International Races
Dettori to ride Aussie-owned Arc hope
CHAMPION jockey Frankie Dettori will ride Melbourne businessman Lloyd Williams’ Order Of St George in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m) this weekend.
Wicklow Brave books Melbourne Cup ticket
WICKLOW Brave has upset Order Of St George to win the Irish St Leger and book his ticket to the Melbourne Cup.
Hawkes mulls Chautauqua Japan offer
WILL Chautauqua stop over in Japan on his way to Hong Kong? Japanese racing authorities have dangled a carrot to get the superstar sprinter there.
Holler falls short at Royal Ascot
HOLLER has failed to add to Australia’s Diamond Jubilee Stakes honour roll, wilting to a distant seventh in the Royal Ascot feature.
Lloyd: Melbourne Cup not out of Order just yet
LLOYD Williams wants to aim his Ascot Gold Cup winner Order Of St George for the 2016 Melbourne Cup but added his weight will dictate whether that happens.
Analysis: Queen Elizabeth II Cup
ANALYSIS: BARRIER four and the wet conditions will suit Rising Romance but she still has to find improvement to figure prominently in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Outsider causes Grand National boilover
A 33-1 longshot ridden by a 19-year-old jockey gave a trainer whose son died 12 months ago success in the Grand National at Aintree.
Winx to give Royal trip a miss
WINX, the nation’s best racehorse, will be staying at home to thrill Australian race fans this year.
A night at the greatest racetrack in the world
A NIGHT at Hong Kong’s iconic Happy Valley Racecourse fulfils a long-held dream, even if the bookies, once again, took the cash.
Aussie big guns fail as Japan reigns supreme
UPDATE: SYDNEY mare Lucia Valentina has finished a gallant fifth in the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin, with the David Hayes-trained Criterion coming in ninth.
Gailo Chop withdrawn from HK Cup
UPDATE: AUSTRALIAN-owned Gailo Chop has been scratched from the Longines Hong Kong after pulling up lame after some light trackwork on Saturday morning.
Dettori wants a Melbourne Cup before he retires
FRESH from being crowned the world’s best jockey, Frankie Dettori wants to win a Melbourne Cup before he finally bows out.
It’s your turn to stand out, son
GLYN Schofield returns to Hong Kong on Sunday for the first time in a decade, but this time he’s not in the spotlight.
You need a bit of luck
IT has taken six weeks for David Hayes and Chris Waller almost to accept what happened to their horses in last month’s Melbourne Cup.
Hayes crosses fingers for inside draw
DAVID Hayes is hoping for an inside gate for the much travelled Criterion at Thursday’s barrier draw for the Hong Kong Cup.
Ollie and Williams to fly flag in Hong Kong
DAMIEN Oliver and Craig Williams will fly the Australian flag at the prestigious Longines Hong Kong International Races in December.
Not so Perfect ending for Pumper
UPDATE: CHAMPION jockey Jim Cassidy has been robbed of the chance to add to his Group 1 tally after the scratching of live Crown Oaks chance Dawnie Perfect.
Who would want to be a jockey?
THE life of a jockey is a hard one. You have to watch what you eat, attend pre-dawn trackwork sessions — and then there is always the chance this could happen.
The world’s most dangerous horse race
ANIMAL rights activists look away now as we lift the lid on the Czech Republic’s Velka Pardubicka, a steeplechase so dangerous it is known as The Devil’s Race.
WATCH: Jockey’s heroics save the day
A QUICK-THINKING jockey has saved the day, and possibly his competitor’s life, with some of the smoothest horsemanship you will ever see.
No fairytale finish for Brazen Beau
STAR Australian sprinter Brazen Beau has failed in the Group 1 July Cup, fading into seventh place behind Muhaarar at Newmarket.
Olympic great jumps in the saddle
RETIRED Olympic cycling great Victoria Pendleton is to start a new career — as a jockey.
O’Sullivan horse returns NZ’s first cobalt positive
A horse from Lance O’Sullivan’s stable has tested positive for cobalt, the first case of its kind in New Zealand.
Brazen Beau edged out in Royal Ascot thriller
BRAZEN Beau’s trainer has deflected criticism of Craig Williams’ Diamond Jubilee ride after the favourite was overrun in the dying stages.
Jockey serves up Moore royal wins
CHAMPION jockey Ryan Moore has broken one of Royal Ascot’s oldest records with a ninth winner in four days.
Brazen punt pays off for keen cousins
IT’S the ultimate horse racing fairytale. Two battlers from Elizabeth are taking on some of the world’s biggest thoroughbred owners at Royal Ascot in England.
Criterion in mix for Sussex Stakes
A Sussex Stakes tilt, and a Cox Plate campaign, are possible targets on Criterion’s agenda after a Prince of Wales’s Stakes reality check.
Dettori marks 50th Ascot win
FRANKIE Dettori has completed one of sport’s greatest revivals by posting his 50th career Royal Ascot win.
Criterion comes fifth at Royal Ascot
DAVID Hayes gave Criterion a pass mark after he finished fifth to Dermot Weld’s Free Eagle in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2000m) at Royal Ascot.
