#Tattersalls Gold Cup

Narrowly beaten on his racecourse debut at the Curragh, the son of No Nay Never went on to win each of his four subsequent starts, including the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. But it was his scintillating display on what proved to be his final juvenile appearance in the Group One Phoenix Stakes that saw him top the charts with a rating of…

The Prince Of Wales's Stakes is the feature race on day two of Royal Ascot. The Group 1 contest is run over 1m 2f and it is open to four-year-olds and above. Five runners have been declared to contest this year's renewal of the middle-distance contest, including Sir Michael's Stoute's colt Bay Bridge, Japanese Derby winner Shahryar, Dubai Turf…

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…

Tuesday has headed the market for the Irish 1000 Guineas but is not being labelled with the'certainty' tag as her stablemate Concert Hall is also being supported. Concert Hall narrowly won a 1m2f Listed contest on her reappearance and is now dropping back in trip for a tilt at the Irish Classic with the market suggesting she's in with a chance. The…

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…

An exciting six-runner Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday is put under the spotlight by Declan Rix. A small but select field has been declared for the 2022 renewal of the Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday. No Ballydoyle participation means, on paper, we have a race lacking in early speed and no Coolmore entry means Richard Kingscote is again…

TEMPLEGATE takes on day two of Royal Ascot confident of pulling off his top hat and tails - and banging in a few winners. Read on for our man's best tips and back the horses by clicking their odds. You will find his complete breakdown of every race and runner below. And at the very bottom are his tips for every race taking place today - plus don't…

Once 5-2 favourite for last year's Derby, High Definition now finds himself among the top six in the betting for this season's Supreme Novices' Hurdle after staying on resolutely to make a winning hurdles debut for Joseph O'Brien. Nearly seven months to the day that he was narrowly denied a Group 1 victory on the Flat by Alenquer in the Tattersalls…

One-time Derby favourite High Definition made a successful start to his jumping career in the opening race of the Christmas Festival at Leopardstown. The Galileo colt looked every inch a Classic contender in the making after charging home to win the Beresford Stakes as a two-year-old, but had failed to get his head in front in 12 subsequent…

Saint Roi and Lossiemouth were the highlights of a sparkling Willie Mullins treble at Leopardstown on Monday. The former came from last to first to open his account over fences in the Brand New Racing Post App Novice Chase at Leopardstown. Fourth in the Irish Champion Hurdle, the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Punchestown Champion Hurdle…

It's been a wild week at Ascot in the blistering sunshine and our dishy duo of Ruby Walsh and Rory Delargy have been all over the action with a hatful of winners and, as always, searing insight and passion for the game. With the final day upon us, the lads gave us their best bits on the latest From The Horse's Mouth. The latest Horse Racing odds…

Lafayette (pink silks): reopposes High Definition and Bear Story after landing last month's Hollywoodbets Alleged Stakes Noel Meade and Aidan O'Brien served up some excellent early tussles in 2021 with Broome and Helvic Dream, and the leading trainers will likely be to the fore again as Alleged Stakes 1-2 Layfayette and High Definition…

History tells you it takes a three-year-old of rare constitution and quality to run in the Derby and Irish Derby before tackling the older generation in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes. Only truly exceptional talents - Troy and Shergar in 1979 and 1981, followed by Generous a decade later and Galileo in 2001 - have been able to…

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 2022 edition of the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown will have an international feel to it after Jean-Claude Rouget's Prix du Jockey Club winner Vadeni was supplemented on Monday St Mark's Basilica ridden by Ryan Moore (left) winning the 2021 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown Vadeni is aiming to become the first French-trained winner of the Coral-Eclipse Stakes…

Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun works out at Churchill Downs in preparation for Saturday's Stephen Foster Stakes. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs July 1 (UPI) -- The Fourth of July weekend kicks off the second half of the horse racing year with a bang as Mandaloun, Life Is Good, Ce Ce and other notables return from layoffs. Adding to the…

End-of-season Timeform ratings: 79 (2yo), 104p (3yo), 129 (4yo), 134 (5yo) Pilsudski won only three of his first 10 races, but he progressed into a top-class performer, as tough and genuine a racehorse one could find, winning six Group One races and twice finishing second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. After registering his first…

Hurricane Lane and Lone Eagle served up a real treat at the Curragh 12 months ago, with Charlie Appleby's Hurricane Lane managing to reel in Lone Eagle late on. After that the Godolphin runner went on to win the Grand Prix de Paris and the St Leger, before finishing third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Surprisingly well beaten on his return at…

Tom Thurgood puts the six contenders declared for Saturday's £750000 Coral-Eclipse under the microscope plus reveals his fancy for the Sandown showpiece, live on Racing TV at 3.35pm. The Coral-Eclipse invariably proves one of the races of the season and although only six have been declared this year, it's certainly a high-class renewal of the…

The Cheltenham Festival dominates the headlines in jump racing, while the Grand National meeting and Punchestown Festival also generate plenty of interest. With that in mind, we take a look at four horses we think are worth following over the coming months, starting with one that was prominent in the Grand National 2022 results earlier this…

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…

Starman will take on 13 rivals as he bids for a first Group One victory in Saturday's Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Ed Walker's charge made rapid strides last term, winning his first three starts before meeting with a first defeat when upped in company to the highest level on soft ground on Champions Day. The four-year-old made a…

Armory (second from left) makes a winning return to action Cox Plate runner-up Armory earned a chance to bid for top-level glory closer to home with a last-to-first win in the Melodi Media Huxley Stakes. The Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and Prince of Wales's Stakes are options for the four-year-old, who was beaten just a length and a quarter in…

The Coral Eclipse runners and riders for the 2022 renewal are starting to take shape as a high-class field of middle distance performers battle it out for the £448363 top prize. We take a look at the 2022 Coral Eclipse runners and riders ahead of this weekend's huge Sandown Park Group One race. VADENI @ 15/8 with 888Sport Trainer: J-C…

Over 500 million worldwide viewers are expected to tune into the world's most famous horse race, as up to 40 jockeys don their racing colours, jump 16 fences and the hope to win the £1million prize at the Grand National 2022. The legendary four-mile race first started in 1839 and was won by the aptly named'Lottery' at odds of 5/1, while there have…

High Definition, the winter favourite for the 2021 Derby following his eye-catching success in the Group 2 Beresford Stakes as a juvenile, may ultimately have failed to meet lofty expectations on the Flat, but he's still a notable addition to the national hunt ranks. High Definition failed to win again on the Flat after producing an impressive late…

There are three types of odds-on favourite. One you think will win but the price is wrong, one you think will win but the price is right and one you fancy has a greater chance of losing than winning. Hardwicke Stakes favourite Hurricane Lane is placed in the third category and arguably should be odds against. That is not to crab Hurricane Lane. The…

A high-drama bidding battle that was in danger of going on all night eventually concluded on Tuesday evening with recent Listed winner I'm A Gambler topping day two of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale at 850000gns. Olly Tait, representing Wathnan Racing, was involved in driving the price skyward, as was Tattersalls' Jason Singh, who…

Tim Cohen did not come halfway around the world to walk away from the Tattersalls table when the stakes get higher and the American-based agent did not blink in securing I'm A Gambler for 850000gns on behalf of Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal on day two of the Autumn Horses In Training Sale. I'm A Gambler (Ire) (No Nay Never), a typical…

Irish Champions Weekend kicks off with an excellent card at Leopardstown on Saturday. The main event on the card is the Irish Champion Stakes, a Group One which has been won by legendary horses like Dylan Thomas, Golden Horn and Sea The Stars. We've taken a look through the confirmed field for Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes and picked out our…

The Starspangledbanner colt ran only three times last season - but made the most of his opportunities by winning the Saratoga Derby and the Cox Plate in Australia on his final two starts. O'Brien is hoping to see the four-year-old reappear in the coming weeks, potentially in France, before bidding for a first Irish Group One success in the…

Trainer William Haggas won the Group One contest with Baaeed 12 months ago, but with his unbeaten superstar set to bow out in the Champion Stakes that headlines the Qipco British Champions Day card, there is an opening for a member of the Somerville Lodge squad in the one-mile event that takes place 40 minutes earlier. Maljoom looks the ideal…

Christophe Soumillon and Vadeni will be back in action at Sandown on Saturday following their five length romp in the Prix du Jockey Club Impressive French Derby winner Vadeni has been added to a potentially star-studded line-up for Saturday's £750000 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown and is one of five Group 1 winners to go forward after Monday's…

Ireland's 2022 Classic season starts at the Curragh this weekend with Native Trail in line to secure a notable hat-trick for Godolphin in Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2, 000 Guineas. Following Guineas wins in England (Coroebus) and France (Modern Games) already this season, Sheikh Mohammed's team has a clean sweep of Europe's prestigious top mile…

Saturday's Irish Champion (G1) anchors three Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events at Leopardstown. The eponymous centerpiece of Irish Champions Weekend, the 1 1/4-mile prize offers a free ticket to the Turf (G1). Also on the Saturday card, the Champions Juvenile (G2) and Matron (G1) serve as "Win and You're In" races for the Breeders' Cup…

Jean-Claude Rouget has targeted his three-year-old Vadeni at the 10-furlong contest since he beat his elders in the Eclipse at Sandown. That day he held off the late thrust of John and Thady Gosden's Mishriff, who many considered to be slightly unlucky in running at Sandown, and he will have another crack at the favourite. Luxembourg was Aidan…