Considered too stout an influence in a country where precocity is a quality in demand among breeders, it strikes one as rather ironic that a number of the great stallion’s locally-based sons have made an early impact with their first-crop juveniles
Longines and Ascot Racecourse launched the Swiss watch brand’s innovative Longines Tracking System at the prestigious Royal Meeting on Wednesday
Gavin Lerena scored a sensational double at his Ascot debut, to help the Rest Of The World team secure victory in the 2016 Shergar Cup
Ascot has announced the opening race on King George day has been permanently renamed in honour of the late champion jockey Pat Eddery
Tens of thousands of racegoers and many more punters in Britain and abroad will have been left with the strong and abiding impression that the stewards presiding over one of the most valuable and prestigious cards of the year were incompetent
Deloitte published a report on the various means by which Qipco has invested in British racing in recent years. Again, the writers fought shy of reaching a global figure but mentioned 95 people employed, directly and indirectly, as well as capital investment of more than £10m at the two stables owned by the firm.
Officials at the British Horseracing Authority have no hard and fast rules on the subject in place, and say the matter is “purely in the hands of the jockeys
S’manga Khumalo to ride at this year’s running of the prestigious Shergar Cup at Ascot having received an invitation to compete as a member of the Rest Of The World team.
QIPCO announced as official partner of Ascot and sponsor of the ‘King George’
Ascot hosts the QIPCO Champions Day offering £3.4m in prize money on Saturday. It is the richest day’s racing ever held in Britain.
Frankel. The horse that defined a generation. And the best in 300 years. That’s something to take all our breath away!
The evergreen hero travelled to Vereeniging on Thursday for a 100% strike rate from two rides that saw him bring up his recordbreaking 5555th winner milestone
‘The Breeders Cup Distaff is definitely still on the cards and Beach Bomb will probably have one more race before then’ – Gaynor Rupert
It will be good news for South African racing fans that, despite a number of offers from abroad, Gerald and Karen Kalil’s multiple champion Quid Pro Quo will continue her 3yo season on African soil
The son of Twice Over has been gelded and will be aimed at the Betway Gr1 Summer Cup, the L’Ormarins King’s Plate and the WSB Cape Town Met
