#UK RACING: Jockey Frankie Dettori confesses to Gold Cup nerves as Love fills Ascot air
ASCOT, United Kingdom (AFP) - Frankie Dettori registered Royal Ascot winner number 75 on Wednesday but the superstar Italian jockey said he was nervous ahead of his record-equalling bid with Stradivarius in the Ascot Gold Cup. The 50-year-old rode an impeccable race on 22/1 outsider Indie Angel to win the Duke of Cambridge Stakes, giving […]
#UK RACING: Watch Hollie Doyle win at Royal Ascot 2021
#UK RACING: Watch Oxted win the King's Stand at Royal Ascot
#UK RACING: Watch Berkshire Shadow win the Coventry Stakes (2-y-o) at Royal Ascot
#UK RACING: Watch Palace Pier win the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot
Veteran trainer Bolger grabs headlines at Ascot on and off the track
ASCOT, United Kingdom (AFP) - Veteran trainer Jim Bolger's bombshell claims over doping in Irish racing captured the headlines ahead of Royal Ascot, but on Tuesday he stole the spotlight on the racecourse as Poetic Flare won the St James' Palace Stakes. The 79-year-old Irishman told the Irish Independent there would be "a Lance Armstrong" […]
#US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert sues New York Racing Association in Federal Court
Bob Baffert is suing the New York Racing Association in federal court in an attempt to end his indefinite suspension, levied after Medina Spirit’s positive drug test following the Kentucky Derby, according to legal documents filed Monday. The trainer claims his rights to due process and to participate in New York racing are being violated […]
#UK RACING: Watch Stradivarius win the 2020 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
#UK RACING: The magnificent Stradivarius seeks more Royal Ascot history
Stradivarius is chasing a remarkable fifth consecutive win at Royal Ascot next week – with a record-equalling fourth Gold Cup in his sights. The leading light among John and Thady Gosden’s stellar team of older horses, if the seven-year-old prevails again on Thursday, he will join Yeats as the most successful in the history of […]
#UK RACING: Royal Ascot day one: Palace Pier faces two Aidan O'Brien challengers in Queen Anne
Hot favourite Palace Pier is set to face 10 rivals in the opening Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The Kingman colt won a thrilling renewal of the St James’s Palace Stakes on the same card 12 months ago – and went on to double his Group One tally in the Prix Jacques […]