Sports Journalist · 13 articles
Andrew Balding has said that it would ‘mean a lot’ to follow in his father’s footsteps and win Saturday’s BOYLE Sports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. The Kingsclere-based trainer makes the short trip for the Group 1 contest this weekend as leader of the Trainers’ Championship and has two runners in the form of Jonquil and […]
Brittany Russell takes a live home-track chance into Saturday’s 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park, where unbeaten Taj Mahal gives Maryland’s reigning leading trainer a shot at becoming the first woman to win the middle leg of the Triple Crown. Russell will saddle Taj Mahal in a full field of 14 Preakness Stakes runners. The […]
Great White is still on course for the 151st Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park, but trainer John Ennis says the final call will depend on how the grey gelding feels in an easy half-mile workout scheduled for Saturday in Lexington. But he remains a live Preakness possibility less than a week after his Kentucky Derby […]
Express Kid turned in sharp gate work at Lone Star Park, and Bull by the Horns is increasingly likely to bypass the Peter Pan route for Laurel, adding fresh movement to a Preakness entry race that is capped at 14 starters plus two also-eligibles. The shape of the 151st Preakness Stakes is still shifting more […]
The British Horseracing Authority has told trainers and racing staff to tighten biosecurity measures after reporting a significant rise in equine influenza cases in the wider UK horse population, while stressing there have been no reported cases in licensed training yards. The BHA published updated equine influenza guidance on Saturday, 9 May, broadening the focus […]
Growth Equity strengthened his standing among the late-developing American three-year-olds when Chad Brown’s colt stepped up from maiden company to land the Grade 3 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont at the Big A, though his trainer stopped short of committing him to the Belmont Stakes. He turned Saturday’s Peter Pan Stakes into part of his […]
Saturday’s Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont at the Big A offers one of the last meaningful routes into the Belmont Stakes picture, with Lexington winner Trendsetter, rapidly improving Growth Equity and Withers scorer Talk to Me Jimmy heading a field with clear Classic implications. The race has a familiar role in the American three-year-old calendar: […]
Chester’s May meeting survived a lengthy ground inspection this afternoon before Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore turned the resumed card into another statement performance, landing the Dee Stakes with Constitution River and the Ormonde Stakes with Jan Brueghel. Chester’s second day began in uncertainty after the opening five-furlong handicap prompted concern from jockeys and trainers […]
Saturday’s William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial and Oaks Trial now have their final line-ups, with Godolphin’s unbeaten pair Maho Bay and Romantic Symphony providing the headline names as the Derby and Oaks picture continues to develop. Maho Bay and Romantic Symphony have emerged as the headline acts after final fields were confirmed for Lingfield’s two […]
Plumpton is still scheduled to stage its Sunday, May 10 meeting, but officials are waiting on further test results before any final decision is made after a nearby yard reported a case involving equine influenza and EHV-4. Tests Due Before Decision on Season Finale Plumpton officials remain hopeful that the track’s Sunday finale can go […]
Aidan O’Brien’s Benvenuto Cellini strengthened his Derby credentials with an authoritative win in the Boodles Chester Vase at Chester on Wednesday, giving O’Brien and Ryan Moore a notable Cheshire Oaks-Chester Vase double on the opening day of the May meeting. The 2-9 favourite returned in the Group 3 trial over 1m 4f on good ground […]
Amelia Earhart strengthened her Classic credentials today (Wednesday, 6 May 2026) when she won the Listed Cheshire Oaks at Chester under Ryan Moore, giving Aidan O’Brien another notable trial success on the opening day of the May meeting. Earhart moved herself firmly into the Oaks conversation by landing the Weatherbys Cheshire Oaks at Chester, beating […]