Today at Ascot, Group races returned to the fore with five of the seven races being of top Group action. The main race of the day was the Commonwealth Cup, a sprint contest over six furlongs for 3 year olds and up. Other headline races were three Group 2 races, the Hardwick Stakes, the Chesham
After the euphoria yesterday of Her Majesty winning the Windsor Castle Stakes, there would be no such result today as She had no runners. The third day of The Royal Meeting was always likely to be about the Gosden trained Stradivarius, aiming to win his third Gold Cup in consecutive years. Ascot has had quite
After the first day at Royal Ascot with so many Group races, the fayre today is somewhat more muted with only two Group races one of which is the famous Prince of Wales Group 1. With heavy showers overnight, the going at the track turned from the firm side of good to the ‘soft’ side
Well the first major sporting event of the world since the global lock down has arrived – and very surreal it is, with the whole meeting being held entirely behind closed doors! Royal Ascot begins. However, No Queen or Royal procession, no owners and none of the usual 60,000 crowd. Very odd!! This is the
The main news for this week surrounds once again our old subject of corona virus. The good news is that instead of lamenting the loss of all equestrian sport, we can report firm plans for the start of most equine pursuits. Racing has been in the fore front of return to sport and with their
Since 1711, when Queen Anne decided that Ascot was the perfect place to allow horses to gallop at full stretch, the Royal Meeting at Ascot has been the highlight of the ‘social season’ in Great Britain, famous for its attendance of Royalty, horse racing and fashion. This year the meeting, like so many other events
It seems extraordinary that the flat racing season has been going only for five days before the first classic of the season is run at Newmarket? Obviously the whole of the season so far has been mutilated and several re-drawing of plans have had to be done to allow the sport to get this far.
Racing is back! Hurray! Today, we are in the third day of horse racing in England, and so far, of the 39 races run at both Newcastle and Kempton, all limited to 12 runners each race there have been 468 runners. Every race full, with a long waiting list for each race, and many unable
With Boris Johnson still in intensive care and the UK lock down likely to remain in place for some time, we show the champions of the Spring Showjumping Championships from 2017. We would have normally reported on this event which was due to have taken place a week or so ago, so a dip into
To continue our video series, we post the video taken by Goldeneye of the sale of Dancing Rain – Champion race mare, winner of the Epsom Oaks and bred in the purple. See the video below. I have attended the sales at Tattersalls in Newmarket, selling the best of bloodstock the world has to offer
