Aidan O’Brien often introduces a classy runner in the opener at Leopardstown on ThursdayThe juvenile event which opens the card at Leopardstown this evening is arguably the most interesting contest in Britain or Ireland today, as it is the race in which Aidan O’Brien’s September made a successful debut last season before following up 16 days later in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot.It is also the contest in which the outstanding filly Minding made her first appearance in 2015, three months before the first of her seven Group One wins, and Together and Bracelet, who both went on to win at Group One level, are also among the winners since 2010, so this is clearly a race that O’Brien...
The 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, nicknamed ‘The Tank’, was renowned for his iron will to winDenman, one of the great steeplechasers, has died.Paul Nicholls has reported the terrible news this morning that Denman is no longer with us, having been “put to sleep painlessly” at the trainer’s Somerset yard on Tuesday. “We all agreed it was the right thing to do,” Nicholls said, “because but he had begun to go downhill in the past few days and we did not want to see him suffer.” Related: Justify to run from rail in Triple Crown bid after drawing No1 post for Belmont Uttoxeter 1.40 Simafar 2.10 Edward Elgar 2.40 Amirr 3.10 Too Much Too Soon 3.40 Stradivarius Davis 4.10 Salix 4.40...
Newcastle’s fixture will provide sports-hungry viewers with something to watch on the first dark day of the World CupITV Racing is hoping to benefit from sports-hungry viewers next month when the first blank day of the World Cup comes around on Friday 29 June. ITV4 is to screen that evening’s racing from Newcastle, when the track stages a useful card on the eve of the Northumberland Plate, and ITV staff hope for another success to follow its coverage of Brigadier Gerard night at Sandown last month. Related: Charlie Appleby throws down gauntlet to Aidan O’Brien at Masar’s Derby party Bangor 2.00 Potterman 2.30 Fair Mountain 3.00 Captiva Island 3.30 Craigmor 4.00 Twojayslad 4.30 Hello Fellas Continue reading...
Aidan O’Brien’s runner is the standout talent in the Epsom Classic and his stablemate Zabriskie is a tempting each-way betAfter all the dithering this week about ground, distance and stalls position, it is time for punters to make up their minds about the longstanding Derby favourite, Saxon Warrior (4.30). Most of us have probably gone back and forth over the same questions more often than is really healthy in the last few days but in the last analysis and without wishing to be reductive about it, he is the standout talent and perfectly capable of rising to the challenge facing him.His draw in stall one is not some distraction to be waved away; repeated experience over the last decade suggests...
Trainer’s son Donnacha rides his second Classic winner of the season after his victory in the GuineasChris Cook: Aidan O’Brien and his son Donnacha combined for Classic glory in Britain for the second time this year when Forever Together powered clear in the Oaks on Friday. The filly seemed to be the second-string from her stable behind Magic Wand, who beat her at Chester three weeks ago, but got comprehensive revenge for what now looks an unlucky defeat that day. Related: The Derby: horse-by-horse guide to the 239th Epsom Classic Related: Perfect Clarity can lift the Oaks and claim first Classic for Clive Cox Market Rasen 1.40 Settie Hill 2.15 Windspiel 2.50 Atalanta's Gold 3.25 Pixiepot 4.00 Notnow Seamus 4.45 As You Like 5.20 Pretty Reckless Catterick Bridge 1.50...