A new syndicate of racehorse owners, including former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, will be hoping Run Wild can provide them with a dream victory in the Coronation Stakes (2.25pm) at Royal Ascot on Saturday 20th June, a race that forms part of the QIPCO British Champions Series. Run Wild, trained by John Gosden, will […]
Roger Varian believes the unbeaten Pierre Lapin is ready to rise to the occasion in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on Friday 19th June. The six-furlong contest, which forms part of the 35-race QIPCO British Champions Series, has been at the top of Pierre Lapin’s agenda since he landed the Group Two Dubai Duty Free
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Clive Cox says Positive has had the perfect preparation ahead of his star performer making his reappearance in the St James’s Palace Stakes (3pm) at Royal Ascot on Saturday 20th June. The mile feature is one of three races on the final day of the Royal Meeting that form part of the QIPCO British Champions
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Racing Welfare’s Best Turned Out series this week moves on to Royal Ascot with all the runners in Saturday’s Wokingham Stakes in with a chance of winning the £250 prize. Racing Welfare’s Best Turned Out aims to champion the efforts of racing staff in readying their horses to run. All yards with a runner in
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The Queen Anne Stakes saw Circus Maximus record a second G1 success at Royal Ascot. The Aidan O’Brien-trained four-year-old won the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2019. Today the son of Galileo (the 4/1 favourite) had to battle hard in the final furlong, coming out on top by head from Terebellum (5/1)
Day one of Royal Ascot came to a close with success for 16/1 shot Coeur De Lion in the Ascot Stakes, a handicap over two and a half miles. It was a second Royal Ascot success for trainer Alan King and a first for jockey Thore Hammer Hansen, a 5lb apprentice. A sustained tussle inside
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Jockey Jim Crowley’s dream start to Royal Ascot continued when he partnered 100/30 chance Nazeef to success in the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes, brining up a 118/1 treble on day one for the retained jockey to owner Hamdan Al Maktoum. It was a second success on day one for John Gosden, bringing up a
Having finished runner-up to Blue Point in 2018 and 2019, Battaash made it third time lucky in the G1 King’s Stand Stakes, the five-furlong highlight of Royal Ascot. The six-year-old gelding, owned and bred by Hamdan Al Maktoum, never looked in any serious danger today as he blasted away to win by two and a
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The Buckingham Palace Handicap over seven furlongs was the first contest of Royal Ascot 2020 (on Tuesday 16th June), which is being held behind closed doors for the first time ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the familiar blue and white silks of owner Hamdan Al Maktoum that came out on top as
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Pyledriver saw off all comers to record an 18/1 success in the G2 King Edward VII Stakes over a mile and a half, marking the son of Harbour Watch as a live contender for the G1 Investec Derby (Epsom Downs, Saturday, 4th July). It was a second Royal Ascot success for trainer William Muir, 18
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