Lewis Porteous

6 days ago | racingpost.com | Lewis Porteous

The Weatherbys Super Sprint or the Group 3 Jaeger-LeCoultre Molecomb Stakes will be next for Royal Ascot scorer Havana Hurricane, who could mix it with his elders at Group 1 level before the season is out. Successful in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes on Wednesday, Havana Hurricane cost owners Jonny Allison and Tom Cartwright just 9,000gns as a yearling and showed you do not necessarily need deep pockets to taste success at the royal meeting.

6 days ago | racingpost.com | Lewis Porteous

Wathnan Racing are looking to take next month's Glorious Goodwood by storm after enjoying a Royal Ascot that went way beyond expectations. The racing stable of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Wathnan celebrated five winners over the five-day royal meeting, including Group 1 success with Lazzat in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. "It was a dream week that went way above expectations," said Richard Brown, racing adviser to Wathnan Racing.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Lewis Porteous

There was no doubting Joe Murphy's popularity after the 70-year-old from Tipperary realised his lifetime ambition thanks to Cercene's tenacious success in the Coronation Stakes. By his own reckoning, Murphy has been training horses for half a century, but he waited for the biggest stage of all before hitting the Group 1 heights for the first time.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Lewis Porteous

If there is one race which encapsulates the cosmopolitan feel of Royal Ascot best, then the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes is it. Raiders from four different nations line up in the £1 million Group 1, a race which historically has attracted some of the fastest sprinters in the world.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Lewis Porteous

Owner Tony Bloom had to be reminded about the rare double he had just completed after Venetian Sun scorched away from her rivals in the Albany Stakes. Just three months earlier the colours of the Brighton & Hove Albion chairman were carried to victory by 100-1 shot Poniros in the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, meaning Bloom had tasted success at both of British racing's flagship festivals in the same year.