#Sun Chariot Stakes

Saffron Beach stormed to a three-and-a-half length victory in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes to give trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam her first Royal Ascot success since 2016. Despite being penalised for her G1 Sun Chariot Stakes win last season, the 5/2 joint-favourite was ideally placed to pounce off steady early fractions. William Buick took full…

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…

The biggest empires in history evolved from one great individual at the very top. From the heady days of Julius Caesar and the Roman empire to Napoleon Bonaparte's French conquests, it takes the best leader to ignite sheer success. For owner John Dance, his expanding racing empire is thriving thanks to his own Empress at the top charting the…

While the general economic picture at the moment might not be conducive to free spending, the demand for bloodstock has never been greater. That has been evident at Tattersalls which has been reporting record turnover at its sales all year. The aggregate figures for the Guineas Breeze-Up (5.6m guineas), July (16.7m), October Yearling (199m), Autumn…

Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens' daily morning email and presented online as a sample. Here he reflects on the sudden and way too premature death of the Classic heroine Billesdon Brook, who leaves behind just the one foal - All you need do is click on the link above, sign up and then read at your leisure each weekday morning from…

Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens' daily morning email and presented here online as a sample. Here he looks at the history of the Guineas winner's breeding and All you need do is click on the link above, sign up and then read at your leisure each weekday morning from 7am. In my book, one of the biggest fallacies in the bloodstock industry…

A year ago at Del Mar it was World Approval coming from just off the pace to capture the Breeders' Cup Mile. When the $2 million turf event is run at Churchill Downs on Nov. 3, it appears that a host of European invaders will be at or near the front throughout, with four Group I winners this year across the pond set to make the trip, with three…

Let me transport your mind back in time, almost 31 years to be precise, when a chestnut mare by the name of Red Slippers (by Nureyev) was breaking her maiden at Ascot by six lengths for her owner-breeder Robert Sangster and was subsequently bought by Sheikh Mohammed. Almost two years on from that date, another chestnut mare by the name of…

Classic glory, hard-luck stories and one of the most controversial defeats in modern times - the career of Sky Lantern pretty much had it all. The strong-travelling filly with a potent turn of foot produced some memorising performances over a two-year period to become an all-time favourite at the powerful Hannon stable in Wiltshire. Ridden…

Adam Houghton profiles the six highest-rated European horses set to be in action at the 2022 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. 1= Mishriff (Timeform rating 127) - Breeders' Cup Turf Mishriff was a decisive winner of the Prix du Jockey Club as a three-year-old, but it was his globetrotting exploits when he reappeared early the following year which really…

With The Moonlight wins the Pretty Polly Stakes to earn an 8-1 quote for the Oaks Charlie Appleby has been on a quest to unearth a decent three-year-old filly to match his high-calibre colts and ticked that box when With The Moonlight gave him an emphatic success in the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes, which saw her odds slashed for the Cazoo Oaks. The…

The Group One Sun Chariot Stakes headlines another excellent afternoon of action on ITV Racing this Saturday. Along with three races from Newmarket, we'll head to Ascot for four valuable contests and hop over to Redcar for the Two Year Old Trophy. While there are several talented, race-fit fillies around her in the market, I'll take a chance on the…

Callan was riding Ballet Blanc, a 50/1 chance, for Amanda Perrett in the Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap. With two winners on the card already under his belt, Callan took up the running three furlongs into the contest and proceeded to ride a finish but did not apparently realise his error until the rest of the field caught him up after Ballet…

Racing TV presenter Tom Bull shares his selections for the five races in this week's Paddy's Pick 5 competition, with another £100000 up for grabs on Saturday! There's another £100000 up for grabs in this week's Paddy's Pick 5 competition, all you need to do is find the winners of the five races below! One person managed to find four of the five…

Hamish (black cap) is too good for his rivals under Pat Dobbs Saturday: Ascot Maureen Haggas, who broke two bones in her neck following a gallops fall in August, revealed she was still a little stiff, but Hamish's victory in the Group 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes was a fine tonic. "I love him," said Haggas, whose husband William trains the mud-loving…

Even without Champion Stakes-bound Baaeed and in the absence of Desert Crown, not seen since taking the Derby so impressively, this was still a deep renewal of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Europe's premier middle-distance prize. The maximum field of 20 runners included the winners of this race last year, the Prix du Jockey Club and Eclipse, the…

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Like the last fighter standing after a rain-soaked street brawl, Alpinista and her connections now look around after Sunday's sparkling win in the Qatar Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe thinking, "Who's next?" The 5-year-old Frankel mare overcame day-long rains and very soft turf to win Europe's premier race by 1/2 length, running…

What a weekend. Cracking cards at Newmarket, Ascot and Redcar on ITV on Saturday afternoon, complemented by some great action over at Longchamp in France, before the Prix De L'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday to look forward to. We have Group 1 action at HQ too, as well some group contests and handicaps at Ascot, plus the big field two-year-old trophy at…

The ITV Racing team are set for a big weekend, with Saturday's programme of four races from Ascot, three from Newmarket and one from Redcar serving as a very tasty appetiser for Sunday's broadcast from Arc day at Longchamp. The Group 1 Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket gets top billing on Saturday, when the action is on ITV4…

Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The Qatar Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe is the race of the year in Europe -- a 1 1/2-mile test that normally draws the best of what the locals call middle-distance runners. A couple of good ones are missing from Sunday's running, but there's plenty of intrigue left. And that's just the tip of the iceberg on a busy autumn weekend…

What a magnificent couple of day's racing we can look forward to this weekend. On Saturday, Newmarket stages the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes, whilst Ascot and Redcar complete the afternoon line-up. Saturday and Sunday sees the prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting taking place in Paris. We speak to French trainer Francis Graffard about the…

Saffron Beach: winner of the 2021 Sun Chariot Jane Chapple-Hyam believes that her star filly Saffron Beach has "improved again" as she prepares to defend her Royal Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes (2.42) crown at Newmarket on Saturday. The four-year-old provided Chapple-Hyam with her first Group 1 winner in the £266875 contest last year under William…

The Ralph Beckett-trained pair - along with Andrew Balding's Alcohol Free - have been instrumental in seeing the wider quality of Hornby's rides taking a massive step up this year, for Prosperous Voyage went desperately close in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas before providing him with a first domestic Group 1 success in the Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes at…

Barry Mahon: excited for the future with Laurel, who has been supplemented for the Sun Chariot Stakes Juddmonte's exciting Laurel has been supplemented for Saturday's Sun Chariot Stakes (2.42) at Newmarket and their racing manager Barry Mahon is hoping to take advantage of a "long season" for her rivals. The three-year-old was an impressive debut…

Jane Chapple-Hyam's stable star powered home to capture the top-class prize from Mother Earth and Dreamloper last term and returns to the Rowley Mile - where she also won twice as a two-year-old and finished second in the 20211000 Guineas - in sparkling form this time around. The four-year-old claimed the second Group One win of her career with a…

Having provided the Newmarket handler with a red letter day at the track 12 months ago when becoming her first Group One winner, the New Bay filly will now bid to join Sahpresa (2009, 2010 & 2011) by becoming only the second multiple winner of the mile highlight since it became an all-aged Group One affair in 2004. Since her top-level triumph on…

Fans' Favourites is a weekly feature in the Racing Post Weekender in which we talk to those closest to racing's most popular horses and find out why they tug on our heartstrings. This week's subject: Attraction The best racehorses in history are born with a touch of brilliance about them. Most of the time. Occasionally, however, the brilliance is…