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Qatar Racing's Elm Park (GB) (Phoenix Reach {Ire}), not seen since a fifth in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot in October, will be sidelined until the autumn at the earliest after suffering a setback last month while training towards the G1 Lockinge S. "Sadly, Elm Park picked up an injury at Kempton during a racecourse gallop and he will be out until the autumn, which is a shame,” said trainer Andrew Balding. "He picked up a strain and we will just have to act on veterinary advice....

At The Races has signed a deal to host five days of exclusive network coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness S. and Belmont S. this year. The coverage begins Saturday with the Kentucky Derby. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. BST, with the race going off at 11:34 p.m. Live streaming will also be available to online users. Matthew Imi, chief executive of At The Races, said, "The Kentucky Derby and the U.S. Triple Crown have always been amongst the pinnacle of world horse racing events. What American Pharoah achieved last...

Edited Press Release Plusvital has confirmed that G1 Qipco 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) returned an Equinome C:C genotype result, as revealed Thursday by trainer Hugo Palmer and cited for the reason for withdrawing the colt from consideration for the G1 Investec Derby. Equinome scientists have found horses with a C:C genotype have an optimum racing distance of a mile or less. From a study of almost 1,000 group and listed winners to date, less than 1% of C:C horses raced in Europe demonstrated their optimum distance...

   Making all under Ryan Moore, the heavily-supported Dartmouth provided Sir Michael Stoute with a record sixth renewal of this historic prize and The Queen with a first to continue Ryan Moore's winning sequence on the "Roodeye". Fresh from winning the G3 John Porter S. over an extended 13 furlongs on Chelmsford's Polytrack Apr. 16, the bay was always comfortable on the front end and despite the late challenge of Wicklow Brave in the straight kept finding to hold on in another tight finale. Given a typically quiet racing program...

By Emma Berry In March 2014, amateur rider Robbie McNamara was the toast of the Cheltenham Festival when partnering Silver Concorde (GB) then Spring Heeled (Ire) to victory for Dr Ronan Lambe at jump racing's theatre of dreams. Thirteen months later, on the eve of lining up in the Grand National for the same owner aboard the former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Lord Windermere (Ire), McNamara, having by then become a professional jockey, suffered a fall at Wexford. The gravity of the injuries to his spine––not to mention eight broken...

   Third in the G3 Premio Guido Berardelli over nine furlongs in November after winning a nursery over that trip at Nottingham the previous month, Viren's Army provided a boost to the Oaks-bound So Mi Dar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) having filled third spot behind her in Epsom's 10-furlong Investec Derby Trial on his 3-year-old bow Apr. 20. Settled in fifth early by Silvestre de Sousa, the bay had a clear run into the straight and first run on Linguistic and after earning a narrow lead with a furlong remaining dug...

1.45 Chantilly, Debutantes, €25,000, 3yo, c/g, 10fT PROCONSUL (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is easily the day's most interesting runner as a full-brother to Frankel (GB) and Noble Mission (GB), and half to Bullet Train (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and Joyeuse (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). Andre Fabre has been entrusted with the February-foaled chestnut, who tackles 11 rivals on his racecourse introduction including the Niarchos Family's Beyond Apollo (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), a Pascal Bary-trained full-brother to the SW & MGSP TDN Rising Star Night of Light (Ire). Andre Fabre indicated he...

The next in line of the Derby trials features the expected Ballydoyle representation in the form of Cook Islands, who was a well-beaten fourth in the G3 Ballysax S. over this trip at Leopardstown Apr. 10, and the Apr. 22 Dundalk maiden winner Housesofparliament. A win for either would provide Aidan O'Brien with a sixth renewal, but Godolphin's Apr. 14 £200,000 Tattersalls Millions 3-y-o Trophy winner Linguistic stands in the way. He had Ballydoyle's Listed Lingfield Derby Trial contender Landofhopeandglory (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) back in fourth in that 10-furlong...

Al Shaqab Racing's impressive QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) has been ruled out of a tilt at the Investec Derby on June 4 following a test by Irish genetics company Equinome which shows him to be a 'CC' type, or sprinter/miler. Announcing the news in his Betfair blog, trainer Hugo Palmer said, "This means that there is a less than 1% chance of his optimum trip being 1m4f and, therefore, having consulted with Harry Herbert and Sheikh Joaan, I can reveal that the horse will...

With five winners in Chester's G3 Boodles Diamond Ormonde S., Sir Michael Stoute has the opportunity to set the outright record on Friday with a royal runner as The Queen's Dartmouth (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) starts as a warm favourite. Coming of age when winning the G3 John Porter S.--which was switched from Newbury's waterlogged turf to Chelmsford's Polytrack and staged over an extended 13 furlongs from its customary mile-and-a-half trip--on his seasonal debut Apr. 16, the Darley-bred, who was previously third in Kempton's Listed Floodlit S. over 12 furlongs in...

Ascot stages the first of a valuable new series of races for fillies tomorrow and has attracted nine runners for the £45,000 EBF Breeders' Series Fillies' Handicap to be run over the straight mile. The 20-race series culminates at Newmarket on Saturday, October 1, with each of the four finals at a variety of distances, for fillies and mares which have won or placed in a qualifier, being worth £50,000 to the winner. In total, the series offers prize-money of £625,000. Trainers have welcomed the new initiative, with William Haggas,...

When Cannock Chase came to this race 12 months ago, he looked a potential Sir Michael Stoute improver despite already having Royal Ascot's G3 Tercentenary S. under his belt from the previous season but he failed to live up to expectations when only second to the outsider Maverick Wave (Elusive Quality). It is a measure of how his trainer viewed his overall ability level that he was still chanced in the G1 Prince of Wales's S. at the Royal meeting, but he was unable to enjoy a clear passage and...