Royal Ascot 2023 will be fabulous Frankie Dettori’s final Royal Meeting – marking the end of an extraordinary racing era. FRANKIE’S FINAL ROYAL MEETING It’s 34 years since an unknown 18-year-old Italian rode Rain Burst to finish fifth in the 1989 Coronation Stakes. 12,422 days later, on the Saturday of Royal Ascot 2023, there will […]
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Queen Elizabeth II is to be remembered at the first Royal Meeting of the new reign of King Charles III, in both racing and pictures at Royal Ascot 2023. Main photograph by Rachel Groom. PLATINUM JUBILEE STAKES RENAMED ‘THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II JUBILEE STAKES’ In memory of Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the feature
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Derby Festival 2023: Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister – the Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners. John Gosden,
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Derby Festival 2023: Auguste Rodin handed a record-extending ninth Betfred Derby success to trainer Aidan O’Brien in the premier British Classic on 3rd June. It was a third success for jockey Ryan Moore and a record-extending 10th for a Coolmore syndicate as owners. A major disappointment in the opening Classic of the season, the QIPCO
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Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister (11/4) at Epsom Downs Racecourse, 2023. The Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners.
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Horse racing fans are set for a cracking weekend of top-class action, with the 2023 Epsom Derby Festival scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday. The highlight of the opening day is The Oaks, which features the best middle-distance three-year-old fillies in Europe. The colts take centre stage the following day in The Derby
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Chester’s May Festival provides Epsom Oaks and Derby contenders with a popular trial for the Derby Festival, as its tight corners are similar to the famous Epsom course. The results from the feature races, showed the exciting potential of this year’s young contenders. The Cheshire Oaks Savethelastdance (8/11 Favourite) catapulted herself into 6/4 favouritism with
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This article contains third-party links. The race that the whole world awaits with excitement is finally in the books for 2023, as Mage was crowned the Kentucky Derby champion for 2023. It was a dramatic weekend at Churchill Downs, with pre-race favourite Forte being scratched just hours before the featured opening Triple Crown race. Meanwhile,
Andrew Balding admits it would be a “big deal” if Chaldean could follow in the hoof prints of his mighty sire Frankel to give legendary jockey Frankie Dettori “the send-off he deserves” on his last ever QIPCO 2,000 Guineas ride at Newmarket on Saturday 6th May. The Juddmonte-owned colt will bid to double his tally
Richard Hannon insists it would be a ‘life goal’ for football super-agent Kia Joorabchian should he taste glory in the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas with Mammas Girl, who is reported to be looking a ‘million dollars’ ahead of her Classic assignment at Newmarket next Sunday (7th May). In what has already been a whirlwind start to
