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Oh So Royal Miesque!
One of the most remarkable mares in history, she made her mark at Royal Ascot – and not for the first time!
One of the most remarkable mares in history, she made her mark at Royal Ascot – and not for the first time!
Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes really might redistribute a chunk of prize money from those who have to those who need and Ken Condon, a much-liked but low-profile trainer, is hoping to be among those to benefit
Entries for the eight Gr1 races at Royal Ascot in June were revealed on Wednesday, with representation from six overseas countries
Royal Ascot is Britain’s most valuable race meeting, attracting many of the world’s finest racehorses to compete for more than £6.58 million in prize money
Dartmouth, ridden by Olivier Peslier for trainer Sir Michael Stoute, was the Queen’s first winner at the meeting for three years
The accepted norm for most festivals is that you save the best for last but for a long time now the first day of Royal Ascot has provided its finest sport
In Great Britain in 2015 there were 3,226 registered breeders and just under 90% had four broodmares or less. Yet, despite having this group of potential racegoers that are already deeply engaged, racecourses do very little to encourage breeders to attend the races more often.
Jockey Ryan Moore secured a joint-record eighth winner at a Royal Ascot meeting while Trip To Paris won the Gold Cup on Ladies’ Day, Thursday
Ryan Moore has six rides on the festival’s fifth and final day today to break the all-time record of 12 winners set by Fred Archer in 1878
Frankie Dettori booted home his 50th Royal Ascot winner in the Sandringham Handicap as the great racing festival continues with Ladies Day today
The R1 million Gr1 Douglas Whyte Stakes Grade is the opening leg of the projected R15 million Pick 6 pool at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Sunday
A Cape jockey has told of the enormous relief and the burden lifted from his shoulders on Friday after two well-known racing men took the cudgels up on his behalf some months ago to defend the father of four against an NHRA charge
A Pick 6 carryover of R2 million is set to take the exotic pool to R15 million, while the World Pool Gr3 Gold Cup sees a Quartet carryover of R1 million and a likely pool of R5 million