Horse Racing Questions & Answers

Australian racing may be fiercely proud of its most treasured prize but it appears that the foreign challengers for...

Why are overseas runners being kept out of Melbourne Cup. this is not a good news.

Johnny Murtagh has delayed any decision over which horse he will ride in the Investec Derby until next week. Th...

A year ago he was a bit-part player, five months ago he was the new kid on the block and by next month he could be...

Picking winners is never easy - just look at all those short-term loan adverts on the television – but the marketin...

Stotsfold had not won a race since June last year but produced a run at the right time to win the Group Three Blue...

Next week’s Derby meeting at Epsom will be the first when any stewards’ enquiries will be shown live on television....

Saptapadi can win Henry II Stakes Second-guessing trainers can be an expensive business but there can be some cl...

Ryan Moore’s expected return to the saddle has been delayed once more. The champion jockey has been out of actio...

As befits one of the two divas of American horse racing, Rachel Alexandra will be upstaging the main event at Sarat...

I think this horse has everything going for it tomorrow and am going to lump on, would like to hear any other racin...

Crisis, what crisis? It was business as usual at the Richard Hannon yard despite a week when the trainer’s juggerna...

Kauto Star still gets handicapper’s vote He may have missed out on the popularity poll but Kauto Star is still t...

After a hectic trans-Atlantic schedule William Buick could have been forgiven for not knowing whether it was New Yo...

Debussy became the eighth European-trained winner of the Grade One Arlington Million at Arlington Park. Gio Pont...

Travel may broaden the mind but it may not have done much for the peace of mind of Kieren Fallon. The Irishman f...

Form-book students were left with a couple of surprises from this week’s Ebor meeting at York. The most obvious...

Sole Power caused a huge upset when he won the Group One Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York. A drying wind ensure...

Relationships between jockeys and horses can often be short and frenetic affairs but occasionally they can run deep...

Ed Dunlop certainly did not take the soft option with Snow Fairy at York but may do so if he pitches her in for the...