Nicholas Godfrey

1 week ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Nicholas Godfrey

Star stayer Kyprios retired, top US miler Carl Spackler sold, Romantic Warrior surgery, Rosehill Gardens plans thwarted – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing newsBelmont Park back on Breeders’ Cup roster for 2027USA: The Breeders’ Cup will return to New York for the first time in more than two decades with Belmont Park set to host the two-day championships for the fifth time in 2027.

1 week ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Nicholas Godfrey

Voyage Bubble earned major headlines when becoming the first horse for 31 years to complete the Hong Kong Triple Crown with a dominant performance in the the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday [May 25]. In the process, the six-year-old becomes the third horse to represent the region in the world Top 5 according to Thoroughbred Racing Commentary’s exclusive Global Rankings, where HK compatriots Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior retain the top two spots.

2 weeks ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Nicholas Godfrey

Belmont Stakes latest, a setback for major Epsom Derby hope, Shes Perfect appeal fails – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing newsBelmont Stakes: no decision on Journalism’s statusUSA: A decision has yet to be made on whether sensational Preakness Stakes winner Journalism will contest the Belmont Stakes, thereby setting up a ‘decider’ with his Kentucky Derby conqueror Sovereignty in the final leg of the Triple Crown on June 7.

2 weeks ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Nicholas Godfrey

Let no one suggest Journalism’s path through the Triple Crown has been smooth. A beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby undone by the slop at Churchill Downs, the star three-year-old finally got his Classic in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday [May 18]. However, the bare result – a last-gasp half-length success over outsider Gosger – hides a multitude after an extraordinary race for the 150th edition of the second leg of the Triple Crown.

3 weeks ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Byzantine Dream |Nicholas Godfrey

Journalism heads Pimlico Classic, massive whip fine for Junior Alvarado, rancour in Paris and entries for the Arc – all this and more features in our weekly digest of recent international racing newsJournalism heads Preakness StakesUSA: Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism has been given the go-ahead to contest the Preakness Stakes on Saturday [May 17] and will start as hot favorite in a nine-runner field for the second leg of the Triple Crown.