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Tough as teak gelding Larynx will soon raise the baton on 50 starts and top $200000 in earnings but not before potentially adding the Cowra Cup (1280m) to his win tally at Orange on Sunday. Born and bred at Gooree, the son of the Mudgee nursery's Group 1 winning sprinter Your Song, is closing on his eighth win and/or 28th podium finish at his 48th…

The Qatar Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe clock is ticking for Enable and Frankie Dettori. Sunday will be a fourth and final shot at Europe's biggest all-age race for the six-year-old mare whose biological clock is telling her that it is time to become a mother rather a champion racehorse. And her jockey, with his 50th birthday circled on the calendar in…

It may have been a race comprised of old favourites but, in keeping with the theme of late, there was a big-price shock in the Veterans' Final at Sandown on Saturday. Wishing And Hoping, one of four teenagers in the line-up, was a 50/1 shot and a shorter price than only one of his 17 rivals, but he rolled back the years to register a…

Champion sprinter Nature Strip remains a short-priced favourite to go back-to-back in The Everest (1200m) after Tuesday's spectacular barrier draw despite copping the widest gate. The Chris Waller-trained gelding drew barrier 12 for the $15m feature race at Randwick which is typically not ideal, however, there are some suggestions this will allow…

Four teenagers feature among the 18 runners in the eighth edition of the Veterans' Final and they will be bidding to emulate Seeyouatmidnight (2021) and Pete The Feat (2017) who both took the prize at 13. Pete The Feat also went close the following season when runner-up to Buywise as a 14-year-old, more than a decade after he had made his debut.…

ONLY the true greats truly break the racing bubble. Frankie Dettori, Desert Orchid, AP McCoy, Lester Piggot all make the cut. And of course, the mighty Frankel. In tandem with his unequalled talent on the track, a run of 14 straight wins at the highest level in breathtaking fashion, Frankel was also credited with keeping his trainer Sir Henry Cecil…

Thursday's racing comes from Wolverhampton (12.45-3.45pm), Ffos Las (1.00-4.00) and Chelmsford (5.30-8.30) - the all-weather flat cards sandwiching the jumps fare at the Welsh venue. Thursday's nap is a Donald McCain runner who can improve on a moderate showing on his seasonal reappearance when he lines up at Ffos Las. Enda McElhinney's picks for…

The biggest race run on American soil is here. The $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic, which is supposed to draw the best horses that the world has to offer, will be run at embattled Santa Anita Park on Saturday night. Eleven horses have been entered to run in the 1 1/4-mile race, which is in its 36th year. While the horses should be getting the most…

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We'll be providing you with live updates and the latest news on the race as it unfolds. King George Chase is one of the most prestigious National Hunt races, held annually at Kempton Park Racecourse in Surrey, England. Today's race is sure to be a thrilling event, with a competitive field of some of the best steeplechasers in the country vying for…

I'm going over to Leopardstown on Boxing Day to ride NUSRET in the Grade 2 Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle and I'm really looking forward to it. I worked Nusret around the Curragh the other day and I really liked what I felt, he's a lovely horse and it'll be nice to see where he ranks in the juvenile pecking order this year. I'm hoping he'll be there…

According to Churchill Downs' Mike Battaglia's opening odds, thoroughbred contender Cyberknife is a 20-1 shot for Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Even if he doesn't win, his owner deserves a bouquet of roses or at least a glass of champagne. You see, Al Gold had more important things on his mind when he named his Chestnut colt. The prostate cancer he…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Since 1882, when the Standard Oil Trust was formed, Franklin D. Roosevelt was born and the electrical age began with the flip of a switch that lit up one square mile of Lower Manhattan, no horse has won the Kentucky Derby without racing at the age of 2. The horse that did it way back then was the chestnut gelding Apollo, named…

It is nearly ten years since Frankel put up the best performance in Timeform's history when he beat Excelebration by 11 lengths in the 2012 Queen Anne Stakes, earning a rating of 147. Unsurprisingly, no horse since has come close to reaching that lofty figure. In fact, only a dozen other horses have reached the 140 benchmark since Timeform was…

HEARD the one about the Chelsea fan who grew up on a council estate, then sold his business for £45million and now lives a life of luxury which includes watching his top racehorses? It sounds too good to be true - but Alan Spence really does have, as one publication put it, a'lifestyle to die for'. Make no mistake though, this business genius made…

For Hong Kong-based businessman Christopher Tsui Ka-leung - owner of one-in-a-million racehorse Sea The Stars - today's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is not just an opportunity to reflect on past glory, but a chance to enjoy a new chapter of an already remarkable story. What if you and your family bred and owned one of the greatest racehorses of all…

In the words of legendary Italian breeder, Federico Tesio: "The thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians, or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning post of the Epsom Derby." Those comments may not apply to the same extent when it comes to the recent crop of Derby victors, but one thing remains the…

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A fascinating renewal of the 241st £500000 Investec Derby with 16 runners going to post for the 12-furlong event. The market is headed at 9/4 by the Ed Walker-trained English King. The three-year-old has the services of Frankie Dettori, a dual winner of the famous Classic and was a very impressive winner of the Lingfield Derby Trial, a contest won…

Handicappers at the horse track all hold their own theories and conjectures about who will win the next race, mining programs for split times and race histories, bloodlines and surfaces. On any given day, the rail may be golden or dead. And then there are questions about how much impact the jockey has. Joe Appelbaum played college football at Yale…

All along, Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson hoped he wouldn't have a chance to be in Louisville on the first Saturday in May, sipping mint juleps and watching the Kentucky Derby in person. - THIS STORY WAS UPDATED FRIDAY -- That would have meant the Avalanche already had been eliminated from the playoffs. But for a while, it seemed there was a…

Classy import and pre-race favourite Nugget is down in the order of entries for Saturday's The Ingham. Boom import Nugget has retained favouritism for the $2 million The Ingham even though he might not squeeze into the field for the rich Royal Randwick mile race on Saturday. Nugget, who has the limit weight of 54kg, is currently 22nd in order of…

Michael Jacobs writes in the Sporting Post Mailbag that the 4Racing strategy is clearly a work in progress, and needs far more finesse; particularly on the TV broadcast front and the customer experience. 4Racing and Cape Racing either need to decide to work together or move on, as Ashwin Reynolds said Cape stakeholders need to talk urgently! Cape…

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nearly 30 years ago, the Orlando Magic entered the NBA Draft Lottery with a 1.52% chance of winning -- the worst odds of any team. But they defied those odds, leaping from No. 11 to No. 1, becoming the biggest longshot to ever win and selecting Michigan star Chris Webber. Only two other teams since the weighted lottery system…

12 runners line up for the 239th Epsom Classic, British Flat racing's most prestigious meeting The Epsom racecourse will be packed for Saturday's main event The 239th Epsom Derby is upon us. And Aidan O'Brien expects Ryan Moore to adopt patient tactics on red-hot Investec Derby favourite Saxon Warrior after he was handed stall one in the Epsom…

Here are five horses to back for the first Group 1 Grand Prix harness meeting at Addington, which starts at 12.15pm today. 1: Muscle Mountain (R8, No 1) Only one of trotting's big three turns up for this Group 1, and he should lead and win. The last time Muscle Mountain was in a sprint field of similar quality (no Sundees Son or Bolt For…

Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports Breeders' Cup Juvenile offers a first look at potential runners for the Kentucky Derby 2023 Bob Baffert's Cave Rock looks like a solid favorite in the betting The Breeders' Cup is nearly upon us, as the world's very best racehorses descend on Keeneland for two days of high-quality Grade 1 action. The competitive races…

No horse in training has a higher Timeform rating than Shishkin, who earned a figure of 181 for his stirring success over Energumene in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot in January. That performance in a race for the ages took Shishkin's record over fences to seven from seven and, for some context on what he achieved on the form book, it earned him…

The Grand National Festival ends with the world-famous steeplechase today. The three-day race meeting at Aintree began on Thursday, continued on Friday with Ladies Day and will culminate for another year today. Come 5.15 pm on Saturday there will be 70000 on the racecourse for the Grand National and 500 million people watching the racing across the…

Get ready to place your bets and cheer your horses home - the 2022 Cheltenham Festival is here. Fans return to the four-day meeting after missing out last year, with sales hitting record levels. Over 60000 people will watch the thrilling sporting action from the grandstands during the week. The feature Gold Cup, sponsored by Boodles, is wide open…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The horses for the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs. Purse: $2 million guaranteed Distance: 1¼ miles Track record: 1:59 2/5 (Secretariat, 1973) Post…

Horse of the Year honors could be on the line Saturday when the country's top dirt horses square off in North America's richest race, the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic. Saturday's race features three of the top four horses in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll: No. 1 Improbable, No. 2 Maximum Security and No. 4 Tom's…

The John Quinn-trained Highfield Princess looks terrific each-way value in Friday's Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes. The unbeaten Royal Aclaim is favourite with the bookies Sonnyboyliston ridden by Ben Coen winning the 2021 Sky Bet Ebor Handicap Headline act Baaeed kickstarts Ebor week by trying to emulate fellow great Frankel in the Juddmonte…

Saturday marks the 147th edition of the Run for the Roses, and there is plenty of history that could be made in the 2021 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Louisville-born trainer Brad Cox will send out Essential Quality and Mandaloun in his first Derby appearance, as he seeks to become the first local trainer to win horse racing's biggest prize.…

The list of 2022 Kentucky Derby contenders is filled with horses from the Bluegrass State, but several have roots elsewhere in the country. Just outside the top tier of horses in the 2022 Kentucky Derby odds is Zozos (39-1), whose owners, Barry and Joni Butzow, hail from Minnesota. Zozos will be their first Kentucky Derby entry after more than 30…

Royal Ascot is the racing event of the summer and it promises to be extra special in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year. For the first time since 2019, a full crowd will soak up the atmosphere over the five days. From June 14, fans are looking forward to fast-paced action on the track and perhaps a winner or two. Queen Elizabeth II will have runners…

Shishkin is a perfect 7-7 over fences after defeating Energumene last time. Nicky Henderson's star is a red hot favourite to extend his unbeaten run in Wednesday's Champion Chase Shishkin is favourite for the Champion Chase The home team go in search of a greater share of the Festival's top prizes at Cheltenham 2022. A year ago British runners took…

By Andy Serling FOX Sports Horse Racing Analyst When the field, projected at eight, breaks from the gate early Saturday evening for the 154th Belmont Stakes, the biggest question will be whether Rich Strike is a genuine player on the biggest stages or a one-hit-wonder. The race was drawn Tuesday morning. Eight horses are entered (Preakness winner…

The horses are nearing the starting gate for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby. Mo Donegal will be first to load into the starting gate in post No. 1, and he'll be first to cross the finish line in the 2022 Kentucky Derby. You can bet on it. The opening pari-mutuel odds on Mo Donegal to win the Derby are 10/1. We're sticking to our plan to…

For the first time since 1926, the 2020 Belmont Stakes was run at a shorter distance than its traditional mile-and-a-half length. COVID-19 not only led to the temporary shuttering of numerous tracks, but it also created disruptions in horses' training schedules and support staff's ability to work around each other. The decision was made to run the…

Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun works out at Churchill Downs in preparation for Saturday's Stephen Foster Stakes. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs July 1 (UPI) -- The Fourth of July weekend kicks off the second half of the horse racing year with a bang as Mandaloun, Life Is Good, Ce Ce and other notables return from layoffs. Adding to the…

IT'S not the race that stops the nation. It's the other one. When Saturday comes it will bring in its duffel bag the time-honoured Caulfield Cup, which will be honoured for the 139th time at triangular eastern Melbourne racecourse, Caulfield. It's not the biggest thing on the Australian racing calendar but it is the major lead-up to it - that one,…

Since 2010, seven winners of this race had competed at Ascot on their latest start, a statistic that is likely to be enhanced as this year's market is dominated by those exiting the royal meeting. However, they contested several different races over a range of trips, so what has been the ideal prep? In the same 11-year period, horses who were…

CUMBERLAND, ME -Legendary New England horseman Donni Reichards had plenty to be thankful for this weekend, as his stable star Ry's Red Rocket (Sunshine Beach) picked up her eighth win of the harness racing season on Saturday (Nov. 26) at Cumberland. Driven to victory by Matty'Ice' Athearn, the 5-year-old mare had all the boys talking as she turned…

The 2022 Kentucky Derby is on May 7th with post time at 6:57 p.m. ET. Using TVG projections and Horse Racing Nation as a guide, here are the horse profiles for America's biggest and most popular race. New players, get your first win-type wager on a single horse in any race at any track risk-free up to $200 with TVG: Bet the Derby! As always, check…

The 2022 Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday, June 11 at 6:45 p.m. ET at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The third jewel of the Triple Crown will feature a field of eight horses, including Kentucky Derby longshot winner Rich Strike. Rich Strike, who drew the No. 4 post position and was tabbed with 7-2 morning-line odds, is not the betting…