John & Thady Gosden

In a renewal of Newmarket's G3 Craven Stakes robbed of a star turn in Hawk Mountain (Wootton Bassett) and of another of interest in Hankelow (Night Of Thunder) due to the quickening ground, it was TDN Rising Star Oxagon (Frankel) who benefitted under enterprising tactics. Sent off the 7-4 second favourite due to the defections, last year's Champagne Stakes runner-up who was sporting first-time cheekpieces was sent straight to the front by Oisin Murphy and dictated to suit. Applying the pressure on the approach to the dip, Prince Faisal's homebred...

Godolphin's G1 Gold Cup victor Trawlerman (Golden Horn), who has also picked up wins in this term's G3 Henry II Stakes and G2 Lonsdale Cup, sealed his status as the year's outstanding stayer with another defeat of his John and Thady Gosden-trained stablemate Sweet William (Sea The Stars), in race-record time, in Saturday's G1 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot. "Trawlerman is a relentless galloper and I couldn't be more thrilled with him," beamed John Gosden. "It is late in the year for him and he has been...

Marcstown Ltd and Andrew Rosen's 550,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate Sacred Ground (Kingman), a John and Thady Gosden-trained daughter of G1 Oaks and G1 Prix de Royallieu heroine Anapurna (Frankel), made a winning debut with a last-to-first effort in Monday's bettingsites.co.uk Betting Sites Fillies' Novice Stakes at Great Yarmouth. "It was a very pleasing debut and I thought there was plenty to like and plenty to build on," said William Buick. "She was quite professional and knew her job pretty well. She's a beautifully bred filly and is only...

Royal Ascot's G1 Gold Cup hero Trawlerman (Golden Horn) went postward as the odds-on favourite for Thursday's G2 Weatherbys Lonsdale Cup Stakes at York and, towing home fellow Clarehaven representative Sweet William (Sea The Stars), emulated his John and Thady Gosden-trained former stablemate Stradivarius by winning the two-mile York marathon as a seven-year-old. "The three-year-old [Shackleton] made it a test of stamina, Trawlerman was giving him a full stone in weight, and they made a lovely race of it together," said John Gosden. "You go 15 rounds with this boy...

Coolmore's G1 Eclipse hero Delacroix (Dubawi) will renew rivalry with Godolphin's Sandown runner-up Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) and is one of six runners booked for Wednesday's G1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York after three of nine overnight contenders were scratched from the extended 10-furlong contest at Monday morning's declaration stage. The former will attempt to provide Aidan O'Brien with a record-extending eighth renewal from stall three, while Ombudsman bids to regain the winning thread from stall five. Godolphin is also represented by the Andre Fabre-trained £85,000 supplementary entry Birr Castle...

John and Thady Gosden trainee Oxagon (Frankel) shaped with a deal of promise when fifth in a hot winner-producing Newmarket maiden earlier this month and delivered a stunning performance in his second start to earn a TDN Rising Star rosette in Wednesday evening's Chasemore Farm EBF Novice Stakes at Sandown. He becomes the 44th Rising Star for his sire and second this season after Treanmor joined the roll of honour in May. The 10-3 third favourite broke swiftly and gained an immediate advantage, setting steady fractions, in this seven-furlong heat...

Juddmonte homebred Publish (Kingman) was an unlucky-in-running debut second going seven furlongs at Sandown earlier in the month and returned over the same strip to shed maiden status with a bristling display in Thursday's Martin Densham & Peter Deal Memorial British EBF Maiden Stakes. The contest's honour roll includes Kameko in 2019 and Ruling Court last year. "They didn't go overly mad in front early, so I let him build into his gears and, once he knuckled down and got organised, he hit the line well," said winning rider James...

Godolphin's G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes hero Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) will face five opponents after a select half-dozen were confirmed for Saturday's £1-million G1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown. The John and Thady Gosden trainee, who has drawn stall five, encounters fellow four-year-old Sosie (Sea The Stars), who will bid for a fourth success at the highest level for the Andre Fabre stable from the neighbouring stall four. The Classic generation enjoys strong representation and features G1 2000 Guineas hero Ruling Court (Justify) and G1 Prix du Jockey Club victor Camille...

Wathnan Racing's Crimson Advocate (Nyquist), who annexed the 2023 G2 Queen Mary Stakes for George Weaver, returned to the scene of her greatest triumph with a decisive victory in Wednesday's G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes. Her 1 3/4-length tally provided the Gosden stable with a record-extending sixth win in the one-mile contest. Crimson Advocate had previously registered a second stakes win in Goodwood's Listed Conqueror Stakes last month, her third outing and first win for John and Thady Gosden since joining from the Weaver stable, and the four-year-old landed a...

Given he was such an important horse for the Gosdens, it was fitting that the stable would provide Kingman's Dalham Hall resident Palace Pier with his first winner at Haydock on Friday evening. Godolphin's homebred colt Morris Dancer, who had been seventh in a hot Newbury maiden a fortnight earlier, was sent off the 7-4 favourite for the card's seven-furlong novice and after being patiently ridden by Robert Havlin was produced to overhaul Havana Gold's Gold Dawn approaching the final furlong and score by 1 1/4 lengths. 🔵 Morris Dancer...

Perhaps unlucky in Newmarket's 2,000 Guineas, Juddmonte's Field Of Gold was in a class of his own in Saturday's Tattersalls-sponsored Irish equivalent at The Curragh. More at home on this conventional galloping track, the even-money favourite never looked in any semblance of trouble travelling kindly for Colin Keane despite being trapped wide without cover. Sent forward approaching two out, the son of Kingman demonstrated his superior acceleration to settle the issue quickly. Forging clear with a typically dynamic closing quarter, the Clarehaven supremo was chased home by Cosmic Year at...

Anthony Oppenheimer's Queen Of Thieves (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a homebred full-sister to dual G1 Champion Stakes hero Cracksman (GB), was fresh off a recent third on seasonal return at Newbury and shed maiden status in style with an 11-length tally in Tuesday's Weekend Winners On Sky Sports Racing Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Great Yarmouth. Breaking swiftly and holding sway throughout, the 5-6 favourite was untroubled on the front end and powered ever clear under whipless cajoling inside the final quarter-mile, hitting the line with a wide-margin buffer back to the...