#National Horseracing Museum

First run on Sept. 24, 1776, less than three months after the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the St Leger at Doncaster is the oldest of the five Classic races that form the backbone of the flat season in Britain. Run over 1 mile, 6 furlongs, and 132 yards, the St Leger is the longest of that classic quintet - the others are the…

Members of the Gallop Racing syndicated enjoyed what they described as a "red letter day" after Lakota Sioux provided them with their biggest-ever success when completing a 20.6-1 treble for Charlie and Mark Johnston in the Jewson Sweet Solera Stakes. Having finished third in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot 49 days ago, the daughter of…

A BRONZE statue of Queen Elizabeth II has been sold for £173250 to a racing-mad businessman who was a'great admirer' of the late monarch. Loaded Hong Kong-based entrepreneur Marc Chan has revealed the incredibly touching reasons why he paid the six-figure sum at auction. The maquette, sold at Tattersalls in Newmarket, showed the late Queen with a…

SUN HILL can build on an eye-catching run at Thirsk last time to lift the Signsafe Traffic Handicap (Div I) (4.10) at Ayr. Mick and David Easterby's son of Dabirsim failed to trouble the judge on his first starts in novice stakes at Ayr, York and Nottingham. The handicapper gave Sun Hill a mark of 59 as a result, and there was enough on the…