The Moonee Valley Racing Club will call for a review into Racing Victoria’s mandatory “nuclear” scan for internationals wishing to compete in the spring carnival, once this year’s carnival has been run and won. That comes after Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien doubled down on his view that the scintigraphy scan – introduced to reduce the number of deaths in the […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Monday, October 4 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday’s meetings at Lingfield, Pontefract, Stratford and Wolverhampton. Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday’s meetings LINGFIELD  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1.00 Miquelon (NAP) 1.30 Tiempo Star 2.00 Nations Pride 2.30 Escobedo 3.00 Noble Peace 3.30 Tarhib 4.00 […]

Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will follow a tried and tested route into the Melbourne Cup with their stayer Grand Promenade, hoping he can follow in the footsteps of the Lloyd Williams-owned Almandin. The latter took out The Bart Cummings, the 2500 metre “win, and you’re in” qualifier for the Melbourne Cup, in 2016. He was then put away to […]

A promising young jockey took his own life after telling his girlfriend he loved her, an inquest heard. Michael Pitt, 19, was found dead at a petrol station in Hungerford, Berkshire, in July. An inquest at Reading Town Hall yesterday heard how the teenager, an amateur rider at Warren Greatrex’s yard in Lambourn, had been drinking heavily before his death. […]

Oisin Murphy is out to fulfill Arc dream for Japan as champion jockey teams up with ‘exciting’ Chrono Genesis in Sunday’s showpiece Oisin Murphy will team up with Japanese challenger Chrono Genesis on Sunday Rider flew to France on Wednesday to get acquainted with five-year-old mare  Bookmakers make Chrono Genesis an 8-1 shot for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Oisin […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Wednesday, September 29 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings at Nottingham, Bangor-on-Dee, Catterick and Kempton.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Wednesday’s meetings NOTTINGHAM ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1.00 Meredif 1.30 Strega De Vega 2.00 Divine Jewel 2.30 Aristobulus (nap) 3.00 Ava Go Joe 3.30 Noble […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Tuesday, September 28 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday’s meetings at Wolverhampton, Ayr, Sedgefield and Worcester.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Tuesday’s meetings WOLVERHAMPTON ROBIN GOODFELLOW 5.30 Al Asef 6.00 Eshkaal 6.30 Eagle Creek 7.00 The Embezzler 7.30 Headora 8.00 Fierospeed 8.30 Aramis Grey […]

Robin Goodfellow’s Racing Tips: Best bets for Saturday, September 25 Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday’s meetings at Newmarket, Haydock. Chester, Market Rasen, Chelmsford City and Ripon.  Sportsmail’s racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday’s meetings NEWMARKET  ROBIN GOODFELLOW 1.15 Oheka 1.50 Royal Patronage 2.25 Zain Claudette 3.00 Caturra 3.40 Bell Rock (nap) […]

Trainer Willie Mullins receives a massive blow as Monkfish is sidelined for the season with a tendon injury after storming to victory at Cheltenham Monkfish has been ruled out for the racing season after suffering a tendon injury  6-1 joint Cheltenham favourite was the biggest Gold Cup threat to Minella Indo  Willie Mullins also revealed seven-time Grade One winner Min […]

Horse Racing is in mourning following the tragic death of 21-year-old jockey Eszter Jeles after a catastrophic mid-race fall. The talented rider passed away in hospital 13 days after being brought down while representing her native Hungary in a race in Turkey. Jeles was taken to hospital with head injuries after falling off her mount Toms on September 5 and […]