South Pacific and Seamie Heffernan storm home in King George V Stakes

With the news this morning that Shahryar, who'd looked Japan's number one contender among their four entries, will have to miss the race after a veterinary examination detected a heart irregularity, that leaves nine runners for the Vase, the smallest field for any of the four races. That, and the distance of the race, might imply that the draw…

Positive Thinker with jockey Adam Ryan and wining connections at Limerick on Sunday. Photo: Patrick McCann/Racing Post What a week it was on the racing front for Tipperary jockeys, trainers and owners. Gavin Ryan recorded his third success on the Mark Fahey-trained 5/1 chance Rhythm King which landed the opening seven-furlong handicap at Gowran…

A classic winner in the spring, National Treasure will look to return to his winning ways when he tops a field of nine in the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. Trained by Bob Baffert, the son of Quality Road was a front-running winner of the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes three starts back. In his two starts since winning the…

September promises to be a stellar month for horse racing fans, with the upcoming calendar packed with a host of top-class action. The St Leger Stakes at Doncaster in the middle of the month will dominate many of the headlines, but there is plenty going on elsewhere to keep punters enthralled. Read on as we look at some of the standout races in…

Ben Coen landed a double at Roscommon on Tuesday where he rode winners for trainers Johnny Murtagh and Tony Martin. He had a relatively easy time on both, partnering 11/8 chance Hazalaya to a three and a quarter-length success over the Ken Condon-trained even-money favourite Muhaarar's Girl in the seven-furlong fillies and mares' three-year-old…

One is owned by JP McManus, another trained by Willie Mullins. It's Flat racing but not as we know it. The lure of the £300000 first prize means the heritage handicap is on many a radar right now and Joseph O'Brien and Mullins are both readying two horses apiece for this year's renewal. Let's start in the Green and Gold and Dawn Rising, winner of…

Donnacha O'Brien and Gavin Ryan got favourite backers off to a winning start on day one of the July Festival in Killarney. The pair landed the eight-furlong maiden for two-year-olds with Bremen which built on a hugely promising effort at Tipperary twelve days previously as he beat the Johnny Murtagh-trained Thor's Hammer by a length and…

The master of Ballydoyle's first Eclipse hero was Giant's Causeway in 2000, a colt who was making his fifth start of a busy 10-race Classic season and later dubbed the'Iron Horse', and O'Brien feels Paddington possesses a similar kind of constitution required to carry his form deep into the campaign. Paddington is also treading a similar path to…

Auguste Rodin gave Aidan O'Brien his 100th European Classic win at the Curragh on Sunday as he fended off stablemate Adelaide River in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby. The Epsom Derby winner gave Ryan Moore his first success in the race as he came home a length and a half clear, with Covent Garden ensuring a clean sweep of the places for the…

Warm Heart brought up a hat-trick when storming to an impressive Ribblesdale Stakes success at Royal Ascot. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, the daughter of Galileo arrived at the meeting having won her previous two outings, scooping Listed honours at Newbury last month. This time, she took her form to the next level in the hands of Ryan Moore as she won…

Aidan O'Brien is the record-breaking trainer of a generation and the Ballydoyle supremo has already set the benchmark for Epsom Derby victories with eight. Already got a Betfred account? Take a look at more great bookmaker offers and the best betting sites. The Irishman has won at the iconic Surrey course with Galileo (2001), High Chaparral (2002),…

Third in the race last year, Visualisation made all to land the Group 2 Coolmore Stud Sottsass Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh, beating last year's victor Layfayette to complete a Group-race double for Joseph O'Brien, in a race which saw uneasy 10-11 favourite Luxembourg, squeezed for room briefly when trying to mount his challenge, only…

Joseph O'Brien's Visualisation made all under Declan McDonogh to win the Coolmore Stud Sottsass Irish EBF Mooresbridge Stakes as Luxembourg was unable to land a blow on his seasonal reappearance. The one-time Derby favourite and dual Group One winner was sent off 10/11 favourite to make a winning return and looked to have every chance when Wayne…

Savethelastdance halved in price for the Oaks after a determined success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Leopardstown. The daughter of Galileo was sent off the outsider of three Aidan O'Brien contenders at 20/1 but had clearly learnt a bit from her sole start at two, as she was not long in getting to a share of the lead before…

Ben Coen got the better of his brother Jake to win the handicap over the extended eight furlongs on the Tom Mullins-trained San Aer at Galway on Bank Holiday Monday. Owned by the trainer's wife Helen, the four-year-old left it late but led in the final strides to beat the Matthew Smith-trained Excuzio Joe by half a length, with Andrew…

Ben Coen got the better of his brother Jake to win the handicap over the extended eight furlongs on the Tom Mullins-trained San Aer at Galway on Bank Holiday Monday. Owned by the trainer's wife Helen, the four-year-old left it late but led in the final strides to beat the Matthew Smith-trained Excuzio Joe by half a length, with Andrew…

Boundless Ocean: impressive winner last time in the Group 3 Green Room Meld Stakes This Group 3 prize has been won by three-year-olds in five of the last six runnings, and ready Meld Stakes winner Boundless Ocean could be the one to strike a blow for the Classic generation this time. Even factoring in a 3lb penalty for winning at this level here…

This has been a nightmare June for Frankie Dettori and though he has shared some wonderful times with Stradivarius, it might not have been his finest hour as the eight-year-old narrowly failed in his bid to win an record-equalling fourth Gold Cup. The eight-year-old was beaten by Aidan O'Brien's favourite, Kyprios, a length-and-a-quarter into…

Empress Josephine ate up ground in the last furlong to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his 10th win in the Irish 1000 Guineas and jockey Seamie Heffernan his fifth, when pipping stablemate Joan of Arc by a short head at the Curragh on Sunday. The 14-1 winner looks likely to head to Royal Ascot for the Coronation Stakes again over a mile, while Joan Of…

Racing fans will be watching Newmarket on Saturday where the first Classic of the Flat season is run at 3.40. The race is one of six on the ITV schedule The first Classic races of the Flat season take place this weekend, with Wembley hoping to score in the Qipco 2000 Guineas. The Galileo colt, named after the home of English football, was backed in…

Stradivarius proved too good once more, overtaking hat-trick hero Double Trigger to claim a fourth Goodwood Cup under Frankie Dettori on the opening day Stradivarius made history by becoming the first horse to win the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup four times. The mighty stayer overtook hat-trick hero Double Trigger (1995, 1997, 1998) when taking the big…

Watch how the Royal Ascot winner held on by a head to provide Aidan O'Brien with his fourteenth victory in the Curragh Classic plus reaction from the Ballydoyle maestro and winning-jockey Seamie Heffernan. Santiago was a 14th winner of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby for Aidan O'Brien - who trained the first four home in this year's Classic at the…

The colt he had behind him in the 2000 Guineas has since won the Derby and now opportunity knocks for Tip Two Win, the Newmarket runner-up who bids to land a David v Goliath-style knockout blow in the St James's Palace Stakes. Jockey David Probert has never won a Group 1, but in the shape of Tip Two Win he has a live prospect to right that wrong at…

Gustav Klimt (Ryan Moore, left) runs down Imaging to land the 2000 Guineas Trial Any juice in Gustav Klimt's Qipco 2000 Guineas price evaporated after he galloped through the rain-softened Leopardstown ground en route to winning Saturday's Ballylinch-sponsored trial from Imaging. It was a performance that resulted in the Aidan O'Brien-trained colt…

Aidan O'Brien will be looked to assert his dominance and can the favourites take charge like they did on Wednesday has started off with a thrilling opening two days with plenty of money made by the punters. Highland Reel was the big winner on the second day in Berkshire as it won the Prince Of Wales's Stakes. There were also triumphs for Le…