We have to report that sadly, in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp, this year’s classic winning Coroebus broke a leg during the race and was put down. Frankie Dettori fell foul of the German whip rules in Baden Baden. At Burghley in the UK, the horse trials keep the eventing community busy for one
There are two racing festivals in Europe during August, one at Deauville in France and the other at York in the UK. Both had some excellent racing on the cards including Baaeed, currently the number one rated horse in the world; and secondly, the Australian wonder mare – Veery Elleegent – over for a European
The race was first run in 1951 after it was an amalgamation of two races, the first was the King George Vi Stakes, a race over two miles which was first run in 1946. The second race was to celebrate and commemorate The King’s wife, Queen Elizabeth. This was first run in 1948 and was
The Nations Cup for dressage and show jumping circuit continued in Sweden at Falsterbo. It was clearly a good weekend for Denmark and Belgium as Sweden stuttered. In The Netherlands a five star show jumping event was held at Valkenswaard while at the Curragh in Ireland the fourth classic, The Irish Oaks was run. In
The Newmarket July Racing Festival over the three days produced some great results for the fillies. Following the big Aachen week last week, sport horse competition took a breather. In the United States the Belmont races were run in New York and in France, than annual Deauville jamboree got underway. The main show jumping event
The last weekend in June saw three major show jumping events. across Europe at Hickstead, Paris and Rotterdam and the one 5 star dressage event at Rotterdam; and to top it all off, in Ireland there was the Irish Derby. At Hickstead in the UK, there was the sixtieth running of the famous Hickstead Derby
After the excitement of the Royal Meeting last week, there were other international sport horse events of note in Luhmuhlen for the eventers, and at Stockholm and Spruce Meadows for show jumping. At Chantilly, in France, Hollie Doyle rode the winner of the Prix de Diane the French Oaks, her first classic success. In Luhmuhlen
The third day of The Royal Meeting was a nightmare for Frankie Dettori with nothing going right for the jockey. We thought that The Queen would attend the meeting today, but sadly She declined, much to the sorrow of the huge crowd. Princess Anne took her place and presented the prize for the Gold Cup,
The first day, many regard, as the best day of racing – at least the purists do. The big question this year was how many days, if any at all, will The Queen attend the 2022 Royal Ascot Meeting, back with all the carriage driving down the straight mile and razzmatazz which the whole meeting
This weekend has been an historic one for us in the UK but really, for the whole world as the celebrations of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee took place. Aidan O’Brien broke yet another record by winning the most number of British classic races ever with Tuesday in the Oaks. Sir Michael Stoute took
Lester Piggott, many would say was the best jockey of all time sadly died yesterday in a Swiss hospital. The out pouring of adulation for ‘the greatest’ is a testament to the brilliance of his jockeyship. We offer our condolences to trainer William Haggas, Lester’s son in law and his daughter Susan as well as
All bloodstock and racing eyes were on The Curragh where both the Tattersalls sponsored Irish One and Two Thousand Guineas took place. Meanwhile the showjumping world turned its attention to St Tropez this weekend as they staged the fifth of the eight stage of the Longines Global Champions League. Gareth Hughes of Great Britain won
The first weekend of the month of May saw a double for James Doyle winning both classics at the Guineas Festival at Newmarket, the first two classics of the European season and of course the Landrover Kentucky horse trials in the USA in which Michael Jung from Germany frankly gave a master class. After the
Wow – what a mouth-watering month of May and early June we can look forward to, with so much top class racing and sport horse competition around the world, but particularly in the United Kingdom, all spiced up with the magnificent achievement of Her Majesty The Queen celebrating Her Platinum Jubilee at the end of
Over the years, since its first running, The Grand National at Aintree, since its first running in 1839, has thrown up some remarkable stories. This year was another, where an amazing fairy tale story unfolded. Although it is now nearly a week since the great race, the subject is still close to many hearts. The
