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Former Champion Jockey Paul Hanagan is going back to his roots for the coming season and will relocate north to base himself nearby his former boss Richard Fahey. Hanagan was replaced as first jockey to Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum by Jim Crowley late last year and his change in circumstances will see Hanagan renew links...
The World's Best Racehorse and World's Best Horse Race Ceremony, sponsored by Longines, will be held Jan. 24 in Claridges of London and will be streamed live on the internet, beginning at 13:30 GMT/8:30 EST. Viewers will be able to watch the ceremony at both longines.com and ifhaonline.org. <a href="https://coolmore.com/en/america/stallion/american-pharoah/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">American Pharoah</a> (Pioneerof The Nile) scooped the...
Five-time winner Il Cavallo (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) is being returned to training after proving to be severely subfertile during his first season at New Zealand's Chequers Stud, according to a report on nzracing.co.nz. The 6-year-old is out of Gold Chant (Aus), an El Moxie half-sister to <a href="https://coolmore.com/en/ireland/stallion/starspangledbanner/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Starspangledbanner</a> (Aus), who is also by Choisir and has...
Racing NSW stewards have confirmed that the dual Group 1-winning filly Yankee Rose (Aus) (All American {Aus}) has tested positive for a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. The 3-year-old returned a positive reading for Ketorolac from her post-race urine sample following her runner-up finish to Global Glamour (Aus) (Star Witness {Aus}) in the G1 Flight S. at Randwick...
With a career defined by two of the longer working arrangements between jockey and trainer in this cutthroat sport, a first morning on the roster at Ballydoyle this week will have felt very different for Wayne Lordan. The announcement by David Wachman last August that he would retire at the end of the season had...
By John Berry The gulf nowadays between the opportunities afforded to the fashionable stallions and those given to the less obvious sires is so massive that one sometimes feels that it has become all too hard for a horse to pull himself up by his bootstraps. Happily, it is still feasible for a stallion, if...
Champion National Hunt trainer Paul Nicholls is the latest member of the British racing fraternity to voice his concerns over the Jockey Club's proposed closure of Kempton Park racecourse, home of the historic GI King George VI steeplechase. Speaking on his blog on the Betfair website, Nicholls, who trained Kauto Star (Fr) (Village Star {GB})...
A record-breaking fifth session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast saw a colt by I Am Invincible (Aus) from the Mane Lodge consignment (lot 891) lead the way at A$260,000, when sold to Ontrack Thoroughbreds and Toby Edmonds. The fifth foal of multiple winner Yields Of Gold (Aus) (High Yield {Aus}),...
The Beck Family has reached an agreement to sell its Highlands Stud on South Africa's Western Cape, according to a report on the Sporting Post website. The farm's late owner, Graham Beck, also bought Gainesway Farm in 1989 and handed over the role of President of the Kentucky stud to his son Antony in 1997....
French stallion Davidoff (Ger) (Montjeu {Ire}) will transfer From his original base at Haras de la Kammerholtz in Lorraine to Haras de Saint Arnoult at the heart of Normandy. The 13-year-old stallion has been in the headlines recently through the exploits of his Willie Mullins trained son Saturnas (Fr) who won the G1 Future Champions...
Jennies Jewel (Ire) (Flemensfirth), hero of last years Ascot S. at Royal Ascot has been retired from racing. The 10-year-old was one of the most popular, durable and versatile racemares this decade and her victory over subsequent G3 Geelong Cup winner Qewy (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}) at Ascot last June capped a 50 race career...
The future financing of British Racing has been strengthened with the news that Tracey Crouch MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, has confirmed that the existing Horserace Betting Levy will be replaced with a new system that will capture all betting on the sport from April 2017. This new Levy replacement will be charged...
