#Tom Queally

Crowds have flocked to the Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire to to see the one of the world's greatest flat races - the Gold Cup. Order Of St George, ridden by Ryan Moore, is the favourite to win the Gold Cup with Betfair giving odds of 10/11. The two-mile long Group 1 race will kick off at 4.20pm. Royal Ascot is airing exclusively on ITV this year and…

The Tin Man and Tom Queally after winning the Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot in 2017 Popular sprinter and three-time Group 1 winner The Tin Man has been retired after breaking down on the Newmarket gallops on Saturday morning. The nine-year-old, a star for the James Fanshawe stable over six seasons, sustained a fractured cannonbone during a routine…

ONLY the true greats truly break the racing bubble. Frankie Dettori, Desert Orchid, AP McCoy, Lester Piggot all make the cut. And of course, the mighty Frankel. In tandem with his unequalled talent on the track, a run of 14 straight wins at the highest level in breathtaking fashion, Frankel was also credited with keeping his trainer Sir Henry Cecil…

A life described as'the true stuff of legends' was remembered as some of the biggest names of British racing rubbed shoulders with ordinary punters at Sir Henry Cecil's memorial service at Ely Cathedral. That such an eclectic congregation of just over 1000 joined with Cecil's family to pay tribute to a horseracing great was hugely appropriate. No…

Sorrow enveloped Warren Place stables in Newmarket on Tuesday after Sir Henry Cecil finally lost his long battle with cancer at the age of 70. But it was matched by a determination from his staff to deliver a winning tribute to their beloved boss at next week's Royal Ascot. They were told that Cecil had died at a private Cambridge hospital after…

Jostling for position at the head of the market are the likes of the Uther Pendragon, whose recent victory in an even weaker handicap on polytrack was his first win since June 2020, while the course and distance win of All About Alice also came in a very weak classified stakes, since when she has been unplaced in three straight 0-55…

2022-05-19Top five Lockinge Stakes winners of the 21st Century including Frankel, Ribchester and more The Lockinge, a wonderful spectacle at just about the fairest track in the land, Newbury. Who couldn't love a race down that has delivered some of the greats of the past couple of decades, and perhaps the greatest of them all. The race was…

The top four in the betting for the Darley July Cup say it all. We have last year's winner, Oxted, a five-year-old, bidding to become the first repeat victor of the race since Right Boy in 1959. Then there's Starman, a four-year-old, lightly-raced and one from one this season after an impressive Group 2 win at York at the Dante meeting in…

Frankie Dettori will be back at Bellewstown today, for the inaugural running of the Barney Curley Charity Cup, in aid of DAFA. The Italian conquered the County Meath track when winning on Trueba for Johnny Murtagh. But, today, he'll return to the Hill of Crockafotha in the role of team-captain for the two-race challenge against a team captained by…

There are many different events on the horse racing calendar that will appeal to fans, and we will all have our own favourites. For some, it will be the history that comes with the Grand National, whilst others will prefer the Cheltenham festival and the days of non-stop action that they offer. Yet, another standout festival is Glorious Goodwood,…

There are six race meetings across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, including the inaugural Barney Curley Charity Cup at Bellewstown where Willie Mullins and Frankie Dettori are team captains. The action begins at Nottingham (1.00-4.30pm), which is one of five Flat cards along with Catterick (1.44-5.09), Bellewstown (2.00-5.25), Kempton (5.00-8.30)…

The Juddmonte International Stakes has helped cement the reputation of many great champions and next week the unbeaten Baaeed will be the headline act as he seeks to keep his flawless record intact. The four-year-old colt will be stepping up to a mile-and-a-quarter for the first time after successive wins in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Lockinge,…