#York Stakes

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…

While opening day of the Santa Anita winter/spring meet is traditionally scheduled on the 26th of December, it is also considered the ceremonial start of the next year. If Monday's festivities are a harbinger of what is to come, 2023 should be a pretty good year. Under a perfect southern California winter sky, a massive, enthusiastic crowd of…

Gaassee is Newsboy's tip for the big race of the day, the Sky Bet Ebor. It is a typically competitive renewal, with plenty of Irish-trained runners including Earl Of Tyrone and late gamble Licence William Haggas (right) trained superstar Baaeed (pictured at Goodwood) to win at York earlier in the week - and Newsboy hopes he can add this year's Ebor…

Starman is in a high class field for the Newmarket feature and faces the likes of Oxted and Creative Force. Check out Newsboy's top tips for the 11 races on ITV Starman (blue colours) on the way to winning the 2021 Duke Of York Clipper Logistics Stakes STARMAN is expected to blow your mind in the Group 1 Darley July Cup (4.25) at Newmarket…

Royal Ascot 2022 is here with the best fashion and sporting action. Baaeed and Nature Strip are among the stars on show on day one at the Berkshire venue The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Mr. Peter Phillips arriving by carriage during the Royal Procession on day one of Royal Ascot Royal Ascot week has begun with all the best sporting…

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…

Owner/breeder Reg Bond, who has died at the age 77 Group-winning owner-breeder Reg Bond was hailed as "a fine ambassador for northern racing" after his death was announced at the age of 77. The Yorkshireman, who dreamt of owning a horse when he used to go racing at Beverley as a teenage apprentice engineer, saw his colours carried to success by…

The rains stopped at Pimlico Thursday morning just as Kentucky Derby winner Justify (pictured) stepped out to test the track in preparation for Saturday's Preakness. Photo courtesy of Maryland Jockey Club The sun didn't shine on My Old Kentucky Home on Derby Day this year and it's unlikely to shine on Saturday's Preakness, either. But for Derby…

Jockey David Egan has backed Mishriff to deliver in Wednesday's Group One Juddmonte International Stakes at York on the return to his optimum mile and a quarter distance. The colt trained by John and Thady Gosden is now 7-4 favourite after Aidan O'Brien's St Mark Basilica, who beat Mishriff in the Eclipse Stakes, was forced out of the race. O'Brien…

Left handed, flat. In essence, York is a very fair track, ideal for the long-striding galloper. In recent seasons, the field tends to come more down the centre of the track than has historically been the case, particularly if conditions are testing. The track was made into a circuit in 2005 and offers a straight five furlong/six furlong track, on…

The final day of Royal Ascot and your last chance to make the most of GQ's red hot tips straight from the horse's mouth (via an equine translator). All it cost us was a couple of sugar lumps. There's an infectious confidence behind Lope Y Fernandez and it's perhaps all the more significant after his stablemate Arizona justified strong market…

LATEST RESULTS, TIPS AND UPDATES: Find out every winner of every race, plus pictures and videos as the drama unfolds on Day 5 Royal Ascot 2018: behind the scenes of a top stables where the Queen's racehorses are trained Brighton-born Ryan Moore clinched a big-race double on the final day of Royal Ascot to leapfrog veteran Frankie Dettori in the…

Wonderful Tonight: a non-runner in the King George Hardwicke Stakes scorer Wonderful Tonight has been declared a non-runner in this afternoon's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on account of the ground. Overnight rain and afternoon thunderstorms were forecast for Ascot but failed to materialise, leaving connections with a straightforward…

Unbeaten thoroughbred Baaeed and two of the best sprinters in the world open the show at Royal Ascot 2022. Crowds return to the huge sporting event to see Australia's Nature Strip and American hope Golden Pal race for top honours in the King's Stand Stakes. Up against the star pair is the Queen's first runner of the week, King's Lynn, who tries to…

Regal Glory, shown winning the 2021 Matriarch at Del Mar, takes on male rivals in Saturday's Grade I Fourstardave at Saratoga. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Turf racing at Saratoga, Del Mar and Churchill Downs tops the weekend agenda, with a pair of Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" slots up for grabs. A third…

The Week in Review by T.D. Thornton The annual Claiming Crown races were two weeks ago. But a surprise black-type feast for blue-collar campaigners took place over Thanksgiving weekend, when horses once claimed for tags as low as $10000 and $16000 ran away with three of five stakes at Laurel Park, and an 8-year-old gelding bought last year for…

A Group 1 winner in France, Rougir looks to give trainer Chad Brown a record seventh win in the Beverly D. when she headlines a compact but competitive field of five set for the Grade 1 turf race on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old French-bred won the Grade 3 Beaugay in her first start of the year, but has been beaten in her last two,…

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…

The mile-and-a-half Test of the Champion at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday is all that awaits the Triple Crown season for 2022. In reality, it will be more of a test to see if 80-1 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is more akin to the Beatles or Chumbawamba. Do we have a superstar or one-hit wonder in our midst? The answer comes against a field…

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…

New York takes center stage of the racing world this weekend. Belmont Park hosts 14 graded stakes between its Friday and Saturday cards, including nine at the Grade 1 level, culminating in the 2022 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon. Rougir (6-5) is morning-line favorite for the first of those Grade 1 affairs, the $750000 New York Stakes. Post…

Just Cindy wins the Schuylerville Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Thursday's opening day at Saratoga. Photo by Chelsea Durand, Cognianese Photos, courtesy of New York Racing Association July 15 (UPI) -- Saratoga is back into action this weekend, with trainer Chad Brown ready to make a statement on the turf course and the usual top-self competition…

A roll of honour which includes the likes of Nijinsky, Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard, Dancing Brave, Montjeu, Galileo, Harbinger, Enable and 12 months ago Adayar, six runners go to post for this year's renewal which gets underway at 3.35pm. We have previewed the race and the pick of the racing action with our guide below and you can find the best…

KY Downs' Sunday Program Features G3 Ladies Marathon & Return of Family Way (Family Way / Coady Photography) From the KY Downs Media Team / Jennie Rees: Sunday's FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs racing program is headlined by three stakes: the $550000, Grade 3 AGS Ladies Marathon, $500000 Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey Music City for…

for all the Coral Brigadier Gerard Stakes runners and riders, form, Timeform comments and latest betting. William Haggas may be in a rich vein of form at present, yet that has not stopped him warning punters about the fitness of Addeybb as he makes his seasonal debut in the Coral Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown on Thursday evening. The Pivotal…

The Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained son of New Bay upset the odds when powering to a length-and-three-quarters success in the Hampton Court Stakes, overturning Reach For The Moon, who was odds-on to give the Queen a winner at the Royal meeting. Claymore had previously chased home subsequent Irish 2000 Guineas winner Native Trail in the Craven at…

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…

Tarnawa, defending champion and favorite for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Turf race, stretches her legs over the Del Mar track Monday. Photo courtesy of the Breeders' Cup DEL MAR, Calif., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships have attracted a record 56 international entries for the two-day event that opens Friday at Del Mar in…

Mishriff: Saudi Cup winner will chase a first British Group 1 at Ascot this weekend Globetrotter Mishriff is to have just his second outing over a mile and a half in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes at Ascot on Saturday after connections decided against an alternative option at York on the same day. The four-year-old was in need…

The eyes of the horse racing world will be on Belmont Park the next two days, and while the main event, a gaggle of stakes leading up to the biggie, the last jewel in the Triple Crown, is not until tomorrow, the races today are quite good too. We have plays in four of them, all stakes, and we expect fast dirt and soft turf at Big Sandy today. Let's…

A total of 19 horses were left in Haydock's Betfair Sprint Cup (3.30) at the six-day stage on Monday with Nunthorpe winner Highfield Princess the most notable absentee. With John Quinn's star filly not going for a hat-trick of Group 1 wins, the £350000 sprint which highlights Saturday's action looks wide open. We assess the key contenders. .…

Savage was how James Tate described the form of Diamond Jubilee favourite Invincible Army on Wednesday as the Newmarket trainer attempts to rein in the excitement prior to a bid for a first top-level and Royal Ascot success later this month. The Saeed Manana-owned Invincible Army has scored convincingly in two starts this season, landing the Listed…

Captain Cowgirl looks to extend her three-race win streak in Saturday night's (Oct. 15) $100000 Courageous Lady, a by-invitation-only Grand Circuit event for 3-year-old harness racing filly pacers, at MGM Northfield Park. This year's Courageous Lady is the 13th race on a 15-race program. A $20000 guaranteed 20-cent Super High Five is offered on the…

Dragon Symbol developed into a very smart sprinter for the Archie Watson stable in 2021, a campaign in which he finished in the first four in pattern company on no fewer than six occasions. It was hard to fault his consistency and he was unlucky not to add to his tally after completing a four-timer in a minor event at Hamilton last May,…

The Belmont Stakes weekend was a highly anticipated 3 days of racing. The stakes races lived up to their billing. The Wonder Again Stakes kicked off the graded stakes action. The race kicked off a big weekend on the grass for Chad Brown. In the race Consumer Spending was able to get the job done earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 88. The winner paid…

Robert Havlin gained the first Group One success of his long riding career when Commissioning powered home to win the bet365 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket. The 49-year-old has long been credited with playing a huge part at Clarehaven Stables, first for John Gosden and more recently in his partnership with his son, Thady. An impressive winner of the…

Robert Havlin rode his first Group One winner but Commissioning's bet365 Fillies' Mile success wasn't without a scare for punters who sent her off the 8/13 favourite. John and Thady Gosden's charge tracked the front-running Novakai (11/1) throughout but was off the bridle as the leader still held the advantage coming down into The Dip. The…

Pogo went one better than 12 months ago when holding off Sacred in the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes at Newmarket to tee up a crack at the Breeders' Cup. Ridden by soon-to-be-crowned champion jockey William Buick, partnering his 150th winner of the season, the Charlie Hills-trained six-year-old was winning for the eighth…

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes (15:00) at Newmarket on Friday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Eight runners are set to go to post for Friday's Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes (15:00) at Newmarket, a Group 2 run over…

Friday's free feature is the Horses for Courses (H4C) report, whilst our selection of free racecards will cover... 2.10 Chepstow 3.00 Newmarket 4.25 York 5.45 Newcastle 6.15 Newcastle 8.30 Dundalk The Horses For Courses (H4C) report shows the full course history since 2009 of any horse running that has previously had a run at the track. It is…

The grey was a runaway winner of the latter Group Three contest last season, streaking home five lengths to the good under David Allan. The same rider has received the leg-up all season, guiding the horse to fourth in the City Of York Stakes before coming home eighth on unsuitable ground in the Sprint Cup at Haydock. Back in Ireland for a repeat…

Seventy years ago this week, 50000 fans congregated at Hollywood Park to witness what must be considered among the finest assemblages of Thoroughbred accomplishment for any race of that era, and to this day certainly one of the best of all time. That a race of such caliber would be held in December is unusual by today's standards and was even more…

After being placed in the bet365 Mile at Sandown, the Diomed Stakes at Epsom and the Summer Mile at Ascot, Mutasaabeq was a hot favourite to get back on the winning trail in last month's Celebration Mile, but could only finish fourth. While on the face of it his Goodwood performance was disappointing, the winner Jadoomi has since followed up in the…

A total of nine Grade 1 races highlight this weekend's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival in Elmont, N.Y., with one Friday and eight on Saturday's blockbuster card. Though the field sizes may leave something to be desired, there is no shortage of stars lined up to show off for horse racing fans. Among the top matchups is that of the Met Mile, featuring…

TEMPLEGATE looks to keep up his simply sensational run of form with some more winners on a big betting Saturday. Read on for our man's top tips and back a horse by clicking their odds below. VADREAM (3.40 Ayr, nap) She is an Autumn horse who ran much the best race of the season when beaten just a neck in a Newmarket Listed contest last time. She is…

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…

The William Haggas-trained filly has been campaigned exclusively in Group-race company since making a winning debut at Newmarket in 2020, during which time she has won the Nell Gwyn and the Hungerford Stakes and finished second in the Flying Childers, the Lowther and the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot. She made a promising start this year when beaten…

A busy Friday features six meetings across Britain and Ireland, four Flat and two National Hunt. There are Listed races on the feature Flat cards at Newbury (1.07-5.05pm) and Ayr (1.25-5.20), plus a couple of all-weather cards at Kempton (4.40-8.15) and Dundalk (4.55-8.30) to conclude the day. In between, there's jump racing from Newton Abbot…

Emaraaty Ana's performance in last month's Nunthorpe Stakes was exactly what connections had hoped to see prior to his bid to land a second running of the Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup. In finishing third to Highfield Princess at York, Emaraaty Ana produced more evidence that his early season lacklustre form was being left behind and he was coming…

The Beverly D Stakes has been given some extra spice this year with last year's winning trainer Aidan O'Brien confirming he'll be trying to win Saturday's Churchill Downs Grade 1 race again. The Irish handler sent over Santa Barbara to land the gold medal 12 months ago and this year O'Brien has entered the John R Velazquez-ridden Lily Pond. You can…