#Mill Reef

The HK$18.5 million Longines Hong Kong Sprint has fast become a global sprint championship race, with horses lining up regularly from many of racing's leading jurisdictions to determine which horse is quickest. Originally run over the straight 1000m course as a Listed race, Hong Kong legend Fairy King Prawn won the first edition in 1999. The…

The summer of 1966 was a memorable one, as Aunt Edith became the first filly to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in what was the 16th renewal. Trained by Noel Murless and ridden by Lester Piggott, Aunt Edith was bouncing back from an odds-on defeat in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, where she finished a 15-length…

When Sandown Park opened in 1875 as Britain's first purpose-built racecourse with enclosures it was said by a diarist of the time to be "a place where a man could take his ladies without any fear of their hearing coarse language or witnessing uncouth behaviour". That might not always be the case, but one thing visitors to the Queen Mother's…

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War of Will, shown winning the Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland in July, is a major player in Saturday's Grade I Woodbine Mile. Photo courtesy of Keeneland Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Two days of top-level turf action at Woodbine, including three Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events, provide the feature attraction in weekend horse racing. Two of the…

The Weatherbys Super Sprint was devised by Richard Hannon Snr and Lord Carnarvon as a lucrative prize for two-year-olds who hadn't cost a fortune at the sales. Accordingly, it has been the source of numerous wonderful rags-to-riches stories in its 30-year history. But just because the popular five-furlong dash staged at Newbury each July caters for…

King George Chase is one of the most iconic races in British steeplechase history. Run over a distance of three miles and five furlongs, this Grade 1 National Hunt race has been held at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury-on-Thames since its inception in 1937. Over the years, some of the most famous horses in jump racing have won King George, with…

Derby Day. A carnival of colour. Punters, picnics and pomp. Double-deckers lining the rails. More than 100000 people splayed across the downs. This time it's different. No spectators or dress code. Three miles of fencing, twice the distance of the big race itself, circling the course to keep people out. The 2020 Derby at Epsom is the Covid-19…

Richard Kingscote: gets the plum ride back on board Great Ambassador in the Ayr Gold Cup Richard Kingscote will be reunited with Great Ambassador in the Ayr Gold Cup (3.40) after the ante-post favourite was confirmed in a full field of 25 runners for Saturday's feature race. The son of Exceed And Excel has been in flying form since moving to Ed…

Anyone placing an each-way bet will keep an eye on the top five. Racing enthusiasts will note the winning jockey, trainer, owner and starting price. Most of us will not know, or care, about the winning time. Yet this masks a big question for horse racing. While almost every record in athletics has been broken repeatedly over the past 50 years,…

It was the first running of York Racecourse's biggest race - and it produced one of the greatest shocks in European racing history. The Benson & Hedges Gold Cup run at York on Aug. 15, 1972 had more plot-lines than a Shakespeare comedy. This was the first running of the race, now known as the Juddmonte International, one of the classiest races of…

One of the enduring and most exciting aspects of sport is how heroes and heroines emerge and change. Every generation can reflect on those who topped their respective sport of choice for a period, and then debate how they would have fared against past or present stars. Conversations centred on how Pinatubo measures up against those who have gone…

HE is known as'The Prince of Pain and Future of Bahrain' - but it's in racing where he's really caused a knockout. Meet Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini royal family and driving force behind the hugely exciting KHK Racing. A Sandhurst-educated military officer who can count Conor McGregor among his mates, Shaikh Khalid,…

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…

The Commonwealth Cup has moved on from being racing's new big thing. It is legitimately running with the Classics now as a vital Group 1 for three-year-olds. It has reached the point where it is necessary to write down the stats just to keep up, as in the attached graphic. The seven runnings of the race have already produced 24 wins and 14…

A roll of honour which includes the likes of Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard, Dancing Brave, Montjeu, Galileo, Harbinger, Enable and 12 months ago Adayar, six runners go to post for this year's renewal which gets underway at 3.35pm. We have previewed the race and the pick of the racing action with our guide below and you can find the best…

One more flip could have given rise to the Epsom Bunbury, the Kentucky Bunbury, the Irish Bunbury and so on.The tale goes that during the celebrations following the inaugural running of the Oaks Stakes at Epsom in 1779, a new race was proposed.It would be named after the party's host, the 12th Earl of Derby, or one of the guests, Sir Charles…

Tarnawa, defending champion and favorite for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf race, stretches her legs over the Del Mar track Monday. Photo courtesy of the Breeders' Cup DEL MAR, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships have attracted a record 56 international entries for the two-day event that opens Friday at Del Mar in…

An exceptional footballer in his day, Mick Channon has been responsible for a whole host of exceptional performers in his second career as a racehorse trainer. Here are six of the best: Youmzain Youzmain consistently made the frame in top-flight races all across the globe - heartbreakingly going close in three attempts on the Prix de l'Arc de…

Auguste Rodin: did he put up the best juvenile performance of the season? Little Big Bear in the Phoenix Stakes. Auguste Rodin might have more scope for improvement next year and was pretty flawless in the Vertem Futurity Trophy but it didn't match the explosiveness of Little Big Bear at the Curragh in August. He beat the first two home in the…

I might have cut my racing-interest teeth over jumps, or more particularly the point-to-point field, but I can't say the two-day jumps season opener at Chepstow (or three-day if you include Ffos Las) left me looking forward to the remainder of the season with any greater anticipation that I had before and judging by the relatively lukewarm…

You sense Andrew Balding is enjoying his first season training for Juddmonte. Wearing the pink and green team colours with his shirt and tie combo, the Kingsclere handler beamed in the Newmarket winners' enclosure after Chaldean fought hard to land his trainer a first Dewhurst. The son of Frankel is one of five Juddmonte horses to be sent out onto…

We've always been very happy with his work, he's always been very very good and he has been going well at home as usual. I was a little bit disappointed in the Gimcrack at York but the ground was quick that day and I don't think that really suited him, he travelled well enough but he didn't finish off. He needs to step up on what he's done, but I…

Nostrum: heads seven declarations for the Dewhurst Stakes Impressive Tattersalls Stakes winner Nostrum will bid to maintain his unbeaten record on Saturday when he lines up against six rivals in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained two-year-old was promoted to favouritism for the Newmarket contest after Sakheer was ruled out…

The 15:44 at Salisbury on Thursday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Ony six runners go to post for this conditions race over six furlongs but it looks competitive enough with a nice mixture of more experienced types and some unexposed ones who are entitled to progress a…

Sea The Stars lined up in the 2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - his sixth Group One start in as many months - with his place among the best horses in Timeform's experience already assured whatever unfolded at Longchamp, an outstanding colt no doubt having strung together wins in the 2000 Guineas, Derby, Eclipse, Juddmonte International and Irish…

EVERYTHING Roger Varian touches at the minute is turning to gold. Just six days after he won the St Leger at Doncaster with Eldar Eldarov, the Newmarket trainer banged in a mega 9290-1 six-timer. The quietly-spoken 43-year-old is considered one of the best trainers in the country. He has won Classics and Group 1 races around the world, but he had…

Fivethousandtoone is 9-4 favourite with Coral to give trainer Andrew Balding his first win in the feature Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. Balding has yet to win the race named after the brilliant 1971 Derby and Arc winner trained by his father Ian. Fivethousandtoone, who was an effortless winner at Newcastle on his last…

Sakheer: strode away from his opposition in the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury Roger Varian does not give much away, but it was impossible to miss the pride he took in saddling seven winners at combined odds of 34838-1 across three meetings, a haul that was headlined by the sparkling Sakheer in the Mill Reef. The Dubai Duty Free-sponsored Group 2…

There are six race meetings taking place across Britain and Ireland on Thursday, including the opening afternoon of the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket. Indeed, the action commences at Newmarket (1.15-5.20pm), alongside Flat cards from Listowel (1.25-5.30) and Pontefract (1.43-5.10), with all-weather meetings at Southwell (4.50-8.30) and…

New stars of the Flat are set to emerge this week as three days of outstanding action kick off on Thursday when Newmarket hosts an abundance of top two-year-old races. Last season the likes of Coroebus and Modern Games appeared at the meeting and this year's fields are likely to offer plenty of clues for next season's Classics and beyond. 1m,…

JAPAN should bid his rivals "sayonara" in the Group 1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes (3.00) at Royal Ascot today. Although beaten half a length and a nose behind stablemate Anthony Van Dyck in the Derby at Epsom last June, the Aidan O'Brien colt made great strides in the second half of the summer. Having routed his opponents in the King Edward VII Stakes…

Trainer Roger Varian enjoyed seven winners across three cards on Saturday - at combined odds of 34838-1. He had trebles at Ayr and Newbury, and another victory at Newmarket. Sakheer's impressive victory in the Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury was among the highlights, six days after Varian won the St Leger with Eldar Eldarov. Meanwhile, Danny Tudhope…

Roger Varian's Sakheer made light work of his six rivals in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury on Saturday, travelling beautifully and sprinting clear in the style of a high-class colt. As short as 7/1 for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket next May, he has announced himself as a Classic prospect and there is no doubt he looks an…

The son of Zoffany was the trainer's sixth winner across three Saturday meetings and the most significant as he ran away from his rivals in the Group Two contest. Always cantering under David Egan, who himself was completing a four-timer, he was in front and on the bridle a furlong out. The question was what would he find and the answer emphatic, a…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage This Saturday, 17 September, the horse racing NAP of the Day, according to SportsLens experts, is SAKHEER. He contests the Group Two Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury (2:50) - one of the feature races on the day. The Roger Varian 2 year-old looks an exciting prospect and appeals at…

Busy day of racing on Saturday as ITV cram in three Group 3 races, a Group 2 and of course the Ayr Gold Cup (1540). Here's a quick snapshot of Planet Sport's hot tips, with a bit of extra detail on our highlighted horses below that. You can follow all the latest racecards and results using our live centres at Ayr and Newbury. Selections: 13:20…

Ayr and Newbury take centre stage this Saturday and the ITV cameras are at both racecourses, with the Gold and Silver Cups the highlights in Scotland, while the Group 2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes is the feature race in Berkshire. The broadcast is on air on ITV4 between 1.10 and 4.00pm, and our expert has predictions for all nine races. Enda…

Charyn followed up a debut win at Haydock with a close second at Newmarket when conceding 7lb to the winner but it's no surprise that David Egan has chosen stablemate SAKHEER. The progressive Haydock winner has an entry in the Middle Park and plenty of untapped potential. Rousing Encore has faced some stiff tasks since completing a double at…

Bielsa: aiming for back-to-back Ayr Gold Cup wins Bielsa and Kevin Stott will bid to become the first back-to-back winners of the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup Handicap (3.40) after the defending champion was declared for Scotland's most valuable race. The seven-year-old is yet to score since winning the £150000 handicap last year and will face a full…

Our Juvenile Watch columnist, Ross Millar, is intrigued by what Aidan O'Brien said, and didn't say, about a Coolmore stallion over the weekend, plus nominates his star of the week and shares his thoughts on the Mill Reef Stakes. When trying to be successful as a punter it pays to pay attention to what is being said, and sometimes what is not being…

Cold Case (yellow): finished third to Noble Style and Marshman in the Gimcrack in August Two horses stand out in this sales race and the market has found them - Group 1-entered pair Cold Case and Magical Sunset. Both arrive with differing profiles but similarly appealing claims. Cold Case ran third to Noble Style and Marshman in the Gimcrack in…

Well, I hope you backed Gavin's tips yesterday because you would be 5 points in profit on day one alone. It was a successfull day for our racing tipster at York Ebor Festival day 1 and we're hoping the good times continue as we look at ahead to Ebor Day 2. Today, Gavin Smith has 6 points wirth of tips spread over three races including a 5/1…

Fortune could favour the brave as Gemma Tutty prepares her ever-improving Mostly Cloudy to run at Group level for the first time in the Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup Stakes at York. The three-year-old had not found the scoresheet in five starts before May this year - but his career has exploded into action since, winning five on the bounce and…