
To Newmarket On Saturday!
Run on the Rowley mile course, the race always attracts a huge field for the £61 848 first prize
Run on the Rowley mile course, the race always attracts a huge field for the £61 848 first prize
The new Hill Gallop will start below ground level and rise up 30m on to an elevated bridge before finishing on a man-made mound
One million pounds will be on offer this year for the opening two Classics of the British season as the QIPCO 1000 Guineas and QIPCO 2000 Guineas
The electrocardiograph was pretty smooth throughout his life – he didn’t allow himself too many highs and lows, but he was a good man, a good honest to goodness person, generous, and loyal to his friends.
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.
A new two-day Dubai Future Champions Festival, worth more than £2 million, will take place at the Rowley Mile in Newmarket in October
Seven riders from each University are now undergoing training at the British Racing School and Oaksey House in Lambourn in order to prepare them for the rigors of race riding over eight furlongs at the Rowley Mile
Shea Shea came up against the track record breaking Lethal Force in last Saturday’s Gr1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket.
South African horseracing falls under the Asian Racing Federation and the Graded status of races is decided by the Asian Pattern Committee (APC)
Explained – the circumstances behind the decision by the connections of the dual Grade 1- winning sophomore One Stripe to ‘bypass’ the R1,5 million SplashOut Gr1 Cape Derby on 22 February in favour of a likely final run on South African soil in the non-black type Big Cap
With the Aga Khan’s breeding and racing programme very much geared towards the classics, it can be argued that South Africa, where speed, rather than stamina is the hallmark of its racing programme, has failed to capitalise on the excellence of especially its female families
Rob Haswell tells that he has had horses trained by Nathan Kotzen for more than twenty years and pulls us up for our Umthombothi Stakes ‘flop’