Were Eve Johnson Houghton even considering resting on her laurels, it seems likely that the former governor of Woodway Stables would have something to say about it. Nonetheless, there is permissible satisfaction at reaching a total of 50 winners and counting for the year, a total which the trainer suspects is higher than any achieved [...]

Hillwood Stud's select annual consignment for Doncaster has already produced one of the yearling sale's most famous graduates in the shape of enduring sprinter Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) as well as a number of other future winners. So by the time Goffs UK's event gets underway on Tuesday, there will have been plenty of [...]

Two juvenile sons of Scat Daddy provided Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore with another rewarding afternoon's work at the Curragh on Sunday – yet it would be difficult to find a pair that were further apart at this stage of their careers. Sioux Nation was up to the task of providing a remarkable 16th victory for [...]

What on earth happened last week? It is a question being asked not only by the jaded survivors of too many late nights in Galway and those who witnessed the end of Usain Bolt's golden reign at 100m in London's Olympic Stadium. Goodwood's garden party on Wednesday was blighted by some of the worst weather [...]

As important as it was to see Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) define herself as the filly of her generation and perhaps as one of the ages in Saturday's G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. (Video), the presence of one man in the winner's enclosure could have greater significance in the longer term. Khalid [...]

SWEDEN–It could hardly be argued strongly that Tuesday's inaugural Lady Jockeys' Thoroughbred World Championship did not deliver a suitable winner. Maryline Eon was the highest-placed woman in the French standings last year and recently broke new ground, as well as earning wider recognition, when becoming the first female to ride in the G1 Prix de [...]

There are many ways to spend money in the hope of tasting some form of Royal Ascot success, but for a priceless moment in one of the prestige events for three years in a row, it cost just £50,000 to buy Canford Cliffs (Ire) (Tagula {Ire) at Doncaster's St Leger sale as a yearling. Canford [...]

Having perhaps Europe's best miler in the yard does not mean the day job can be neglected. For Richard Fahey, trainer of Godolphin's scintillating G1 Lockinge S. hero Ribchester (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), that means the pursuit of winners in all shapes and sizes. They have come thick and fast once again in 2017, with 76 [...]

Weighing up the merit of higher education against hands-on experience is a conundrum which will occupy many young students this summer. Archie Watson has little doubt he made the right decision in leaving the University of Edinburgh with his history degree half-finished to work for Alec Laird in Durban. It was part of a racing [...]

Given Epsom's Breakfast With the Stars event is a gentle opportunity for G1 Investec Derby contenders to be familiarised with the track's formidable cambers, it was certainly taken by one colt in particular. Eminent (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) was the most pleasing to the eye of four Classic prospects working in pairs over about a mile. [...]

Should anyone fancy starting up a new racecourse in Britain, one guarantee is that Ian Williams will have runners there on the opening day. One of Britain's most successful dual-code trainers is justifiably proud of what he understands to be the unique achievement of saddling a winner at each of the country's Flat and jumps [...]

European Flat racing's leading names do not always arrive along a conventional path. Christophe Soumillon moved from Belgium to reach the summit in France, Adrie De Vries became German champion after outgrowing the scene in the Netherlands––as recognisable a Turf superpower as Equatorial Guinea––and Godolphin's jockey William Buick comes from Norway. Another Scandinavian making marked [...]