Newbury Racecourse

Godolphin's 2024 G1 2000 Guineas hero and multiple elite-level winner Notable Speech (Dubawi) was sent postward as the heavily-supported 2-1 favourite for Saturday's G1 Boyle Sports Lockinge Stakes at Newbury and the TDN Rising Star unleashed an explosive display to outclass nine rivals in the one-mile feature. "It was a great training performance by Charlie [Appleby] and to bring him back in this form is a credit to everyone at home," beamed William Buick. "It was all falling apart in front of me, but he was explosive and is an...

Juddmonte's dual G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares heroine Kalpana (Study Of Man) made a successful return to action by defeating five rivals, racing under a Group 1 penalty, in a hot renewal of Saturday's G3 Sky Sports Racing Aston Park Stakes at Newbury, repeating her win in last year's edition. In the money in all bar one of 14 prior starts, the 11-10 pick was forced to knuckle down in the 12-furlong contest and registered a neck verdict from the multiple Group 1-placed West Wind Blows (Teofilo). "Her fitness...

Karl Burke trainee Convergent (Fascinating Rock), runner-up in last term's G1 Deutsches Derby, won the best-turned-out award prior to Saturday's Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise John Porter Stakes at Newbury and claimed the main prize after overcoming traffic problems in the straight to register a third Group-race triumph. "If we can keep him sound and going the right way I think there is a Group 1 in him for sure," said Burke. "I suppose he could be the best we've had over these distances and before him it would be...

According to betting forecasts, Saturday's G3 Dubai Duty Free Fred Darling Stakes was at the mercy of Shadwell's G2 Rockfel Stakes fifth Touleen (Lope De Vega), but the Owen Burrows trainee had to give best to Opulence Thoroughbreds' Rockfel ninth Sukanya (Havana Grey), who produced a late surge to register a 16-1 surprise. The winner does not hold an entry for Newmarket's G1 1000 Guineas, but remains engaged in the Irish equivalent. "She's a very good filly and had a very high level of class last year," insisted Channon. "My...

Cayton Park Stud's homebred I'm The One (Sea The Stars), who skipped an engagement at Great Yarmouth last weekend, justified market confidence in Friday's Dreweatts Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Newbury by delivering a dazzling TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, performance in the 10-furlong contest. The John and Thady Gosden trainee, a G1 Oaks entry, follows in the hoofprints of Clarehaven luminaries Lah Ti Dar and Star Catcher, who also annexed this important staging post. Others to have prevailed include Oaks heroines Eswarah and Dancing Rain. "A trial for the...

Ballylinch Stud resident Bayside Boy (New Bay) became Europe's latest first-crop sire to get off the mark when his Ralph Beckett-trained son Blessed Voyager shed maiden status at the first time of asking in Friday's Dubai Duty Free EBF Maiden Stakes at Newbury. The 11-1 chance, his sire's second representative to hit the track, was positioned within range of the leaders racing fifth through the initial fractions. Making smooth headway once past halfway, he launched his challenge on the stands' side entering the final furlong and was pushed out to...

Alex MacIntyre has been appointed the new operations and guest experience director of Newbury Racecourse. Previously, he served for over 13 years at the Saracens Rugby Club. MacIntyre said, "I am hugely excited by the opportunity to join the team at Newbury Racecourse and support the ongoing success and growth of the venue. As the racecourse continues to evolve as one of the UK's premier destinations for racing and events, I'm eager to play a part in building on its strong heritage while helping to drive forward new initiatives that...

This year's renewal of the G2 Mill Reef Stakes will be run in honour of the late Geoff Lewis, whose association with the great Mill Reef was the highlight of the Welshman's hugely successful career in the saddle. Lewis, who died last month at the age of 89, partnered Mill Reef to win 12 of his 14 career starts, notably landing the Derby, Eclipse, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in an outstanding three-year-old campaign in 1971. He later embarked on a training...

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's homebred 2-year-old colt Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder), who hails from the family of Dubawi, went postward as the 2-1 joint-favourite for Friday's TPT Fire Supports St Michaels Hospice EBF Maiden Stakes at Newbury and returned with a TDN Rising Star rosette after delivering a mightily impressive wide-margin triumph in the straight one-mile test. "His work had been good at home, I thought he'd take a lot of beating coming here today and that was a taking performance," said winning rider Billy Loughnane. "I've sat...

Newbury Racecourse announced on Tuesday the introduction of a £50,000 bonus for any horse who wins a two-year-old race throughout the Flat season at Newbury and subsequently triumphs in the G2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes. In the event that a horse achieves this feat in 2025, £40,000 will be paid to the winning owner and £10,000 to the yard where the horse is trained for the stable staff. The European Pattern Committee revealed in February that the Mill Reef was one of two races in Britain at risk...

The prize-money for the G3 Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury has been increased to £100,000 this year. Set for Saturday, Apr. 12, as part of the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials meeting, the seven-furlong contest holds an illustrious roll of honour including Mill Reef, Paco Boy (Ire), Frankel (GB) and Kingman (GB). Sponsored by Watership Down Stud since 2019, the race will receive a £10,000 boost to the total prize fund in 2025. The renewal takes place three weeks prior to the first Classics of...

Eighteen point-to-point graduates feature in the catalogue for the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale, which takes place after racing at Newbury on Saturday, November 30. Inspections will be open on Friday and Saturday, with showing to take place next to the racecourse stables, before the sale gets underway in the Owners and Trainers facility after the last race at 3.35pm. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, "We have had a very good response to the Coral Gold Cup Sale from the point-to-point handlers and have assembled a strong catalogue...