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Frankie Dettori leads Godolphin`s Lyric of Light home

Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin stable continued its good run with success in Newmarket's Group One Shadwell Fillies' Mile with Lyric Of Light. Frankie Dettori's ride, in retaining her unbeaten record (three from three), trailed long-time leader Samitar going into the final straight.

And Dettori had to use all his strength to push her forward, winning on the line ahead of Firdaws in third. "She was unbalanced towards the end of the race," was the I

Ginger McCain`s legacy remains intact - Mick Fitzgerald

Former Grand National winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald says despite the death of Ginger McCain, the family's Aintree tradition remains in very safe hands. McCain, who has died aged 80, had four Grand National wins to his name. "I'll always remember seeing him after his son Donald won the race in Apil this year with Ballabriggs," Fitzgerald told BBC Radio Merseyside.

"He was proud of that achievement, but also that Donald was continuing the Nation

Her Majesty The Queen to attend Champions Day at Ascot

The Queen will attend the inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot on 15 October, race officials have announced. Her Majesty will present the trophy to the winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - the race named in her honour. Andrew Balding-trained Side Glance, who finished fourth in the Woodbine Mile, will make his next start in the one-mile race, in which Sussex Stakes winner Frankel will start as favourite. LAST FIVE WINNERS OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Former Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis dies

Former Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis has died, aged 73. Jarvis guided Carroll House to victory in the 1989 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and landed the 2005 Epsom Oaks with Eswarah. He retired in February after having heart surgery in 2009. He was also treated for prostate cancer. Royal Ascot winner Rakti, who also won the Champion Stakes and Lockinge Stakes, was among his horses and he trained numerous Group One winners.

Former jockey Mick Kinan

Ginger McCain`s incredible journey

Donald McCain - always known as Ginger - ate, drank and slept Aintree and the Grand National, so much so that when he was dubbed "Mr Aintree" during the glory years of Red Rum, it stuck. More importantly, with their big, populist personalities, trainer and horse made a necessary contribution to reviving the flagging fortunes of the world's most famous horse race. During the 1970s, there was much talk of Aintree closing and, consequently, the future of wha

Red Rum trainer Ginger McCain dies aged 80

Ginger McCain, trainer of the legendary Grand National winner Red Rum, has died aged 80 after suffering from cancer. McCain guided "Rummy" to three victories and two second places in a five-year period during the 1970s. He was nicknamed 'Mister Aintree' for his record at the Merseyside track, and won a fourth National with Amberleigh House in 2004.

In 2006, McCain handed the reins to son Donald who won the Grand National with Ballabriggs this y

Imperial Commander ruled out for season with tendon injury

Imperial Commander won the 2010 Gold Cup but pulled up in this year's race, Imperial Commander has been ruled out for the rest of the season after a tear was found on his foreleg tendon. The 10-year-old, last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup Winner, had returned to pre-training in Ireland after bursting a blood vessel defending his crown.

He had been due to return to the Gloucestershire yard of trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies, who said: "We haven't seen

So You Think ready for the Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe

So You Think is likely to take part in next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The five-year-old Australian import has won four of his five starts this term for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien. It will be a step up in class for the Irish Champion Stakes winner, who is priced at 6-1 for the Longchamp contest in Paris on Sunday, 2 October

He performed well over two miles when third in last year's Melbourne Cup, but is yet to race over the Arc distance

Kauto Star aimed at Haydock return in November

Trainer Paul Nicholls says dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star is "in great order" and could return in Haydock's Betfair Chase on 19 November. Owner Clive Smith indicated the record-breaking horse was nearing retirement after a defeat at Punchestown in May.

But Nicholls told his website:" Kauto Star has been back in training for a few weeks now and all the signs remain positive that he is in great order." The 11-year-old would be seeking

Barry Brogan`s Amazing Grace captures Stakes

AMAZING Grace, the only rose among the thorns, put to shame her male rivals to capture the RM70,000 Barobyn Racing All Grey Stakes, sponsored by Irishman Barry Brogan over 1400m (Race 5) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Ridden by jockey Oscar Chavez, the five-year-old New Zealand mare by High Chaparral was slowly away, but quickly made up ground to be sixth at the 1200m mark and remained in that position at the 800m mark.

Amazing Grace swept to the le

Sarafina lands Qatar Prix Foy ahead of Arc at Longchamp

Sarafina became a warmer favourite for next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after a dramatic Group Two Qatar Prix Foy win at the Paris track. The filly, a luckless third in last year's Arc, accelerated from the last place in the four-runner field. Jockey Christophe Lemaire pushed her through the narrowest of gaps.

The head-on camera indicated runner-up Hiruno D'Amour and St Nicholas Abbey, who was third, suffered interference but

Masked Marvel races to St Leger win at Doncaster

Masked Marvel produced a great display to win Flat racing's final Classic of the season, the St Leger at Doncaster. Jockey William Buick and trainer John Gosden celebrated their second successive St Leger victory as Masked Marvel (15-2) won by three lengths. Pre-race favourite Sea Moon struggled with the furious early pace and despite a late charge could only finish third. Brown Panther, owned by former England footballer Michael Owen and ridden by Keiren

Doncaster St Leger Festival win for Aidan O`Brien

Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien sent out a rare 20-1 winner when Reply belied his odds to win the Weatherbys Insurance two-year-old Stakes at Doncaster. The trainer's son Joseph, 18, rode the Coolmore-owned colt as he stormed to a narrow success over Factory Time (33-1) and 66-1 shot Letsgoroundagain. Also at the St Leger Festival, Frankie Dettori enjoyed a convincing win by three-and-a-half lengths on Meeznah.

Improving middle distance filly Set to

Julie Krone wins at St Leger Festival, Doncaster

Record-breaking US jockey Julie Krone came out of retirement to steal the show on the opening day of the St Leger Festival at Doncaster. The 48-year-old won the Clipper Logistics Leger Legends charity race by three-and-a-half lengths on 4-1 favourite Invincible Hero. Skyfire and Charlie Swan were second with George Duffield third on Dialogue.

Krone, the most successful ever female jockey, received a rapturous ovation from the crowd after her 3,7

John Gosden seeks more success in St Leger race at Doncaster

John Gosden describes Doncaster's St Leger as "a great race, run at a wonderful track", and so he might after his success in the final and the oldest of Flat racing's Classics. Of the last four runners sent north for the challenge, over an extended one and three-quarter miles, from his powerful string in Newmarket, three have returned home with the winners' trophies: Shantou (1996), Lucarno (2007) and Arctic Cosmos 12 months ago.

Indeed, Shantou

Thoroughbred Trainer Graham Motion Wins Inaugural MHIB Award

Graham Motion, the Maryland-based trainer who won this year's Kentucky Derby with Animal Kingdom and currently ranks as the nation's fourth leading trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, today (Aug. 6) received the first Maryland Horse Industry Board's (MHIB) "Touch of Class" Award. The award was presented following the Board's monthly meeting at a luncheon reception at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture in Hunt Valley. "The equine industry

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 Coral-Eclipse and Tattersalls Gold Cup earlier in the season.

Meanwhile, Dream Ahead triumphed in

Michael Owen calls on Kieren Fallon to ride Brown Panther at St Leger

Brown Panther owner Michael Owen and trainer Tom Dascombe have surprisingly replaced Richard Kingscote with Kieren Fallon for the St Leger. Kingscote was wearing Owen's blue silks when Brown Panther won the King George V Handicap at Royal Ascot in June. "I have spoken to Michael at length and it was a tough decision, but on this occasion we've decided to go for a more experienced jockey," said Dascombe.

Brown Panther is a 10-1 shot for the race

Champion Thoroughbred Beautiful Pleasure Dies

Beautiful Pleasure, voted the 1999 champion older female after winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff, has been euthanized in Kentucky because of complications from laminitis. The 16-year-old Maudlin mare produced a Medaglia d'Oro colt in February but was plagued for months by the debilitating disease. She spent several weeks in a clinic and appeared to be on course for recovery but the disease's progression in recent months caused her demise. "She was afforde

Jockey Hayley Turner faces weeks out with broken ankle

Britain's leading female flat jockey Hayley Turner will be out of action for several weeks after suffering a broken ankle in a fall at Bath. The 28-year-old's agent Guy Jewell said the rider was "comfortable" after an operation on Thursday. "I think she'll be out for six to eight weeks but sportsmen and women are often back quicker than the norm," he said.

Turner was on her way to the starting stalls when her mount Rose Aurora dumped her to the

Walter Swinburn to halt training career

Walter Swinburn is to quit as a trainer on 31 October - although he may return if a backer can be found. The former jockey, 50, won the Epsom Derby three times as a rider, including the 1981 contest on Shergar. He took over the training licence from his father-in-law, Peter Harris, in November 2004 and sent out over 260 winners from his yard in Hertfordshire.

But with Harris ending his 30-year link with racing, Swinburn told the Racing Post: "A

Jockey Hayley Turner suffers broken ankle in fall

Britain's leading female flat jockey Hayley Turner faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering a broken ankle in a fall at Bath on Thursday. The 28-year-old was on her way to the starting stalls for the day's second race when her mount Rose Aurora appeared to jink in front of the stands rail, and dumped her to the ground.

The filly reared up and landed on the dual Group One-winning rider. Turner was thought to have bad bruising but went to h

Derby winner Pour Moi retired to stud because of leg injury

Pour Moi, the winner of this year's Derby at Epsom, has been retired after suffering a serious leg injury. The colt was hurt while being prepared by trainer Andre Fabre for October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. Pour Moi has been retired to stud by owners, the Irish-based Coolmore Stud.

At June's Derby, winning jockey Mickael Barzalona famously celebrated before reaching the finishing line, as the French-trained horse beat Treasure Be

Groups Draw Line on Salix Ban in Thoroughbred Racing

Thoroughbred horsemen's groups largely support proposed changes in race-day medication rules for Thoroughbred racehorses but are drawing a line in the sand when it comes to the anti-bleeding drug furosemide, which is marketed under the trade name Salix. In the past few months two organizations have taken the first steps toward a race-day ban on Salix. Breeders' Cup won't allow use of the drug in 2-year-olds during the 2012 World Championships, and the Amer

Betfair on the front foot over sport gambling cheats

The leader of the global Olympic movement, Jacques Rogge, has called match-fixing and corruption as big a threat to sporting integrity as doping. Unfortunately, sporting scandal and attempted crooked betting coups have all too often gone together, as recent football match-fixing events in Finland and South Korea have shown.

Those events, like last year's furore surrounding three Pakistan cricketers - subsequently given bans - and the bowling of

Moyenne Corniche wins Ebor Handicap at York Festival with jockey Dale Swift

Moyenne Corniche mounted a late surge to win the Ebor Handicap at York for trainer Brian Ellison. The 25-1 chance, ridden by Dale Swift, burst through inside the final furlong to win the hotly contested feature race on the Knavesmire. Tactician (9-1) was a length adrift in second with another 25-1 shot Investissement finishing third ahead of Richard Hughes' mount Modun (7-1).

"He did it well and travelled so nicely," said Swift.

"I di

Hayley Turner wins Nunthorpe Stakes on Margot Did

Turner is the only woman to have won a Group One race outright Margot Did won the Nunthorpe Stakes at York's Ebor Festival to give jockey Hayley Turner the second Group One success of her career. The 20-1 shot, trained by Michael Bell, came home three-quarters of a length ahead of Hamish McGonagall (28-1), with Prohibit (12-1) third.

Turner, who won Newmarket's July Cup on Dream Ahead, said: "I can't believe it - it's the best season ever.

Frankie Dettori`s Darley delight on York`s Ebor ladies day

Jockey Frankie Dettori rode Blue Bunting to victory for trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks on ladies day at York's Ebor Festival. Tom Queally coaxed a strong challenge from Vita Nova, but Sir Henry Cecil's filly had to settle for second place. Thirsk trainer Kevin Ryan took the valuable opening race, the DBS Premier Yearling Stakes, with Bogart.

"He didn't handle Goodwood at all but our jockey Phillip Makin always had a lot

Ebor wins for Malton trainers Tinkler and Richard Fahey

Malton trainers Nigel Tinkler and Richard Fahey ended the opening day of York's Ebor meeting with a winner each. Tinkler's Bomber Jet took the Sportingbet.com Stakes, while Fahey's Our Joe Mac won the final race, the Patrington Haven Leisure Park Stakes. Tinkler told BBC Radio York: "The horse is like a child who needs his hand holding, so he had another horse go down to the start with him today.

"If it hadn't been for that fellow he probably wo

Thoroughbred Owner Sounds Off on Salix

On Tuesday (Aug. 9), champion Uncle Mo turned in his fourth consecutive encouraging work at Saratoga (Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and seems on his way to making a comeback in the Aug. 27 King's Bishop. Repole is also only a couple weeks removed from winning the Jim Dandy with Stay Thirsty, who could be the favorite for the Travers and is all of a sudden in the hunt for championship honors. Oh by the way, Repole has the top-ranked 2-year-old in

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Frankie Dettori And Godolphin Part Ways

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 relation

Arkle Switched To Sunday

Arkle Switched To Sunday

The Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase has been switched from Sunday's card to Leopardstown to Saturday because o

The Grade One contest changes places with the Ryan's Event Cleaners Beginners Chase run over the same trip of two miles and one furlong.

In another change, the Listed Solerina Mares Novice Hurdle, which should ha

Barry Geraghty to lift Cup on Isio

Barry Geraghty to lift Cup on Isio

Barry Geraghty can continue to mop up the spare rides - and the winners -when he partners Isio for trainer Nicky Henderson in today's £100,000 Vodafone Gold Cup at Newbury, a race that is helping to fill a pre-Cheltenham void in the jumping programme. Jump jockeys never bask in another's bad fortune; they know only too well the next race and the ne

Graham Lee`s Stable Jockey Sucessor Named

Graham Lee`s Stable Jockey Sucessor Named

Since Graham Lee announced his transfer to flat racing upon his return from injury, chatter as to who would take over his duties as stable jockey was rife. Well discuss no longer as James Reveley has been named by Ferdy Murphy as his successor.

Reveley will still ride for his father, trainer Keith Reveley, but speaking on Thursday, Murp

Sam Thomas Comes Through Crunching Fall At Exeter Without Serious Injury

Sam Thomas Comes Through Crunching Fall At Exeter Without Serious Injury

Sam Thomas has escaped serious injury despite a nasty looking fall in the first race at Exeter on Tuesday.

The Gold Cup-winning jockey fell from The Prime Viper at the first fence of the British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing EBF Mares' "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle.

Thomas went to hospital for X-rays on his chest, bu

Frankie Dettori excited by British Champions Day at Ascot

Frankie Dettori excited by British Champions Day at Ascot

Frankie Dettori says he is "excited" by Saturday's inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot and has urged the public not to miss the action. The Italian revealed he will race in all five championship races and says the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes which features Frankel will be the highlight. Dettori also said he is most looking forward to riding Opin

Nigel Twiston-Davies Charge The New One Makes Winning Hurdles Debut

Nigel Twiston-Davies Charge The New One Makes Winning Hurdles Debut

The New One, Nigel Twiston Davies` Excellent four year old was sent off at cramped odds for the Newquay Zoo `National Hunt` Novices` Hurdle but strolled to success by a record a 26 length success.

Market rival Roger Beantown was closing up on the approach to the home straight but Sam Twiston-Davies let out an inch of rein and the King's

Alfie Sherrin Won`t Go In The Irish Grand National

Alfie Sherrin Won`t Go In The Irish Grand National

Alfie Sherrin`s name was missing from the latest forfeit stage for The Ladbrokes Irish Grand National.

Jonjo O`Neill`s charge had been a leading fancy for the Easter Monday showpiece since the weights had been released.

The 10 year old is owned by JP McManus and his racing manager Frank Berry explained that a hard race at Chelten

Lingfield Weather Just OK For Racing

Lingfield Weather Just OK For Racing

Officials had expressed concern on Monday after checking conditions for a second time that afternoon.

But following an 0730 GMT assessment, the fixture was given the go-ahead, with the ground heavy all round on the turf track.

The one bumper is scheduled for the all-weather.

Clerk of the course Neil MacKenzie

Thoroughbred Owner Paul Saylor Issues Challenge to Benefit TRF

Thoroughbred Owner Paul Saylor Issues Challenge to Benefit TRF

Thoroughbred owner and breeder Paul Saylor has issued a matching gift challenge to benefit the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF). From Jan. 24 through Feb. 29, Saylor will match any gift, of any size, to the "Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Saylor Challenge," up to $50,000.00.



The funds will be used specifically to support

Kauto Star Wont Make Rio 2016

Kauto Star Wont Make Rio 2016

Horse Racing Legend, Kauto Star looks unlikely to compete in the dressage at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

The two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was retired from racing last year and has been retraining in dressage since December

"It takes four to five years to bring horses up to Olympic standard," British Eventing chief Yogi Brei

Ruby Walsh given five-day whip ban at Aintree

Ruby Walsh given five-day whip ban at Aintree

Irish jockey Ruby Walsh has threatened to restrict his riding in Britain after being given a five-day ban for breaching new whip rules at Aintree. He was deemed to have exceeded the eight-strike limit over jumps when winning on 7-1 chance Edgardo Sol. Walsh and unhappy colleagues considered not riding in the following race as a protest but eventual

Cheltenham Festival Ground News

Cheltenham Festival Ground News

The going at Cheltenham is Good to Soft on both the Chase and Hurdles Courses, and Good to Soft, Soft in Places on the Cross Country Course, after four millimetres of rain on Thursday.

Simon Claisse, Cheltenham's Clerk of the Course, said: "We have had four millimetres of rain today and we are now expecting up to 10 millimetres before

Naas Afternoon Meeting To Go Ahead

Naas Afternoon Meeting To Go Ahead

This afternoon's National Hunt fixture at Naas goes ahead as scheduled after the track passed an 8am inspection.

















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