Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Friday's meetings at Newmarket, York, Chepstow, Chester and Ascot
An 18-year-old jockey has tragically died in a dirt bike accident.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Thursday's meetings at Newmarket, Doncaster, Epsom Downs, Carlisle and Newbury.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Catterick, Kempton, Yarmouth and Ffos Las.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Pontefract, Lingfield, Uttoxeter and Brighton.
The widespread fear of unintended consequences of financial harm to racing over new gambling legislation has been a profound one in recent years.
DOMINIC KING AT SANDOWN PARK: When Plan A and B never worked and Plan C went to pot, the world's best jockey delved into his box of tricks to find Plan D.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Beverley, Sandown, Leicester, Carlisle, Haydock and Nottingham.
Fabre's CV is extraordinary. He has won all five British Classics, not to mention a host of prizes at Royal Ascot and beyond. One major contest, however, has been out of his grasp.
DOMINIC KING: How could Oisin Murphy do it? It was the question that kept being asked, over and over, on Monday, April 28 at Windsor.
Lossiemouth takes the final Grade One win of the year, holding off 2024 winner Brighterdaysahead in the December Hurdle at Leopardstown.
Trainer Gordon Elliott takes two Grade One wins on the second day of racing at the Leopardstown Christmas Festival as jockey Sam Ewing takes secures victories in two of the major races of the day.
Sean Bowen delivers a home victory aboard Haiti Couleurs to win the 2025 Welsh Grand National at Chepstow.
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Recent times have been difficult for trainer Rudy Rodriguez, but there was a much different feeling Feb. 6 as he watched the stretch run of the $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Roll On Big Joe makes his 2026 debut in the Feb. 8 King Cotton Stakes for older horses at 6 furlongs after completing a stellar 2025 campaign, capped by his win in the Dec. 13 Ring The Bell Stakes.
Delaware Park Casino announces another successful year of raising awareness and funds for various nonprofit organizations in Delaware, donating more than $166,000 for more than 15 different charities.
A protracted three-way tussle helped the progressive Space Invasion top this year's Tattersalls February Sale at 230,000 guineas Feb. 6.
"We're just hoping Wayne is looking after us from heaven," owner Dr. Aaron Sones said of Lemon Muffin in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. "If anybody can pull it off, it's him."
Leopardstown is currently unraceable as Storm Chandra impacts the UK fixture list
Sir Gino has suffered a serious injury during the Unibet Hurdle at Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday afternoon.
The Scout thinks owner JP McManus might be celebrating a treble at Prestbury Park
Elvin Abrea, 32, was competing in the sixth race of the meeting when the tragedy occurred.
Selections for the seven ITV races on Saturday, January 17
Sir Alex Ferguson's horse Kalif Du Berlais, who is part-owned by the Manchester United legend, died at Kempton on Saturday.
The father of Clare Balding, Derby-winning trainer Ian Balding, has passed away, it has been confirmed.
Skelton is well ahead in the 2025-6 championship and should keep the winners rolling at Newbury, writes The Scout
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Beverley, Sandown, Leicester, Carlisle, Haydock and Nottingham.
Fabre's CV is extraordinary. He has won all five British Classics, not to mention a host of prizes at Royal Ascot and beyond. One major contest, however, has been out of his grasp.
DOMINIC KING: How could Oisin Murphy do it? It was the question that kept being asked, over and over, on Monday, April 28 at Windsor.
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy, 29, has been fined £70,000 at Reading Magistrates' Court for a drink driving offence after he crashed his car into a tree in Berkshire.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Thursday's meetings at Haydock, Perth, Kempton, Yarmouth, and Newbury.
Peta Tait has been remembered as an 'incredible person' who left a 'long-standing legacy' in the racing community before her tragic death on Tuesday morning.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Wednesday's meetings at Thirsk, Epsom Downs, Worcester and Chepstow.
The woman, who is yet to be formally identified, was working at the Cranbourne Training Centre on Melbourne's south-east outskirts when the tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Brighton, Chelmsford City, Musselburgh and Stratford.
Last week, he had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA blood infection that caused significant damage to his heart and digestive system and worsened pre-existing chronic conditions.
Also on opening day for Santa Anita, favorite Goal Oriented won the Malibu Stakes (G1) by 1 1/4 lengths over Midland Money and Speedy Wilson. Also on the card, Usha won the La Brea Stakes (G1) and Nysos won the Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes (G2). Get the results, chart, and photos here.
At Sha Tin on Sunday, favorite Romantic Warrior won the Longines Hong Kong Cup for the fourth year in a row, over Bellagio Opera with Quisisana third. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
French trained Sosie rallied past Giavellotto to win the Longines Hong Kong Vase with Goliath third. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
Local hero Voyage Bubble won his second straight Hong Kong Mile by 1/2 a length over Soul Rush with Red Lion third. Get the results, chart, and photos here.
4th-GP, $84K, Msw, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:49 p.m. ET.
Star Actress (Justify), a full-sister to champion 2-year-old filly and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Just F Y I, gets her career started for Hall of Famer Bill Mott. The George Krikorian homebred will exit from post one with Junior Alvarado in the irons. She worked five furlongs from the gate in 1:03 (1/3) at Payson Park Jan. 23. The aforementioned Just F Y I brought $4.5 million from Katsumi Yoshida at the 2025 Fasig-Tipton November sale. TJCIS PPS
Whether you're a trainer, an owner or a punter, you simply cannot underestimate the value of identifying an apprentice jockey who is good value for their claim, that extra edge in a sport of fine margins.
Make no mistake, those few pounds can make all of the difference in those valuable, big-field handicaps which are often decided by a whisker come the winning post. And, whilst the start of the turf season is still a few weeks away yet, now is a good time to be keeping a close eye on the all-weather action to familiarise yourself with the apprentices starting to make a name for themselves, just as a certain Billy Loughnane did three winters ago.
On the other hand, some young riders prefer to stay away from the all-weather during the winter in order to preserve their claim for the long turf campaign ahead. In Britain, an apprentice jockey is entitled to a weight allowance of 7lb until they have ridden 20 winners; 5lb until they have ridden 50 winners; and 3lb until...
From a small commercial broodmare band, which currently numbers just six mares, Vincent Colbert has had a remarkable amount of success in a short amount of time, breeding Grade I winners Callback and Chocolate Gelato, as well as Grade III winner Shotgun Hottie. The Massachusetts native had success almost right from the start of his breeding operation with the purchase of Quickest (Forest Wildcat) for $40,000 as a 2-year-old at the 2007 Keeneland January sale–three years before her half-brother Super Saver (Maria's Mon) won the GI Kentucky Derby. The bay mare never made it to the races, but she produced Callback (Street Sense). Colbert discussed his 2026 mating plans with Thoroughbred Daily News.
QUICKEST (21, Forest Wildcat–Supercharger, by A.P. Indy)
Will be bred to...
Japan continued its dominance of lucrative Middle Eastern races with a one-length score by Strauss in the inaugural $1-million Listed Abu Dhabi Gold Cup over a mile on Saturday. Brazilian Joao “Magic Man” Moreira gave the son of Maurice a textbook perfect ride, and the five-year-old entire responded, becoming the first Japanese horse to win in Abu Dhabi.
Nestled in midfield just off the pace set by Crown Board (Lope De Vega), the Carrot Farm runner bided his time through the early stages. Still trapped behind a wall of horses with 400 metres left, Strauss willingly charged through a gap shortly thereafter and pounced on the leader.
Overhauling Crown Board by midstretch, the winner fended off the furiously closing Dark Trooper (Dark Angel) and closer to the inside, Comanche Brave (Wootton Bassett). At the line, the margin was a length, with a similar margin separating Wathnan Racing's Dark Trooper in...
LEXINGTON, KY–Hagyard Equine Medical Institute observed its Founder's Day on Thursday, Feb. 5, with a formal commemoration of its sesquicentennial. The occasion served as the kickoff to a year-long celebration of 150 years of accomplishments and contributions to the equine veterinary field.
Hagyard announced plans to honor the milestone through a series of commemorative initiatives and events slated for the coming year.
“At 150 years old, Hagyard is in elite company,” Hagyard's CEO Ken Ford said at Thursday's event. “Enduring for 150 years puts us in the same category as businesses such as John Deere, Wells Fargo and Anheuser-Busch. Less than half a percent of businesses in the U.S. make it through 100 years, so to make it to 150 is a remarkable achievement started by our founders. These milestones just scratch the surface of Hagyard's history and legacy.”
Hagyard was founded in 1876 by Dr. Edward Thomas Hagyard, who traveled from Ontario, Canada to...
Victorious Racing's €1-million Arqana August graduate Warriors Whisper (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) repaid some of that investment with a narrow debut victory in Saturday's Prix du Nice Havrais at Deauville.
Under wraps off the tempo in eighth through halfway, the 9-10 favourite made smooth headway into contention with 350 metres remaining and was ridden out in the closing stages to deny Shelzawa (Zelzal) by a short-neck.
Warriors Whisper is the third of five foals and second scorer produced by G3 Park Express Stakes victrix Normandel (Le Havre), who is a half-sister to G1 Grand Prix de Paris hero Mont Ormel (Air Chief Marshal). Descendants of her second dam Lidana (King's Best), herself a half-sister to dual Group 1-winning sire Linngari (Indian Ridge), also include G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and G1 Coronation Cup victor Pyledriver (Harbour Watch). The February-foaled bay is kin to a two-year-old filly by Mehmas and...
The Asian Racing Conference (ARC) will meet in Riyadh from February 9-14 in conjunction with the Saudi Cup meeting. The theme is “Honouring Tradition, Shaping the Future” and consists of a three-day business programme designed to provoke meaningful dialogue, strategic insights and key learnings to address the challenges and opportunities facing the horseracing industry.
A gathering of the International Forum for the After Care of Racehorses (IFAR) will take place on Monday, where HRH Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al Faisal, chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCoSA), will open proceedings. Prince Bandar and Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and chairman of the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) will welcome delegates to the opening ceremony of ARC that evening.
Three days of discussion covering topics from the role of equestrianism and sport in Saudi's Vision 2030 ambitions, the impact and role of the Gulf Horseracing Council, as...
After being implemented and put into effect on Thursday, NYRA, citing a need to upgrade its tote system, announced Friday that the new “guardrail rails” put in place regarding Computer Assisted Wagering (CAW) will not go into effect until Feb. 11. With winter weather having knocked out the Saturday and Sunday cards at Aqueduct, the 11th is the next scheduled day of racing.
“The guardrails requiring CAW activity to cease at 1 MTP have been suspended today to allow for technical upgrades to the tote system,” read a NYRA statement. “The win pool, Late Pick 5 and Pick 6 restrictions remain in effect. NYRA expects the CAW guardrails to be in place February 11 and moving forward.
In 2021, NYRA began prohibiting CAW players from wagering into the win pool later than two minutes to post.
Before being temporarily suspended, the new rules went into effect Thursday. Under the “guardrails,” NYRA will require CAW activity to cease at one minute to post in all wagering pools...
It would have been understandable had Pierre Gasnier felt daunted by the task at hand when he succeeded Georges Rimaud as manager of the French studs for the Aga Khan family at the start of 2025. But then, so eventful a year did it out turn to be, it was probably for the best that he didn't have much chance to stop and weigh up the enormity of his new role.
For a start, this week brought with it the one-year anniversary of the death of His Highness Aga Khan IV, who became one of the most successful owner-breeders of the modern era after taking control of the family's bloodstock interests upon the death of his father, Prince Aly Khan, in 1960.
The loss of Aga Khan IV was a hammer blow to all of those who worked for him, as well as instilling in them a determination to continue the methods that had been successful for so many years.
“Very badly, as you can imagine,” Gasnier says of how the tight-knit team at the Aga Khan Studs was affected by the death of its...
The 2026 Inglis Digital USA February Sale closed on Friday, Feb. 6, and the online event was led by broodmare prospect More Than a Diva who brought $50,000, the company said in a press release on Friday afternoon.
Robert Chasanoff secured the sales topper More Than a Diva, a winning daughter of More Than Ready, out of a half-sister to classic winner and prominent young sire Tiz the Law (by Constitution).
Bred by JSM Equine, the 6-year-old More Than a Diva is out of the Unbridled's Song mare Diva Style, whose trio of winners also includes SW Haute Diva (Constitution), who is being pointed for the Kentucky Oaks...