A lifelong supporter, Paul Hanagan was cheered by the club’s success as he recovered from three fractured vertebraePaul Hanagan, who will return to action on Tuesday after six months out with a broken back, has spoken of how he was helped through some of the darkest days by Liverpool’s belated Premier League success. Hanagan is so well known as a Reds fan that when he became champion jockey in 2010, it was arranged for him to be given the trophy by Ian Rush at half-time during a game at Anfield. Related: Deauville win sets up Palace Pier to face Mohaather in QEII at Ascot Catterick 1.15 Altalune 1.45 Look Out Louis (nap) 2.20 Internationalangel 2.50 Shanghai Rock 3.20 Lady Nectar 3.50...
Veteran jockey will accept up to a fortnight in quarantine in order to ride Palace Pier at Deauville on SundayIn a sobering moment for British racing Frankie Dettori, one of its most popular ambassadors, has chosen to ride in France this weekend rather than take any part in the four-day Ebor meeting at York next week. The new quarantine restrictions mean that, by travelling to France on Saturday, the jockey will be unable to ride competitively for at least the next week but he calculates that is a sacrifice worth making for the chance to be on Palace Pier in Sunday’s Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville.“It was a very hard decision to make,” Dettori said through his Sportingindex column,...
Trainer avoided a three-month racecourse ban at a hearing last week but says he would gladly have accepted such a verdictHaving kept his right to attend racecourses at a hearing last week, despite the best efforts of the ruling body, the trainer Gary Moore says he could easily have made his peace with a much harsher verdict. Moore was found to have entered areas at Goodwood where he was not supposed to be, in breach of British Horseracing Authority guidelines intended to minimise the risk of spreading Covid-19, but his punishment was a fine of £750, whereas it emerged this week that the regulator had asked for a three-month racecourse ban. Related: He Knows No Fear: 300-1 shot becomes longest-priced...
Guineas winner still holds entry for Deauville on Sunday but current plan is for him to take on Ghaiyyath in the JuddmonteThere is still time for a change of heart but connections of Kameko are minded to send him to York next week for the Juddmonte International, rather than France on Sunday for the Jacques le Marois. It will mean a first attempt at a mile and a quarter for the Guineas winner, whose best distance is not yet established. Related: Talking Horses: trainers reflect on 'devastating' departure of Phoenix Tips by Chris Cook Continue reading...
‘I’ve had more slaps than Frank Bruno,’ says Peter Chapple-Hyam, whose Newmarket stable is to lose half its horsesCould there be one last hurrah in Britain for Phoenix Thoroughbreds? The bloodstock operation announced on Tuesday that it was quitting the country “with immediate effect” and yet it appears set to have a runners on Wednesday, at Kempton and Beverley. Related: 'Excellent operator' Julie Harrington is backed to lead horse racing out of crisis Tips by Chris Cook Continue reading...