her at Group 1 prizes but she never really made an impact. At three she has been a revelation. She started the…