US RACING: McKinzie wins Sunday’s Triple Bend feature at Santa Anita

Making his first start in the U.S. this season, McKinzie broke from the outside stall and remained widest of all when coming from off the pace to win Sunday's US$200,000 Triple Bend Stakes (G-2) at Santa Anita Park. Reunited with Hall of Famer Mike Smith, McKinzie stalked fractions of :23.59 and :46.13 set by Ax […]

UK RACING: Trainer Aidan O'Brien feels the Love in English 1000 Guineas

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Love won the English 1000 Guineas on Sunday at Newmarket to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his sixth win in the race. Ryan Moore took control in the final furlong, forging clear of longtime leader Cloak of Spirits while favourite Quadrilateral was third. Love's victory was O'Brien's fourth win in the […]

US RACING: Honor A. P. wins Santa Anita Derby

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Honor A. P. won the US$400,000 Santa Anita Derby by 2 3/4 lengths Saturday to move into the Kentucky Derby picture. Honor A. P ridden by Mike Smith ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.97 to give Smith's his third straight win and fourth overall in the West Coast's major prep for […]

US RACING: Undefeated Charlatan to miss Derby with minor ankle issue

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Undefeated Charlatan will miss the rescheduled Kentucky Derby this fall after being sidelined by a minor ankle issue. Trainer Bob Baffert said Saturday that the colt has a filling, or swelling, in a front ankle. As a result, Charlatan will not be ready to race in time for the Kentucky Derby […]

UK RACING: Frankie Dettori wins for Godolphin for the first time in eight years

Frankie Dettori celebrated his first winner in the Godolphin silks in eight years after steering Terebellum to glory in the Betfair Dahlia Fillies' Stakes at Newmarket. Ranging up with plenty of horse underneath him at the two-furlong pole, Dettori got the reaction he hoped for from the Sea The Stars filly when asking for her […]

UK RACING: 'Tortoise' Kameko downs Pinatubo to take English 2000 Guineas

LONDON, United Kingdom - Kameko, whose name means "child of tortoise" in Japanese, was anything but slow on Saturday as he stormed home to win the opening British horse racing classic of the season in the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Kameko, named by Qatari owner Sheikh Fahad al-Thani's wife Melissa, picked up late under […]

UK RACING: Pinatubo puts unbeaten record on line in English 2000 Guineas

LONDON, United Kingdom - Pinatubo will bid to make it seven wins from seven races on Saturday in the English 2000 Guineas but it will be a vastly different atmosphere at Newmarket to the one he experienced last October. Then, in front of a packed racecourse, the Charlie Appleby-trained star won the Dewhurst Stakes confirming […]

UK RACING: Racing set to sparkle after 'sticky start' says trainer Gosden

LONDON, United Kingdom - English racing is due to move up a gear with the first classics of the flat season this weekend after leading British trainer John Gosden described the sport's resumption as having "a sticky start" following the coronavirus lockdown. Gosden has trained more than 100 Group One winners across the globe, clinching […]