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Sceptical and Joey Sheridan prove a class apart in the Listed Woodland Stakes at Naas Sceptical confirmed his position as Ireland's top sprinter after a devastating performance in the Listed Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes at Naas, with a tilt at the King's Stand Stakes next week now on the cards for Denis Hogan's bargain buy. Paddy…

Only twice has Ado McGuinness endured a blank Galway festival since 2010 and the final-day feature could prove his best chance of finally getting off the mark for the 2022 meeting. Current Option, one of a possible seven runners for the Dublin-based team, must have an excellent chance of making it three-in-a-row in this race considering he's rated…

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…

The 2022 Galway Races kicked off on Monday evening with seven races taking place at Ballybrit. The feature race on the opening day is the Connacht Hotel Handicap for amateur riders. And it proved 16th time lucky for Patrick Mullins as favourite Echoes In Rain ran out a gallant winner of the big one. Crowds are back to full capacity at the meeting…

Racing fans will be watching Newmarket on Saturday where the first Classic of the Flat season is run at 3.40. The race is one of six on the ITV schedule The first Classic races of the Flat season take place this weekend, with Wembley hoping to score in the Qipco 2000 Guineas. The Galileo colt, named after the home of English football, was backed in…

Ross Millar provides his expert analysis on the leading juveniles we have seen so far this season and also suggests a couple of ante-post bets for next year at large odds. Finally, he got the job done! Ebro River justified my high opinion of him and put it all together to win the Group One Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Jungle Cove: seeking another major handicap win under Dylan Kidd No favourite has won this historic handicap since 2000, so it could pay to think outside the box when it comes to cracking the big-race puzzle. Unexposed three-year-old Janoobi, trained by Ger Lyons, is one of the most appealing candidates towards the head of the market, but…

The first of two days of top class horse racing action takes place at Leopardstown this afternoon as Irish Champions Weekend kicks off. The eight-race card features two Group 1s, two Group 2s, one Group 3, a listed race and two incredibly competitive handicaps. Just seven line up in the Irish Champion Stakes, but it is a high class field, as you…

Aidan O'Brien has an excellent record in the Qipco 1000 Guineas and Tuesday has a fine chance of winning it this year. Stablemate Tenebrism and Discoveries are other key contenders Sandrine runs in the Qipco 1000 Guineas Aidan O'Brien has two leading contenders as he goes in pursuit of yet another Qipco 1000 Guineas triumph. The Irish trainer, who…

Queen of the turf. King of the saddle. A master trainer and the sporting prince. But could the weather rain on racing royalty's parade? Sunday sees record-breaking mare Enable aimed at one more piece of history in probably her final competitive outing - an unprecedented third victory in Europe's richest race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Victory…

Equine superstar Enable bids to bow out on a high in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Frankie Dettori's mount is racing for a record third success in the autumn highlight. After winning in 2017 and 2018, she found Waldgeist, a member of the home team, too good on rain-softened going last year. Conditions are going to be wet again for the 11-time…

Stradivarius: bids to regain his Gold Cup crown on Thursday Stradivarius will face nine rivals as he bids to regain his crown and earn a record-equalling fourth win in the Gold Cup (4.20) on Thursday. The popular stayer dominated the meeting's pinnacle contest between 2018 and 2020 before finishing fourth to Subjectivist last year, but he returned…

Peaceful: won last season's Irish 1000 Guineas Your guide to Sunday's Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh, the second Irish Classic of the season.

Siskin: won the 2020 Irish 2000 Guineas, but who will score at the Curragh on Saturday? Your guide to Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh, the first Classic of the season in Ireland.

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Kentucky-based horses ably defended their home turf in the weekend Claiming Crown series at Churchill Downs, while 2-year-olds, some still eyeing a shot at next year's big races, were at work at tracks from coast to coast. Del Mar swung back into operation, and Woodbine and Churchill Downs had rich stakes offerings. On the…

For Geraldina's trainer Takashi Saito, it was his seventh career G1 victory. Four-year-old Geraldina, who was assigned the 18th post on the far outside, moved toward the front of the pack late in the race and galloped to the wire from the middle of the turf track. (Watch the race here.) The winning jockey's older brother, 43-year-old Mirco Demuro,…

Day Two of the Irish Champions Weekend features two more Breeders' Cup Challenge'Win and You're In' race, when Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Highfield Princess heads a big field of 19 as she heads for as G1 hat-trick in the Flying Five. Sponsored by Dubai's Al Basti Equiworld, the sprint is the first of four successive G1 races at the Curragh on…

Jessica Harrington and Shane Foley with Magical Lagoon after winning the Irish Oaks Jessica Harrington will bid to enhance what is already one of the most colourful CVs in world racing when she breaks new ground with her first runner in Japan on Sunday. Harrington has won multiple Irish Classics, Royal Ascot prizes and the Cheltenham Gold Cup and…

Kameko (Oisin Murphy, left) bags last year's Qipco 2000 Guineas. Who will win this year? Your guide to the Qipco 2000 Guineas (3.40), the first Classic of the season and Saturday's big race at Newmarket.

St Mark's Basilica (centre) is absent but Wembley (left) and Thunder Moon (right) will run St Mark's Basilica is a notable absentee from the final field for the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday after 15 colts were declared for the first Classic of the season. Trainer Aidan O'Brien will still be represented by Battleground, Van Gogh and…

Mother Earth winning the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Top honours in the three-year-old fillies' mile division will be up for grabs as Guineas winners Mother Earth and Empress Josephine face off in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday. Ryan Moore will partner Qipco 1000 Guineas winner Mother Earth with Seamie Heffernan continuing his…

Irish Champions Weekend culminates with a fantastic card at the Curragh on Sunday afternoon. All four Group One races, including the Irish St Leger, will be shown on ITV Racing, along with the Group Two Blandford Stakes. It's hard to knock the chances of GULLIVER, who finished a good fourth in this race 12 months ago off an eight-pound higher…

There's a six-pack of meetings across the UK and Ireland on Friday to set racing followers up for the weekend. In the afternoon there's jumps fare at Uttoxeter (1.15-4.40pm) and Fakenham (1.30-4.25), alongside Flat cards at Redcar (1.25-5.20) and Haydock (1.40-5.08). Then it's time for the Friday night lights to go on for the all-weather…

In her Platinum Jubilee Year, the Queen's odds-on favourite Reach For The Moon was beaten by Claymore in the Hampton Court Stakes. Dettori was also a runner-up on Saga, as Thesis won the Britannia Stakes. And he had a nightmare passage as Stradivarius was denied a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup. The 13-8 favourite Kyprios, ridden by Ryan Moore…

Sea Of Class (right) giving Enable a scare in the 2018 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe You can place bets on Sunday's Arc with your favourite bookmakers on the Racing Post. Sign in with your favourite bookmaker via the Bookmakers tab at the top of your screen, and then bet directly from our racecards by clicking the odds buttons.

The Very Man: completed a treble at Thurles for Jessica Harrington and Shane Foley Thursday: Thurles Jessica Harrington and Shane Foley stole the show on the track's only Flat card of the year with a 47-1 hat-trick of maiden winners. The last daughter of Galileo to land the opening fillies' mile maiden was Irish 1000 Guineas winner Peaceful and…

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 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)…

A PLUMBER who pocketed more than half a million quid after a life-changing investment is off to celebrate in Las Vegas - after a promise he made to his mate. Gary Robinson, who owns Aura Gas based in Havant, Hampshire, was the winner of Ireland's richest horse race last Saturday. A racing fanatic, Robinson got into horse ownership just 18 months…

PRINCE BANDAR is buzzing ahead of the latest dust-up in the desert. In just three weeks' time, some of the world's best horses will descend on Saudi Arabia for the £26 million Saudi Cup meeting. The Prince has been instrumental in bringing top-class flat racing to the country over the past three years. The two-day fixture has grown in stature since…

GALERON ENSURED the majority of the huge prize-money up for grabs in the Goffs Million would head back across the Irish Sea with a clear-cut victory at the Curragh. A total prize fund of over €1.2millon was actually up for grabs in the seven-furlong contest and 19 juveniles went to post. Galeron, trained by Charlie Hills, finished down the field in…

There are six race meetings taking place across Britain and Ireland on Thursday, including the opening afternoon of the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket. Indeed, the action commences at Newmarket (1.15-5.20pm), alongside Flat cards from Listowel (1.25-5.30) and Pontefract (1.43-5.10), with all-weather meetings at Southwell (4.50-8.30) and…

THE Irish Oaks is shaping up to be a cracker at the Curragh. Our man Jack Keene takes a close look at the €250000 fillies' Classic and picks out his best bet. £20 Risk Free Bet with Paddy Power CLAIM HERE 18+ T&Cs apply Begambleaware.org T&Cs: New customers only. Place your FIRST bet on any sportsbook market and if it loses we will refund your…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage This Tuesday 20 September, the horse racing NAP of the Day, according to SportsLens experts, is ALIZARINE. She contests a Listed race at Listowel this afternoon (16.20) and appeals at great 11/2 odds here. The horse racing results for Alizarine have looked promising of late, until she stepped up…