The King’s Cup, the feature event of the Bahraini season, stayed at home on Friday [March 7] when locally trained Sovereign Spirit scored from a cosmopolitan field to claim the $200,000 contest, newly ...

International racing expert Geir Stabell with his ranking of the three-year-olds currently at the centre of conversations ahead of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday May 3 When we first ...

Horse of the Year’s 2025 debut, US entries in Newmarket Classics, a George Woolf Award for Kendrick Carnouche and the end of a Sydney dynasty – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent ...

After some fairly uninspiring preps, Ron Wood finally has something to shout about in his weekly update Now we’re talking. After some less-than-convincing Kentucky Derby trials over the past few weeks ...

Derby favourite: The Lion In Winter is just one of a plethora of Epsom candidates for Aidan O’Brien. Photo: Dan Abraham / focusonracing.com Graham Dench casts his eye over the three-year-olds ...

Pat Day holds up eight fingers in the Churchill Downs winner’s circle after becoming only the third jockey to reach 8,000 career wins in May 2001. Photo: Alamy (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) Our questions are ...

Locked (Jose Ortiz) cruises home to score by a record margin in the Santa Anita Handicap. Photo: Benoit There can be little argument about last week’s star performance ahead of the latest rankings ...

Hollywood Wildcat and Paseana duel to the end of the 1993 Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita. (Barbara Livingston photo) Jay Hovdey’s popular series continues with a champion filly whose ...

In the latest instalment of his weekly Kentucky Derby update, Ron Wood is disinclined to take the Fair Grounds form at face value Surprise winner Magnitude produced a big performance to win the Risen ...

Arc queens: mating plans have been announced for Bluestocking (left) and Enable. Photo: Juddmonte Juddmonte has announced 2025 mating plans for its high-profile broodmare team, led by their two ...