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1 week ago | 
racingpost.com | Keith Melrose |Stuart Riley
I joke sometimes that the Commonwealth Cup, rather than the St Leger, ought to be treated as the fifth Classic. I would not pretend to have a fully costed argument to back it up. Still, look at this year's race and the comparison can be made. The market is dominated by horses representing major breeding operations Godolphin, Juddmonte, Coolmore and Aga Khan Studs, while relatively new superpower owners Qatar, Amo and Wathnan also have runners.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Andrew Dietz |Stuart Riley
Jockeys are being prevented from doing their jobs properly by the lack of suitable facilities at racecourses, according to senior Flat rider Sean Levey. The Classic-winning jockey was responding to the deadline set this week by the BHA for tracks to make the necessary upgrades or face sanctions, which the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) slammed as a "continued failure to grip this issue".
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Harry Wilson |Stuart Riley
The Listed Lansdown Stakes at Bath has thrown up the last two winners of this contest, so could it prove to be a race worth following again? Both of those winners were beaten at Bath on their reappearance, with last year’s winner Electric Storm finishing second and Get Ahead coming home in third the year before. Three runners who were beaten in this year’s Lansdown line up here: Frost At Dawn (second), Pure Angel (sixth) and Over The Blues (tenth).
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2 months ago | 
racingpost.com | Robbie Wilders |Stuart Riley
Sandown’s Classic Trial is not renowned for producing Derby winners. It did, however, shed light on an outstanding three-year-old colt a few seasons ago. Westover, trained by Ralph Beckett and owned by Juddmonte, endured a troubled passage when third to Desert Crown in the big one at Epsom before proving himself an exceptional talent with a seven-length strike at the Curragh in the Irish equivalent.
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2 months ago | 
racingpost.com | Keith Melrose |Stuart Riley
The idea of the King George, rather than the Gold Cup, being the most apt formline in the Bowl is hardly new. Silviniaco Conti did the double twice in the mid-2010s, Clan Des Obeaux likewise early this decade. So it is no great surprise the formline that links market leaders Grey Dawning and Spillane's Tower is Kempton on Boxing Day. Where they differ from recent precedent is in light-touch campaigning since. They have run only once between them since then, facing three rivals.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Stuart Riley |Lee Mottershead
The threat of overnight frost during festival week has led Cheltenham clerk of the course Jon Pullin to put down more water on the New course – used on the Thursday and Friday – than the Old, in case they are unable to water after racing. Overnight frosts would complicate matters for Pullin and the groundstaff, and the long-range forecast suggested it was likely, but Pullin said he expected not to put any more water on the Old course before racing on Tuesday.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Stuart Riley |Lee Mottershead
The threat of overnight frost during festival week has led Cheltenham clerk of the course Jon Pullin to put down more water on the New course – used on the Thursday and Friday – than the Old, in case the they are unable to water after racing. Overnight frosts would complicate matters for Pullin and the groundstaff, and the long-range forecast suggested it was likely, but Pullin said he expected not to put any more water on the Old course before racing on Tuesday.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Lewis Porteous |Stuart Riley
It's Champion Hurdle day08:28, 11 March 2025Matchless: Constitution Hill destroys the opposition in the 2023 Champion HurdleCredit: Alan CrowhurstWho do you think will win the Champion Hurdle? The three main options are 2023 winner Constitution Hill, 2024 hero State Man and this year's coming force Brighterdaysahead? It's a question I put to some of our top tipsters and challenged them to name the first three home, in order.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Liam Headd |Stuart Riley
Harry Derham has described the last few months as “incredibly frustrating” but he has full confidence the remainder of the season can be a successful one after he ended a 40-race winless run at Newcastle on Tuesday. And the upwardly mobile young trainer could once again be victorious on the biggest of stages as soon as this weekend, with stable star Queens Gamble heading to the Dublin Racing Festival, where she will be ridden by Rachael Blackmore.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Stuart Riley
Godolphin have announced the 18 finalists from more than 200 nominations for the 21st Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, with the Karl Burke yard responsible for three people making the three-strong shortlists across the six categories. Burke's stable had its best year in 2024 and the staff have shone just as brightly as the horses, with Uwitonze Wenham-Beckford (newcomer), Emma Kettlewell (rider/racing groom) and Anthony Smith (dedication) among the nominees.
