EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DOMINIC KING: It's a couple of hours before racing but Cheltenham's Guinness Village is already jumping and the song the band are playing is wholly appropriate.
My lucky green coat is coming out for its annual appearance. Cheltenham will be bouncing on St Patrick's Thursday - if you can't beat the Irish, there's no better place to join them.
The third day of Cheltenham Festival is shaping up to be a belter on St Patrick's Thursday. Here, we bring you our expert racing tips, featuring a selection, main danger and live outsider.
DOMINIC KING: The British Horseracing Authority are investigating an allegation of racism after a televised spat between two jockeys on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.
He's been put away with this race in mind and while he will have to improve to beat the heavyweights, he has got more potential upside than the others, so he's the one for me in the Stayers' Hurdle.
Thousands of hopeful punters are heading to Cheltenham aiming to pick a winner this week - and darts star Luke Humphries hit the bullseye on day one by landing £3,250 on the very first race.
This was Daily Mail Sport's live blog of day two at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, Ladies Day as we bring you the latest tips, racecards and results from one of the biggest horse racing events.
Amateur jockey Declan Queally has claimed he was 'abused' by Nico de Boinville before the opening race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Sir Anthony McCoy wouldn't argue with me for saying this: usually, he's an absolute misery to stand alongside - and that's even when he's got a bag of chocolate buttons under his podium.
There are 128 runners scheduled to run across the seven races of Ladies Day at Cheltenham - but how many of them will be ridden by women?
Daryz repeats last year's success in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, becoming just the ninth horse to win Europe's richest Flat race more than once.
2025 Arkansas Derby (G1) winner and social media star Sandman has been retired from racing, according to a social media post by Griffin Johnson, and will stand the 2027 breeding season at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y.
A 1% share in Ninja, who just defeated Ka Ying Rising in a barrier trial, sells for AU$55,000 at the Inglis Digital Australia October (Early) Online Sale Oct. 7.
In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Claiborne Farm's War Front may now be pensioned, but he still played a major part in the destination of three important juvenile races over the weekend.
Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa announced Oct. 7 its stud fees for the 2027 breeding season, with two-time Horse of the Year and breed-shaping sire Curlin leading the roster.
The son of Justify has won two stakes this year at the Sycamore Stakes (G2T) distance of 1 1/2 miles.
Delta Downs Racetrack will kick off its 2026-27 Thoroughbred season Oct. 9. The track will begin live racing at 4:40 p.m. CT throughout the meeting, which runs through Feb. 20.
Hall of Famer John Velazquez made the most of his trip for Fall Stars Weekend at Keeneland that included 11 stakes races carded over three days. Five of the stakes races were grade 1. The ageless Velazquez won two as well as a grade 3 stakes race.
Four-time grade/group 1 winner Nations Pride will stand at Sohna Stud in India, which has been taken on by the sons of the late Sultan Singh.
The New York Racing Association announces the stakes schedule for the 2026-27 winter meet at Belmont Park, which will include 28 stakes races worth nearly $5.7 million in total purses.
Multiple leading sire Into Mischief holds his place atop the roster at $250,000, and will be joined with six-figure fees by Vekoma and Yaupon at $100,000. Vekoma's fee remains unchanged, while Yaupon's fee rises from $60,000.
The King and Queen must be delighted after the latest news.
Michael Owen's team bought five yearlings for Manor House Stables in one day, spending more than £460,000.
The Scout provides this week's top horse racing tips for Daily Express readers.
You can claim a free pair of tickets to a choice of 15 events up and down the country from October to December
Former flat jockey Paddy Donaghy, 39, died in hospital following an alleged incident at a house in Ireland.
The four-legged friend burst onto the track.
The Scout has provided this week's top horse racing tips for Daily Express readers.
Two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse Galopin Des Champs has tragically died.
The Scout provides this week's top horse racing tips for Daily Express readers.
The third day of Cheltenham Festival is shaping up to be a belter on St Patrick's Thursday. Here, we bring you our expert racing tips, featuring a selection, main danger and live outsider.
DOMINIC KING: The British Horseracing Authority are investigating an allegation of racism after a televised spat between two jockeys on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.
He's been put away with this race in mind and while he will have to improve to beat the heavyweights, he has got more potential upside than the others, so he's the one for me in the Stayers' Hurdle.
Thousands of hopeful punters are heading to Cheltenham aiming to pick a winner this week - and darts star Luke Humphries hit the bullseye on day one by landing £3,250 on the very first race.
This was Daily Mail Sport's live blog of day two at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, Ladies Day as we bring you the latest tips, racecards and results from one of the biggest horse racing events.
Amateur jockey Declan Queally has claimed he was 'abused' by Nico de Boinville before the opening race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Sir Anthony McCoy wouldn't argue with me for saying this: usually, he's an absolute misery to stand alongside - and that's even when he's got a bag of chocolate buttons under his podium.
There are 128 runners scheduled to run across the seven races of Ladies Day at Cheltenham - but how many of them will be ridden by women?
It's Cheltenham week, so you will not be surprised to hear this narrative involves a jockey talking animatedly about a flying machine.
Here, Daily Mail Sport brings you our racing experts' tips, featuring a selection, main danger and live outsider for each race...
Sunday at Del Mar, favorite Sweet Azteca drew away to win the Rancho Bernardo Stakes (G3) by 4 3/4 lengths over Thermal and Antifona. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
Saturday at Woodbine, filly favorite Luster drew away to win the King's Plate, the first race in Canada's Triple Crown, by 7 1/4 lengths over Military Time and Fire and Wine. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
There were five other stakes at Woodbine on Plate day, the King Edward Stakes (G2) won by Gas Me Up, the Bold Venture (G3) won by Souped Up, the Canadian Stakes (G2) won by Proctor Street, the Catch A Glimpse Stakes won by Meloni, and the Soaring Free Stakes won by De La Renta. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Wednesday the inductions were held for the new members of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame for 2026. Fourteen new members were added this year, including jockey Richard Dos Ramos, Thoroughbred Rahy's Attorney, and Standardbred Western Dreamer.
The 167th King's Plate will be run on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack and post positions were drawn today. Woodbine Oaks winner Luster is the even money favorite breaking from the 1 post. Get all the horses, morning line odds, and free past performances here.
Sunday at Del Mar, favorite Holmby got up late to win the Sorrento Stakes (G3) by a neck over Ruiva and Crazy Hot Mess. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
Saturday at Del Mar, Eunomia held on to win the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) by a half length over Om N Joy with Simply Joking third. Also on the card, On the Whim won the California Dreamin' Stakes. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Sunday at Del Mar, Gold Phoenix got up late to win the Eddie Read Stakes (G2) by a nose over Cabo Spirit and favorite Formidable Man. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
Saturday at Woodbine, favorite Luster drew away to win the Woodbine Oaks by 5 1/2 lengths over Dixie Law and Bold Time. Also on the card, Highwaytothemoon won the Plate Trial, G T Five Hundred won the Connaught Cup (G2), and Vina Arana won the Nassau Stakes (G2). Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Saturday at Del Mar, heavy favorite Journalism won the San Diego Handicap (G2) by 3/4 length over Shea Brennan and Iron Man Cal. Also on the card, Somerset West won the San Clemente Handicap (G2) for the fillies. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
The King is dead, long live the King. True, we must still wait a while to discover which of his heirs might actually accede to his crown. But those grieving the death in August of Trippi, foundation sire at Drakenstein Stud, can console themselves that his legacy seems guaranteed.
It already unites hemispheres. At the time Gaynor Rupert brought Trippi from Florida to her glorious farm in the Cape in 2008, his first crop were 5-year-olds. Among them was a sprinter named Miss Macy Sue, winner of half a dozen stakes. Even as her sire emigrated to the Western Cape, Miss Macy Sue also ventured to pastures new–as a broodmare. Her second foal was Liam's Map, followed a couple of years later by Not This Time.
So it turned out that Trippi had left a breed-...
Throughout his racing career, Portos (Tapit) made 41 starts for six different trainers at 11 tracks over seven seasons. He finished in the top three in 19 of those starts, earned a total of $372,814 and even picked up a graded stakes placing before he retired. Though Portos may not have been a household name, the gray left an impression wherever he went—and on no one more deeply than Kathleen Nathan.
The pair first crossed paths in the summer of 2023 in trainer Amira Chichakly's barn at Belmont Park.
“She's always had all of these bays and chestnuts, but I walked into the barn one day and there was this beautiful gray horse with his head hanging out of a stall. I called [Amira] immediately and she says, 'Merry Christmas! This is your present for a couple of weeks until he ships up to Saratoga,'” explained Nathan. “I got to spend those handful of weeks riding Portos...
Calandagan (Gleneagles) looks set to defend his crown in the G1 Qatar Racing Champion Stakes on Saturday week, although it remains to be seen who will be riding the six-time Group 1 winner at Ascot.
Francis-Henri Graffard's five-year-old proved too strong for Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) and Almaqam (Lope De Vega) on Champions Day last season, after which he became the first overseas horse in 20 years to lift the G1 Japan Cup and was crowned Longines World's Best Racehorse for 2025.
A second appearance in the Japan Cup remains the primary end-of-season target for Calandagan, who is set to follow an identical path to Tokyo as he did in 2025, having again enjoyed a short break since being beaten by Kalpana (Study Of Man) when trying to win July's G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot for the second consecutive year....
AKTEM has backed a new content creator-driven race day at Craon Racecourse in 2027. The initiative aims to contribute to the revitalisation of horse racing and is the brainchild of Noah Khelifi.
A racehorse owner alongside his father and a passionate racing enthusiast, Khelifi is an active member of Generation Z who has a strong understanding of the codes and expectations of today's youth. His ambition is to bring together horse racing and the new codes of entertainment, drawing on content creators capable of generating very large audiences.
Khelifi said, “The concept is based on eight teams, each represented by a content creator, who will compete throughout a day across several races. The event will take place physically at
Craon Racecourse, but it will also be developed in advance so that the content creators can discover the behind-the-scenes world of racing alongside industry professionals, develop a genuine passion for the sport and share the experience...
Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country.
The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) “pending” and “resolved” cases portals.
Resolved ADMC Violations
Dates: 10/06/2026
Licensee: Jorge Farias, trainer
Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points.
Explainer: Vets list medication violations for the presence of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Dutton on 8/28/26.
Dates: 10/06/2026
Licensee...
Lining up for Wednesday's mile maiden at Navan with a Group 1 second already to his name, Jesus Green
(Ghaiyyath) went through the motions to enjoy a confidence boost ahead of further big targets.
Entered in the upcoming Futurity Trophy, Chris So Chun Hung's 100,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 purchase who had chased home Darkness Falls in Leopardstown's Golden Fleece last month was content to stalk the steady early tempo under Joey Sheridan.
Launched passing two out, the 4-11 favourite soon had the measure of his rivals and went to the line in the expected strong manner to score by three lengths from Ballydoyle's eye-catching newcomer Choctaw Nation (Sea The Stars).
“He obviously handled good ground the last day, but handled soft ground here because it is plenty soft on the round track,” Sheridan said of the...
The increasingly influential buying team of Paddy Twomey, Jason Kelly and Charlie Bond made its first seven-figure purchase at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday, with Redpender Stud's Frankel filly looking set to sport the distinctive black and yellow silks of Bond Thoroughbreds after being bought for 1.5 million gns.
Entering the ring immediately after New England Stud's Night Of Thunder colt who sold to Ace Stud for 1.6 million gns, lot 277 is out of the winning Hellvelyn mare Swirral Edge, which makes her a half-sister to the G1 July Cup-winning sire Mill Stream. Her other siblings include the G2 Richmond Stakes-winning sire Asymmetric and this year's Listed Prix Yacowlef scorer Crownbreaker (Minzaal).
Frankel currently leads the sires' table at Book 1, with 12...
Entering the seven-figure buyers' sheet for the first time during Book 1 was Ace Stud, who shelled out 1.6 million for a Night Of Thunder colt (lot 276) during the second day of trade at Park Paddocks.
Part of the New England Stud draft, the son of French Group 3 heroine Sweety Dream (Dream Ahead) is a full-brother to G3 Prix Imprudence heroine Romantic Style and a half-brother to fellow stakes winners Town And Country (Earthlight) and Are We Dreaming (Kendargent).
Bred by Amo Racing, the May foal also counts multiple graded winner Easter (Exosphere), runner-up in the GI Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes, as kin.
Prior to Wednesday's purchase, Ace Stud had acquired three other yearlings during Tuesday's session, including a son of No Nay Never (...
2.31 Saint-Cloud, Cond, 2yo, 8fT
Following a successful debut in ParisLongchamp's Prix de Fontenoy last month, the Wertheimers' JUMEAU (IRE) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) takes it steady for now as he reappears in Thursday's Prix Esmeralda at Saint-Cloud.
Given his win first time out over this mile trip, big things can rightly be expected of the homebred whose full-brother Sosie only really came into his own during the summer of his three-year-old campaign prior to winning the Grand Prix de Paris, Prix Ganay, Prix d'Ispahan and Hong Kong Vase for Andre Fabre.
Along with daughter Lavinia, the master of Chantilly has opted to run Jumeau against another of their promising juveniles in Prince Faisal's Moneefa (Ire) (Baaeed {GB}), a daughter of the Prix Chloe winner Noticeable Grace (Make Believe). From the family of...
For the third time in five years at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, the Shamardal mare Shambolic delivered a lucrative windfall for the team at Newsells Park Stud, with her Frankel colt setting tongues wagging during Wednesday's session of Book 1 when purchased by MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 4 million gns.
Lot 237 is a full-brother to the G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Ylang Ylang, who was the first offspring of Shambolic to go through the ring at Park Paddocks when bought by Magnier and White Birch Farm for 1.5 million gns in 2022. He is also a half-brother to this year's G3 Nell Gwyn Stakes third Act Of Kindness (Siyouni), who was a 3.7 million gns purchase by Godolphin in 2024.
“He is a lovely horse,” Magnier said of the...