Aidan O’Brien has won the Qipco 1000 Guineas five times in the last seven years and the master of Ballydoyle will go in search of his eighth victory overall in the Newmarket Classic with Breeders’ Cup heroine Meditate. A regular in the big races last term, the daughter of No Nay Never won the Albany […]
Andre Fabre is double-handed in the Howden Dahlia Stakes at Newmarket on Sunday with Life In Motion and Hidden Dimples both bidding for Group Two honours. The master trainer has won the nine-furlong contest twice before, with Esoterique in 2014 and Usherette two years later. Like Usherette, Life In Motion is owned by Godolphin and […]
Frankie Dettori won the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Chaldean on what was his final ride in the Classic. The Italian is retiring at the end of the current season and knew he had one more shot at glory in the historic race, to add to his three previous victories in the mile contest. […]
Caroline Street led home a Joseph O’Brien one-two in the Al Shira’aa Racing Irish EBF Blue Wind Stakes at Naas. The winner was sent off at 11-2 under Dylan Browne McMonagle her seasonal bow, with the No Nay Never three-year-old racing at the back of the field before finding space down the middle of the […]
Vadream came from way off the pace to catch the long-time leader Live In The Dream and win the Howden Palace House Stakes at Newmarket. The mare had won the Cammidge Trophy at Doncaster on Lincoln day but she finished in mid-division when sent out again quickly six days later for All-Weather Finals Day. Having […]
Azure Blue continued her love affair with Newmarket in the Howden British EBF Ellen Chaloner Stakes. The Michael Dods-trained filly returned to Headquarters unbeaten in two previous outings on the Rowley Mile, while she also has a victory at the July Course on her CV. Making her first appearance since landing the Boadicea Stakes in […]
Saga narrowly failed to give the King and Queen a winner on their coronation day after he was beaten in a photo at Newmarket. Partnered by Frankie Dettori, the John and Thady Gosden-trained Saga was sent off an 8-1 shot for the Howden Suffolk Stakes. He travelled well throughout the contest, but Dettori briefly struggled […]
Roman Mist and Hollie Doyle made every yard of the running to secure Listed glory in the William Hill Conqueror Fillies’ Stakes at Goodwood. Having her first run for Archie Watson since being bought out of Tom Ward’s yard for 360,000 guineas by David Howden, Roman Mist (7-1) showed a determined attitude to fend off […]
The Betfred Derby eluded Donnacha O’Brien as a jockey, but he could take one step closer to the Epsom winners’ enclosure as a trainer on Sunday when Proud And Regal reappears in the Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown. The Galileo colt was the most consistent of juveniles last season and after winning the Tyros Stakes […]
Infinite Cosmos is the new favourite for next month’s Betfred Oaks following an impressive display on her seasonal reappearance at Newmarket. Narrowly beaten on her debut at Doncaster in the autumn, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained daughter of Sea The Stars was already a single-figure price for the Epsom Classic with some bookmakers ahead of her […]