#Thunder Snow

Harry Allwood selects five horses to follow at the Moët & Chandon July Festival (Thursday-Saturday) which takes centre stage on Racing TV this week. There are set to be plenty of stars on show at Newmarket this week, including a few that were forced to bypass Royal Ascot due to the ground conditions changing ahead of the final two days. At the time…

Visitors to Ascot Racecourse will be fighting to find a spot in the shade as the world's most prestigious horse racing event gets underway today. Sweltering temperatures are expected to top 30°C on Tuesday, June 20 as week begins. The Queen, along with other members of the Royal Family, is due to arrive into the Parade Ring at 2pm, with the first…

Always Dreaming need dream no longer after the horse won the 143rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs on a soggy track. Jockey John Velazquez rode Always Dreaming during the annual event that was attended by more than 158070 people - the seventh-largest crowd in the race's 143-year history. The win for Always Dreaming marks the second…

Twenty years after Desert King gave Aidan O'Brien his first Classic win in the Irish 2000 Guineas, Churchill gave the trainer his 11th win in the race under Ryan Moore. Despite seeming to be uneasy on the rain-softened ground, the 4-9 favourite pulled two and a half lengths clear of Thunder Snow on Saturday. The son of Galileo joined fellow…

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…

The record of André Fabre is without equal in the French training ranks. As well as clinching a 30th trainers' title in France in 2019, Fabre saddled a record eighth winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the shape of Waldgeist, his first victory in the race since Rail Link in 2006. Fabre first won the Arc with Trempolino in 1987, followed by…

As ever with year-in-review perspectives, personal criteria play the decisive role, and that's why I've ventured abroad for my 2019 race of the year. The King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (G1) at Ascot offers the most persuasive combination of world-class combatants, high stakes, some adversity, and a stretch-long duel that evoked a gladiatorial…

Frankie Dettori believes favourite Life Is Good will be a "very tough nut to crack" in the Dubai World Cup. The top jockey has f our rides on the Meydan card, including one of market leader's opponents Country Grammer. Dettori has won the $12 million race on Dubai Millennium (2000), Moon Ballad (2003) and Electrocutionist (2006). "The favourite,…

DUBAI will host the world's richest race meeting at Meydan racecourse on Saturday, March 30 this year. The Dubai World Cup alone is worth a whopping £5.7million. Here is all you need to know... The Dubai World Cup sees horses from all over the world - America, Europe, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong and Japan - compete for a total of £26 million…

Mark your calendars for Aug. 3! Starting at 5 p.m. ET, the NBCSN broadcast team will be at Saratoga to cover the $1 million, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes, a prestigious Challenge Series "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Classic. First held in 1928, the 1 1/8-mile Whitney Stakes annually attracts some of the best older…

The Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets might be the highlight of the spectacular June 8 racecard at Belmont Park, but the Grade 1, $1.2 million Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap could arguably steal the show. The prestigious one-mile race is expected to attract a fantastic field of accomplished older horses, and sorting through the contenders to…

Meydan: hosts the Dubai World Cup meeting this month There were punting pointers aplenty at Meydan on Super Saturday, the big trials day ahead of the Dubai World Cup card on March 30, and here are a few things we learned Drafted and Comicas are Golden Shaheen players On first viewing the Mahab Al Shimaal didn't look much of a Golden Shaheen trial…

This article is part of our NHL Picks series. We've got a nice two-game slate to sink our teeth into tonight. This is where we can be deliberate, disciplined, and perhaps even a little diabolical. Why diabolical? Well, in both of these games, I like the underdog. Here's my thinking. Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook. If you're located in…

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…

WITH just shy of £9 million in prize-money on offer, the Dubai World Cup is one of the world's biggest and most valuable horse races. Run under the lights of the stunning Meydan circuit, the race is the centrepiece of this Saturday's Dubai World Cup night. Horses from all over the world come to compete for their slice of the £8.8 million pot, with…

In his seminal tome'The History of Thoroughbred Racing in America', William H.P. Robertson began a significant post-war chapter with the following observation: "During 1947, for the only time in history, four different horses were listed as the world's leading money-winner at one time or another." Today such a statement would be greeted with a…

The eyes of the racing world will turn to Meydan Racecourse on Friday when the UAE's flagship sporting venue hosts its first meeting of 2022/2023. Ever since its epic launch in 2000, the racecourse has set the gold standard for flat racing in the UAE and Middle East region. This is where some of the world's best jockeys, owners, and horses, will…

I spent the last few seconds of the 2022 Kentucky Derby in shock as 80-1 longshot Rich Strike ran down favored Epicenter at the wire. Rich Strike practically bounced around after the race, biting at his lead pony and looking like he could do the whole thing all over again. Meanwhile I was almost scratching my head in disbelief. Weird things happen…

It will soon be the turn of the Dubai World Cup to take centre stage on the international racing scene and the recent Saudi Cup meeting at Riyadh and the carnival at Meydan, highlighted by Super Saturday, offered plenty of punting clues for the big day on March 26 The brilliant US-trained Life Is Good heads the Dubai World Cup market, but speed is…

It's time once again for pricey mint juleps and off-key singing of "My Old Kentucky Home." The Kentucky Derby will be run this Saturday at Churchill Downs racetrack. Veteran Derby watchers say there does not appear to be a standout horse in this year's field, but someone must win, and many people will make money on it. Here's what we know about…

However green the enormous 2017 Kentucky Derby field of twenty might seem, and it is pretty darn green, tomorrow evening the colts will still be bugled to the track through a wild crowd, muscled into their gates, and will engage in a blistering horse race. Somebody, be it an odds favorite like Classic Empire or McCraken, or a lovable long shot like…

Twenty horses and jockeys will compete in the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby May 6, 2017, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Without a standout favorite, the first leg of racing's Triple Crown appears wide open. This year's winnings for "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" total $2 million. When: Saturday, May 6 Post Time: 6:34 p.m.…