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Family honour maintained at Santa Anita

Zenyatta's half-sister Eblouissante maintained her unbeaten record when taking an allowance optional claimer at Santa Anita on Thursday. A four-year-old daughter of Bernardini, her presence at the meeting swelled the usual crowd with a number of diehard fans of the 2010 Horse Of The Year turning up to watch her follow up her maiden success. Eblouissante is trained, like Zenyatta, by John Shireffs, who told the Los Angeles Times: "Zenyatta had so man

Wetherby Officials To Hold Sunday Inspection

Officials at Wetherby are due to hold an inspection at 11am on Sunday to assess the prospects of Tuesday's National Hunt meeting going ahead. The West Yorkshire venue is covered with snow and clerk of the course Jonjo Sanderson is pessimistic about the chances of the fixture beating the elements. He said: "We have a covering of snow. It's not heavy, but it's no longer light. "We are also frozen in one or two places and obviously there is furthe

No Sprinter Sacre Return as Saturdays Big Ascot Meeting Falls Victim To THe Weather

Ascot`s Saturday card has been called off due to snow. Course officials were due to inspect the track at 4.30pm but were forced into making an early call in light of the already worsening conditions. Punters were looking forward to seeing the return of Sprinter Sacre in the Victor Chandler Chase. "We've had two inches of snow which is forecast to go on for the rest of the day and possibly into the evening," said clerk of the course Chris Stickels.

Jezki To Sail Straight To Cheltenham

Supreme Novices' Hurdle favourite Jezki is set to head straight to the Cheltenham Festival in March without another run say Jessica Harrington.

The five-year-old stretched his unbeaten record over hurdles to four with a brilliant display at Leopardstown over the Christmas period and leading owner JP McManus has since purchased the gelding.

Harrington suggested immediately after his Leopardstown romp that Jezki could return to Le

Hold On Julio To Stick With Hurdles

Hold On Julio is set to remain over hurdles for the immediate future following an encouraging run at Kempton on Saturday. The smart chaser was a promising third on his first start of the season at Cheltenham and a creditable fifth in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, but then failed to complete in a Listed event at Ascot last month. Switched back to the smaller obstacles, the 10-year-old beat all bar the exciting Cloudy Copper at Kempton and trainer

Paul Bohan Remains In Hospital After Fall

Conditional jockey Paul Bohan remains in hospital after suffering a suspected back injury in a fall at Kempton on Saturday. The rider was partnering Laterly for his boss Steve Gollings in the concluding William Hill - Download The App Handicap Hurdle when his mount came to grief at the fourth flight. Bohan was taken to hospital by ambulance but Gollings does not yet know the full extent of his injuries. Gollings said: "I'm afraid I can't give yo

Rule The World Dominates Champagne Fever

Rule The World ran out a easy winner of the Slaney Novice Hurdle at Naas as heabily fancied Champagne Fever suffered a surprise defeat. Ruby Walsh never seemed happy aboard the 1/4 favourite and he went out very quickly after leading Minsk (5/1) until the turn for home. However, in behind Davy Russell hadn't moved a muscle aboard the 7/1 winner who was still hard on the bridle when going to the front between the last two flights of hurdles and he was

Teaforthee In With A Chance For The National

Tony McCoy`s prediction that Teaforthee was too short proved correct as The champion jockey partnered Rebecca Curtis charge into second in the Chepstow marathon on Saturday but says it was perfect trial for the Grand National itself at Aintree in April and was impressed by his battling qualities.

"He ran a great race. He stayed on all the way up the straight," McCoy told At The Races.

"When the other horse (Monbeg Dude) passed him

Teaforthee time Too Short For Tony McCoy

Tony McCoy doesn`t agree with the bookies with their price for Teaforthree ahead of the Welsh National. The nine-year-old, who will be partnered by the champion jockey, has been well supported during the ante-post markets, and is set to be sent off a short priced favourite on Saturday afternoon. McCoy, while confident of his chances in the 18-runner heat, told At The Races: "With the conditions as they are, it's going to be wide-open. Monbeg Dude is

Rearranged Dipper Scrapped By The BHA

Originally intended for Cheltenham on New Year's Day, the British Horseracing Authority rescheduled the Grade Two contest when that meeting was lost to the weather. However, it did so under the stipulation that the race could still be abandoned if there were less than four declarations. Nicky Henderson declared Captain Conan and Paul Nicholls was to take him on with Unioniste. However, Ben Case was the only other trainer to confirm his intention

Huntingdon Racecourse prize money to go up by 80% in 2013

Prize money at Huntingdon Racecourse will rise from £400,000 in 2012 to £724,950 for 2013, an impressive 80% increase. The funds, made available by course owners The Jockey Club, are part of a £5m rise in prize money across its group of tracks. It is a much needed boost for the Cambridgeshire course after the postponement of a series of meetings. "We are delighted to be putting so much extra money into prize funds in 2013," said general manager S

Disgraced Frankie Dettori Enters Big Brother House

The multiple Classsic-winning jockey, 42, was the first to enter the stage at studios in Elstree, Hertfordshire, and was immediately set a challenge, being paired with the X Factor's Rylan Clark and asked to make a series of decisions that would affect fellow housemates, involving splitting contestants into either the luxurious house or a grim basement area, lacking hot water and readily available food among other things. As always, the line-up for the

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. Tompsett, 30, started riding again in August, and could be fit enough to leave the centre in June, but she says she

Eddie Ahern Implicated In Match Fixing Probe

Eddie Ahern and Former West Bromwich Albion defender Neil Clement are the latest to be dragged into the latest race fixing scandal.

The Jockey and Clement are are alleged to have colluded with others in the laying of five horses on betting exchanges between september 2010 and February 2011.

Six people in all have been charged with corruption by the BHA.

Ahern is accused of not allowing Judgethemoment to run on his mer

Thats All Folks-tone

Folkestone Racecourse in Kent closed on thursday on as happy a note as possible as the final race was won by one of the courses most loyal patrons.

The race went to Mark Goldstein on Quartz Du Montceau who is trained by Diana Grissell whose family have had a long association with the course. The winning owner Steve Hicks, a former jockey had also rode his first winner at Folkestone and was thrilled to go into the record books as the connection

Tom George Talks About New Recruit Mail De Bievre

Tom George is excited about the prospects for his new French recruit Mail De Bievre. George has had success with previous French imports, most notably Nacarat, but Mail De Bievre achieved more at home than the dashing grey had before he crossed the channel. Mail De Bievre won a Grade Two in his homeland but has only had one run since April 2010 through injury. "He had a rating in France equivalent of 175 over here before injury struck," said Geo

Countrywide Flame and Cinders And Ashes To Renew Rivalry

Countrywide Flame and Cinders And Ashes are on target for a rematch in the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day. The former, trained by John Quinn, won the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham last season and routed his Donald McCain-trained rival in the Fighting Fifith Hurdle at Newcastle. Countrywide Flame also had the option of heading to Ireland for the Istabraq Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown on December 29 but will instead run

Huntingdon Festive Meeting Flooded Out

Boxing Days meeting at Huntingdon has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track.

Officials were left with a straightforward call after inspecting the course shortly before midday on Sunday.

The Cambridgeshire venue is partly flooded following 16 millimetres of rainfall on Saturday. More rain has also been forecast.

General Manager Sophie Able said: "Even if the water started to recede rapidly - and that is highly un

German Star Danedream Retired

German filly Danedream, winner of the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and this year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, has been retired.

Trainer Peter Schiergen confirmed her retirement in an interview published Friday on the website Galopp-Online.

Some had hoped she would run in the Dubai Sheema Classic this coming March after missing this year`s Arc with Swamp Fever but owner Teruya Yoshida has now decided against this.

Ascot Friday Review

Off for more than a year and a half before reappearing at the Berkshire course last month, the 11/2 shot looked sharper here and was well in command before he dived to the left in the closing stages, losing momentum and just holding on by half a length from Westaway. Jockey Richard Johnson said: "It was only his second run over hurdles and there was a lot to look at for him. "It was a bit of a jink, but the experience will have done him a lot of good a

Simonsig Makeds A Winning Start To Chasing Career

Simonsig made a winning start to his chasing career in the Betfred Novices Chase at Ascot where only two finished. What already seemed a fairly straightforward task for Nicky Henderson`s grey became even easier when Act Of Kalanisi and Dare Me both fell at the same fence and Ashbourne Folly unseated at the next. Only Sulpius was left in the field and held the lead at this point as Barry Geraghty stalked his sole remaining rival. Geraghty kept him

Difficult Conditions Predicted At Ascot

Conditions at Ascot are set to be testing for the two-day event culminating in Saturday's card, featuring the Long Walk Hurdle and The Ladbroke.

The going is currently heavy, soft in places, but with more rain forecast overnight, clerk of the course Chris Stickels hasn't ruled out making a further change to that report before tomorrow's meeting.

The course israceable but we may still see a precautionary inspection in the morning.

Eddie Ahern Among Individuals Facing Corruption Charges

Jockey Eddie Ahern will face a corruption inquiry after being charged with serious breaches of racing's rules. The jockey will be allowed to race in the interim. Ahern, 35, and five other individuals have been called to attend a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel. Racehorse owner Neil Clement, 34, a former West Bromwich Albion defender, is one of those suspected to be involved and has been charged. Ahern is accused of passing on insi

Flemenstar Will Contest The Lexus Chase

Peter Casey`s Flemenstar remains on course for his first test over three miles after featuring among 12 confirmations for the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown on December 28. Impressive on his first appearance of the season at Navan over two miles, the seven-year-old stepped back up to two and a half miles to annihilate Willie Mullins` previously unbeaten Sir Des Champs with a dominant display in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase. Casey is brimming

James Millman Signs Off With A Winner

James Millman`s last ever ride was a winner as Ishi broke her maiden tag at Lingfield. The 5/2 chance, trained by his father Rod, saved ground as she hugged the rail around the home turn and kept for his rider's urgings in the final stages as she held off the challenge of Island Express by a length and a quarter. Millman, who partnered 137 winners in a riding career spanning nine years, announced his decision to quit on social media network Twitter,

Paul Nicholls Has Bad News About Two Of His Top Horses

Paul Nicholls Record-breaking hurdler Big Buck`s and steeplechaser Al Ferof are likely to be out for the season, according to the champion trainer. Big Buck's was due to go for a 19th consecutive victory in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot this Saturday and was favourite to win a fifth World Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. Al Ferof was second favourite for the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and a potential Cheltenham Gold Cup contender. N

Southwell Ground Update

Officials at Southwell still hold a hope of staging National Hunt fixtures in January in the event that the course passes a preliminary inspection on Thursday. The track was badly hit by the recent floods and it was initially reported the course would be staying closed until early February. Southwell's all-weather fixtures in January have already been transferred to other venues, while the two National Hunt fixtures next month had been offered to ot

Grade One Navan Novice Hurdle Part Of Ruby Walsh 4 Timer

Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh took the feature Grade One Navan Novice Hurdle with Pont Alexandre coming in at 3/1. The four-year-old was making his debut for the trainer having previously ran in France, Walsh ensured that he was going to make the race a test of stamina in the prevailing heavy going. Well backed favourite Don Cossack sat in behind the leader throughout, but as the tempo increased from three out, he was unable to quicken. He was

Davy Russell In The Wars At Navan

Davy Russell seemed no worse for ware at Navan on Sunday after partnering three successive fallers. Russell opted to give up his remaining rides on the afternoon, on a day he will want to forget quickly. Don't Back Down fell early in the novice chase won by Boston Bob, Un Beau Matin looked like he was just coming to win the Tara Hurdle when he crashed out at the second-last flight, and then the highly-touted Don Cossack was a strange casualty at the

Big Buck`s Returns To Action This Weekend

Big Buck`s will face a maximum of eight rivals in Saturday`s Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot. National Hunt racing`s superstar will be going for his 19th win on the spin in a race he has claimed for the last three seasons. His trainer Paul Nicholls has also left in Prospect Wells and Five Dream. Nicholls' big rival Nicky Henderson still has two horses engaged in the shape of smart chaser Master Of The Hall and Cucumber Run. Alan King's Smad Place

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HBO cans racing drama Luck after horse death

HBO cans racing drama Luck after horse death

Just two days after suspending filming of the racing drama "Luck" following the death of a third horse in connection with the show, HBO has pulled the plug on the entire production. "It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series 'Luck'," HBO sa

Nicky Henderson Duo Wont Race Due To Ground

Nicky Henderson Duo Wont Race Due To Ground

Sprinter Sacre and Darlan will both miss their respective races on the final day of Cheltenham's Open meeting today due to the ground being unsuitably soft. After overnight rain, the going was officially described as Soft, Good to soft in places before racing on staurday, but that was changed to Soft, Heavy in places after the Paddy Power Gold Cup

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

Robbie Power can`t believe his Bostons Angel highs

Robbie Power can`t believe his Bostons Angel highs

Bostons Angel gave jockey Robbie Power a Cheltenham Festival success to go with his Grand National win when fighting to a tenacious success in the RSA Chase. Power, who took the world's most famous steeplechase aboard Silver Birch in 2007, refused to accept defeat aboard the Jessie Harringtontrained seven-year-old, who responded to his urgings for

Canford Cliffs may race Frankel at Ascot`s Champions Day

Canford Cliffs may race Frankel at Ascot`s Champions Day

Canford Cliffs is set to try and avenge his Sussex Stakes defeat by Frankel in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Champions Day at Ascot on 15 October.

The five-time Group One race winner, who won the Sussex 12 months ago, was beaten by five lengths on Wednesday.

"We will run a few tests, but that was defintely not the Canford Cliffs we

Breeders` Cup Winner Unrivaled Belle Retired After Breaking Withers

Breeders` Cup Winner Unrivaled Belle Retired After Breaking Withers

Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner Unrivaled Belle, who broke her withers after flipping over backwards in the paddock while waiting to be saddled for the June 18 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., has been retired from racing. She exits with 13 top three finishes from 14 starts and earnings of $1,854,706 for breeder/owners Ga

Indiana Thoroughbred Trainer Handed 10-Year Abuse Suspension

Indiana Thoroughbred Trainer Handed 10-Year Abuse Suspension

Janey Adams, a 22-year-old Indiana-based owner/trainer, has been accused of abusing and neglecting a Thoroughbred in her care and was recommended to receive a 10-year suspension by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission (IHRC). She is fighting the penalty.

Adams, who pleaded not guilty in the case, requested a stay of her suspension, but her ap

Bug Cheltenham Meet In Doubt

Bug Cheltenham Meet In Doubt

Officials at Cheltenham say the weather over the next two days will be pivotal as to whether their Festival Trials meeting will go ahead on Saturday.

Although the course is raceable under the protective covers, temperatures remain very cold and more snow is forecast before a hoped-for improvement in the second half of the week.

Melbourne Cup: Dunaden beats Red Cadeaux in thrilling finish

Melbourne Cup: Dunaden beats Red Cadeaux in thrilling finish

French raider Dunaden denied Britain a first Melbourne Cup victory by beating the Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux in a photo finish at Flemington. The five-year-old, saddled by Mikel Delzangles and ridden by Christophe Lemaire, got home by a nose to win 'the race that stops a nation'.

Lucas Cranach was third in the $6m (£4m) two-mile event wat

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

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. <

Richard Hughes Continues His Winning Exploits at Leicester

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 favo

Hurricane Fly and Binocular Set To Clash At Leopardstown

Hurricane Fly and Binocular Set To Clash At Leopardstown

Two former champion hurdlers look likely to clash at Leopardstown on Sunday, with Hurricane Fly and Binocular amongst six remaining possible runners in the BHP Irish Champion Hurdle.

The Willie Mullins-trained Hurricane Fly is going for a hat-trick in Ireland's feature hurdle race and has looked right back to his best this season in wi

BHA Announce New Guidelines on Whip Usage

BHA Announce New Guidelines on Whip Usage

Horse Website - BHA Announce New Guidelines on Whip Usage - The British Horseracing Authority have released new guidelines over use of the whip during races, stewards will now be permitted to use their discretion on jockeys in breach rather than giving an automatic ban. The total amount of strikes allowed has not been changed but where the rules ar

New whip rules come into force for jockeys

New whip rules come into force for jockeys

Jockeys face new rules on use of the whip - New rules governing jockeys and their use of whips come into force on Monday - starting with Flat meetings at Great Yarmouth, Salisbury and Windsor. Riders are allowed a maximum eight strokes of the whip in jumps races and seven on the Flat, with penalties for riders who break the regulations.

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