#UK RACING: MEETS ABANDONED FOLLOWING DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 11

Racing at Southwell and Chelmsford on Thursday evening was abandoned following the death of the Queen. The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) also announced the meetings scheduled for Friday (September 9, 2022) including the third day of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster – have also been cancelled. An announcement will be made on Friday regarding plans […]

#UK RACING: WATCH HURRICANE LANE THE 2021 ENGLISH ST LEGER

VIDEO REPLAY BELOW ARTICLE The final Classic of the English racing season, the Cazoo St Leger, will feature a maximum of 11 runners on Saturday next, September 10, 2022. Like this season’s Derby and Oaks, there are no previous Group One winners in the line-up. I’d imagine that represents some kind of record. The extended 1m 6f […]

#UK RACING: FRANKIE DETTORI RECEIVES 14-DAY BAN

Frankie Dettori and Torquator Tasso were narrowly denied in their quest to land the 152nd Wettstar Grosser Preis von Baden – with the evergreen Italian also handed a 14-day ban for misuse of the whip aboard the defending Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe champion. Dettori, who had been touched off in the Group Two Brunner-Oettingen Rennen earlier […]

#US RACING: WATCH FLIGHTLINE ROMP THE US$1M PACIFIC CLASSIC

NOTE - VIDEO PLACED BELOW ARTICLE Flightline dazzled with a record 19 1/4-length victory in the $1 million Pacific Classic. Trainer John Sadler expected as much, he just kept it to himself. "You can say it after the race, but you can't say it going in or you look like a jerk," he said. Flightline's […]

#US RACING: HORSERACING PANEL'S NATIONWIDE POWER QUESTIONED IN COURT

The future of a new national authority tasked with developing and enforcing nationwide horseracing rules was at stake Tuesday before a federal appeals court in New Orleans, with challengers saying Congress granted the panel too much power. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is a non-profit created in an act of Congress in 2020 — […]