#Naval Crown

As Lingfield builds up to its ground-breaking Winter Million Festival, all exclusively live on Sky Sports Racing on January 20-22, there is still time for an exciting seven-race card on Saturday, featuring a trio of Charlie Appleby runners. The Middleham Park Racing syndicates are represented with three strong challengers for the feature at…

May 3 (UPI) -- Just hours before Medina Spirit wired the Kentucky Derby, Poetic Flair won a nip-and-tuck victory in the first of the British Classics, highlighting a big weekend of international horse racing action. That Qipco 2000 Guineas showdown keyed a meeting at Newmarket that also included an upset in the Qipco 1000 Guineas, an impressive…

Ascot plays host to a fascinating feature on Saturday, featuring the classy Chindit as well as a runner for Her Majesty The Queen. A field of seven go forward for the Group Two Summer Mile Stakes, live on Sky Sports Racing (3.35pm), in what promises to be an open contest. Run on the round mile, the race represents a different test to the Queen Anne…

I rarely turn down work, but the enquiry on Saturday as to whether I would be interested in writing something about a fascinator modelled on the Scales of Justice that the lady asking was wearing had to be politely declined. Such a request would never happen at Cheltenham, though in most other ways Royal Ascot is the Flat's version of the…

Finding a superlative to describe the year which Charlie Appleby has enjoyed is a relatively easy task, but for those of his training colleagues with aspirations of toppling his team in 2023 they face what looks set to be a challenge of epic proportions. Having raised the bar following a stellar 2021 season, the Newmarket handler once again took…

Racing fans will be watching Newmarket on Saturday where the first Classic of the Flat season is run at 3.40. The race is one of six on the ITV schedule The first Classic races of the Flat season take place this weekend, with Wembley hoping to score in the Qipco 2000 Guineas. The Galileo colt, named after the home of English football, was backed in…

Go Bears Go: classy sprinter was a winner in Ireland last time Dave Loughnane on Monday played down any fears about the health of his string and reckons Go Bears Go has a fine chance of underlining that in the Betfair Sprint Cup (3.30) at Haydock on Saturday. Loughnane has saddled 30 British Flat winners this year and 14 came in April and March,…

Highfield Princess and Jason Hart claim the Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday Victory in the Group 1 Arc Prix Maurice de Gheest was secured with the brilliant execution of not one but two plans. The first piece of foresight was for trainer John Quinn to give Highfield Princess a short break after running an excellent sixth in the Platinum Jubilee…

Appleby, 47, a retained trainer for Godolphin at Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket, fought off sustained challenges from John & Thady Gosden and William Haggas to keep hold of the Trainers' title. It completes a clean sweep of the Jockeys', Trainers' and Owners' Championships for Godolphin in 2022, with the organisation winning the Owners' title and…

Frankie Dettori believes favourite Life Is Good will be a "very tough nut to crack" in the Dubai World Cup. The top jockey has f our rides on the Meydan card, including one of market leader's opponents Country Grammer. Dettori has won the $12 million race on Dubai Millennium (2000), Moon Ballad (2003) and Electrocutionist (2006). "The favourite,…

The daughter of No Nay Never, who also holds an entry in the Group One Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at the three day meeting, is one of 22 remaining entries for the six furlong contest on Saturday 9th July following Tuesday's scratchings deadline. This year the Darley July Cup is worth a record £600000 and continues to form part of the QIPCO British…

Evidence of where the balance of power lies between the top three-year-old sprinters and their more experienced elders is still fairly scant. But to judge by the market for this Group 1 sprint, the racing jury has already returned its verdict. Platinum Jubilee Stakes hero Naval Crown heads most lists and Artorius, the horse who has rattled home to…

Jim Wilson, one of only three amateur jockeys to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 72. Wilson partnered Peter Easterby-trained Little Owl, which he owned jointly with his brother Robin, to win the 1981 Gold Cup. But Wilson's massive association with jump racing's biggest meeting extended way beyond…

After an enthralling five days of action, Royal Ascot draws its curtains on Saturday for another year with the headline race, the Platinum Jubilee Stakes, seeing fans out The final day of action at Royal Ascot is upon us Racing fans will say goodbye to Royal Ascot for another year on Saturday, but there is still plenty to get excited about on the…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

ROYAL ASCOT week has reached a thrilling finale. Saturday's racing saw 33/1 Naval Crown shock the field to win the Platinum Jubilee Stakes. Recap all of the winners and results below from a stunning final day at Ascot. William Hill: Bet £10 GET £30 in free bets - CLAIM HERE Betfair - Money Back as Cash up to £20 if your first bet loses CLAIM…

Saturday's Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (3.45 Curragh), worth €570000 to the winner, is the next in a series of very valuable contests throughout the summer which will go a long way to deciding the title of champion sire in Britain and Ireland. We had become used to the sires' championship being a one-sided contest but things were very different in…

Baaeed headlines an all-star cast for Qipco British Champions Day as the world's best turf horse bows out in the feature Champion Stakes (4.00). William Haggas' star is a red-hot 1-5 favourite for the ten-furlong contest but the presence of last year's Derby and King George winner Adayar means that the champion will need to be on his A-game if he…

There was little doubt that Highfield Princess was the sprinter who achieved the highest profile during the season, thanks mainly to completing a Group 1 hat-trick in three countries in the space of not much more than a month in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville, the Nunthorpe at York (replay below) and the Flying Five at the Curragh. The…

With every thoroughbred auction breaking their own previous record breaking results, focus now turns to the stallion fees for 2023. Where is the value, if any and which big names are jumping up or down? Let's find out. One of the most highly anticipated rosters, the Coolmore fees were announced this week and with it a fee for recently crowned…

Starman will take on 13 rivals as he bids for a first Group One victory in Saturday's Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Ed Walker's charge made rapid strides last term, winning his first three starts before meeting with a first defeat when upped in company to the highest level on soft ground on Champions Day. The four-year-old made a…

The Queen's runner King's Lynn was third in the Wokingham (5.00pm). Dream Of Dreams won the feature Diamond Jubilee Stakes as Ryan Moore celebrated a treble The Queen just missed out on a winner as she attended Royal Ascot's final day. Making her first appearance at the big meeting this week, the reigning monarch arrived to a round of applause from…

July 8 (UPI) -- Three-year-olds from Ireland, England and France will see what they can do with American rivals this weekend at Belmont Park in the $1 million Caesar's Belmont Derby and $750000 Belmont Oaks. The weekend also includes the Indiana Derby, Iowa Derby and Los Alamitos Derby in California, where trainer Bob Baffert returns from…

The fastest horses on the turf will be in action in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint 2022 at Keeneland later this year. This could be potentially one of the most interesting betting heats later in the year given the performances that we have seen by some of the stars involved already this year. When: Saturday, November 52022 Where: Keeneland,…

Irish champion flat trainer Aidan O'Brien is responsible for 12 of the 72 entries for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, England, on Saturday, 1 May 2021. The first Classic race of the British flat season, which will be staged on Newmarket's Rowley Mile course, will see the Irish handler bid for an incredible 10 QIPCO 2000 Guineas success. The…

At a neutral venue, you would fancy the highly likeable and adaptable Highfield Princess as a more likely winner than Golden Pal. That is no definitive comment on their abilities, it is simply that she has built her record under a wider spread of conditions, from steadily run 6½f races like the Maurice de Gheest to a soundly run Nunthorpe. This…

The cream of the Flat racing crop in Britain and Ireland are set to cross the pond for the Breeders' Cup. Aidan O'Brien, Charlie Appleby and co have a string of entries for the two-day meeting at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. Future Stars Friday sees the leading juveniles take their chance before the more established horses bid for the bigger…

The Breeder's Cup began in 1984. The idea was simple, the public falls in love with the Triple Crown, and then moves on to other sports. By creating a year-end spectacle, with all the best horses, it would not only be a day for the sport to get a lot of attention and crown champions, but it would make all of the summer and fall stakes races into…

The Dubai World Cup Carnival continues this week with the UAE 2000 Guineas taking centre stage on a competitive and interesting card. I have four selections for you - including my strongest bet of the Carnival so far - in the final race. Enjoy all of our comprehensive international coverage on Racing TV Extra. 2.30 Meydan: Canvassed This race seems…

2022-11-02Breeders' Cup news: Charlie Appleby looking to add to impressive record In Modern Games in the Mile, Nations Pride and Rebel's Romance in the Turf and Silver Knott in the Juvenile Turf, Appleby has three very strong chances according to the betting. Add with Creative Force and Naval Crown in the Turf Sprint, Mischief Magic in the Juvenile…

Naval Crown (blue) won the Platinum Jubilee as Home Affairs (left) faded. Picture: Ryan Pierse-Getty Images Artorius ran a luckless third, Home Affairs faded out of the placings and Godolphin may have found their sprinter for The Everest. The Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Saturday didn't go to script for Australian sprinters Artorius…

Home Affairs was favourite for the Platinum Jubilee Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Alfred Munnings and Hurricane Lane were two of the key runners for Royal Ascot 2022's grand finale, but they could not claim a win Racing fans are under starter's orders for the grand finale of Royal Ascot 2022. The big meeting has already reached its fifth day, after…

St Mark's Basilica (centre) is absent but Wembley (left) and Thunder Moon (right) will run St Mark's Basilica is a notable absentee from the final field for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday after 15 colts were declared for the first Classic of the season. Trainer Aidan O'Brien will still be represented by Battleground, Van Gogh and…

In the first segment of his two-part Breeders' Cup analysis, Graham Dench casts his expert eye over the European challenge for Future Stars Friday Turf courses in the US tend to be sharper with shorter straights than the Europeans are used to - but Keeneland has the advantage of providing more suitable climate and underfoot conditions than are…

Those of a certain age will remember when British and Irish-trained runners at the Breeders' Cup were a novelty, with winners being a rarity. But the boundaries and obstacles have become smaller. As a consequence, the raiding party seems to get bigger every year, with multiple winners becoming the norm. The dirt races may remain a bridge too far…

A total of 19 horses were left in Haydock's Betfair Sprint Cup (3.30) at the six-day stage on Monday with Nunthorpe winner Highfield Princess the most notable absentee. With John Quinn's star filly not going for a hat-trick of Group 1 wins, the £350000 sprint which highlights Saturday's action looks wide open. We assess the key contenders. .…

The Racing Post's awards will honour the best (and sometimes worst) performances and raise talking points from the last seven days of racing. This week's winners are. . . He had the pressure of a nation behind him but Nature Strip delivered in extraordinary fashion in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday. The seven-year-old was sent off 9-4 second…

Who will rise to the challenge at Ascot on Saturday? Andy Stephens shares his best bets and suggests potentially underestimated runners to keep in mind. 1.25 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup (Group 2) THE TIP: ELDAR ELDAROV at a general 5-2 No three-year-old has won this race since it was first run in 2011 but that masks the fact that…

It's Champions Day at Ascot racecourse on Saturday, with five group races including the Champion Stakes with odds-on favourite Baaeed set to cap his career off in style on his last race. But the flat finale doesn't always favour the favourites and there will be a few big prices about to keep in mind if betting each-way. Big fields, improvers,…

It will be a sweet moment on Saturday at Ascot for William Buick, who looks set to finally get his hands on the Jockeys' Championship trophy. Buick takes an unassailable lead of over 60 winners into the final week of the season, moving over the 150 mark with success on Pogo last Friday at Newmarket. The 34-year-old Norwegian rider secured 151…

Emaraaty Ana: beat Starman in last year's Sprint Cup at Haydock The Betfair Sprint Cup (3.30 Haydock) is the standout feature over the weekend and we have looked back over a number of factors to see who may win Saturday's Group 1 showdown. In the last ten years, Twilight Son (2015) has been the only winner rated lower than 110. He was rated 104…

1pt win Castle Star in British Champions Sprint Stakes at 33/1 (General) With Highfield Princess all but confirmed for Keeneland and the Breeders' Cup in early-November, Ascot's QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes looks as open as ever and I'm certainly not bowled over by the idea of backing 6/1 market leader Alcohol Free, who has been mixing it…

Staying on top of the key horse racing information is pivotal at this stage of the season, as connections begin to detail whether they will be targeting Breeders' Cup races in November. However, who are some of the key 2022 Breeders' Cup contenders that should be on the radar of all racing fans? Horse: Flightline Jockey: John Sadler It goes without…

TEMPLEGATE has picked out some surefire winners across Saturday's big races and beyond. Read on for our man's tips and don't forget you can back a horse by just clicking on their odds. MINZAAL (3.30 Haydock, nap) He was impressive when taking a Sandown Group 3 before a fast-finishing second in this grade at Deauville last month. This trip is ideal…

Emaraaty Ana's performance in last month's Nunthorpe Stakes was exactly what connections had hoped to see prior to his bid to land a second running of the Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup. In finishing third to Highfield Princess at York, Emaraaty Ana produced more evidence that his early season lacklustre form was being left behind and he was coming…

With no outstanding performer in the domestic sprint division, this had the look of an open Sprint Cup, though in the end proved anything but, Minzaal blowing the race apart when taking over approaching the final furlong and recording a high-class effort that is backed up by the timefigure, even if it's not quite the track record performance…

A big field and a fierce pace looks on the cards for the Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock on Saturday and that can help Rohaan, a 9-1 chance with Betfred and Sky Bet, strike in the Group One feature. It's evident that the dual Wokingham winner is in his element when he can pounce late after being buried away in races run at end-to-end gallops over a…