#Peter Schiergen

Baaeed: red-hot favourite takes on five rivals in Sunday's Prix du Moulin at Longchamp Baaeed is set to face five rivals in Sunday's Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2.48) after Poetic Flare was not declared for the Group 1 contest. The St James's Palace Stakes winner was one of two runners taken out of the race along with Coeursamba, who took Group 1…

FAKIR D'OUDAIRES can land a big prize for Ireland in the Grade 1 Marsh Chase. Joseph O'Brien's chaser is as tough as they come and bounded clear by 11 lengths in this race 12 months ago. Returning in his usual consistent manner, JP McManus' seven-year-old recorded a 15-length score at Grade 2 level in November. There was no disgrace in finding…

The Japan Cup takes centre stage internationally next Sunday and while the race - worth a cool £2.5 million to the winner - has not gone to a horse trained outside Japan since 2005, that hasn't deterred connections of four European runners from making the journey, the biggest contingent in a decade. And there are reasons for hope of a breakthrough,…

Peter Schiergen will take on Arc hero Torquator Tasso with Sammarco in Germany's biggest all-aged race, the Grosser Preis von Baden Arc-winning trainer Peter Schiergen looks set to ensure Frankie Dettori and Torquator Tasso do not have an easy time of things in next Sunday's €200000 Grosser Preis von Baden. Schiergen has confirmed that Deutsches…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The horse racing NAP of the Day with SportsLens tipsters on Wednesday, 7 September, is Tedham in the staying handicap chase at Uttoxeter (3:15). Our experts' next best bet, meanwhile, is German raider Novemba in the 7f Group 3 Sceptre Fillies' Stakes on the opening day of Doncaster's St Leger…