Overdose Passes Bratislava Race Test
After 15 months out of action and in front of a bumper crowd at Bratislava racecourse in Slovakia, Hungarian sprint sensation Overdose made a winning return to the fray when landing a listed race over five furlongs on Sunday, writes Elliot Slater. Much to the relief of his many Irish Racing fans, including an estimated 1000 …
Three Pronged Assault On York Sprint
It looks as though there could be as many as three juvenile contenders for next week’s Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York’s Ebor festival fixture, following the news that Henry Candy’s Dinkum Diamond looks set to join Meow and Stone Of Folca in the five furlong all-aged dash, writes Elliot Slater. Candy’s Aussie Rules colt …
Borderlescott Runs In The Prix de l’Abbaye
Gloomy predictions of an early end to the season for hugely popular sprinter Borderlescott appear to have been just a touch premature after recent x-rays revealed the Wetherby-based gelding has not suffered a chipped pelvis and may recover in time to take his chance in Paris in the Prix de l’Abbaye, writes Elliot Slater. The eight-year-old …
King George ~ A Race To Savour
In sport there is often plenty of hype ahead of major events, but it is most unlikely that Saturday’s Group1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Ascot won’t live up to all Horse racing betting expectations, writes Elliot Slater. The first big clash of the season between the classic generation and older horses …
Steward Enquiries To Be Televised
The latest trial in the world of horseracing is the televisation of Stewards Enquiries. This is has been put forward at the suggestion of Racing for Change, a project led by Racing Enterprises Limited (REL) which aims to review the way racing is promoted in order to make it more focused and relevant to the …
The World Cup of Racing Results
The Racing Post held their World Cup of Racing whilst the footballing World Cup was going on, with the aim of establishing who were the top performers of the horseracing world within the past four years. While it was Italy who last won the last World Cup in 2006, and Spain this year, …
Raiders Of The Last Arc
The BBC has signed a one-year deal to cover Europe’s greatest all-age middle distance race, the Prix del’Arc de Triomphe, in Paris in early October, but the minimum term contract has racing fans wondering if this will be the last time the great event will be shown on terrestrial television, writes Elliot Slater. In view of …
Ogden Eyeing Melbourne Cup Bid
Sir Robert Ogden, one of the few British owners with the firepower to take on the international big guns in the racing tips world, could be set to train his sights on an audacious bid to land one of the racing world’s most coveted prizes, the Melbourne Cup, at Flemington in November, with his improving …
A Stayer Of Great Potential
Every now and then a performance jumps out at you and screams that a horse has to be followed. When Tactic romped away with a competitive listed race at York in May I was convinced that he was a horse to keep on the right side and nothing he has done since has lessened that …
Totesport Gold Cup Stolen
In sad news today, the Totesport Gold Cup has been stolen. The cup is presented each year to the winning owner of the Gold Cup race at Chelthenham, England’s most prestigious steeplechase after the Grand National. The stolen cup belonged to Mr Mould, whose horse Charter Party won the cup in 1988. In total Police said …