Royal Ascot Racing

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.100″] In glorious sunshine and against a beautiful backdrop, the racing at Royal Ascot 2018 was of course top drawer. The Eclipse Magazine team attended on Ladies’ Day, Thursday 21st June, with photographer Rachel Groom. www.rachelgroom.com Onto race one, the Norfolk Stakes for two […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Royal Ascot 2017 set off at a blistering gallop on Tuesday 20th June, when the first race of the day – and the meeting – became a record breaker. Trainer Richard Fahey described Ribchester as the best horse he has ever trained after the

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] After drawing a blank on the first day, trainer Aidan O’Brien chalked up his first win of  Royal Ascot 2017 with globetrotting superstar Highland Reel (9/4) who stamped his class on the G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes under Ryan Moore. The five-year-old son of

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The highlight of the whole Royal Meeting 2017 was undoubtedly the staying championship of the week, Thursday’s G1 Gold Cup. The race was widely expected beforehand to be won by Aidan O’Brien’s 2016 winner Order Of St George, but the popular jet-setter Big Orange, trained

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Joseph O’Brien rode six Royal Ascot winners as a jockey, three of them Group Ones (So You Think, 2012 Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Declaration Of War, 2013 Queen Anne Stakes, Leading Light, 2014 Gold Cup). His first Royal Ascot runner as a trainer, Now You’re

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Friday’s six-furlong G1 Commonwealth Cup for three-year-olds was hailed exceptional with three brilliant colts – Caravaggio, Harry Angel and Blue Point – producing world-class sprinting speed. The Aidan O’Brien-trained and well-backed 5/6 favourite Caravaggio produced a spellbinding performance comprising speed and stamina, under jockey Ryan

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The battle for Royal Ascot’s inaugural Leading Owner Award was set for a thrilling conclusion coming into the fifth and final day of Royal Ascot. At the start of the day, Godolphin held the advantage with six winners while Coolmore had a tally of four. Godolphin’s