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Arc winner Sea The Stars named Horse of the Year

18.11.09
Sea The Stars has won the Horse of the Year title at the 2009 Cartier Racing Awards at Claridge’s Hotel in London... more

Zenyatta can strike a blow for girl power in Classic encounter

06.11.09
In sport's battle of the sexes it's nearly always the men that have the upper hand, but horseracing is the exception to this rule... more

Jumps fan Andy Stewart goes flat out for Breeders' Cup glory

05.11.09
Leading jumps owner Andy Stewart admits that he wouldn't usually cross the road to watch Flat racing... more

John Gosden's in the mood to cause another Stateside stir

04.11.09
Trainer bids to rattle Americans at the Breeders’ Cup again as he returns to scene of last year’s success... more

Godolphin robbed again as Crime Scene just fails in Melbourne Cup

03.11.09
Godolphin came agonisingly close yet again in Australia's most prestigious race when Crime Scene was narrowly beaten by Shocking in the Melbourne Cup... more

Sea The Stars' owner hopes to keep success in the family

14.10.09
The retirement of Sea The Stars may have deprived racing of one of its true superstars, but owner Christopher Tsui is already hoping that success runs in the family... more

Sea The Stars is retired to stud

13.10.09
Sea The Stars, who became one of the greatest racehorses of all time when landing a sixth successive Group 1 in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, has been retired... more

Bargain-buy Silver Grecian has John Ryan California dreaming

13.10.09
Connections of Silver Grecian are mulling over a trip to California for the Breeders' Cup next month, should the colt perform well in the Jumeirah Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket... more

Conduit not certain to defend Cup crown despite big gamble

07.10.09
Connections of Conduit will decide whether or not the colt will attempt to defend his Breeders' Cup Turf title... more

Trainer Richard Gibson is hoping that Chantilly Creme can rise to the top

21.09.09
Chantilly Creme will have to show trainer Richard Gibson that she is back to her best on the gallops today if she is to take her chance in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile at Ascot... more

Clive Brittain eyes Breeders' Cup bid for Misheer

25.08.09
Trainer Clive Brittain is hoping that Misheer can win the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh and book a trip to the Breeders' Cup... more

Bookies cast doubt over Sea The Stars' Champion bid

25.08.09
Sea The Stars could miss the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown if the bookmakers are correct... more

Youmzain misses King George due to setback

16.07.09
Youmzain will miss the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot due to a swollen joint... more

Ryan Moore's hopeful of eclipsing Sea The Stars

01.07.09
Horse racing: Champion jockey Ryan Moore says he's hopeful rather than confident that St Leger and Breeders' Cup Turf winner Conduit can beat Sea The Stars when he meets the dual Classic winner in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown... more

Conduit is slashed for King George

25.06.09
Conduit has been the subject of a major betting plunge for next month's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot... more

Aussie raider set to have blast against sprint rivals

15.06.09
Henry Candy's exciting young sprinter Amour Propre spearheads a British challenge in a truly global King's Stand Stakes... more

Oxx's star has Eclipse rivals running scared

08.06.09
Horse Racing: Sandown officials are worried that Derby hero Sea The Stars will scare off most of the opposition should he take on his elders for the first time in the Coral-Eclipse... more

Ted Durcan's expecting big things from Godolphin star

27.05.09
Horse racing: Ted Durcan says Godolphin can expect an exciting summer with Campanologist, who makes his seasonal debut in a hot renewal of the Blue Square Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown ... more

Racing faces new investigation over betting

21.05.09
Horse racing: Racing chiefs may launch an investigation after a number of horses trained by David Evans were successfully backed to lose by an owner in his yard... more

Breeders' Cup hero Conduit set to make Curragh comeback

24.03.09
Horse racing: Sir Michael Stoute has said that Conduit could make his debut this season in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh... more

Sheikh has £3.2m spree at the sales

04.03.09
Horse racing: An injury to Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Midshipman has robbed Sheikh Mohammed of a viable Kentucky Derby contender but his bloodstock representative John Ferguson moved to buy a couple of two-year-olds by that horse's sire in Miami... more

Conduit lands US honour as Curlin makes it two in a row

27.01.09
Curlin became the first horse since Cigar in 1995-96 to be named America's Horse of the Year in consecutive years at the Eclipse Awards... more

Rankings slump gives Godolphin cause for concern concern

14.01.09
The absence of any Godolphin-trained horse from the top end of the 2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings must give the ruler of Dubai cause for concern... more

Approach and Curlin top world rankings

13.01.09
Epsom Derby winner New Approach was rated the joint-best horse when the 2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings were unveiled in London... more

Keeneland sales suffer as credit crunch takes toll

13.01.09
The economic downturn had a dramatic effect on the first day of the Keeneland Horses of All Ages Sale in Lexington, Kentucky, with gross revenue some 44 per cent lower than the first session 12 months ago... more

US trainers hit out over Breeders’ Cup surface

08.01.09
American trainers have made the first moves in an attempt to get the surface for the 2009 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita switched back to dirt... more

Defiant Cumani vows to return as Purple Moon is eclipsed again

15.12.08
Horse racing: France’s Olivier Peslier steered Doctor Dino to victory in the Vase and Belgian Christophe Soumillon had a dream ride on Good Ba Ba in the Mile... more

Kirklees can hit target for boys in blue

31.10.08
Saeed Bin Suroor is enjoying a sensational end to the Flat season and his talented colt Kirklees can continue the run at Newmarket's final meeting of 2008... more

Conduit could line up in the Breeders' Cup

10.10.08
Having broken Sir Michael Stoute's St Leger hoodoo when triumphing under Frankie Dettori last month, Conduit could now get a chance to become the trainer's first Breeders' Cup winner since 2003.... more

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