Royal Ascot: A Group One feast

THE weather is set fair for Royal Ascot. There isn’t a drop of rain forecast for the next week at the Berkshire track, which is great news for fashionistas and even better news for thoroughbreds wanting fast ground. Tuesday’s racing is immense with three Group One races kicking off the royal meeting. There are very …[Read More]

Australia: Do we believe the hype?

DON’T you love a talking horse… Down the years a host of equine luminaries, including Gorytus and Dubai Millennium, have been hailed as some kind of latter-day Pegasus. Some of these thoroughbreds have fulfilled the hyperbole while others have sunk without trace, leaving us racing nerds exasperated and craving the next big thing. But for …[Read More]