Francis Keogh

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Francis Keogh

John Gosden will saddle leading contender Field Of Gold as the top trainer looks to finally win the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday. The 74-year-old, who set up as a trainer nearby in 1989, has won all four of the other British Classics and more than 3,000 races in all. AdvertisementNow training alongside son Thady, he hopes his impressive Craven Stakes winner can close the missing gap in his illustrious CV. "It has never weighed on my mind.

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Francis Keogh |Callum Matthews

Gerwyn Price won night 12 of the Premier League Darts in Liverpool as Luke Littler suffered an agonising defeat by Michael van Gerwen. Welshman Price moved up to third in the table with a 6-4 success over England's Luke Humphries in the final. AdvertisementIt was a third nightly win of the campaign for the 40-year-old after his victories in Dublin and Nottingham. Price, the 2021 world champion, averaged 104.43 on a night where he topped the ton mark in all three matches.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Francis Keogh

A major horse racing shock happened on Good Friday as 200-1 outsider Heavenly Heather won at Newcastle. The filly, trained by Tracey Waggott at her stables near Durham, is the joint longest-priced winner in British Flat racing history. Heavenly Heather, ridden by Amie Waugh, landed the Fillies and Mares Championships Handicap on All Weather Finals Day. The horse had been beaten in all her previous five starts. "We always knew she was a really good horse," Waggott said.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Francis Keogh

Image source, EPA/PA MediaImage caption, Willie Mullins (left) has now won back-to-back Grand Nationals BBC Sport senior journalist at AintreeTearful Willie Mullins said he had reached the peak of his record-breaking career as a trainer after his jockey son Patrick led home an unprecedented 1-2-3 in the Grand National. Victory confirmed the dominance of the Irish trainer, who saddled five of the first seven home, including winner Nick Rockett.

2 months ago | sports.yahoo.com | Francis Keogh

Inothewayurthinkin won the Cheltenham Gold Cup as Galopin Des Champs was denied a historic hat-trick. The 15-2 winner, ridden by Mark Walsh for trainer Gavin Cromwell and owner JP McManus, charged clear up the hill to beat the gallant two-time victor by six lengths, with Gentlemansgame in third. McManus' other runner Corbetts Cross was a heavy faller while Ahoy Senor came down earlier in the race and hampered Galopin Des Champs.