#Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Narrowly beaten on his racecourse debut at the Curragh, the son of No Nay Never went on to win each of his four subsequent starts, including the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. But it was his scintillating display on what proved to be his final juvenile appearance in the Group One Phoenix Stakes that saw him top the charts with a rating of…

It's the big day of Royal Ascot week and Frankie Dettori's mount Stradivarius bids to win a third Gold Cup at 3.35pm. Follow for live updates, tips and reaction History could be made at Royal Ascot, when Stradivarius races for a third Gold Cup. Only two horses have managed it before, Sagaro the first to complete the hat-trick from 1975 to…

A tour of Coolmore Stud in Fethard, County Tipperary is a wonderfully enriching experience for any Flat racing fan, the site being home to so many champions from years gone by. To drive the point home, simply check out the stud's roster for 2021 which counted 16 stallions and the winners of 44 Group/Grade 1 races between them. Of course, winning…

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…

A LOT has happened over the last eight years. Back in 2014, Brexit wasn't even a thing, Roy Hodgson was England boss and if you said you had Corona-virus people would think you were actually hungover after a few too many beers. But there had been one constant for the last 3091 days - luckless racehorse trainer Jeff Sadik couldn't saddle a winner…

Matt Bernier, handicapper for the Daily Racing Form, is a Massachusetts resident who is one of the sport's most enthusiastic young ambassadors. He's a regular presence as an analyst on NBC Sports' television coverage of the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup and is also a leading expert on handicapping tournaments. Matt previously worked in real estate…

Tommy Lyons ranks the country's greatest horsemen from the past 50 years. A star from the outset, Walsh served notice of what was to come by winning the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham aboard Alexander Banquet, and winning the Aintree Grand National at the first attempt. He showed his outstanding natural ability and adaptability by being able to ride…

As times change, even a two-time Triple Crown-winning, Hall of Fame trainer has to adjust. In an era when horses are racing less and less, Bob Baffert looks like he is not only ahead of the curve, but he is leading the vanguard. This goes way beyond what he did with Justify in a gaudy, 112-day dash from apprenticeship to retirement. Very quietly,…

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…

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This is "last call" weekend for Breeders' Cup hopefuls with more than a dozen "Win and You're In" races spread across three U.S. tracks. It's also Arc weekend in Paris and Winx seeks her 28th straight win in Australia. There's even more, with important 2-year-old races in Canada and the Group 1 Sun Chariot in England. Twenty-eight straight wins? It…

It can be mind-blowing to watch experienced jockeys and their powerful horses race around the course with such intensity and vigor. And the sport creates more excitement when money is on the line. Horse race betting is one of the most popular and oldest forms of gambling in the world. Although many people would like to place their bets on a horse,…

By The Capital Sports Report Staff Horse racing had existed for a while, seemingly popular even in medieval times when numerous racers competed in hippodromes and achieved fame and fortune. Initially, it served only as a means of amusement, but as the years passed, different occasions have added to its growth. These horse racing competitions have…

On what has already been a turbulent week for all things Arc related, the pressure surrounding Europe's richest horserace is cranked up another notch with Sunday's Qatar Arc Trials at ParisLongchamp - a huge 10-race card worth over €1.2 million in prizemoney. The Group One Prix Vermeille is the feature on the card and boasts ante-post Arc favourite…

Ruby Walsh described Christophe Soumillon's actions on Friday as a "racing manoeuvre" gone "badly wrong" but maintained the jockey's 60-day ban for elbowing Rossa Ryan out the saddle was appropriate. Soumillon was quick to apologise after unseating his fellow rider at Saint-Cloud but insisted his actions were not intentional. He has since taken his…

Ghaiyyath, shown, held off Enable to win the Coral Eclipse on Sunday at Sandown. Photo by Kassandro / Wikimedia Commons July 6 (UPI) -- Ghaiyyath held off Enable to win the Coral Eclipse on Sunday at Sandown -- a race that put the cap on a compressed weekend of Group 1 events that comprised the Investec Derby and Oaks at Epsom and the Prix du…

Plenty of great Coral Eclipse winners over the years since the race was first run in 1886. So, as we build up to the 2022 Coral Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park this Saturday (2nd July), we've picked out our favourite Coral Eclipse scorers from the last 30 years - let's take a look. We've also got the latest betting from 888Sport ahead of the 2022…

Racing is never short of a storyline and 2022 was certainly no different. Be it the good, the bad or the sometimes ugly, racing can at times resemble a soap opera as much as it does a billion dollar industry. With 2022 now in the rear view mirror we look back at the 30 biggest stories to shape the year with Part 2 today covering 15-1. 15) Melbourne…

1pt win Francesco Clemente in Cazoo St Leger at 25/1 (Sky Bet) No shortage of water yet to pass under the bridge prior to the Cazoo St Leger on September 10 so with one firm cutting Westover to a ridiculously skinny 6/4 for the Doncaster Classic on the back of winning a decidedly weak Irish Derby last weekend, I can't resist exploring some of the…

LAS VEGAS - It was sure to happen, wasn't it? With the rising popularity of handicapping contests in horse racing, there had to be growing pains. And you had better believe the news that broke late this week from the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge is a pain. "I have full confidence that there was nothing amiss there," said Nisan Gabbay, 40, the…

Titleholder wins Sunday's Takarazuka Kinen, now targeting the Arc d'Triomphe. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association June 27 (UPI) -- Tawny Port's victory in Saturday's Ohio Derby serves notice the scramble among U.S. 3-year-olds is far from over while Westover's dominance of the Irish Derby indicates he's not out of the frame, either, despite…

First published on July 20, 2015, Steve Dennis looks back at the race of the century, when Grundy and Bustino went eye to eye down the Ascot straight Naturally, there has to be a race considered to be'the race of the century', but why this one? What elevated this particular race to the general understanding that, in 100 years, there had never been…

Join our channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing Successful Ryan Moore rides are often significant, but there was a major milestone for the jockey at Deauville on Sunday. Steering Blackbeard to victory in the Prix Morny was his 100th Group 1 winner for trainer Aidan O'Brien. Moore's first top level victory for the master of Ballydoyle…

Newsboy fancies Baaeed to take star billing at Ascot as the unbeaten four-year-old bids to bow out in the Champion Stakes with an 11th straight win Ascot hosts the six-race Qipco Champions Day meeting on Saturday October 15 BAAEED tops the bill as a glittering cast list assembles for the £4million QIPCO British Champions Day seasonal finale at…

Victor Ludorum: exciting colt returns at Longchamp on the day racing resumes in France French racing looks set to return with a bang as unbeaten Classic favourite Victor Ludorum launches his hugely anticipated second season on the opening day. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe third Sottsass is also scheduled to be in action on a star-studded card at…

Breeders' Cup Classic hero Knicks Go has been named the Longines World's Best Racehorse at an online ceremony hosted from the National Racing Museum in Newmarket. The International Federation of Horseracing Authority's panel of handicappers awarded Knicks Go an end-of-season rating of 129, 2lb clear of a three-way tie featuring European Horse of…

Maximum Security, the colt disqualified from victory in the Kentucky Derby, returns to the winner's circle Saturday at Belmont Park. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 28 (UPI) -- It was a very good weekend of horse racing for Japan as Lys Gracieux landed the Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia and Almond Eye returned to her dominant…

Family man: Frankie with wife Catherine son Leo and daughter Ella at the premiere of The Chronicles Of Narnia in December 2005 Star jockey Frankie Dettori today apologised for'letting down my wife and children' after being banned from racing for six months for drug taking. The 41-year-old Italian tested positive for a banned substance, thought to…

Horse racing is such a global phenomenon that there are hundreds of races to choose from. However, although it has gained a world of popularity, that doesn't mean that the core racing events have lost its prestigious and glamorous atmosphere. In fact, many of the horse racing events around the world require a level of sophistication with their…

Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum has died at the age of 75, but his racing legacy will live on after an involvement with the sport spanning over four decades. From Nashwan to Dayjur, some of the greatest names of the Turf have carried Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's colours to victory over the years. There are too many to mention, but here is a very select…

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…

Sir Mark Prescott has spent more than half a century honing a reputation for keeping a little bit up his sleeve and the 101st Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe may prove his piece de resistance as Alpinista sluiced through the sodden Longchamp turf to record an emphatic victory under Luke Morris. It remains to be seen if this fabulous mare's decisive…

Cristiano Ronaldo may strut about like some sort of superstar stud on a megabucks salary but he's a mere donkey - and a badly paid one too - next to Sea The Stars. The thoroughbred galloped into the history books this year by becoming the first horse to win the 2000 Guineas, Derby and Arc in the same season. The Irish colt, still only three years…

When your father is Aidan O'Brien and arguably the greatest trainer of Flat racehorses in history, there is a certain pressure and interest that has accompanied the fledgling career of Donnacha O'Brien. Like elder sibling Joseph, retirement from race riding has been followed with a swift transition from the saddle to handling horses on the gallops.…

Baaeed: will make his final racecourse appearance in either the Arc or Champion Stakes Angus Gold says he would personally love nothing more than for Baaeed to round off his career in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, an event he described as "the greatest race in the world". But Shadwell's long-serving racing manager and wise counsel to the…

Dettori was at his best on the 7-4 joint favourite, trained by John Gosden, to see off runner-up Vazirabad and long-time leader Torcedor in third. It was the 47-year-old jockey's sixth Gold Cup win and he treated the 70000 crowd to a trademark flying dismount. Joint favourite Order Of St George, the 2016 winner and last year's runner-up, could only…

SIR BUSKER is fancied to call the tune in the Unibet Golden Mile (2.45) at Glorious Goodwood today. Having marked his return with a win at Newcastle at the start of June, the William Knight four-year-old followed up in the Silver Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot 15 days later. Oisín Murphy's mount then stepped back from a mile to seven furlongs for the…

2022-12-22Frankie Dettori and Davy Russell: A fond farewell to two contrasting horse racing legends Frankie Dettori and Davy Russell, one a flat racing legend, the other a star of National Hunt racing stunned the sport by announcing their retirements this week. The announcements, like the jockeys themselves, could not have been more contrasting,…

Equinox and Christophe Lemaire run away with the 2022 Arima Kinen Tenno Sho Autumn winner Equinox made it a second Group 1 success with a dominant victory in the Arima Kinen at Nakayama on Christmas Day. A son of Kitsan Black out of the winning King Halo mare Chateau Blanche, the Tetsuya Kimura-trained three-year-old was posting his fourth career…

Six runners from the fans' top choices, including Titleholder, Efforia and Equinox, plus Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1) winner Geraldina are expected to also be the most popular betting options Sunday in the Grade 1, $6.5 million Arima Kinen, the 67th annual Grand Prix of Japan. Staged at Nakayama, the 1 9/16-mile race boasts Japan's top purse, which…

Ghaiyyath has been named the world's best racehorse at the Longines World Racing Awards after a stellar 2020 campaign which saw him win three Group 1s and achieve an official rating of 130. Owned by Godolphin, the son of Dubawi was a dominant winner of the Coronation Cup in June before getting the better of Enable in a pulsating clash in the…

Stradivarius pulled off a dramatic piece of racing history with a memorable performance to win his fourth successive Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup - and is now set to be trained for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Sent off the 4-7 favourite, John Gosden's brilliant stayer faced a major challenge on paper from the Royal Ascot and Irish Derby winner Santiago…

THE late Queen Elizabeth II is in all our minds, but there's a Princess very much in the thoughts of racing folk right now as well. When the gongs are given out at the end of the year, there is little doubt that Baaeed will take centre stage. For instance, in the Cartier Horse of the Year race, it's hard to believe that the William Haggas trained…

Nick Seddon previews Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, as Enable bids to win the race for a record third time. Regardless of the rather strange make-up of this year's Flat season, it's disappointing to see just four runners take their chance for one of the most prestigious races in the calendar, and some of the gloss is…

One of the greatest jockeys of all-time has announced that 2023 will be his final year in the saddle. If there is anything that Frankie Dettori hasn't done in racing, then frankly, it isn't worth doing. The 52-year-old has been the athlete that has transcended the sport throughout his career, with anyone that places horse racing bets being familiar…

It's Flat racing's Arc weekend - 12 horses, the smallest field in 12 years, are due to be chasing Europe's grandest prize at ParisLongchamp racetrack in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday. Though two-time winner Enable is hogging the build-up headlines as she and Frankie Dettori seek an historic treble in the mile-and-a-half-long feature, the…

Every part of this perfectly true story appears improbable and is much the better for it. The beginning, the middle and the end are all as wonderfully unlikely as each other, yet as new postscript chapters continue to be written, there is not really an end at all. The legacy of what Urban Sea achieved on an October afternoon 25 years ago lives on…

Godolphin pair Adayar and Hurricane Lane, the Aga Khan's superstar mare Tarnawa and dual Oaks winner Snowfall have been declared for Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as 15 runners stood their ground on Thursday. The Roger Varian-trained Teona, who beat Snowfall in the Prix Vermeille this month, misses the race as the ground will be…

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She has never even been in a race, let alone won a trophy. But the odds are that one day this young filly could be worth a flutter. Her new owner certainly hopes so, after betting £5.25million on her having a winning future - and making her one of the most expensive horses in the world. The unnamed thoroughbred, referred to at auction as lot number…