Inver Park continued an excellent year for George Boughey’s Newmarket team when landing the Buckingham Palace Handicap, providing his trainer with a first Royal Ascot victory. The action unfolded towards the far side of the track and 12/1 chance Inver … Read more
The G3 Hampton Court Stakes was supposed to be a coronation for The Queen’s Reach For The Moon but Claymore wasn’t having any of it and proved too strong for the red-hot 2/5 favourite. Given a perfectly judged front-running ride … Read more
Not many maidens win Royal Ascot handicaps but Thesis proved that it’s not impossible when landing the Britannia Stakes at odds of 14/1. With a handicap mark of 90 after four placed efforts, the son of Kingman quickened well to … Read more
Kyprios is the new star of the staying division after winning a tactical but dramatic renewal of the 2022 G1 Gold Cup for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore. Sent off the well-backed 13/8 favourite after two impressive wins in Ireland, … Read more
Magical Lagoon turned what looked a sure-fire defeat into an unlikely victory when she dug deep to get back past Sea Silk Road in a thrilling renewal of the G2 Ribblesdale Stakes. Sea Silk Road (15/8F) appeared to have put … Read more
A progressive three-year-old is normally required to win the King George V Stakes and that certainly looks the case with 2022 winner Secret State, who justified joint-favouritism in gutsy fashion on his handicap debut. The well-bred son of Dubawi brought … Read more
Richard Fahey landed his second successive Norfolk Stakes as The Ridler caused a 50/1 shock in the opening G2 sprint on day three of Royal Ascot. Twelve months after Perfect Power landed the five-furlong contest at odds of 14/1, Fahey … Read more
Race 5 Trodaire [3] Coralee [10] Sino Witness [8] Race 6 Pouvoir De Soie [12] Yeldarb [1] Squami [5] Race 7 Ojosan [12] Lord Domino [1] Swift Hit [6] Race 8 Otelo [4] Super Aurora [13] Duke Of Neworleans [1] … Read more
Nine years after his last Royal Ascot winner, Neil Callan lifted Rising Star to glory in the concluding Kensington Palace Handicap. Callan, nicknamed ‘the iron man’, got a great tune out of the 40/1 outsider, who was tucked away … Read more
It took 13 races but 10-time leading Royal Ascot trainer Aidan O’Brien finally got his week up and running as Little Big Bear landed an almighty plunge in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes. Sent off the 6/5 favourite under … Read more
Long-time friends Charlie Hills and James McDonald teamed up to win the Royal Hunt Cup with the prolific Dark Shift, who landed the biggest prize of his career. The improving son of Dark Angel was held up down the … Read more
Saffron Beach stormed to a three-and-a-half length victory in the G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes to give trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam her first Royal Ascot success since 2016. Despite being penalised for her G1 Sun Chariot Stakes win last season, … Read more
Bay Bridge appeared to have outstanding claims for the G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes but supporters of the Sir Michael Stoute-trained favourite were undone by a masterful front-running ride from Shane Crosse aboard State Of Rest. It was a … Read more
Eldar Eldarov justified his strong home reputation by snatching victory in a thrilling finish to the G2 Queen’s Vase Stakes. The unbeaten colt joined Zechariah on the line and, after a considerable wait, the judge finally called David Egan’s … Read more
Dramatised confirmed the promise of her stunning debut success by running away from a high-quality G2 Queen Mary Stakes field under the in-form Danny Tudhope. Sent off the 5/2 favourite, Dramatised was never far away from the pace towards … Read more
Shahryar will bid to become the first Japanese-trained horse to win a race at Royal Ascot when he lines up in Wednesday’s (15 June) G1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes (2003m). After winning last year’s G1 Tokyo Yushun (2400m) – … Read more
Australian star Nature Strip lit up the opening day of Royal Ascot by running out a stunning four-and-a-half-length winner of the G1 King’s Stand Stakes. It was a King’s Stand Stakes that had a major international flavour to it, with … Read more
Race 1 Impel [5] Starianne [3] Hoops [4] Love Is Easy [8] Race 2 Forest Diamond [3] Phere The Ex [4] Insulation [5] Vadaboy [7] Race 3 Literary Magnate [1] Zourisky [6] Mere Fancy [5] Race 4 Tycoon Humma [4] … Read more
Get Shirty dug deep in the closing stages of the concluding Copper Horse Handicap to provide jockey Daniel Tudhope with a 356/1 double on the opening day of Royal Ascot. Tudhope, who steered Dubai Future to an easy success in … Read more
Dubai Future completed an opening-day double for Godolphin after running away with what had looked a super competitive renewal of the Listed Wolferton Stakes. Just over an hour after Coroebus carried the royal blue silks to victory in the G1 … Read more
Chester Cup runner-up Coltrane (14/1) provided young jockey Callum Hutchinson with a first Royal Ascot winner as he repelled the challenge of 3/1 favourite Bring On The Night in the Ascot Stakes. In a hugely competitive edition of the famous … Read more
Coroebus became the 16th horse to complete the 2,000 Guineas/St James’s Palace Stakes double in the post-war period after edging a thrilling finish to the G1 mile contest for colts. In what turned out to be a steadily-run affair, Coroebus … Read more
Bradsell showed his rivals a clean pair of heels to land a hot renewal of the G2 Coventry Stakes in striking fashion. The son of Tasleet, who looked a superstar when bolting up at York on debut, confirmed the promise … Read more
Baaeed cemented his position as the world’s highest-rated racehorse with a straightforward success in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot. Sent off the 1/6 favourite for the opening contest of the Royal Meeting, the unbeaten son of Sea The … Read more
Race 5 La Spezia [2] Love Takes Time [5] Maid Of Iron [3] She’s A Karaka [8] Race 6 Threeandfourpence [8] Princess Rhaenys [7] Eureka Street [6] Reuber [3] Race 7 Mosscon [12] Awapuni Princess [3] Apres La Mer [10] … Read more
Continuing striking progress, Campione claimed a HK$1.5 million High Achievement Bonus with a brilliant victory in the Class 2 Lai Pek Shan Handicap (1200, dirt) at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 June), possibly earning a tilt at the Class 1 … Read more
Race 6 Super Thief [7] Reward With Return [2] Screwed Down [9] Cadboll [3] Race 7 Lunatic Fringe [6] Irish Butterfly [8] Taramansour [2] Miss Five Hundred [11] Race 8 Proconsent [3] Hi Stranger [1] Biometric [4] Silent Sovereign [2] … Read more
More than 30 Meydan Racecourse graduates entered across five-day meeting More than 30 Dubai World Cup Carnival graduates are set to converge on Royal Ascot next week for the most prestigious five days of racing in the world. Carnival form … Read more
Australia’s two leading sprinters, Nature Strip and Home Affairs, had their first experience of Ascot ahead of next week’s Royal Meeting with a workout at the track this morning, Friday, 10th June. Nature Strip, the world’s top-rated sprinter, is on … Read more
Race 1 Starts With Hello [4] Valaroc [2] Four Winds [8] Lumber Punk [1] Race 2 Legless Lady [13] Willaston [6] Chuck Nation [2] Yeah Yeah Nah [10] Race 3 Gold Bucket [1] Everylittle Breeze [2] Soames [8] Prance ‘N … Read more