ELLIOTT TO MISS CHELTENHAM AND AINTREE AFTER BHA BAN
Trainer Gordon Elliott banned by BHA for a year - with 6 months suspended - after sitting astride dead horse
By Andrew Atkinson
Trainer Gordon Elliott has been banned by the British Horseracing Authority for a year - with 6...
Trainer Gordon Elliott apologises amid photo of himself sitting on dead horse
Quote: 'I was standing over the horse waiting to help with the removal of the body, in the course of which, to my memory I received a call and, without thinking, I sat down to take it. Hearing...
SOARING GLORY!
Ascot fromthehorsesmouth.tips 289-1 accumulator
Lingfield 24-1 fromthehorsesmouth.tips treble
Huntingdon fromthehorsesmouth.tips 14-1 double
By Andrew Atkinson racing correspondent fromthehorsesmouth.tips
SOARING Glory's win on Saturday, under jockey Jonjo O'Neill jnr, completed a fromthehorsesmouth.tips 289-1 four-horse winning accumulator at Ascot.
Trained by Jonjo O'Neill...
Paisley Park and Envoi Allen Cheltenham bankers?
EMMA Lavelle trained Paisley Park goes to post as 3-1 favourite in the Stayers' Hurdle after impressing in the last two years with eight victories from 10 runs, underlined when winning a second Long Walk at Ascot.
Envoi Allen is...
Westwood denied Aintree Grand National dream
Quote: 'To win the National would be unbelievable. It’s what dreams are made of - the biggest horse race in the world' - Lee Westwood.
By Andrew Atkinson
Racehorse Bellshill, co-owned by Lee Westwood, entered in the 2021 Randox Health...
Aidan O’Brien-Bolshoi Ballet ninth Derby Epsom bid .
By Andrew Atkinson
Aidan O'Brien trained Bolshoi Ballet (4.30) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info goes to post as 6-5 favourite in a bid to land a ninth Derby at Epsom on Saturday for the Ballydoyle maestro.
The Group 1 Cazoo Derby over 1m...
Nick thwarted on medical grounds at Ayr
By Andrew Atkinson
NICK Barratt-Atkin's debut ride under rules at Ayr on Tuesday evening - booked to ride the Phil Kirby trained Hard Times - was thwarted on medical grounds.
"I was told by the Clerk I couldn't ride," said disappointed...
HANNON HAS THE POWER AT CHELMSFORD
By Andrew Atkinson
Richard Hannon jnr has the power at Chelmsford on Saturday night in saddling Today Power (5.30) tipped to land the toteplacepot Handicap, over 1 mile, with David Probert up.
Today Power, who featured in Class 4 outings in...
Trainers pay homage to Sultan Ahmad Shah
By Andrew Atkinson
SULTAN Ahmad Shah, former race horse owner, with his string including horses with Michael Jarvis, Roger Charlton, Roger Varian and Paul Cole, has died, aged 88.
"It's very sad news," said Roger Varian, who saddled his first winner...
Racing Saturday at Beverley and Windsor
Haggas to Breeze in with Hurricane Ivor in William Hill Sprint Stakes at Beverley
By Andrew Atkinson
William Haggas saddles Hurricane Ivor (3.15) in the Class 1 William Hill Sprint Stakes over 5 furlongs at Beverley on Saturday.
Tom Marquand takes the...
Altior returns in Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton Park
By Andrew Atkinson
Altior is set to return to action in the Grade 2 Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton Park on December 27.
"I have no worries about the ground. He will run, he has to. Soft ground at Sandown and...
Philip is over the Moon!
By Andrew Atkinson
Spanish Moon, a two years old Colt, has arrived at racing trainer Philip Kirby's north Yorkshire, Green Oaks stables, having been purchased in France.
"Meet the new boy Spanish Moon - isn't he just stunning," Philip, who trains...
Racing’s Cornelius Lysaght retires
By Andrew Atkinson
Racing's flag bearer correspondent Cornelius Lysaght is retiring this week after almost 30 years in the 'saddle'.
“Since I started in August 1990, the Cheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot have been staged 29 times each. 28 Grand Nationals...
THE WORLD HAS LOST A SPECIAL PERSON – HEAVEN HAS GAINED AN ANGEL
Obituary: Rebecca Bastiman.
Quote: 'We spent many a day at the races enjoying her company. I hope she gets the acknowledgement she deserves' - Grange Park Racing Club Syndicate manager Alan Crombie
By Andrew Atkinson
Trainer Rebecca Bastiman based at the...
Sam Twiston-Davies and Nick Schofield bid farewell to Jack Sherwood – as he walks...
By Andrew Atkinson
Jockey Jack Sherwood has quit racing after a woefully disappointing year- and having been left in the wilderness - by the lack of rides in the sport.
Sherwood, 27, has hung up his saddle after a near decade...
British Horseracing Authority fixture list for January-April 2021
By Andrew Atkinson
The British Horseracing Authority has published a full fixture list for January-April 2021 developed with a view to maximising revenue to help the sport through the coronavirus crisis, while safeguarding participant wellbeing.
Confirmed dates for all fixtures involving...
Stradivarius still got his enthusiasm – John Gosden
By Andrew Atkinson
John and Thady Gosden trained Stradivarius is to go straight to Royal Ascot for the Gold Cup after winning at Ascot on April 27 under Frankie Dettori, when landing the Group 3 Longines Sagaro Stakes.
"I think he...
Racing. Obituary Lorna Brooke
By Andrew Atkinson
Amateur jockey Lorna Brooke has died aged 37 following a heavy fall at Taunton this month, the first rider to sustain fatal injuries while race-riding under rules in Britain or Ireland since Tom Halliday in July 2005.
A...
Ex-jockey Bradley – warned off for five years – registered as racehorse owner
By Andrew Atkinson
Former jockey Graham Bradley - warned off for five years after it was found he had passed information for reward - has registered as a racehorse owner in Ireland.
Marchons Ensemble, owned by Bradley, that ran at Limeric...
LADY BUTTONS SET TO RETIRE?
One race at time starting at Wetherby, with the aim of going to Doncaster.
I’ve watched her enough times to know when she’s working well, and when she isn’t. She’ll tell us when she doesn’t want to carry...
O’Brien’s Kew Gardens to miss Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
By Andrew Atkinson
Aidan O'Brien's 2018 St Leger winner Kew Gardens will miss the 2m 4f Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on June 18.
Kew Gardens (ante-post 4-1) was deemed a major threat to Stradivarius at Royal Ascot: "We wasn't 100...
Derby winning Jockey Pat Smullen dies aged 43
By Andrew Atkinson
Derby winning Jockey Pat Smullen has died at the age of 43.
Horse Racing Ireland said that Smullen, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2018, died at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin on September 15.
Smullen, nine times Irish...
Focus on Trainer Nick Alexander
STAY SAFE, HEALTHY - AND SAY A PRAYER FOR THE WORLD. GOD BLESS
Quote: 'A massive and heartfelt thank you goes out to our fantastic team of owners and staff, both of whose loyalty and commitment have brought...
Trainer Kirby unveils plans to expand facilities
Trainer Kirby unveils plans to expand facilities for recovering and rehabilitating racehorses
Quote: 'It’s to do the job properly, so they can all be re-homed. Any horse that finishes racing can have a career doing something else' -...
Young Dev – tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info – touched 499-1 on Betfair – in Navan Handicap Chase...
By Andrew Atkinson
Young Dev - tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info - touched 499-1 in running on Betfair - in the Handicap Chase at Navan on Sunday having broke a stirrup after the first of 17 fences, with jockey Hugh Morgan riding without irons for...
