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Adayar became the first Derby winner to follow up with a victory in King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes for 20 years, at Ascot. The Charlie Appleby-trained colt finished a length and three-quarters clear of runner-up Mishriff, with Love in third. Galileo was the last horse to complete the Derby-King George double in 2001. The race had been dubbed a battle of the generations and racing's ...
The Queen has been recognised for her contribution to British Flat racing by being inducted into the Qipco British Champions Series Hall of Fame. She is the first person to be included in the Special Contributor category. A genuine racing enthusiast and a passionate fan of the sport all her life, she is also a successful owner and breeder. Her famous purple, gold braid and scarlet colours have ...
Frankie Dettori makes his first trip to Bellewstown race course in Ireland to win a race held in the memory of his friend and mentor Barney Curley. In front of a large and enthusiastic crowd, Dettori clinched victory at the county Meath venue on the Johnny Murtagh-trained Trueba. Dettori, 50, celebrated his victory in his trademark flying dismount style at the track where legendary gambler, ...
A crowd of 10,000 vaccinated people will be allowed into Flemington to celebrate the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. On Sunday it was announced Victorian residents are set to be given more freedoms on Friday just in time for the weekend prior to the Cup. It is huge news for locals, with many taking the opportunity at this time of year to stretch the Cup into a four-day weekend. It was announced ...
Jonker claimed the A$1 million Manikato Stakes under Daniel Moor who landed his third Group One win in the space of a month. The Queensland visitor went straight to the front from barrier four, although he had to endure considerable pressure to cross Lombardo and Crystal Bound in the first 200m of the race. Bella Nipotina loomed as the only challenge when Jonker put two lengths on the chasing ...
Franconia has been disqualified from a listed race she won at Newbury last year, having tested positive for ketamine which, a disciplinary panel has accepted, probably derived from recreational use of the drug by her groom. John Gosden, her trainer, was fined the unusually low sum of £500 (US$694) by the panel, which decided he had taken precautions to avoid such an eventuality but could ...
The Aga Khan Studs are pleased to announce that Francis-Henri Graffard will take over the training of the horses based at His Highness the Aga Khan’s private training centre at Aiglemont situated in Gouvieux, following the retirement of Alain de Royer Dupré at the end of 2021. Aiglemont is home to 80 to 90 Aga Khan bred horses and champions such as Zarkava, Dalakhani And Siyouni were all trained ...
Prince of Arran has been retired, denied his opportunity for a fairytale victory in this year's $8m Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) with the globetrotter failing new stringent pre-travel veterinary tests. Trainer Charlie Fellowes was preparing Prince of Arran for his fourth consecutive Melbourne Cup appearance after three successive placings in Australia's greatest race. Prince of Arran's racetrack ...
Essential Quality, the Belmont Stakes and the Runhappy Travers Stakes winner retained the No. 1 position for the third consecutive week in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, a weekly poll of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. This year's Longines Breeders' Cup Classic will be run at Del Mar in Del Mar, California, on Nov. 6 as the final ...
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) could aim for crowds as large as 15,000 on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington following state government support. The Club originally applied for a maximum crowd of 5,000 for Australian racing's flagship race day on November 2 but a new application to the state government could see the attendance more than tripled, although officials at the VRC would not confirm exact ...
Korea Racing Authority's 5YO Knicks Go retained his No. 1 rating in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll for the seventh straight week as there were no changes in order and no starts among the overall Top 10. Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing, and Big Aut Farms' 4YO filly Shesdaresthedevil moved into 11th in this week's poll following a victory in the Locust Grove ...
Thoroughbred racing and breeding have lost Mike Recio, a consignor and bloodstock agent who loved the industry and loved the people tied to the industry even more. Co-founder of South Point Sales, Recio died Sept. 16 in Lexington after an illness. He was 46. The son of respected Ocala, Fla., horseman Bill Recio, Mike Recio had been involved in Thoroughbred racing and breeding for the majority of ...
