He moved up an additional furlong ten days later at Newmarket. A fine start, he was soon toward the front of the pack and travelled really well. As he increased the tempo from over 3f out, he soon kicked clear and was not the be caught. A superb run as he beat a good Godolphin h...
on a wet afternoon at Newmarket, crossing the finish line with Nathaniel, another Galileo colt, at his throat latch. Named after the incomparable American trainer, Bobby Frankel who had trained for Prince Khgalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte in the United States Frankel was by Galileo out of the Prin...
She followed up with another strong performance in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket three weeks ago, where she went down only in the dying stride toMother Earthand the fast finishingSnow Lantern. Snow Lanternwas arguably the unlucky one in the Coronation Stakes. Her path blocked at a crucial s...
16:45 Newmarket (Rowley) (R1) Ash WednesdayHeather Main: 6-55 (11%) -25.52 Jack Mitchell: 49-193 (25%) +91.49Race: 8-92 (9%) -35.53 Combo: 0-0 (0%) +0.0011th (of 13) at 10/1 (24.00/1.00) 32.03% Stats 17:03 Naas ...
HORSE RACING is an equestrian sport, involving two or more jockeys riding horses over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports and its basic premise - to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance - has remained...
winners. His articles for these races were the earliest national racing rules. The horses raced were six years old and carried 168 pounds (76 kg), and the winner was the first to win two 4-mile (6.4-km) heats. Thepatronageof Charles II established Newmarket as the headquarters of English...
The new rules originally applied only to Newmarket, but, when the rules were printed in the Racing Calendar, they served as a model for rules throughout Britain. The Jockey Club later acquired the General Stud Book and came to control English racing in the 19th century. Its regulatory powers...
last. The stewards declare the race official, and then payoffs are flashed on the totalizator. Postrace urine tests are made of winning horses and a sample of the field, and if results show the presence of forbidden substances, the results may be changed on payment of purses but not on...
Col. Richard Nicolls, commander of the British troops, established organized racing in the colonies by laying out a 2-mile (3.2-km) course on the plains of Long Island (called Newmarket after the British racecourse) and offering a silver cup to the best horses in the spring and fall ...