It has been reported that potentially vital CCTV evidence from a racecourse will not be available at the high-profile hearingIt was reported at the weekend, and has since gone unchallenged by the British Horseracing Authority, that the Hughie Morrison hearing, if it ever takes place, will not have the benefit of relevant CCTV footage from racecourse stables. This is apparently because nothing was done in time to prevent it being wiped. Morrison is facing disciplinary action from the British Horseracing Authority because one of his horses, Our Little Sister, tested positive for an anabolic steroid after running at Wolverhampton on 14 January. Related: Altior to miss Tingle Creek and out until March with breathing problem Related: Runners owned by the...
Cracksman was named the top three-year-old colt award at the event which the organisers like to describe as ‘European racing’s equivalent of the Oscars’Enable added another prize to her five Group One wins during the 2017 Flat season on Tuesday night when, to no one’s great surprise, she picked up the horse of the year gong at the Cartier Awards dinner in London. John Gosden’s filly, who picked up two Classics and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe between June and October, emerged triumphant from a shortlist that also included Ulysses, Ribchester and her stable companion Cracksman, who was the only serious rival for the title after his seven-length romp in the Champion Stakes at Ascot. Related: Alan Potts, owner...
One of racing’s regular hot topics has flared up again this morning but there is danger in seeking a solution to this non-problemThe perennial argument about whether the Cheltenham Festival is too much of a good thing has been reignited this morning by James Knight, who holds a senior position at Ladbrokes Coral. Knight goes so far as to say that the Festival’s best races are “ridiculously hyped” and “done to death”. The absurd Cheltenham obsession in NH racing needs to be reversed. There are several excellent races during the rest of the season that are just as good as (if not better than) the ridiculously hyped and done-to-death Championship Festival races. Related: MP alleges ‘basic’ failures in BHA’s handling...
The Welsh trainer has an excellent record of making the frame in the Aintree race and Cesar Collonges could be going there one dayEvan Williams, the Vale of Glamorgan trainer, achieved the astonishing feat of saddling horses to finish placed in five consecutive Grand Nationals between 2009 and 2013. The names of the two horses involved in that remarkable achievement are State Of Play and Cappa Bleu. Most people only dream of winning the Aintree spectacular, but Williams may just be getting that glint of hope in his eye of actually winning the big one with Cesar Collonges (1.00), who runs at Carlisle and is on offer at 11-4. Related: Racing news and tips: Henderson to prime Might Bite for...
Rider of Nashwan and other greats was nearly deterred by the harshness of stable life, he recalls in a new charity bookCan you imagine Willie Carson as a lifelong factory worker? It could have happened, to judge from the following story of his:“Working in a racing yard in those days [1962] was unbelievably tough and I often thought about quitting and asking for a job at the local Cow & Gate cheese factory in Middleham, which paid big money compared to racing.” Related: Trainer Martyn Meade purchases historic Manton stables Continue reading...