Coil, Stay Thirsty and Shackleford Battle for Travers Supremacy: It doesn't look like Hurricane Irene is going to have too much of an influence on the mid-summer Derby that is set to unfold at Saratoga Racecourse tomorrow. The category 3 storm is hurtling towards the eastern coast of the United States and there had been questions over whether one of the... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Friday, August 26, 2011 - 16:13
Strong Suit Ships to Longchamp With Eye on Breeders' Cup Mile: As Saturday's Betfair Celebration Mile draws nearer by the day, we have seen one of the key contenders drop out because of unsuitable going at Goodwood. Strong Suit, trained by Richard Hannon, has been one of the outside fancies for the 2011 Breeders' Cup Mile and has been looking at a... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Friday, August 26, 2011 - 03:31
Sea Moon Favoured Amongst 17 in St Leger: We have just had the field for the 2011 St Leger at Doncaster cut down to a mere 17 runners with many of the longer-term contenders remaining in the mix for this one. The premier staying race on the English calendar, the Doncaster classic looks set to provide another fantastic iteration this year.... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 16:45
Travers Stakes Betting Preview: The entries and post positions for the 2011 Travers Stakes have been announced and this one looks set to pit the creme-de-la-creme of the east coast contingent of American thoroughbred racing. A fascinating encounter that many consider to be the mid-summer Derby at Saratoga, punters will see these... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 16:43
Snow Fairy Confirmed for Irish Champion Stakes: Snow Fairy certainly hasn't been having much luck with her recent entries having been withdrawn from the Yorkshire Oaks at York and the Prix Jean Romanent at Deauville. Connections now have her lined up for a run at the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown and she will likely get a fair amount... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 15:40
Await The Dawn On The Drift for Breeders' Classic: After losing out to Twice Over in the Group 1 Juddmonte International, despite being beat down to a 4/5 price by overzealous punters, Await The Dawn is still awaiting his first top level victory as ante post punters have been sent back to earth. For several months, the impressive Ballydoyle... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 21:46
Snow Fairy Out at York and Heading to Deauville: The Darley Yorkshire Oaks is now without a headliner as Ed Dunlop-trained Snow Fairy was pulled out at the 24 hour mark. Connections pointed to the going as the reason why they made the last minute switch. The multiple Group 1 winning globetrotting filly was commanding a very respectable price with... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 21:42
Godolphin Saddle Spoilers for Great Voltigeur: In high-profile race meetings like the York Ebor you are usually seeing the blue team turn out some of their most talented charges. Instead, we've got the Group 2 Great Voltigeur seeing two rather cheeky entrants from Godolphin. Neither of Genius Beast or Hunter's Light is taking any money... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 16:47
Snow Fairy Backed for Yorkshire Oaks: A first-rate cadre of fillies and mares are set to contest the Darley Yorkshire Oaks, a Group 1 event at York racecourse on Thursday. Acting as the day's de facto feature race, the 1m4f contest sets up the victor with a berth in the British Champion Series in October at Ascot. The talented... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 16:36
Goldikova Facing Questions After Loss to Immortal Verse: The latest news from Deauville is that living-legend Goldikova has just failed in her attempt to score an incredible 15 Group 1 victories over her stories career. Beaten by 16/1 contender Immortal Verse, the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard saw Goldikova draw an extremely wide post and track a... Read More; A.J. Ryder; Monday, August 15, 2011 - 15:32