Sonnyboyliston puts Ebor rivals on the canvas with dramatic victory as Irish trainer Johnny Murtagh lands another big prize in York feature Sonnyboyliston edged out Quickthorn in a photo finish to win the Ebor Handicap The 10-1 shot was Murtagh’s second Ebor winner after Mutual Regard in 2014 The four-year-old is an entry in the Melbourne Cup in November  Sonnyboyliston […]

Real World successfully graduated to Group Three class with an impressive verdict in the Sky Bet And Symphony Group Strensall Stakes at York. An easy winner of the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot in June, the Saeed bin Suroor-trained colt had followed up with Listed glory at Newbury before switching up another level on the Knavesmire. Partnered once again by […]

Perfect Power and Khunan give Richard Fahey a strong hand in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville, live on Sky Sports Racing. A narrow winner of the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot in June over the high-class Go Bears Go, Perfect Power then got into all sorts of traffic problems in last month’s Richmond Stakes at Goodwood and was beaten […]

Jockey Brenton Avdulla remains in hospital after suffering a brain injury during Saturday’s sickening incident at Royal Randwick. Avdulla was unconscious and was seen lying unresponsive on the Randwick straight after his ride Xtremetime fell 100m from the post in the Group 2 $200,000 Silver Shadow Stakes. Xtremetime suffered a catastrophic leg injury in the fall and was put down, […]

Promising apprentice jockey Teagan Voorham cast aside a horror eight months out of the saddle, battling injury and surgery, to win on her first ride back when Extra Time ($5) stormed to victory at Morphettville on Saturday. To the cheers of the handful of spectators on course, Voorham took charge of the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas-trained runner on the […]

The first Group 1 race of the new season had a bit of everything at Royal Randwick on Saturday. There was Mo’unga showing he might be racing’s next thing when he edged out champion mare Verry Elleegant after an enthralling duel for the $500,000 Winx Stakes (1400m). But there was some outstanding runs behind the glamour duo with Melbourne Cup […]

Swift Witness claimed the first leg of the Princess Series in race marred by a shocking fall in the straight that left jockey Brenton Avdulla with concussion and promising filly Xtremetime suffering a catastrophic leg injury at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Xtremetime was crowded for room and fell about 100m from the finish of the Group 2 $200,000 Silver Shadow […]

How many horses in Sunday’s Class 3 at Tamworth are genuine Kosciuszko chances? Scone trainer Stephen Jones couldn’t be knocked if he said Warrah Flash was. That’s because the five-year-old has already beaten Kosciuszko hopefuls Art Cadeau and Kattegat. That was in a Highway Handicap at Rosehill last November and since then Art Cadeau has gone on to win the […]

Stradivarius became the first horse to win the Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup three times when edging out Spanish Mission in a tremendous finish at York. Five other top stayers, including Further Flight and Persian Punch, had won the race twice – and Stradivarius showed the fire still burns bright with a battling performance under his regular pilot Frankie Dettori. Spanish […]

A surprise text from Jamie Kah’s manager asking about the ride on Miss Albania in Saturday’s Listed Carlyon Stakes at The Valley strengthened trainer Enver Jusufovic’s opinion of the progressive sprinter. Jusufovic, whose banner horse O’Malley ran third in the 2016 Carlyon Stakes behind Heatherly, will saddle up arguably his best chance yet in more than a decade in the […]