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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

Jason Maguire unhappy with Grand National fence changes

Aintree director hopeful changes will improve course. Grand National-winning jockey Jason Maguire has criticised the decision to change the Aintree course for 2012. Three fences are going to be altered after a review of April's race in which two horses were fatally injured. Maguire told BBC Radio 5 live: "From a jockey's point of view, we say no. We'd hate to lose the character of the race. "If you lower the fences and make things a lot easier you're goi

Midday and Twice Over to feature in International Stakes at York

Sir Henry Cecil has decided to run two of Khalid Abdullah's horses in the International Stakes at York. Midday and Twice Over feature in a field of six for the Juddmonte International on Wednesday. Cecil's stable jockey Tom Queally will partner six-time Group One-winning mare Midday, who is fresh from securing a third successive victory in the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Twice Over has won the last two runnings of the Champion Stakes.

Grand National course to be altered on safety concerns

The Grand National course at Aintree will be changed for 2012 after a review of April's race in which two horses were fatally injured. A reduction of between four and five inches to the drop on the landing of Becher's Brook is among the changes. "It is not possible to completely eliminate risk in horse racing," said Aintree managing director Julian Thick. "However, I am confident the course changes we are announcing will, over time, have a positive impact.

Why was trainer Howard Johnson banned for four years

After racehorse trainer Howard Johnson is banned for four years over welfare breaches, BBC Sport looks at the background to the case. Howard Johnson ran a horse eight times after the animal underwent a palmar neurectomy, which involves severing nervous connection to the lower leg to cause numbness - something that is banned on welfare grounds. Ask the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) about welfare and they will tell you it is a responsibility they take

Champion jockey Paul Hanagan tipped for success at Thirsk

Paul Hanagan, who won the prestigious Silver Saddle trophy for being top jockey at Saturday's international line-up of riders at Ascot's annual Shergar Cup meeting, can strike gold in his home county this evening. The Malton champion makes the short journey to Thirsk and is fancied to win three of the six races. Hanagan, who captained the Great Britain team at Ascot, admitted to being "gutted" that they were beaten by the Irish side in a competition that

Barry Hills set to retire from training

Trainer Barry Hills, who has enjoyed more than 3,200 career wins, is retiring and will hand over his licence to son Charlie. The 74-year-old will step aside after the Ebor meeting at York next week although he will remain as managing director of the family company. Barry Hills began training in 1969 and won 10 Classics, including the 1,000 Guineas in 2009 with Ghanaati. Charlie, 32, has been his assistant for eight years. Lambourn-based Barry Hills racked

Chantal Sutherland draws a crowd on and off the racetrack

If Zenyatta was the Queen of American Horse Racing last year, then Chantal Sutherland is the game's princess this year. "When you think about it, she's just a girl making a living, and she's doing a lot of things right," said former jockey Julie Krone, the all-time leading woman jockey who changed the game for female riders. "She's handling her new world as it comes along and she's making the most of her attributes, like appearing on live, reality TV. She'

Five-time Group One winner Canford Cliffs retired to stud

The Richard Hannon-trained five-time Group One winner Canford Cliffs has been retired to stud. The four-year-old suffered a leg injury when second to Frankel in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on July 27. Hannon said: "He's been a fantastic horse for the yard. He is without doubt the best horse I have had in over 40 years as a trainer. "It's a terrible shame - it's heartbreaking, but I don't want to see him end up with a bad injury." He added: "He

Paul Hanagan and Olivier Peslier will captain the British and European teams at the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup on August 6.

Paul Hanagan and Olivier Peslier will captain the British and European teams at the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup on August 6. Reigning British champion jockey, Paul Hanagan, will captain the Great Britain team alongside Hayley Turner and Jim Crowley, both of whom have ridden Group 1 winners in the last two months. Olivier Peslier, who rode his 100th Group 1 victory on Goldikova at Deauville at the weekend, will captain the European Team alongside anoth

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Racing Trainer John Dunlop To Retire Age 73

Racing Trainer John Dunlop To Retire Age 73

Veteran Classic-winning trainer John Dunlop is set to retire at the end of the Flat racing season in November.

The 73-year-old won the Epsom Derby twice - with Shirley Heights in 1978 and Erhaab 16 years later.

Dunlop, who is based at Arundel in West Sussex, also trained three winners of both the St Leger and 1000 Guineas,

Midday and Twice Over to feature in International Stakes at York

Midday and Twice Over to feature in International Stakes at York

Sir Henry Cecil has decided to run two of Khalid Abdullah's horses in the International Stakes at York. Midday and Twice Over feature in a field of six for the Juddmonte International on Wednesday. Cecil's stable jockey Tom Queally will partner six-time Group One-winning mare Midday, who is fresh from securing a third successive victory in the Nass

More Than Sotka won his listed

More Than Sotka won his listed

After a few days off after the Festival Galop, recovery of activity on Thursday night at the racecourse where Bellerive More Than Sotka has emerged with little in the price of Jouvenceaux and Jouvencelles, listed for a 2 years. The resident of Francis Graffard ahead at the finish San Juan, threatening to end Herbouilly, a dangerous moment and Green

Ascot: Somersby wins Victor Chandler Chase

Ascot: Somersby wins Victor Chandler Chase

Somersby dug deep for rider Dominic Elsworth to beat Finian's Rainbow and win the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot. The 9-2 chance, saddled by Best Mate's trainer Henrietta Knight, stayed on well for a first Grade One success. Al Ferof was third and Gauvain fell as last year's runner-up triumphed in the 25th anniversary of the race.

According

Sprinter Sacre Easily Wins The Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham

Sprinter Sacre Easily Wins The Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham

Sprinter Sacre trounced the opposition again as he won the Grade One Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham. Nicky Henderson`s exciting chaser went off at a price of 1/5 such was the confidence in the market, and those who took the odds never had a worry as he made it seven from seven over fences.

Mad Moose went on for an early advantage

Ginger McCain eyes record 5th Grand National win

Ginger McCain eyes record 5th Grand National win

Trainer Ginger McCain in in a confident mood going into this years Grand National and believes he can record his fifth win in this legendary race. Ginger has good reason to be confident as his horse Amberleigh House is the defending champion of the grand naional winning the race in 2004, Ginger`s other victories are thanks to the legendary Red Rum

Alex Ferguson takes legal proceedings against John Magnier and Coolmore over the ownership of Rock of Gibraltar

Alex Ferguson takes legal proceedings against John Magnier and Coolmore over the ownership of Rock of Gibraltar

If Sir Alex Ferguson decides to take legal proceedings against John Magnier and Coolmore over the ownership of Rock of Gibraltar's multi-million-pound stallion rights, it will prove to be the court case of the year - and one man, more than any other, will be dreading the prospect.

The piggy in the middle, so to speak, between the world's

Grand National winner Liam Treadwell offered chance to fix teeth for free

Grand National winner Liam Treadwell offered chance to fix teeth for free

Treadwell, 23, was shocked when BBC racing pundit Clare Balding asked him to bare his gappy teeth in an interview moments after he had won the famous steeplechase. She told him to "give us a big grin to the camera" and told him he could now afford to "get them done". Her comments prompted more than 2,000 people to complain to the BBC and media watc

William Carson Handed Four Day Ban

William Carson Handed Four Day Ban

Horse Website - William Carson Handed Four Day Ban - Fan favourite, William Carson was handed a four-day ban yesterday after he weighed in 2lb under after finishing third on Beggers Belief in the 6.30pm at Kempton on Wednesday evening.

Carson weighed out at 9st 7lb but came in at just 9st 5lb after the 1m2f handicap race. He and trainer

The Fugue Heads a European Invasion Of California

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

Lar Butler Reacts To The Sad Death Of Trafford Lad

Lar Butler Reacts To The Sad Death Of Trafford Lad

Lar Butler, trainer of Trafford Lad the Horse who died whilst racing at Navan on Sunday described his family as `devastated` at the loss of the Grade 1 winner.

The ten year old had been nursed back to health by Butler who is part of a family syndicate who owned the horse since injuring a tendon back in 2009 and was disputing the lead in

BHA proposes Grand National safety improvements

BHA proposes Grand National safety improvements

A British Horseracing Authority (BHA) review into the Grand National has published 30 recommendations to improve the safety of the Aintree race. Two horses were fatally injured during this year's contest, while others suffered dehydration. Among the recommendations is that the age of horses eligible to enter the race should rise from six to seven.

No Sunday Racing In UK And Ireland

No Sunday Racing In UK And Ireland

Todays Flat meeting at Kempton has been cancelled due to snow.

Although course officials gave the fixture the go-ahead earlier in the morning, the situation has since deteriorated with further snow.

Kempton's abandonment means there is now no racing at all in Britain and in Ireland on Sunday.

Acting clerk o

Delegator gets Frankie Dettori excited

Delegator gets Frankie Dettori excited

The Godolphin fightback has been under way for some time with their two-year-olds. However, their three-year-olds, a department in which they have been light for several seasons, were bolstered when midsummer purchase Delegator won the Totesport.com Celebration Mile at Goodwood.

On all known form, the Guineas and St James's Palace runne

















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