Kieran O'Neill

For a jockey, any day you ride a winner is a good day, but Wednesday proved to be even sweeter for Kieran O'Neill, who is also the breeder of his winning mount Naana's Sparkle. It's not the first time he has won aboard the Twilight Son gelding either, as O'Neill guided him to his first win back in 2024. The four-year-old has also won twice in the interim for O'Neill's weighing-room colleagues Rowan Scott and Charlie Bishop "It is extra special," O'Neill admits. "Because from day one, I broke him...

Racing returns to Newmarket's July Course later this month but prior to that John and Thady Gosden took advantage of the fresh turf to give three of their stable's Royal Ascot runners a racecourse gallop on Saturday morning, including the Breeders' Cup victrix Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Now five, the Cheveley Park Stud homebred was fourth behind her stable-mate and fellow Thompson family colour-bearer Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) on her return in the G1 Lockinge S. on May 18.  She now looks likely to have another attempt at the G1...

The training game may be a tough one but that doesn't stop new young hopefuls  joining the ranks each year. Getting early winners on the board counts for everything and that is something Alice Haynes managed from the outset. Now, just over three years since she sent out her first runner, her string has grown steadily in number and she has taken on the historic Machell Place Stables in Newmarket in addition to her original base just across the road at Cadland Cottage Stables. Despite having all of Newmarket's expansive...