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Frankel On His Way To Stud

Frankel, the worlds best racehorse, has left Newmarket's Warren Place stables, ending a three-year link with trainer Sir Henry Cecil.

The four-year-old has travelled to his birthplace, Banstead Manor in Cheveley, where he will be put to stud next year.

Frankel was retired unbeaten last month after winning 14 out of 14 races.

"I am pretty certain that there has never been a better or more talented thoroughbred. There i

Big Names Among The 19 Entries For The Betfair Chase

Long Run, Grands Crus and Cue Card are three big names amongst 19 entries for the Betfair Chase at Haydock on November 24.

Long Run won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2011 but could only manage third in last season's renewal of the Blue Riband event, one place worse than when second to a revitalised Kauto Star in this race last year.

His regular rider Sam Waley-Cohen said: "We are pleased with Long Run. He has developed into a big, st

Brett Prebble riding Green Moon wins Melbourne Cup at Flemington

Green Moon, trained in Australia by Robert Hickmott and ridden by Brett Prebble, has won the 152nd running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

The 19-1 shot, formerly trained in Britain by Harry Dunlop, triumphed from Fiorente and Jakkalberry.

No British challenger has ever won the race, which attracts a crowd of more than 100,000, with Marco Botti's Jakkalberry the best of five hopefuls this time.

Known as the "race

Kauto Stone wins at Down Royal

Kauto Stone was a 4-1 winner at the JNwine Champion Chase at Down Royal in the week his half-brother Kauto Star - who won the race in 2010 - was retired from the sport. Ridden by Daryl Jacob and trained by Paul Nicholls, the six-year-old saw off First Lieutenant in a close finish. Last year's winner Quito de la Roque, the 2/1 favourite, finished a dissapointing third having been favourite and heavily backed, Chicago Grey was a faller in the race E

Top 5 British National Hunt Jockeys Of The Last Decade

With the British national hunt season in full swing we take a look at the top performers across the racetracks north and south over the last ten years and ask, Who are the top 5 British National Hunt Jockeys of the last decade?

5. Graham Lee

Lee squeezes into our top 5 having been a contender on the British jump scene for most of the last decade, finshing in the top 10 in the championship rankings in all but one of the years consi

Tony McCoy returns with winner a day after breaking teeth in fall

Tony McCoy returned to action with a winner on Saturday just a day after breaking several teeth in a fall at Wetherby. The 17-time champion jockey steered My Tent Or Yours to victory at Ascot in his second ride of the day. McCoy, 38, had been unseated from the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Mr Watson before the novices' hurdle 24 hours earlier. He later said on Twitter: "My injury is very superficial. Just broke a few teeth and needed some stitches." T

Kauto Stone Looks To Emulate Big Brother In The Champion Chase

Kauto Stone hopes to emulate his half-brother Kauto Star by winning the JNwine Champion Chase at Down Royal this afternoon, and has been well backed to do so for trainer Paul Nicholls.

One of the selections of Pricewise supremo Tom Segal, Kauto Stone is now second favourite at a general 7-2 having been an 11-2 shot earlier in the day. Quito De La Roque is now favourite for the Grade 1, with Sizing Europe out due to the ground being too soft.

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms). The race is known in the United States as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports" or "The

Micheal Hill Calls It A Day

Michael Hills career has today somewhat fizzled out after he gave up what should have been his final rides at Newmarket on Saturday. The 49-year-old wasn't feeling at peak fitness so decided not to take up his four booked mounts at Headquarters. "I'm dehydrated and don't feel well, so I'm not riding today - and that's it," he said. He announced only last month he would retire at the end of the current campaign. He has ridden over 2,000 winners

Graham Lee Stars At Lingfield

Graham Lee continued an excellent first season since switching from jumps to the Flat with a Listed success on Sentaril in the EBF Normandie Stud Fleur De Lys Fillies Stakes at Lingfield.

He brought the William Haggas-trained filly (100-30) wide into the straight from the rear before weaving his way through the pack to beat Burke's Rock by a head for his 84th winner of the campaign.

"It always looked like she wanted further. We di

Tony McCoy Stood Down at Wetherby

There was high drama at the start of the day at Wetherby as Tony McCoy parted company with Mr Watson before the Wetherby Racecourse & Conference Centre National Hunt Novices Hurdle.

The Jonjo O'Neill-trained five-year-old was a hot favourite in the exchanges for the opening contest of the two-day Charlie Hall Chase meeting, but was keen going to post and unshipped the 17-times champion jockey.

McCoy looked uncomfortable on the t

The Fugue Heads a European Invasion Of California

The Fugue hasn`t run since August because of wet weather but will face no such problems in California where she heads a strong European raiding party on this Grade 1 prize. Joining the impressive Nassau Sakes winner are last year's runner-up Nahrain, easy Prix de l'Opera winner Ridasiyna, Ballydoyle's Up and I'm A Dreamer, who is already a winner in the United States this season when she beat one of the leading home hopes Marketing Mix. Ridasiyna wo

Clive Smith Announce The Retirement Of Legendary Chaser Kauto Star

Record-breaking superstar Chaser Kauto Star has been retired, his owner Clive Smith has announced today.

Trained by Paul Nicholls, the 12 year old made history by winning the King George VI Chase for a fifth time on Boxing Day last year.

He is the only horse to have regained the Cheltenham Gold Cup having lost it but was pulled up when going for a third victory in March.

"We've decided to retire Kauto Star as of today

Black Caviar graces cover of fashion magazine Vogue

For the first time in the history of Vogue magazine will show off a horse on the cover. The 22 games unbeaten Black Caviar is considered the best racehorse in the world and shines on the December issue of the Australian edition. Top model Julia Nobis accompanies the mare on the front page. The two were photographed by Australian Benny Home. Chief Editor of the fashion magazine, Edwina McCann, explains: "Black Caviar just know when the lens is focused on

Paul Nicholls eyes another Hurdle

43 horses have been entered in the £100,000 Grade Three Racing Post Hurdle, the feature race on the third and final day of Cheltenham's The Open on Sunday, November 18. The two-mile contest has in the past been a springboard for top-class horses with Rooster Booster, Detroit City, Sizing Europe, Khyber Kim and Menorah featuring among the recent roll of honour. Paul Nicholls sent Brampour out to victory in 2011 and the champion trainer has another str

Fantastic Day at Leicester For Richard Hughes

Following his riding seven of the eight winners at Windsor two weeks ago, the champion jockey-elect looked like he might repeat the feat by landing the first three races at Leicester.

Hughes and Intrigo won the first division of the Haymarket Nursery at 5-1 and Take The Lead landed the Hoby Median Auction Maiden Fillies' Stakes at 11-4 both for boss Richard Hannon, while Hughes teamed up with Charlie Hills to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF

Molotof Blows Away The Field in the Taunton Racecourse Novices Chase

Molotof eventually had the beating of Changing Times after a prolonged head to head in the Autumn Membership At Taunton Racecourse Novices Chase on Tuesday.

Nicky Henderson`s grey put in some bad jumps at a number of fences with Ap on board on his chasing debut but dg in to win despite his jumping flaws.

Nigel Twiston-Davies' Changing Times jumped well in the main up front but a bad error down the back straight almost ended his

Kingsbarns wins Racing Post Trophy

Kingsbarns won the Racing Post Trophy as trainer Top Aidan O'Brien claimed his seventh Career victory in the race.

The 15-8 favourite, ridden by his son Joseph, won by a length and three-quarters at Doncaster. Previous winners of this race have gone on to win the following year's Epsom Derby four times since 2001, This horse will be highly tipped to do the same.

Van Der Neer came second with Steeler finishing third in the last Gro

Richard Fox inquest result

Former jockey Richard Fox died after falls in a Newmarket shop and in hospital at Bury St Edmunds, an inquest has heard. Mr Fox died at the West Suffolk Hospital in June 2011, two months after being admitted with a head injury following a fall at an Iceland store. The coroner in Bury St Edmunds recorded a narrative verdict. It concluded he died from a head injury set against a background of epilepsy following a 1999 brain injury. The inquest

Ian Popham Injury Setback

Ian Popham should undergo surgery on Thursday after breaking his pelvis for a second time in his career. The conditional jump jockey sustained his latest injury in a fall before the final race at Plumpton on Monday. Popham was thrown from the Martin Keighley-trained Oyster Hill on the way to the start for the Andy Stewart Charitable Foundation Supports Moorcroft Maiden Open National Hunt Flat Race and instantyl withdrew looking very uncomfortable The 3l

Harry Fry Trains his First Winner

Harry Fry trained his first winner under his own name when Highland Retreat got the better of a tight finish at Exeter.

Though he was credited with Rock On Ruby`s win in last season's Champion Hurdle, Fry was at the time an assistant overseeing Paul Nicholls' satellite stable in Seaborough and has only branched out this autumn.

This was just his fifth runner and Highland Retreat (10-1), who had fallen on his previous start in the

Frankie Dettori And Godolphin Part Ways

One of the most successful and long lasting associations in Flat racing is about to come to an end after Godolphin confirmed that Frankie Dettori will not ride for the team next year. Dettori`s 18-year tenure as lead rider for Sheikh Mohammed has yielded victories in most of the world's major races, He sparked speculation that his relationship with Godolphin could be ended when he accepted the mount on the Coolmore-owned Camelot in the Qatar Prix de l'A

Connections Wait For Cityscape Decision

Connections of Cityscape will decide over the next couple of weeks whether the top-class six-year-old will be retired to stud or return to action next season.

Roger Charlton's charge made a brilliant start to his campaign by running out a scintillating winner of the Dubai Duty Free at Meydan and while he has not tasted victory since, he has run some superb races in defeat.

He signed off for the year with an excellent second to t

O`Brien To Dominate Saturday's Racing Post Trophy

Aidan O'Brien trains six of the 15 horses left in Saturday's Racing Post Trophy at the six-day declaration stage. The master of Ballydoyle has left in Battle of Marengo, Eye Of The Storm, Festive Cheer, Kingsbarns, Kingston Jamaica and Magician while Jim Bolger's Autumn Stakes hero Trading Leather and Andrew Oliver's First Cornerstone complete a strong Irish team. Royal Lodge hero Steeler leads the home defence which also includes the Richard Hannon

Wonder Horse Frankel Retires with 100% Record

Frankel, the greatest racehorse in a generation, if not ever, bowed out with an unbeaten record of 14 wins from 14 starts as he took the QIPCO British Champions Stakes here by a length and three-quarters from last year’s winner and second best horse on the planet Cirrus Des Aigles on Saturday.

Ascot had been buzzing all day, the racecard included some of the top horses on the face of the planet, but everybody was here to see Frankel. Even at t

Frankel Will Go In The Quipco Stakes

Frankel will run in the Qipco Champion Stakes. It was the news racing fans were desperate for and after a week of growing uncertainty and deteriorating ground conditions putting his participation in jeopardy, the wonderhorse has finally been given the green light to race.

`I dont think there are any ambers at the moment,` said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to the colt`s owner Khalid Abdullah.

`It`s certainly soft and there are

Frankel Has Worries Over The Ground For Saturday's Qipco Champion Stakes

Ascot has been hit by consistent rain this week with another five millimetres overnight, clerk of the course Chris Stickels has mentioned the possibility of further rain on already soft ground. The forecast for Saturday itself is better but with showers still forecast, the ground is unlikely to be any better than soft. Frankel risks his perfect 13 from 13 record at the weekend but not since he made his debut has he raced on ground worse than good to

Michael Hills Announces His Retirement From Racing

Epsom Derby-winning jockey Michael Hills says he will retire next month after a career which he has achieved 2,000 winners. The Newmarket-born jockey plans to retire when the turf Flat racing season ends on 10 November. The 49-year-old, who won the 1996 Derby on Shaamit, follows twin brother Richard, who retired in March. "You can't go on too long and I've had a great career and I've really enjoyed it," Hills told BBC Sport. "It's extremely hard n

Soft ground expected at Ascot

Chris Stickels, Ascot clerk of the course expects the going on QIPCO Champions Day on Saturday will be soft despite heavy rain at the Berkshire track on Tuesday night with more forecast on Wednesday. Stickels reports the track to be taking the rainfall well but conceded the ground could be heavy in places on the round course on Wednesday should there be another downpour. `We had a wet night, with 12 millimetres of rain," Stickels told At The Races on

Richard Hughes Completes Magnificent Seven at Windsor

Richard Hughes Rode a fantastic seven winners today at Windsor, Bookies took a massive kicking Uk wide as comparisons already being drawn to `Dettori Day` Champion Jockey Elect has had a magnificent season so far but nothing that has come before could compare to today's exploits. The first two wins were straight forward enough on Pivotal Movement and East Texas Red respectively both for Richard Hannon. The third however looked a much more difficul

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Frankel Looks For An 11th Straight Victory Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday

Frankel Looks For An 11th Straight Victory Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday

Sir Henry Cecil`s superstar colt has beaten all before him so far in his career and enter the first of five days of highly anticipated racing as the long odds-on favourite.

As the top rated horse in the world, Cecil says `He`s in good order and there are no excuses` as Frankel looks to enhance his reputation. `You always feel nerves with

Willie Carson, Lorraine Chase set I`m A Celebrity Bushtucker Trial

Willie Carson, Lorraine Chase set I`m A Celebrity Bushtucker Trial

Willie Carson and Lorraine Chase have taken part in the second Bushtucker Trial of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!. The jockey and the ex-Emmerdale actress did battle in a 'Food Poker' challenge to win meals for their respective camps Snake Rock (Stefanie Powers, Jessica-Jane Clement, Freddie Starr and Dougie Poynter) and Croc Cr

Jockey Aaron Gryder to move riding base from SoCal to Hong Kong

Jockey Aaron Gryder to move riding base from SoCal to Hong Kong

Aaron Gryder, who rode Well Armed to victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup this year, is moving his riding career from Southern California to Hong Kong. Gryder said Tuesday he's been invited to ride under contract for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The 39-year-old jockey has ridden 3,218 winners and has purse earnings of more than $109 million sinc

Smallest Field in the Epsom Derby in over 100 years

Smallest Field in the Epsom Derby in over 100 years

Camelot will head the betting in the smallest Epsom Derby field since 1907 with only nine runners lining up for Saturday`s big race. The favourite will line up with stable mate Astrology for Aidan O`Brien, The Irish trainer has withdrawn Imperial Monarch, Father of Science and Tower Rock from the race. Another in the O`Brien stable Imperial Monarch

Home Win For Wizz Kin in the Qatar Prix De L'Abbaye de Longchamp

Home Win For Wizz Kin in the Qatar Prix De L'Abbaye de Longchamp

A field of 18 started the five furlong contest which has been dominated by foreign raiders for much recent memory but this year only Robert Collet's four year old Wizz Kid represented the home team.

Inxile and Hamish McGonagall started well with favourite Mayson soon on their heels despite having been slowly away at the break.

Barry Geraghty`s redemption at Cheltenham

Barry Geraghty`s redemption at Cheltenham

Whatever happened to Barry Geraghty? It was barely a year ago that the question was being asked, and knowing insiders in Irish racing were prepared to mutter some fairly pejorative answers. The jockey who rode five winners at the 2003 Festival had become a peripheral, questioned figure. The winter after that great breakthrough, he rode 110 winners

Sandown Park Variety Club Day

Sandown Park Variety Club Day

Treat yourself and the children to a little celeb-spotting and mark the end of the summer holidays with a day out at Sandown Park for Variety Club Day, which will include BHA Pony Races for children before racing. Our annual Variety Club Day is always a huge draw for families and celebs alike and for over half a century, it's been a firm favourite

JT McNamara Suffers Paralysis After Festival Fall

JT McNamara Suffers Paralysis After Festival Fall

Jockey JT McNamara, is remaining positive despite suffering paralysis as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival after Galaxy Rock fell at the first fence in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup on 14 March. .

The 37-year-old had surgery after fracturing two vertebrae and remains at Bristol's Frenchay Hos

Plenty of reasons to March to Newbury Races later this month

Plenty of reasons to March to Newbury Races later this month

Leading names from the world of Equestrianism and Horseracing will come together for a Celebration of the Horse themed raceday at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday 26 March. As well as seven adrenalin charged jump races, featuring the EBF Mares Finals, there will be something for all the family via a host of equestrian themed demonstrations and stand

Paul Carberry`s new Best Mate

Paul Carberry`s new Best Mate

PAUL Carberry is to become the fourth jockey to ride Best Mate when the triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner makes his reappearance at Exeter tomorrow. After the retirement of Jim Culloty, owner Jim Lewis and trainer Henrietta Knight had hoped Timmy Murphy would be free to partner the ten-year-old in the William Hill Haldon Gold Cup, but Murphy is set

Jockey Isabel Tompsett Returns To Riding After Fall At Fakenham In 2011

Jockey Isabel Tompsett Returns To Riding After Fall At Fakenham In 2011

Isabel Tompsett, A champion amateur jockey has started riding again after suffering serious head injuries in a racing fall more than 18 months ago.

Isabel Tompsett, from Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, was thrown off her horse at a meeting at Fakenham in May 2011.

She is recovering at a rehabilitation centre for jockeys in Berkshire

Isabel Tomspett outsider Salontyre robs Robert Thornton of comeback victory at Exeter

Isabel Tomspett outsider Salontyre robs Robert Thornton of comeback victory at Exeter

Robert Thornton was denied a comeback win at Exeter when Causeway King, his first ride after spending five months on the sidelines with a knee injury, was run down by Isabel Tompsett-ridden Salontyre, a 22-1 outsider, on Sunday.

Exeter was the first jump racing for eight days but opportunities for Thornton to get back to the winner's enc

Graham Lee Has His First Big Win On The Flat

Graham Lee Has His First Big Win On The Flat

Graham Lee secured his most high-profile win since he switched to the Flat from hurdles when David Nagle trained Maarek won the Group 3 Chipchase Stakes at Newcastle on Saturday.

The 11-4 winner, tipped by Pricewise in Saturday's Racing Post, looked good going aainst the rail and quickened up well near the end to beat 25-1 outsider Boast

It`s the Winner`s Circle For Juliw Krone at Belmont

It`s the Winner`s Circle For Juliw Krone at Belmont

It took Julie Krone exactly four rides to reach the winner's circle after nine months on the disabled list. She made it in a six-furlong allowance at Belmont Park yesterday aboard the 6-5 favorite, Consider the Lily, her first winner since she shattered her right ankle in a violent spill last August at Saratoga.

The 30-year-old, 4-foot-10-in

















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