Category: Flat racing

Ireland’s champion jockey elect Billy Lee. The 40-year-old from Limerick is on the brink of becoming the oldest first-time champion flat jockey in almost 50 years. A 1994 Castletown Donkey Derby has become one of Ireland’s most-watched YouTube videos, with nearly two million views. In that event, a seven-year-old Billy Lee lost out to his […]

Diamond Necklace finished third in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and may now contest the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland, subject to her recovery. The filly started from the widest draw in stall 16 yet produced a strong effort. She was kept three wide throughout and finished narrowly behind Bay City Roller, with Daryz […]

Ryan Moore and the racehorse Shergar will be inducted into the British Racing Hall of Fame following a unanimous decision by the selection panel. Moore’s Career Highlights Moore began his riding career as a jumps jockey and recorded his first win under rules on Mersey Beat at Towcester. Over more than three decades, he has […]

gofund.me/0d2c9cb72 PLEASE Share Kaitlyn, a 21-year-old amateur jockey from County Tipperary is recovering from a spinal cord injury after a fall on the gallops. The rider, a student at University College Dublin, suffered the injury in a simple fall while riding. She is now receiving ongoing treatment and faces significant lifestyle changes as she works […]

  Daryz became the first colt in almost 50 years to win Europe’s most prestigious race, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, in successive seasons with a brilliant victory at ParisLongchamp. Not since the Vincent O’Brien-trained Alleged and Lester Piggott in 1977 and 1978 has a colt managed to defend his title. Once Mickael […]

Group 1 Breakthrough for Jack Nicholls as Miss Yechance Claims Abbaye Glory Jockey Jack Nicholls upheld family tradition in the G1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines when delivering Miss Yechance with a perfectly-executed run. The three-year-old filly by Cotai Glory emulated the 2002 success of his grandfather’s Continent in the five-furlong dash. The 73-10 […]

AMUSINGLY won the G1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp, beating the colts in the two-year-old race. The horse, trained by Francis-Henri Graffard and ridden by Colin Keane, was supplemented into the contest as the sole filly in the field.

Green Empress, was superb for Joseph O’Brien at ParisLongchamp today, taking the Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac and giving Owning Hill another Group 1 on Arc day. The two-year-old filly, ridden by Christophe Soumillon, won the Group 1 over 1,600 metres on good-to-soft ground. She hit the front inside the final half-furlong and held Christopher Head’s […]

  A two-year-old filly by Nyquist won the Darley Alcibiades Stakes at Keeneland on Friday, securing a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Emphatic took the lead from the start and held off a challenge from Summer Starlet in the stretch. The filly finished 1¼ lengths ahead, with Oh She Said Yes finishing third. […]

**Market order, best price** | Horse | Best price | Draw | |—|—|—| | Daryz | 13/8 | 5 | | Kalpana | 7/2 | 6 | | Maltese Cross | 7/1 | 11 | | Thundering On | 8/1 | 3 | | Varandir | 11/1 | 4 | | Diamond Necklace | 12/1 […]