Champion trainer Chris Waller knows the difficulties of hay fever, so looks at Nature Strip in his box with a touch of sympathy heading into The Everest at Randwick on Saturday. The box is unlike any other in his massive operation with the six-time group 1 winning sprinter living on cardboard rather natural bedding of hay and shaving. Trackwork rider […]

Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Wednesday, October 13 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings at Bath, Nottingham, Wetherby and Kempton.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings ROBIN GOODFELLOW  Recommended: Andy Murray sends birthday message to potty mouth wife Kim after losing his wedding ring When will […]

The man who briefly trained Classique Legend last year had plans to tour the grey all over the world, including a return to Sydney for Saturday’s The Everest, and revealed his plans to bring his own Hong Kong star out for next year’s $15m Randwick feature. Four-time champion Hong Kong trainer Caspar Fownes prepared Classique Legend for one run in […]

When Tom Daley came out in 2013, Jack Duern decided the time was right to break down barriers in his sport. Around the same age as the Olympic gold medallist, he would become Europe's only openly gay jockey as a teenager. Duern was barely 12 months into his career in the saddle, having made his first appearance on the racecourse […]

Cliff Brown has been a half-length from winning a Melbourne Cup and trained successfully in Singapore but admits “nothing compares to having The Inferno in The Everest”. The star sprinter Brown brought back from Singapore when he returned to Australia in March has lived up to the Everest dream. Brown, however, was not prepared for the build-up to the world’s […]

Gai Waterhouse is on the cusp of having her first The Everest starter in four years with slotholder James Kennedy closing in on an 11th-hour deal for Embracer to run in the $15 million sprint at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Kennedy, who originally opted for crack Queensland sprinter Rothfire before trainer Robert Heathcote pulled the pin after his last-start failure […]

On a cold autumn day in Newmarket, Suffolk, hundreds of tried racehorses are moving in and out of the sales ring in search of a new home. Just shy of 12 months ago, on Tuesday, October 27, a gelding named Zaaki is led around the sales ring. His ears are pricked as the auctioneer screams out bids from those willing […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Friday, October 8 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday’s meetings at Newmarket, Newcastle, York and Chepstow.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Friday’s meetings YORK  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 2.05 Instinctive Move  2.40 Barbanera  3.15 La Trinidad (nb)  3.50 Ravenscraig Castle (nap)  4.20 Muscika  4.55 Damaar  […]

Punters heaped praise on jockey Sam Twiston-Davies for his never-say-die ride on a shock winner at Worcester. Wigglesworth came with an amazing run to snatch the spoils in the Lewis Rally Sport Another Kind Of Horsepower Handicap Chase. Trained locally by Dr Richard Newland, the six-year-old hit 999-1 in-running on the Betfair exchange, with over £50 traded at that price. […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Wednesday, October 6 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings at Leicester, Ludlow, Kempton and Sedgefield.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings LEICESTER  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1.55 Eldrickjones 2.30 Future 3.05 Approachability 3.40 Gweedore 4.15 Sharvara 4.50 Kattani 5.20 Don ’t Joke (nap) […]