Royal Ascot runner-up Tritonic bids to earn himself a ticket to the Cheltenham Festival with victory in the Close Brothers Adonis Juvenile Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday. The son of Sea The Moon was beaten just half a length by Highland Chief in the Golden Gates Handicap at the showpiece meeting in June, before going on to run at Listed […]

Pam Sly’s unbeaten filly Eileendover remains on course for Aintree’s Grade Two bumper, held in April as part of the Grand National meeting. The four-year-old has triumphed in three bumpers so far, culminating in a six-and-a-half-length success in the Listed Alan Swinbank Mares’ Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race at Market Rasen in January. Willie Mullins’ Grangee finished third in […]

Shaquero has the opportunity to convince Hugh Bowman to lock in the colt as his Golden Slipper ride when he contests the Group 2 $200,000 Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick. Bowman won the Magic Millions on Shaquero and has a high opinion of the talented Chris Waller-trained colt. But Bowman is also first-choice jockey for Inglis Millennium winner and […]

CAPTAIN Spud, a horse which the late St Kilda champion Danny Frawley part-owned, broke through for an emotion-charged win at Sale on Friday. Frawley’s wife Anita and close friends make up the ownership of the aptly-named Peter Gelagotis-trained gelding, who dug deep in the straight to cling on for a hard-earned victory. “He was a dear friend, sadly lost, and […]

Trainer Phillip Stokes is hoping a change of tactics can help propel lightly-raced filly Hanabi to a healthy pay day in Saturday’s $202,250 Magic Millions SA 2YO Classic at Murray Bridge. Stokes has only given his promising filly by Pride Of Dubai one start in preparation for the biggest occasion of her young career and it didn’t go all to […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Friday, February 26 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday’s meetings at Exeter, Lingfield, Wolverhampton and Warwick.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday’s meetings ROBIN GOODFELLOW 12.30 Striking A Pose 1.00 Volkovka 1.30 Hold That Taught (nb) 2.00 Wouldubewell 2.35 Midnightreferendum 3.10 Amateur 3.45 […]

Aintree REJECTS pleas to delay Grand National by a few days until betting shops are allowed to re-open as part of Government’s roadmap out of lockdown An estimated £125m is bet on the National — Britain’s biggest betting race  Betting shops are set to re-open two days after the Grand National on April 10 Betting industry representatives had been in […]

Oisin Murphy admitted he thought about quitting racing altogether while serving a drugs ban. The champion jockey was banned for three months in November after a racecourse test, taken at Chantilly in July, found traces of cocaine in his system. Having always strenuously denied he had taken any drugs, Murphy requested a B sample – and upon receiving the results, […]

He’s only had one run for new trainer Kody Nestor but Cardiff could take him all the way to this year’s $1.3 million Kosciuszko. Formally trained by Gerald Ryan, the Snitzel four-year-old won last start for Nestor and will chase back-to-back wins in race six at Canterbury Park. And another win Friday night will give the Dubbo trainer more confidence […]

NSW South Coast trainers Rob and Luke Price are chasing the Golden Slipper dream on Saturday with their exciting filly Jamaea. The daughter of Headwater produced a barnstorming performance that caught the attention of many when a flashing second in the Listed Lohnro Plate (1000m) at her second start. That performance followed a debut win on her home track at […]