Racing News

Enable rules in historic King George romp

The Queen may have missed her regular visit to Ascot last month, but the queen of the turf lit up the royal racecourse yesterday when Enable (Nathaniel) registered a history-making win in the King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 4f). In beating Sovereign (Galileo) by a cosy five and a half lengths,... Read More

Twilight puts daylight between himself and the rest in Curragh romp

Twilight Payment (Teofilo) successfully defended his title in yesterday’s Curragh Cup (Gr 2, 1m 6f) as he kept up his good recent run of form with a runaway win which could potentially serve as a warm up for a return trip to Australia and a second tilt at the Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). The... Read More

Ghaiyyath strikes in Eclipse as Enable goes down fighting

Flat queen Enable (Nathaniel) suffered her second consecutive defeat when she failed to reel in Godolphin’s Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) in yesterday’s Eclipse Stakes (Gr 1, 1m 2f) at Sandown. Heartbreakingly beaten when bidding for Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr 1, 2400m) history in October, Enable lost little in defeat, especially as her trainer John Gosden... Read More

Serpentine brings up Derby/Oaks double for Galileo and O’Brien

Just over an hour after Galileo’s (Sadler’s Wells) daughter Love took out the Oaks (Gr 1, 1m 4f), the stallion became the first since his own father in 2001 to sire the winner of the Classic double, as his son Serpentine ran away with the Derby (Gr 1, 1m 4f) at Epsom yesterday. In one... Read More

Rich Enuff lands first stakes winner

Woodside Park Stud’s first season sire Rich Enuff (Written Tycoon) joined a select group by producing a stakes winner from his first crop when Plutocrat took out the Tattersall’s Club Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Eagle Farm yesterday. Rich Enuff joined Night Of Thunder (Dubawi), Pride Of Dubai (Street Cry), Headwater (Exceed And Excel), I’m All... Read More

Madam Rouge expected to race on next season after Stradbroke placing

Zoustar mare unlikely to back up in Dane Ripper at Eagle Farm Stradbroke Handicap (Gr 1, 1400m) runner-up Madam Rouge (Zoustar) is a doubtful starter in Saturday’s Dane Ripper Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) with connections confident the rising five-year-old has bigger things in store next season. The Chris Waller-trained Madam Rouge, a dual stakes-winning daughter... Read More