#Stone Age

Desert Crown: was ridden by his big-race jockey Richard Kingscote on the watered gallop Cazoo Derby ante-post favourite Desert Crown delighted connections in his last serious piece of work before Epsom in a specially-arranged gallop in Newmarket on Thursday morning. The Dante Stakes winner was ridden by his big-race jockey Richard Kingscote on the…

A busy weekend of racing in Ireland is highlighted by a quintet of Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races. Among the prospective starters are Mishriff, Saffron Beach, and Highfield Princess, a trio of Group 1 winners whose connections have mentioned the Breeders' Cup among their possible year-end targets. Let's dive in and explore the upcoming…

Desert Crown: the new favourite for the Cazoo Derby Thursday: Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes, York It was just like old times. Racegoers packed eight or ten deep around the paddock to see the runners before the Dante Stakes and afterwards everyone was crowding around Sir Michael Stoute to acclaim a new star. Now, racing's worries about…

The LONGINES Hong Kong International 2022 racing came to a dramatic close at Sha Tin on Sunday with two hot favorites being defeated in the Group 1 races, but the events of the day did little to diminish the world class racing we got to enjoy over the entirety of the past week. The first upset came in the LONGINES Hong Kong Vase when the heavily…

Sir Michael Stoute: trainer of Desert Crown The Derby trials at Chester and Lingfield have thrown up plenty of Classic clues for Epsom next month, but one horse has shortened significantly in the betting without needing to advertise his credentials. Before the Guineas, Desert Crown was around a 33-1 chance to win the Cazoo Derby, but he has been…

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…

The Derby is finally here as the crown jewel of racing sets off at Epsom Racecourse once again. The winner takes home £909628 but for the one horse that makes it over the line first, it means much more. Out of all the thoroughbred foals around the world, which amounts to nearly 100000, just one of these can win the Derby. This 1m4f race is strictly…

Sky Sports Racing presenter Alex Hammond looks ahead to the Epsom Classics and reflects on the death of Lester Piggott. It is impossible to chat to you this week without paying tribute to the late, great, Lester Piggott, who died at the weekend aged 86. Lester retired for the final time in 1995, but even if his career had ended before your love of…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) will host a special cross breed Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday, featuring Grade 1 thoroughbred action from Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course and standardbred racing from the Hambletonian card at Meadowlands Racetrack. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick…

10 fillies have been declared for the Belmont Oaks which is due off at 21:06 UK time on Saturday evening. Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore have teamed up successfully twice in this mile and a quarter contest in recent seasons, winning it with Athena in 2018 and Santa Barbara last year, both of whom had been placed in the Pretty Polly Stakes at the…

Baaeed completed his preparation for his bid to go out undefeated at Ascot - just as his predecessor Frankel did ten years ago - with one easy canter behind his lead horse on Warren Hill on Friday morning. His rider and groom Ricky Hall reported the four-year-old to be "really good" on walking back to the yard where three or four photographers…

A visit to the free-to-enter Hong Kong Racing Museum which overlooks the bend after the stands at Happy Valley racecourse gives an interesting insight into the sport's development in the former British colony. Racing in Hong Kong began as an amateur form of entertainment among the ex-pats in those colonial days but, for what remains a small-scale…

Zac Purton: claimed the Hong Kong Vase with California Spangle California Spangle denied Golden Sixty a third success in the Longines Hong Kong Mile, with the odds-on favourite beaten by a masterful tactical ride from Zac Purton at Sha Tin. With Golden Sixty in his usual midfield position, Purton pressed ahead on the Tony Cruz-trained runner from…

Mimikyu: one of five joint-favourites with Ladbrokes for the Fillies & Mares Stakes following the defection of stablemate Free Wind Baaeed, the highest-rated horse in Europe, remains on course for Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on October 15 following the latest acceptance stage, but Fillies & Mares Stakes favourite Free Wind was a notable…

The Hong Kong International Raceday has arrived with four Group Ones on the menu, highlighted by the HK$34million Longines Hong Kong Cup. Race 1 - Class 4 (1400m) The opener is a Class 4 over the 1400m and CIRCUIT MIGHTY (1) can just about make it back to back wins. The five-year-old has come back in good order this season and was too good for…

OAKS heroine Tuesday and one time Derby favourite Stone Age will spearhead a classic Aidan O'Brien Breeders' Cup raiding party. And with the champion of Ireland being joined by Britain's top gun Charlie Appleby in a strong challenge, the message is loud and clear to the Americans that the best of Europe is on its way to the World Thoroughbred…

The Irishman saddles both Stone Age and Broome in the 12-furlong Vase, a race he won twice with Highland Reel in 2015 and 2017, while relying on Order Of Australia in the 10-furlong Cup. The Ballydoyle handler also won the Vase in 2020 with Mogul and appears to hold a strong hand again in the Group One contest. Stone Age, a son of the late…

He got off the mark on his racecourse debut in a seven-furlong maiden at the Irish Derby meeting at The Curragh last year, getting home by a whisker in in one of the most exciting finishes of the entire 2021 season. Ger Lyons' colt stepped forward from that on his second and final run last season when he landed the Group 2 KPMG Champions Juvenile…

Imposing Derby contender Eydon got a feel for Epsom's famous undulations on Monday morning, but Roger Varian was quick to warn punters his participation in the Cazoo-sponsored Classic is not certain. Varian was on hand to watch David Egan work Prince Faisal's homebred at the Cazoo Derby gallops morning, although stressed the 550kg colt, a winner of…

Westover will be partnered by Colin Keane for a mouthwatering clash with Oaks heroine Tuesday in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday. A fast-finishing third in the Derby at Epsom three weeks ago after enduring a troubled run, the Ralph Beckett-trained Westover has been at the head of ante-post lists for the Irish equivalent…

JUMPS racing is about to enter a new Stone age. Alan King's brilliant two-miler Edwardstone announced himself as the alpha in the two-mile division with a brilliant performance in the Betfair Tingle Creek. Most of the talk in the build-up had been about the'big two' Greaneteen and Shishkin, but they were firmly put in their place in a distant…

Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports Summer spectacle of racing at Saratoga continues this weekend, with the headline action including the Saratoga Derby Four graded races are on the card at Saratoga, including the Test Stakes The excitement of the summer meet at Saratoga continues this weekend, as there are four graded races to look forward to. We…

The pre-race talk surrounds one horse hoping to keep up an impressive record at Epsom this weekend. Desert Crown has dominated the buildup to this year's Derby as the three-year old protects an unbeaten record at Epsom. Trained by five-time derby winner Sir Michael Stoute, the colt was an 11/1 winner on debut at Nottingham last November and…

RACING'S most revered supporter, Her Majesty The Queen, will wake up this morning to the delight of a right old Derby conundrum! For if ever there was a Derby for guessing, it's today's magnificent ITV-broadcast Platinum Jubilee Epsom Classic run in memory of the late, great, nine-time victor Lester Piggott. The reason for this is as the so-called…

DESERT CROWN is the choice of the heart and the head to land the 243rd Cazoo-sponsored Derby (4.30) at Epsom, run in memory of the late Lester Piggott. A sixth triumph for Sir Michael Stoute, now 76-years-old and in the autumn of a training career that has captured every big prize Flat racing has to offer, would doubtless be one of the feelgood…

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…

Leopardstown is the sole fixture on Saturday. The rest of the programme was cancelled as a mark of respect following the death of the Queen, a lifelong supporter of racing Top class French-trained three-year-old Vadeni attempts to plunder yet another huge prize when he faces six rivals in Saturday's Group 1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at…

The first of two days of top class horse racing action takes place at Leopardstown this afternoon as Irish Champions Weekend kicks off. The eight-race card features two Group 1s, two Group 2s, one Group 3, a listed race and two incredibly competitive handicaps. Just seven line up in the Irish Champion Stakes, but it is a high class field, as you…

THE Epsom Derby is the pinnacle of the Flat racing season - and the one all jockeys want to win. Of course, it's also huge in bragging rights for trainers and the horses' billionaire owners too. Sun Racing brings you the full result of the 2022 Epsom Derby below. Find out how every horse finished in the £1.5million contest, where 5-2 Desert Crown…

The Queen is unlikely to attend and doesn't have a runner in the race this year, with Desert Crown leading the market and well-fancied to give Sir Michael Stoute a sixth victory in the race. The most recent of those came 12 years ago, when Workforce won by seven lengths, and Aidan O'Brien looks to be the strongest challenge to him as he runs…

Ante-post betting tips for the key races this summer. Westover heads the market for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes at Ascot and Baaeed will be a short price for his next assignment Jockey Colin Keane (left) and trainer Ralph Beckett celebrate after winning the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby with horse Westover Impressive Irish…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

The 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships broke betting records. The two-day event with 14 Breeders' Cup races started with Future Stars Friday and finished with a flurry when the world's No. 1 racehorse Flightline captured the Classic in record-setting style with an 8-length victory. The beautiful horses are the main attraction at the Breeders'…

By Andy Serling FOX Sports Horse Racing Analyst With the Triple Crown races in the rearview mirror, bettors are gearing up for the second half of the season which officially kicked off last weekend. Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal is out for the rest of the year with minor issues, but trainer Todd Pletcher still has an ace up his sleeve. Pletcher…

Rich Strike, seen posing the morning after his Kentucky Derby win, returns in Saturday's Grade I Clark Stakes with a chance to stake a claim for year-end honors. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs Nov. 25 (UPI) -- It's getting to be crunch time for horses who seek year-end honors, and this weekend's Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs provides one of…

White Abarrio, seen winning the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, is among the Kentucky Derby contenders returning to action in Saturday's Ohio Derby at Thistledown. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park June 24 (UPI) -- Derby contenders from Louisville and Epsom Downs return to action in weekend horse racing and "Win and You're In" spots for…

A strong contingent of European horses meets some of the best turf 3-year-olds from the United States when the starting gate opens in the 2022 Belmont Derby on Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The European group is led by Stone Age and Nations Pride. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, Stone Age is the 9-2 morning-line favorite in the 2022 Belmont…

TEMPLEGATE takes an early look at the markets for the Epsom Derby and Oaks - and reveals his 25-1 tip. The odds have fluctuated massively with the news hot Derby favourite Luxembourg is out. Aidan O'Brien still holds a strong hand but our man reckons Newmarket-based James Ferguson could spring a shock. Read on for Templegate's top picks ahead of…

Saturday's Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (3.45 Curragh), worth €570000 to the winner, is the next in a series of very valuable contests throughout the summer which will go a long way to deciding the title of champion sire in Britain and Ireland. We had become used to the sires' championship being a one-sided contest but things were very different in…

Tuesday (right) showed yet again that Aidan O'Brien is the man to fear in Classics - and Emily Upjohn (left) showed that disaster lurks everywhere at Epsom The final pieces of the Epsom jigsaw were put in place on Friday. David Carr assesses what the action on the first day of the meeting told us about the Cazoo Derby itself. Never, never, never…

There are a few names familiar to American racegoers that are heading to Hong Kong for the international raceday next month. Most are from Ireland. The foreign challenge for the four rich turf races includes a quartet from Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle team, all of whom have run in the United States. Heading O'Brien's team is the shock 2020 Breeders'…

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…

Gun English jockey Ryan Moore will ride Wellington in next month's Group One Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), with trainer Richard Gibson confirming his stable star is on track for the international races. Wellington pulled up lame after a disappointing sixth in the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on November 20 but Gibson is pleased with how his…

Star Of India: impressed in Chester's Dee Stakes After a week of trials for the Derby and Oaks, we asked our panel where the value now is for the Epsom Classics? Several Aidan O'Brien Derby contenders were sighted this week and although Changingoftheguard was visually impressive, he had things all his own way, and Star Of India in the Dee…

The first Saturday of June marks the day of the Epsom Derby, with huge crowds of 125000 expected on the downs. With five Classic races on show, the main event is no doubt the Derby itself - slap-bang in the middle of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. We are down to the final 18 horses now, after the latest set of scratchings has been…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Running the biggest race of a brief career, Flightline left no doubt about this year's top thoroughbred. The unbeaten colt posted another dominant run, overtaking Life Is Good entering the top of the stretch and pulling away to an 8¼-length victory in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland, and all but…

Desert Crown justified the hype, crashing into favouritism for the Cazoo Derby with an authoritative three-and-a-quarter-length success under Richard Kingscote in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes at York. With ante-post favourite Luxembourg injured and few others making a deep impression in other trials, Desert Crown's odds tumbled from…

AIDAN O'BRIEN has a record eight Cazoo Derby wins to his name. And if that wasn't good enough, he has four of the top six in the market for this year's race on June 4. The Ballydoyle wizard has been forced to rule out long-time antepost favourite Luxembourg, but still has an embarrassment of riches to call upon. O'Brien swooped in two trials at…

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…

Flavien Prat rides Flightline to victory during the Breeders' Cup Classic race at the Keenelend Race Course, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Running the biggest race of a brief career, Flightline left no doubt about this year's top thoroughbred. The unbeaten colt posted another dominant run,…