#Slade Power

The most anticipated meeting of the Flat racing season gets underway on Tuesday for the first of five days of Royal Ascot 2014. Quality races are guaranteed as the Queen Anne Stakes starts things off, before the Queen Alexandra Stakes eventually closes out proceedings on Saturday afternoon. There is at least one Group 1 race on each day of the…

Owners Barbara and Alick Richmond hailed Living Legend as a "superstar" after he produced a career best to secure the couple their first Listed winner in the Unibet Magnolia Stakes at Kempton Park on Saturday. Having scored on the card back in 2019 when taking the opening 1m 2f novice event on his only previous visit to the track, the Charlie and…

Speed. Pure, unadulterated acceleration with gears to spare. It's what makes Usain Bolt a track icon and its pursuit fuels the multi-million pound F1 circuit. It was the also the underlying theme of a memorable opening day at the biggest Flat meeting of the season. Twice Richard Hughes experienced that wind in the hair feeling most of us can only…

Royal Ascot week is upon us, with thousands of people descending on the Ascot racecourse to witness Europe's oldest and most storied horse racing event. Sometimes considered to be more of a social event, the Royal Ascot brings the finest horses in British flat horse racing together for a week of non-stop action in the shadow of Windsor Castle. With…

The top four in the betting for the Darley July Cup say it all. We have last year's winner, Oxted, a five-year-old, bidding to become the first repeat victor of the race since Right Boy in 1959. Then there's Starman, a four-year-old, lightly-raced and one from one this season after an impressive Group 2 win at York at the Dante meeting in…

Frankie Dettori: will ride for Aidan O'Brien in the 2000 Guineas Frankie Dettori has revealed he will ride for Aidan O'Brien in the rescheduled Qipco 2000 Guineas (3.35) at Newmarket on Saturday. There were 15 entries for the first Classic of the season and O'Brien, who has won the last two runnings, has put forward four runners, including Coventry…

A pair of individuals who specialise in contrasting areas of expertise brought another incredible week for Irish trainers in Royal Ascot to a breathtaking climax on Saturday. lade Power benefited from a typically no-nonsense Wayne Lordan steer to claim a famous Diamond Jubilee triumph for Eddie Lynam, before Pique Sous excelled under a similarly…

There are five race meetings taking place across the UK and Ireland on Thursday, three National Hunt and a double-bill of Polytrack action on the Flat. The jumps cards are at Warwick (1.00-4.58pm), Naas (1.55-5.20) and Wetherby (2.15-5.35), with the all-weather action coming from Lingfield (1.50-5.15) and Chelmsford (3.30-7.15). Thursday's nap is…