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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

Richard Hughes Continues His Winning Exploits at Leicester

Richard Hughes won on his first two rides on Tuesday to continue his jaw dropping form of yesterday, when he won on an incredible seven out of eight rides at Windsor. His two victories at Leicester took his record to an amazing nine wins from his last ten rides, before he came home mid-division on his third ride of the day, My Queenie, the 2-1 favourite.
Hughes opened his account with a simple victory on Van Der Neer, who Hughes said could be supplem

Mayson Retired To Stud

The colt trained by Richard Fahey, powered home by five lengths at Newmarket at odds of 20-1, and came agonisingly close to further Group One glory when just touched off in the Prix de l'Abbaye on Arc weekend.

He suffered a bruised foot in Paris but had been a leading contender in the ante-post markets for the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot.

Fahey said: "We still haven't got a shoe on him and unfortunately there's not a

Frankie Dettori and Joshua Tree win the Woodbine Pattison Canadian International

With Frankie Dettori on his best form, the five year old Joshua Tree trained by Marco Botti held on from the fast-finishing Dandino for a British one-two in the Canadian International.

Starting off at 4-1, he was reclaiming the $1.5 million event after winning two years ago for former trainer Aidan O'Brien and finishing second to Sarah Lynx in 2011.

Runner-up Dandino, a 25-1 chance, charged past former Luca Cumani-trained Forte De

Kieren Fallon Talks About his Racing Future

Kieren Fallon has spoken candidly about his future and admitted the quality of rides he gets isn't what it used to be.

The six-time champion jockey, who has had turbulent times over the years, is now 47 and although he he can count on rides from the likes of Luca Cumani, he does not have regular support from a very top stables.

"I don't think I'll have many (years left)," said Fallon, who was a late replacement for the unwell Fran

James Coppinger denies illegal Betting Charges

Nottingham Forest winger James Coppinger has denied any alleged horse racing corruption charges.

Coppinger is one of three footballers among a group charged by the British Horseracing Authority over a probe into `suspicious betting activity`.

`I am here to state categorically that I have never been involved in any horse race fixing whatsoever,` he said.

Ipswich's Michael Chopra, ex-Manchester United player Mark Wilson

No Saturday Racing at the Cheltenham Festiaval

Ian Renton, the new head at Cheltenham racecourse has ruled an imminent change to the four day festival format, stating a Saturday Gold Cup as `not on my agenda at the moment`. He paid tribute to the hard work of outgoing managing director Edward Gillespie rather than outline his ambitions for National Hunt racing`s headquarters under his leadership.

Renton, who is to succeed Gillespie but in the new role of regional director for Cheltenham a

Somelia Wins the Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe as Camelot Is Nowhere to be seen.

In a hugely exciting Arc De Trioumpihe today Solemia came storming home at a massive 33/1 to take Japanese hope Orfevre on the line with Masterstroke finishing 3rd and Camelot at the end of a long season back in seventh.

Camelot was hot favourite before the race with Frankie Dettori taking the ride having a great record in this race.

Orfevre, heavily backed along with Camelot in the Pari-Mutuel on track, looked set to post a bril

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.

The seven year old Inxile soon fell back and Paul Hanagan manoeuvred Mayson off the rail to challenge a

Nathaniel Could Face Frakel In The Qipco Champion Stakes

The John Gosden trained Nathaniel had been well-fancied for the Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe but was forced to miss a trip to Paris after running a temperature earlier in the week and if reports are to believed Gosden is lining up another challenge for his stable superstar. The top trainer reports the Eclipse winner to be back in good shape again at his Newmarket base. Gosden told Racing UK: `It was a body-blow, we haven`t had a temperature in our yard in

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Oliver Sherwood pins his Cheltenham hopes on Clerk`s Choice

Oliver Sherwood pins his Cheltenham hopes on Clerk`s Choice

No sport rallies around better than racing in moments of catastrophe, as trainer Oliver Sherwood can testify after fire ripped through his home at Lambourn, Berkshire last month. So much water was required to battle the intense flames that fire-fighters even drained a swimming pool at ex-champion jockey John Francome's neighbouring house.

Of

Saturday Uttoxeter Meeting In Doubt

Saturday Uttoxeter Meeting In Doubt

Saturday`s meeting at Uttoxeter will have a 10am inspection on Thursday.

There remains two inches of snow remains on the track despite a slight thaw and with heavy frost forecast things are not looking good!

Clerk of the course Charlie Moore said: "We are going to give it one more night, but with minus 3C tonight and minus 8C to

Cross has Champion qualities – Jason Maguire

Cross has Champion qualities – Jason Maguire

JASON Maguire rates Peddlers Cross as a genuine contender for the Stan James Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The Stroud-based jockey was impressed with the gelding's defeat of reigning champion Binocular in the StanJames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday.

Maguire pushed the unbeaten five-year-old into the lead

Robbie Power bids for second National

Robbie Power bids for second National

Killyglen will bid to give jockey Robbie Power a second victory in the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree on Saturday week. He partnered Silver Birch to win the great race in 2007 and trainer Stuart Crawford hopes for a big run from his partner this time around. He won the Grade Two Mildmay Novices' Chase over the smaller fences of the Mildmay

Silviniaco Conti Winner of Denman Chase

Silviniaco Conti Winner of Denman Chase

Silviniaco Conti maintained his unbeaten record this season with an emphatic victory in the Betfair Denman Chase.

The seven-year-old enhanced his claims for the Cheltenham Gold Cup with an accurate display of fencing in testing going.

Mail De Bievre made the running on his first run for over 500 days but Tom George's cha

Cheltenham Festival: Barry Geraghty rides 22-1 Punjabi to Champion Hurdle triumph

Cheltenham Festival: Barry Geraghty rides 22-1 Punjabi to Champion Hurdle triumph

Nicky Henderson saddled the winner of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, but it was not the horse most punters had been expecting. Henderson won the feature race on the first day with Punjabi, ridden by Barry Geraghty, at 22-1. In a titanic struggle to the line, Geraghty galvanised the courageous Punjabi to withstand the strong late r

Captain Conan Wins Racing Post Arkle Trial

Captain Conan Wins Racing Post Arkle Trial

Captain Conan put in assured round of jumping on his chasing debut to give trainer Nicky Henderson his first winner of the Paddy Power meeting under jockey Barry Geraghty.

The 11-10 favourite looked comfortable throughout and quickly lost his closest rival Sire De Grugy after jumping the final fence.

Captain Conan was a Grade 1 w

Punchestown success for young Robbie Power

Punchestown success for young Robbie Power

Rising young jockey Robert Power enjoyed his first success on only his third mount in public at Punchestown this afternoon. Partnering the Jessica Harrington-trained Younevertoldme, 20-year-old Power showed the experience that had brought him many honours in showjumping and eventing, as he managed to hold off Ruby Walsh aboard the favourite King's

Barry Geraghty yet to pick National ride

Barry Geraghty yet to pick National ride

Barry Geraghty has yet to decide on a partner for the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree. The Irish rider will weigh up his options after completing his preparations for the four-and-a-half mile marathon tomorrow. "Barry has yet to make his mind up but we will have a better idea of where we stand early next week," said his agent Ciaran O'Toole.

So You Think wins Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown

So You Think wins Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown

So You Think held off Snow Fairy in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown for a third Group One success of 2011. Sent off the 1-4 favourite under Seamie Heffernan, he had to work hard before getting the better of 6-1 shot Snow Fairy, with Famous Name in third. The Australian import, who joined Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle team in January, won the

Edward Gillespie to step down as MD at Cheltenham

Edward Gillespie to step down as MD at Cheltenham

Edward Gillespie is stepping down from his role as managing director of Cheltenham Racecourse, having been MD since 1980.

Gillespie, who will be 60 at the end of July, has been in charge for over 100 festival days since he took over.

`While part of me feels I could carry on for ever, I'm conscious that my sporting heroes have bowed ou

Graham Lee rides 100th winner Of 2012

Graham Lee rides 100th winner Of 2012

Graham Lee continued his great start to the first year of his new venture as a Flat jockey by riding his 100th winner of 2012 at Wolverhampton.

Following a series of injuries over his career as a National Hunt rider, the 36-year-old Grand National-winning Irishman decided to switch to the flat in the spring and picked up 87 victories

BHA rebukes Grand National Runners Over Start Issues

BHA rebukes Grand National Runners Over Start Issues

Horse Website - BHA rebukes Grand National Runners Over Start Issues - All 40 riders who entered the Aintree showpiece have received letters from the British Horseracing Authority expressing disappointment and the farcical start of the event where there were two false starts and jockeys breached rules by not abiding to instructions on lining up.

Epsom Derby: Queen`s horse Carlton House primed for race

Epsom Derby: Queen`s horse Carlton House primed for race

Epsom Derby favourite Carlton House, owned by the Queen, is on track for the big race after an impressive workout. The Dante Stakes winner has hardened as market leader for the Classic and is now as low as 5-4 with bookmakers.

"As far as I know that was his last serious piece of work before Epsom. It's very exciting," said John Warren, the Q

















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