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2024 November
  • Sat, Nov 09, 2024
    With the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Sunday and the Daily Hai Nisei over 1600m with a surprisingly small field of 7.
  • Sat, Nov 02, 2024
    With results in favour of the Europeans on Day 1 the second day is full of challenges.
  • Sat, Nov 02, 2024
    While much of Japan's attention is on the Breeders' Cup there are two interesting G2s at Tokyo this weekend.
  • Fri, Nov 01, 2024
    The venue this year is Del Mar, the track where the turf meets the surf and forever connected with Bing Crosby.
  • Fri, Nov 01, 2024
    The prize money for the Rosehill feature together with the fact that it accepts geldings has enticed four raiders to come from Japan, France and England.
2024 October
  • Sat, Oct 26, 2024
    Saturday has two good races as a warm-up for Sunday,
  • Fri, Oct 25, 2024
    While all eyes are on the forthcoming Breeders' Cup races there is still racing.
  • Fri, Oct 25, 2024
    Here is Whistlejacket's take on the raiders and overseas born runners.
  • Mon, Oct 21, 2024
    One surprise win and one favourite win is the balance of the two 1400m races.
  • Mon, Oct 21, 2024
    The 85th edition was run at Kyoto on Sunday.
  • Mon, Oct 21, 2024
    The rain held off for the most part although the overnight precipitation did nothing to help the track.
  • Sat, Oct 19, 2024
    It's the turn of the boys to go for a G1 in Kyoto on Sunday
  • Fri, Oct 18, 2024
    It's interesting to see the early careers of several of the contestants in this year's Cup.
  • Fri, Oct 18, 2024
    We still don't think it was a good idea to move this meeting to after the Arc.
  • Mon, Oct 14, 2024
    With the scratching of The Lion in Winter (hoof problem) the field was reduced to 5 runners.
  • Sun, Oct 13, 2024
    This G2 will be of interest to see who is the new top miler after the retirement of Golden Sixty.
  • Wed, Oct 09, 2024
    Last weekend in Europe we saw a husband and wife quinella a G1 in Paris.
  • Tue, Oct 08, 2024
    From O'Brien's 5 winners to a husband and wife G1 quinella Longchamp had it all!
  • Sun, Oct 06, 2024
    The big day has arrived and will follow on from a good day's racing yesterday, more of which anon.
  • Sun, Oct 06, 2024
    Following the excitement of racing on National Day this program seems a bit flat.
  • Sun, Oct 06, 2024
    The Mainichi Oken in Tokyo and the Kyoto Daishoten are the two races in question.
  • Fri, Oct 04, 2024
    It may be Arc time in Europe but in the US there's top racing at Belmont at the Big A, Keeneland and Santa Anita.
2024 September
  • Mon, Sep 30, 2024
    The going caused a lot of scratchings and upsets so results not such good pointers.
  • Sun, Sep 29, 2024
    Sunday sees racing return to the Curragh for two interesting G3s.
  • Mon, Sep 23, 2024
    At Newbury about half the field was scratched due to the condition of the track.
  • Mon, Sep 23, 2024
    Arguably Hong Kong's "best horse ever" was given a grand farewell at Sha Tin on Sunday.
  • Fri, Sep 20, 2024
    The Laytown races on the beach were held on the Monday after Champions' Weekend
  • Fri, Sep 13, 2024
    Misunderstood was only misunderstood by those who didn't back him in the Prix des Chênes at Lonchamp on Thursday.
  • Thu, Sep 12, 2024
    The going is Very Soft which could explain the small entries in their two G3s.
  • Mon, Sep 09, 2024
    Not the best of weather as it rained all day and the track went downhill from soft to very sticky in the later races.
  • Mon, Sep 09, 2024
    This was mostly at Kentucky Downs which is the only all turf racing track in the U.S.
  • Sun, Sep 08, 2024
    There will be all sorts of excitements and happenings at Sha Tin to see the new racing year off to a good start.
  • Sun, Sep 08, 2024
    The Korea Sprint and the Korea Cup will be run on Sunday at Gwacheon.
  • Wed, Sep 04, 2024
    The 2024 Del Mar season is nearly over as they prepare for hosting the Breeders' Cup.
2024 August
  • Tue, Aug 27, 2024
    Sunday saw the Deauville racing fraternity start packing up for their return to Paris.
  • Tue, Aug 27, 2024
    Of Romans and Trojans.
  • Mon, Aug 19, 2024
    The weather looked fantastic and everyone looked happy – even the horses!
  • Mon, Aug 12, 2024
    The Ladies Team consisting of Hayley Turner, Rachel Venniker and Marie Velon won this year's Shergar Cup.
  • Mon, Aug 12, 2024
    It's been hard to keep track of which Saratoga races are going to be run and how.
  • Sun, Aug 11, 2024
    The race with our favourite name the Prix Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois will be run Sunday in Deauville.
  • Sat, Aug 03, 2024
    There may be a shower or two on Saturday but that shouldn't alter the track reading which is g>f.
2024 July
  • Mon, Jul 29, 2024
    California's favourite horse obliged his loyal fans at Del Mar winning the Gr 1 Bing Crosby for the second year running.
  • Mon, Jul 29, 2024
    Which left the coast clear for French raider Goliath in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
  • Mon, Jul 22, 2024
    Canny riding by Hector Crouch saw his mount You Got To Me emerge the victor.
  • Fri, Jul 19, 2024
    Some 3 weeks after the Derby the Oaks will be run on Saturday at the Curragh.
  • Fri, Jul 12, 2024
    We won! Or at least our Alter Ego won the July Stakes at Newmarket.
2024 June
  • Mon, Jun 24, 2024
    In his second season training in Hong Kong Pierre Ng captured the two G3 feature races on Sunday at Sha Tin.
  • Mon, Jun 24, 2024
    This year's edition was run at Kyoto on yielding ground, which is unusual in Japan.
  • Sun, Jun 23, 2024
    Yes there is racing at various jurisdictions around the world this Sunday.
  • Mon, Jun 17, 2024
    As usual there is the Royal Parade preceding the days festivities and the weather is expected to be cool but fine.
  • Tue, Jun 11, 2024
    The Paul de Moussac and La Coupe were the two G3s on the card.
  • Fri, Jun 07, 2024
    Saturday's card sees a total of 9 Graded Stakes races culminating in the Belmont Stakes.
  • Fri, Jun 07, 2024
    Supposed not to rain for this popular meet although "tropical" and "Haydock" are not usually found in the same sentence.
  • Mon, Jun 03, 2024
    The name Royal appeared frequently on the race card.
  • Mon, Jun 03, 2024
    Saturday night the rain came in torrential form and Baden had to cancel Sunday and Monday racing.
  • Mon, Jun 03, 2024
    And this means the Jockey Club G1 and four other Group races.
  • Sat, Jun 01, 2024
    This G1 which will be run at Fuchu has attracted two Hong Kong runners.
  • Sat, Jun 01, 2024
    It's the first of a series of twilight meetings so racegoers will need to come early to watch the Yasuda Kinen from Tokyo.
2024 May
  • Mon, May 13, 2024
    The G1 at Tokyo on Sunday provided a huge upset when Ten Happy Rose won at odds of 208.6.
  • Sat, May 11, 2024
    Named for one of the all-time greats, this Belmont race will be run at Aqueduct on the turf.
  • Mon, May 06, 2024
    Often seen as a Derby prep the NHK Mile was created to help fill a gap in the races leading up to the Derby.
  • Mon, May 06, 2024
    The track and the weather were OK at Newmarket so the upsets can only be due to lack of prep time owing to the weather.
  • Mon, May 06, 2024
    Zac Purton has again ridden 100 winners in Hong Kong this season.
  • Sun, May 05, 2024
    That's the one for the winner of the Queen Mother's Cup - a beautiful silver bowl with hunting scenes on it.
  • Sat, May 04, 2024
    Saturday (US Time - Sunday am in Australia) will see 20 horses line up for the Kentucky Derby.
  • Sat, May 04, 2024
    This is the Sunday feature at Newmarket with 16 runners over the mile.
2024 April
  • Tue, Apr 30, 2024
    And the biggest of them was in the Prix Ganay, first European G1 of the season.
  • Sun, Apr 28, 2024
    The weather of course is the big talking point but Saturday hasn’t been too bad and while the track is very unlikely to be fast it could well be good.
  • Thu, Apr 25, 2024
    One of racing’s greatest jockey will retire from race riding on 25t April.
  • Mon, Apr 22, 2024
    Not long until the Kentucky Derby and some of the runners already at Churchill Downs.
  • Fri, Apr 19, 2024
    There are two Gr2 races of interest – one at Oaklawn on dirt and one at Keeneland on turf.
  • Sun, Apr 14, 2024
    Race 8 is a Class 2 over 1200m and the highlight of the afternoon.
  • Mon, Apr 08, 2024
    Surrounded by cherry blossoms all the tracks looked like they had just featured in a tourism publicity shot.
  • Sat, Apr 06, 2024
    The Sprint Cup and the Chairman's Trophy come at races 7 and 8 on Sunday's card.
2024 March
  • Thu, Mar 28, 2024
    There are 23 Japanese runners here and most if not all were on the track at 5 a.m. this morning.
  • Fri, Mar 22, 2024
    Both for the boys in the Louisiana Derby and the girls in the Louisiana Oaks
  • Mon, Mar 18, 2024
    Sixpence won the Fuji TV Sho, a trial for the 2000 Guineas, at Nakayama.
  • Sat, Mar 16, 2024
    Records went flying out the window as Paul Townend brought Galopin des Champs home for a second Gold Cup.
  • Mon, Mar 11, 2024
    Having won her previous start by 12 lengths, Sweet Azteca moved to win at Grade 1 level.
  • Sun, Mar 10, 2024
    There's the Hochi Hai Fillies' Revue at Hanshin and the Kinko Sho at Chukyo.
  • Fri, Mar 01, 2024
    Several of these races provide a direct route to or a last chance of starting on Cup day,
2024 February
  • Tue, Feb 27, 2024
    We were hopeful Rachel King could bring home another group winner but alas it was not to be.
  • Mon, Feb 26, 2024
    And the winner of the world's richest race is Senor Buscador who just got a nostril into the frame.
  • Fri, Feb 23, 2024
    The racing starts on Friday with the International Jockeys Challenge.
  • Sun, Feb 18, 2024
    Now that the fire crackers have been put away it's back to the normal racing business.
  • Fri, Feb 16, 2024
    The main feature of this Friday's card is the Lord Glitters Handicap.
  • Mon, Feb 05, 2024
    This was the first of the three weekends of racing, trotting and ski-joring on the frozen lake.
  • Sun, Feb 04, 2024
    After yesterday's accident at Rosehill and his inability to take the rest of his rides that is the question.
2024 January
  • Mon, Jan 29, 2024
    And a highly successful day it was with record turnover, new track records and happy racegoers, so much so that Belinda Stronach has announced a similar program for late September to be known as the California Crown.
  • Sat, Jan 27, 2024
    The Pegasus World Cup now consists of three parts which will be run at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
  • Fri, Jan 19, 2024
    Or in the parts which are not snowed in – New Orleians (Fair Grounds) and Los Angeles (Santa Anita.)
  • Tue, Jan 16, 2024
    The Macau Government and the Macau Jockey Club have agreed that racing will end on April 1, 2024.
  • Mon, Jan 15, 2024
    That was in the Class 2 Pok Oi Cup at Sha Tin on Saturday. He ran a very fast time and managed to collect a PP Bonus as well as his win money.
  • Mon, Jan 15, 2024
    Rachel King has been given a temperary licence by the JRA through to 5 May.
  • Fri, Jan 12, 2024
    This Friday's card will give an opportunity to many of the international brigade to stretch their legs on either the dirt or turf of Meydan.
  • Wed, Jan 10, 2024
    This is the only Group race run at Happy Valley.
2023 December
  • Fri, Dec 29, 2023
    Not only did she beat the boys in her race she became the first filly to win the Hopeful.
  • Wed, Dec 27, 2023
    This was what Xponential said after the 8yo won the Class 2 at Sha Tin on Boxing Day.
  • Wed, Dec 27, 2023
    Santa still had some goodies in the sack for those who went to Kempton.
  • Tue, Dec 26, 2023
    This is a replacement meeting for one that was lost earlier to a typhoon.
  • Sat, Dec 23, 2023
    This Class 2 over 2000m is the feature of Saturday's Sha Tin card.
  • Tue, Dec 19, 2023
    Following his win in the Asahi Hai Futurity Janiar Mantari is one for the little black book.
  • Tue, Dec 19, 2023
    Argentina's biggest race is G1 over 2400m and gives the winner an entry into the Breeders' Cup turf.
  • Sun, Dec 10, 2023
    The weather should be perfect but unfortunately Whistlejacket will have to undergo a Vet inspection tomorrow morning before being allowed out of the stable, as will West Wind Blows.
2023 November
  • Thu, Nov 30, 2023
    GOAT means Greatest Of All Time and is used to describe outstanding sports people.
  • Sat, Nov 25, 2023
    We may have been wrong in saying that this was the first time female jockeys had ridden in the Japan Cup.
  • Sat, Nov 25, 2023
    This will be run at Fuchu, Tokyo on Sunday 26th November over 2400m with a field of 18.
  • Mon, Nov 13, 2023
    Cody Dorman was born with a rare disorder which left him wheel chair-bound and nonverbal.
  • Mon, Nov 13, 2023
    The Panasonic Cup at Sha Tin was marred by the fatal accident to Tuchel.
  • Sat, Nov 11, 2023
    There's the G2 Daily Hai Nisai on Saturday and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Sunday.
  • Thu, Nov 02, 2023
    At Santa Anita with the beautiful views where the babies will have a big day out on Friday.
2023 October
  • Sun, Oct 29, 2023
    This end-of-season G1 will be run on Sunday at Longchamp over 3200m.
  • Sat, Oct 28, 2023
    It's the G1 Futurity with a track inspection due Saturday morning UK time.
  • Sat, Oct 28, 2023
    There are two Tenno Shos in Japan - In Spring it's over 3000m and Autumn 2000m.
  • Fri, Oct 27, 2023
    There's one from Hong Kong who will start favourite and one from Ireland that may have gone under the radar.
  • Mon, Oct 23, 2023
    The racing did go ahead but on the inner or hurdle course and the going there was soft.
  • Fri, Oct 20, 2023
    Far Hills is in New Jersey and once a year has a race day for jumps racing which they say proceeds whether rain or shine.
  • Fri, Oct 20, 2023
    The big question will be the weather. There is to be a meeting on course Friday morning UK time regarding moving to the inner track.
  • Sun, Oct 15, 2023
    It's also Bow Tie day at Sha Tin so the guys can get dressed up!
  • Sat, Oct 14, 2023
    Will be run in Kyoto on Sunday 15th October


2024 November