RALPH BECKETT CONFIDENT THE BEST IS YET TO COME FROM IRISH OAKS WINNER YOU GOT TO ME AHEAD OF TATTERSALLS DECEMBER MARES SALE 12 November 2024 0 comments The Ralph Beckett trained Irish Oaks winner YOU GOT TO ME is set to be offered at the Tattersalls December […]
STOCKING UP ON WINNERS 28 October 2024 0 comments But French legend Sea Bird is an unrivalled Arc great, says Rolf Johnson I couldn’t remember the last time I […]
FROM BOOK TO BOOKIES 23 September 2024 0 comments The former Sky frontman turns detective in hunt for Arc clues One of the drawbacks of not working so frequently […]
CUTTING BACK TO THE OLD DEBATE 23 September 2024 0 comments Rolf Johnson weighs up one of racing’s perennial chestnuts Cirrus Des Aigles Participation denied to the distin-guished French geldings Goliath […]
WIN, DRAW – OR LOSE! 23 September 2024 0 comments Andy Newton pores over the key stats in the hunt for this year’s Arc winner at Longchamp It’s off to […]
JUST STAY IT AGAIN SAM! 23 September 2024 0 comments Paul Jacobs relishes a grand October climax with final Flat season flourish October is probably my favourite month of the […]
HORSE OF A LIFETIME: A tribute to track legend Sea The Stars 26 August 2024 0 comments Graham Buddry pays fresh tribute to track legend Sea The Stars – surely one of the greatest ever.
FRANKEL SIRES 100 GROUP WINNERS IN RECORD TIME 12 August 2024 0 comments Champion Sire FRANKEL has sired 100 Group/Graded winners in a record time of 3144 days, ahead of Danehill (also bred […]
TOTS OF THE TURF SHOWING PROMISE 21 April 2024 0 comments Ian Heitman stumbles across some gems at the Curragh and Doncaster Pont Neuf, left, ridden by Charles Bishop The start […]
NO REGRETS, NO SECRETS – AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME! 21 April 2024 0 comments Nick Townsend talks to jockey Kieran Shoemark about his winning battles on the track and off it… When Kieran Shoemark […]
JUST WHAT IS CHAMPIONS DAY? 23 November 2023 0 comments COLUMN Rolf Johnson scratches his head about the summer game’s flat finale Bedlam on QIPCO Champions Day, fomented by the […]
THE BATTLE IS ON FOR ARC GLORY 25 September 2023 0 comments Andrew Newton looks at who could follow in Luke Morris’s footsteps at Longchamps this month Alpinista October is also a […]
BOWING TO CONTINUOUS ACCLAIM 25 September 2023 0 comments Paul Jacobs reveals the horses to look out for over the October meetings Continuous It’s a funny thing form, if […]
Joker Dwyer is still smiling 27 July 2023 0 comments BIG INTERVIEW Rolf Johnson, formerly The Scout of the Daily Express, speaks to a jockey who has reluctantly hung up […]
Tabor anticipating Derby double bid for Auguste Rodin 6 June 2023 0 comments Curragh date in mind for Epsom hero.Download Auguste Rodin could drop back in trip after attempting to complete a Derby […]
Marquand back in action – and back in the winner’s enclosure 11 May 2023 0 comments Freak accident at the Guineas meeting meant a few days on the sidelines.Download Tom Marquand was back among the winners […]
8 Popular Horse Races In The World 2 February 2023 0 comments Before football, baseball, or basketball was invented, horse racing was around as far back as 700 BC and entertained people […]
TASSO AIMS TO MATCH GERMAN EFFICIENCY 29 September 2022 0 comments Andrew Newton reveals the key stats for Longchamp This month, the attention is also across the Channel in France, with […]
Footballers Who Own Racehorses: Top Stars With a Penchant for Racing 24 February 2022 0 comments Footballers Who Own Racehorses: Top Stars With a Penchant for Racing It would be fair to say that footballers are […]
APPLEBY OUT TO BREAK HIS ARC DUCK 30 September 2021 0 comments PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE BETTING TRENDS Andy Newton with the key trends for the great Paris showdown All eyes […]
Graham Smith-Bernal acquires Newsells Park Stud 21 June 2021 0 comments Newsells Park Stud, home to stallions Nathaniel and Without Parole, has been sold to owner-breeder Graham Smith-Bernal. The Hertfordshire operation […]
CECIL DYNASTY BEGAN WITH BUCKSKIN 27 May 2021 0 comments Graham Buddry remembers Henry Cecil’s great stayers In the late 1970’s there were fewer horses to challenge the masters of […]
Racing mourns the loss of Prince Khalid bin Abdullah 13 January 2021 0 comments Owner and breeder of racing greats Enable and Frankel, Prince Khalid bin Abdullah, has died, his Juddmonte operation has confirmed. […]
Finding value in horse race betting in 2021 30 December 2020 0 comments 2020 was a terrible year for practically every spectator sport, and horse racing was as badly affected as any. Next […]
Magical primed for Champion Stakes renewal 16 October 2020 0 comments Defending champion Magical is one of 11 declared runners for Saturday’s renewal of the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot. The […]
Connections call time on Enable 13 October 2020 0 comments Connections have called time on the career of superstar mare Enable with immediate effect, ending suggestions of a Champions Day […]
Fabre expects Persian King retirement 6 October 2020 0 comments Trainer Andre Fabre believes Persian King has run his final race after coming third in the Prix de l’Arc de […]
Love withdrawn from Arc 2 October 2020 0 comments Aidan O’Brien says that Love won’t be taking up an entry for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe due to […]
Lack of crowds affecting Dettori 1 October 2020 0 comments Frankie Dettori says he has yet to get used to racing without any spectators, admitting the whole situation is “awful”. […]
Serpentine completes O’Brien quintet 1 October 2020 0 comments Aidan O’Brien will have a team of five vying for glory at ParisLongchamp on Sunday after Serpentine was added to […]