#Reach For The Moon

Stradivarius (far right) could finish only third when bidding for a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup How ironic that it was at Ascot, the scene of so many of his greatest triumphs, that Frankie Dettori should fall out of John Gosden's good books. His'magnificent seven' may have been more than a quarter of a century ago but it was only in 2019 he…

Hopes of a fairytale ending to the Royal Ascot career of Stradivarius, with a record-equalling fourth Ascot Gold Cup win under Frankie Dettori, turned into a horror story on Thursday. For the second year running, the pair were beaten without having a decent shot at the prestigious prize. One of the great stayers of the modern era frustratingly…

Sportsmail's expert tipster Sam Turner delivers his verdict ahead of day three at Royal Ascot. 2.30: WALBANK shaped with considerable promise on his debut at this venue behind Noble Style and enjoyed a runaway success at York last time. He tackles notable competition in unbeaten Irish colt The Antarctic, but the stiff five furlongs should suit the…

Royal Ascot is back as one of the biggest weeks in racing returns in front of a full house for the first time since 2019. Five days of action gets underway on Tuesday with seven races each afternoon and a total prize fund of over £8.5 million up for grabs. The racing will build up to the Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday, which is one of eight Grade One…

Reach For The Moon: heads the betting for Solario A small field has become predictable in the Solario (average of 6.6 runners since 2011), but that matters little to favourite backers who have cashed in on five consecutive winning market leaders. Will likely odds-on favourite Reach For The Moon follow suit? His pedigree indicates that 7f would be…

The 2022 Royal Ascot festival is well underway, with punters set to enjoy two more thrilling days of action in Windsor. The first three days of Royal Ascot haven't disappointed, but there are still plenty of races to come. From the Gold Cup to the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, Ascot is one of the standout fixtures in the racing calendar, and they are…

There's Classic action to savour at Epsom on Friday and Saturday as Platinum Jubilee fever fills the air during an extra-long Bank Holiday Weekend. The main dish is Saturday afternoon's Cazoo Derby at 5.30pm, set to be run this year in honour of Lester Piggott, who rode nine Derby winners in his career and passed away peacefully last weekend. Aidan…

It's a huge week of racing and we'll be bringing your a live blog every day from Royal Ascot. And our many Garry Owen will give you his selections as well as all of the other UK meetings. MY PROSPERO (4.20) can storm to victory in the St James's Palace Stakes on Day One of Royal Ascot. Thriving William Haggas has a serious chance of more big-race…

Frankie Dettori: yet to ride a winner at Royal Ascot this week Frankie Dettori has dominated the Royal Ascot headlines in recent years but he has yet to ride a winner at this year's meeting and will be eager to break his duck after a hugely frustrating Thursday. The legendary jockey endured no luck with his week's big ride Stradivarius on Thursday,…

PRINCESS ZOE (4.20) can finally reign supreme for Anthony Mullins in the Gold Cup on Day Four of Royal Ascot. The mare handled this gruelling Group 1 well when a cracking second to Subjectivist 12 months ago. The grey ran another stormer when chasing home Twilight Payment back over 1m 6f at the Curragh. She was then over the top when a lacklustre…

Royal Ascot 2022 is here with the best fashion and sporting action. Baaeed and Nature Strip are among the stars on show on day one at the Berkshire venue The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Mr. Peter Phillips arriving by carriage during the Royal Procession on day one of Royal Ascot Royal Ascot week has begun with all the best sporting…

Reach For The Moon: favourite for the Hampton Court Stakes Bookmakers are bracing themselves for a royal victory on day three at Royal Ascot, with success for the Queen's Reach For The Moon in the Hampton Court Stakes (5.35) set to trigger a £50000 ante-post payout for Star Sports. Trained by John and Thady Gosden, Reach For The Moon is a general…

Tadhg Creedon explains why he has invested on two contenders, who are both in action at Newmarket on Saturday, for next year's 1000 and 2000 Guineas. By Tadhg Creedon As Group One action returns to Newmarket's Rowley Mile this week, so do some of the best juveniles in Europe, laying down their claims for possible Classic glory next season. The…

It was back in early April that Point Lonsdale's potential was first highlighted by Aidan O'Brien in the Racing Post's stable tour series and the long-range 2000 Guineas and Derby favourite hasn't put a foot wrong since. "He's doing everything right," O'Brien said at the time, adding: "He's a brother to Broome but is going to be earlier than…

Her Majesty's passion for horses will be celebrated with unseen footage on ITV showing her feeding horses at the Sandringham stables The Queen will miss the Epsom Derby on Saturday for only the third time in her reign, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Friday. She will watch on television from Windsor Castle as she continues to suffer with mobility…

It's a familiar sight when watching horse racing to see the Queen's silks on a jockey on a horse that's owned by Her Majesty. And her hobby that she loves also pays dividends too, in the sum of £8.7m since 1988. In the last 35 years, the Queen has won 566 races and has entered horses in 3441 races in the UK, research by OLBG revealed. The Queen's…

The Epsom Derby is a grand spectacle fit for a queen, so there's no better time to host it than the Platinum Jubilee weekend. The Queen is not expected to make an appearance at the Epsom Derby this year due to the sprawling array of Jubilee commitments coming up this week. Unfortunately, Her Majesty won't have any of her horses running in the race…

Royal fans and race-goers are hoping to see Her Majesty the Queen at this year's Royal Ascot, but are unsure if she will attend. Ascot is is a regular part of her annual calendar The Queen usually attends Royal Ascot, but her appearance is in doubt this year and she has confirmed she will miss the first day Punters and royal fans will be hoping the…

With the new Flat season kicking off at Doncaster this weekend - live on Sky Sports Racing - we take a look at five horses who could be set for a big 2022 campaign. You can watch all the action from the flat season opener at Doncaster with the Lincoln Handicap as well as the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Racing. Trainer: Richard…

Queen Elizabeth II has suffered yet another disappointment in her Platinum Jubilee year, as her long held ambition to win the coveted Epsom Derby horse race has been crushed-for this year at least. A central event of the Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations in June, courtiers and followers of horse racing had held out hopes that the monarch might…

Saturday brings the fifth and final day at Royal Ascot, and the ground will be very testing after all the rain that fell after racing on Thursday. 2.30 CHESHAM STAKES - MASEKELA The longest juvenile race of the week will take some getting for these youngsters over the stiff seven furlongs. Two years ago it was Godolphin's Pinatubo who beat…

ROYAL ASCOT is finally here - and it's a huge event for many reasons. The style and pageantry put it amongst the top sporting days out for Brits - topped off by the opportunity to see the Queen. Last year was just the second time Her Majesty missed the event in her 70-year reign, with the pandemic ruling her out of 2020 too. With the world just…

American Revolution, shown winning the Grade I Cigar Mile in December, is among the likely ones in Saturday's Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs. Photo by Joe Labozzetta, courtesy of New York Racing Association June 3 (UPI) -- Weekend racing is all about the doings on Epsom Downs southwest of London, where the Oaks on Friday and the Derby on Saturday…

The 2022 Flat season is in full swing after the first two Classics of the season, the 2000 Guineas and 1000 Guineas. Attention now turns towards Epsom with the Cazoo Derby and Oaks next month, and market movers come thick and fast as the key Classic trials continue to be run. Our Classic Clues series has you covered. Here's a recap of the recent…

Unbeaten thoroughbred Baaeed and two of the best sprinters in the world open the show at Royal Ascot 2022. Crowds return to the huge sporting event to see Australia's Nature Strip and American hope Golden Pal race for top honours in the King's Stand Stakes. Up against the star pair is the Queen's first runner of the week, King's Lynn, who tries to…

The first of The Queen's Royal Ascot hopefuls runs in the King's Stand Stakes on Tuesday (June 15). Buckingham Palace has yet to announce if Her Majesty will be in the royal box to see King's Lynn off at 3.40pm. The four-year-old, trained by Andrew Balding, will be ridden by jockey Oisin Murphy in the five-furlong race which carries a prize of…

Top tipster Simon Rowlands has three selections plus analysis for the third day of Royal Ascot on Thursday, live on Sky Sports Racing from 1.30pm. The Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday (4.20) will look a very different race depending on whether or not the best stayer around, Trueshan, shows up. He has been declared but seems an unlikely runner…

Although she is perhaps most strongly associated with Royal Ascot, Queen Elizabeth II has been a regular visitor to Epsom Downs Racecourse and is set to return to the Surrey venue in 2022 as part of her Jubilee celebrations. Horse racing is one of the Queen's favourite pastimes and although she has enjoyed winners in both The Oaks and the 2000…

HER MAJESTY may have missed the action on day one of Royal Ascot, but the Queen still has plenty of runners left to go to post this week. Reach For The Moon is her best chance of a winner - and Frankie Dettori is the man tasked with giving Her Majesty a Royal winner in her Platinum Jubilee year. At 8-13 he is by far the shortest of all the Queen's…

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…

Mirror Racing asked the leading bookies which horses they don't want to win, with punters expecting decent payouts if the likes of Golden Pal and Bay Bridge live up to the hype Royal Ascot is here again with its top class racing, fashion and entertainment throughout the week. The five-day fixture, summer's biggest occasion for fans of the sport,…

Sky Sports Racing ambassador Hollie Doyle discusses her four rides on the opening day of Royal Ascot 2022 on Tuesday, including leading Coventry Stakes contender Bradsell. I have ridden Archie Watson's exciting juvenile Bradsell in all his work and there's no doubt he deserves to take his chance in the Coventry Stakes (3.05) on the opening day of…

A Derby run in memory of Lester Piggott, the greatest jockey of the 20th century, one who made this race his own with nine victories between 1954 and 1983, fitting that this latest running should be won by potentially one of the best winners of the race this century, Desert Crown the first winning favourite since Golden Horn, his manner of victory…

Aidan O'Brien: has talked up Waterville The Flat season is still in its infancy, but one horse who has got a lot of people talking is the Aidan O'Brien-trained Waterville. Speaking in March, O'Brien nominated Waterville as a possible Derby colt, judged by what he shows on the gallops, but should we be getting excited ahead of his racecourse debut…

Stradivarius: bids to regain his Gold Cup crown on Thursday Stradivarius will face nine rivals as he bids to regain his crown and earn a record-equalling fourth win in the Gold Cup (4.20) on Thursday. The popular stayer dominated the meeting's pinnacle contest between 2018 and 2020 before finishing fourth to Subjectivist last year, but he returned…

Sir Michael Stoute (top hat) celebrates another Royal Ascot success The Queen was not the only much-loved figure to make a hugely welcome appearance on the final afternoon. Stoute trained his first winner at this meeting in Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee year of 1977 so it was fitting that his record-extending 82nd should come in the Diamond Jubilee…

Kyprios is favourite for the Ascot Gold Cup, as he takes on hat-trick hero Stradivarius. It is an important day for followers of the Queen's horses, with Reach For The Moon a warm order for his race Punters fancy up and coming stayer Kyprios to take a first Gold Cup crown from dethroned king Stradivarius. Betfred's 13-8 favourite, trained by Aidan…

Claymore and Adam Kirby denied the Queen her 25th Royal Ascot success when upsetting the odds and holding off the short-priced favourite Reach For The Moon to land the Hampton Court Stakes. The market suggested the race was at the mercy of one of last year's most exciting juveniles, who was sent off at 2-5 to give the Queen a winner during her…

THE QUEEN has been dealt a big personal blow for her Platinum Jubilee weekend - after her best horse was ruled out of her favourite race. Her Majesty, 96, had been planning to attend the Epsom Derby on June 4 to see her three-year-old colt Reach For The Moon finally land her a first winner in the prestigious contest. But the 7-1 chance, who likely…

The Queen will be without a runner at Epsom on Derby day after her final horse was not declared. Just Fine had been due to contest the World Pool Northern Dancer Handicap at the prestigious fixture. The gelding's trainer, Sir Michael Stoute, has the favourite for the feature Cazoo Derby (4.30pm). The big race is the only Flat Classic the Queen has…

You cannot keep a good man down for long and Frankie Dettori, who adores the royal meeting like few others but might have begun to question his love affair with it after a trying week, was back doing what he does best - steering a strongly backed big-race favourite to a storming victory in front of a roaring crowd. Inspiral, last year's champion…

Gavin Beech has returned for more, and we've secured his best bets for day four of Royal Ascot. Be sure to check out the latest as we look ahead to a big day of action on Friday below. 1pt each-way Go Bears Go - best odds 9/1 withWilliam Hill On what looks a tough card for punters, Walbank stands out (along with Reach For The Moon later on) as 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…

In a disintegrating country, stuck for the moment with a Prime Minister who can't see the difference between a proliferation of photo-ops and the act of governing, we needed a Royal Ascot week. No racecourse in the world does photo-ops better than Ascot - the carriage processions, the toppers and tails (and yes, Madam, wear what appears to be a…

Irish Derby and Grand Prix de Paris winner Hurricane Lane faces nine rivals in the Cazoo St Leger (3.35) at Doncaster on Saturday. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt, whose sole defeat came when third in the Derby, seeks a hat-trick of Group 1 wins and is an odds-on favourite to land British racing's oldest Classic. Hurricane Lane is ridden by…

One of the biggest weeks in Flat racing kicks off on Tuesday, with everything bloodstock enthusiasts could wish for including runners by first-season sires and international stallions being represented. We take a look at some of the potential bloodstock angles that could pop up at the royal meeting. There would be no bigger cheer this week than a…

Naval Power puts his unbeaten record on the line when he lines up in the Betfair Daily Tips On Betting.Betfair Ascendant Stakes at Haydock on Saturday. All three of his victories to date have come over seven furlongs, but Charlie Appleby's promising youngster now steps up to a mile in this Listed event looking to enhance his growing reputation. The…

THE bookies fear the Queen's star horse Reach For The Moon could end up costing them the crown jewels at Royal Ascot. The exciting three-year-old colt, trained by John Gosden, has been hammered in the betting for the Hampton Court Stakes on Thursday. He was as big as 11-4 a little over a week ago but is now a red-hot 4-5 favourite with…

Heading for a holiday in Sardinia, I remembered that the last time we were there our engine-less, drifting boat was rescued by a Mr Dettori. Mrs Oakley's relief was tempered only by my disappointment that our saviour wasn't Frankie or even a relative. This time it looks as though it is Frankie, the world's favourite sardine, who might need…

With odds on shots Baaeed and Coroebus among the runners on the opening day of 2022 Royal Ascot, bookmakers could be on the ropes from a very early stage. The first-named looks certain to be the cornerstone of thousands of multiple bets and the world's highest-rated horse is firmly expected to get punters off to a flying start. As always, there are…