The Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck is the sixth horse to die after taking part in the Melbourne Cup since 2013 and concern is mountingControversy and recrimination once more featured in the aftermath to the Melbourne Cup, Tuesday’s running of the famous Australian race being marred by the death of last year’s Derby winner, Anthony Van Dyck, while a record fine of A$50,000 (£27,430) was handed out to the jockey Kerrin McEvoy for a breach of the whip rules. The dismal news dominated headlines about the race on local websites and led to suggestions that the Cup was becoming a net negative for the sport in Australia. Related: Talking Horses: We will do better, says owners' chief after strategy flak...
Racehorse Owners Association is to publish strategy document on Tuesday as critics question cost of the projectThe Racehorse Owners Association has pledged to communicate better and more widely in the future, following criticism of the process leading to its strategy document, to be published on Tuesday morning. The 27-page document, focused on keeping owners in the sport, is the fruit of work that began more than two years ago and has been funded by the Levy Board to the tune of £1.2m. Related: Talking Horses: BHA will push hard for on-course presence of owners Redcar 12.40 Embolden 1.10 My Boy Lewis 1.40 Royal Regent 2.10 Bill Peyto 2.40 Song Of The Isles 3.10 Finoah 3.40 Cockalorum 4.10 Notation Continue reading...
Kim Bailey’s chaser can take a big step towards the Cheltenham Festival in March with a defeat of Cyrname at WetherbyIf Cyrname can run to within 10lb of his best Ascot form on his first start at Wetherby on Saturday, he will make a mockery of odds of around 2-1 for the Charlie Hall Chase.He looks vulnerable on his first start since February, however, has yet to win left-handed and has not reproduced the huge effort that beat Altior last November in two runs since. Related: Talking Horses: Cyrname returns for Charlie Hall with something to prove Newmarket11.50 Tarhib12.20 Copper Queen12.55 Bear Me In Mind1.30 Dourado2.05 Alba Rose2.40 Headman3.15 Zakouski3.50 HunniAscot12.15 No No Maestro12.47 Known1.20 Falco Blitz1.55 Amoola Gold2.32 Fearless3.05...
The Breeders’ Cup’s unusual funding model has helped ensure that its big prize money pot will be unchanged from 2019Around two-dozen horses will make the trip from Europe to run at the Breeders’ Cup meeting at Keeneland on 6 and 7 November, when prize money across the event’s 14 races will be maintained at last year’s total of $28m (£21.2m). Previous Group One winners due to line up in Lexington, Kentucky include Magical, Tarnawa, Lord North, Mogul and Kameko, this year’s 2,000 Guineas winner, while both James Fanshawe and Nigel Tinkler will field their first runners at the meeting.The grandstands at Keeneland will be empty when the meeting gets underway on Friday week, just as they are across much of...
There has not been a double-figure field for Wetherby’s big race since 2006 but there is every chance of that this weekendIt was like “looking at a Premier League squad” as the entries arrived on Monday for the Charlie Hall Chase this weekend, according to Jonjo Sanderson, Wetherby’s clerk of the course.“I’d been given a slight nod that Cyrname [the top-rated chaser in trainer] was coming, which was a huge tonic for us,” Sanderson said on Tuesday, “but they just kept coming as we went through the morning. We got to about 15 and it was stuck for ages, then the next time I looked, it was up to 20 and we had [2018 Gold Cup runner-up] Might Bite and...