Nick Robson

4 days ago | irishexaminer.com | Nick Robson

Having dominated the Derby and Oaks trials at Chester this week, Aidan O’Brien supplies the two favourites for the Lingfield equivalents in Puppet Master and Giselle. The Ballydoyle handler fields two in the William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes, a listed event run on a track with a sweeping left-hand turn, said to best resemble the test the colts and fillies will face at Epsom. O’Brien has won the Derby Trial on six occasions, with Anthony Van Dyck following up at Epsom in 2019.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Nick Robson

Aidan O'Brien may have been off the mark at Newmarket on Guineas weekend but he bounced back in no uncertain terms at Chester's May meeting by winning both Classic trials on the opening day with Minnie Hauk and Lambourn. Expanded and Lake Victoria failed to live up to market expectations in the 2000 and 1000 Guineas respectively, but any talk of O'Brien's three-year-old crop not being up to speed has quickly been put to bed.

1 week ago | pa.media | Nick Robson

Charlie Appleby has hailed the £2million bonus offered by Betfred to any horse capable of winning the Triple Crown as “great for the sport”. The Triple Crown comprises of the 2000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger and was last achieved by Nijinsky in 1970, while Camelot came close in 2012, failing by just three-quarters of a length at the final stage.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Nick Robson

Ruling Court held off big-race favourite Field Of Gold to give Charlie Appleby his third Betfred 2000 Guineas win in four years at Newmarket. The choice of William Buick, the son of Justify was ridden confidently by the Godolphin number one, with Kieran Shoemark never far behind on the John and Thady Gosden-trained Craven scorer Field Of Gold, as they raced from stalls 11 and 10 respectively.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Nick Robson

Constitution Hill remains on course for a trip to the Punchestown Festival, according to Nicky Henderson. Now with questions to answer having fallen at both Cheltenham and Aintree, he has still to be beaten when completing and a clash with the likes of Lossiemouth, State Man, Birghterdaysahead and Champion Hurdle heroine Golden Ace is a mouthwatering prospect in the Boodles Champion Hurdle on May 2.