Newmarket

Newmarket's Craven meeting comes up pretty fast in the life of a 2-year-old, but it can also be a hotbed for genuine talent and that was the case on Wednesday as Amo Racing's Persian Dreamer provided Coolmore's first-season sire Calyx (GB) with a second winner and very early TDN Rising Star. Attracting attention ahead of the valuable five-furlong British EBF Maiden Fillies' S., the Dominic ffrench Davis-trained bay who was a €145,000 Goffs Orby yearling looked the part from the outset with Kevin Stott holding on to her behind the...

NEWMARKET, UK--On Tuesday, Charlie Appleby gave us one Classic winner in action on the Rowley Mile, and by Wednesday that had doubled in number as his older-horse brigade continue the countdown to their seasonal debuts. With Hurricane Lane (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) having pleased the trainer on Tuesday, last season's Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and the 2021 Derby winner Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) stepped out on the turf which is drying all the time in the windy conditions. "I'm very happy with both of them...

While the 2000 Guineas picture looks more or less clear at present, the fillies' equivalent is much less so with the retirement of Commissioning (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and the attendance of Tahiyra (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) currently in the balance. Perhaps Newmarket's seven-furlong G3 Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn S., always a key trial for the Classic, will provide even sharper focus on Wednesday as several likely types gather on the Rowley Mile. Frankie Dettori's winning return to the UK on Tuesday bodes well as he climbs aboard Juddmonte's exciting Coppice (GB)...

They're off and running at Newmarket, though not all of the runners have been in official races. The first day of the Craven meeting, a date anticipated with longing by those racing folk who dwell by that wind-blasted Heath, was ushered in by a Classic winner on the Rowley Mile.  While we have more than a fortnight to wait for the first Classic victor of 2023 to reveal himself, the 2021 Irish Derby winner Hurricane Lane (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) strode out with purpose under William Buick on the easy turf...

Newmarket yard tours of William Haggas, John and Thady Gosden and Sir Mark Prescott, who all train for King Charles, and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be offered by Discover Newmarket in the coming months. The exclusive tours are in honour of the Coronation of King Charles III. Attendees will be treated to tours of their selected trainer's yard, as well as an opportunity to spend time on the Newmarket Gallops, a guided tour of The National Stud, and a visit to the National Horse Racing Museum among other activities....

13.50 Newmarket, Cond, £30,000, 3yo, 7fT Jaber Abdullah's 3-year-old colt HI ROYAL (IRE) (Kodiac {GB}), a half-brother to MGSW G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois fourth Noor Al Hawa (Fr) (Makfi {GB}) out of G1 Falmouth S. heroine Majestic Roi (Street Cry {Ire}), makes his sophomore debut coming back off a 215-day break in Newmarket's opening event of 2023. The March-foaled bay garnered a 'TDN Rising Star' badge at Ayr in September when last on duty and he encounters eight rivals, all winners, in a contest annexed four times in the...

It is not unusual to see Group 1-winning jockeys riding work in Newmarket, but it is a less familiar sight to find one riding four lots a day through the depths of winter. That, however, is how South Africa's multiple champion Greg Cheyne has been spending his time since relocating from his native country last August. Cheyne and his wife Claire are both now employed by William Haggas at Somerville Lodge, and the jockey has recently been given the green light by the British Horseracing Authority to resume his race-riding...

British horseracing may have its fair share of issues, but that does not appear to be a deterrent to a swathe of young trainers, and one of the newer names to appear in race cards is Jack Jones, who has just celebrated his first full year with a licence. A former point-to-point rider who has cut his teeth by working for a wide variety of trainers internationally, including David Simcock, Richard Spencer, Ger Lyons, Mikel Delzangles and Chris Waller, Jones has notched four wins so far in 2023 from 14...

Paddy Twomey and statistics go hand in hand. It seems as though, whenever the trainer's name is mentioned, a number or a stat of some sort will follow. And it's easy to see why: statistically, Twomey is the most upwardly-mobile handler in Ireland. This is a man who has been operating at a 23 per cent strike-rate or higher since 2018. That takes serious doing in an environment as competitive as Ireland. While the 46-year-old has been training officially since 2012, his Tipperary-based operation has been open to outside owners...

Group 1 winner Lezoo (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}), the Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Filly, will only run in the May 7 G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas if she runs in a trial race first, owner Marc Chan's racing manager Jamie McCalmont revealed on Thursday. He said, "If she's ready to run in a trial, then she could run in a trial, but we wouldn't run in the Guineas without a run. "Her form is solid--she never ran a bad race last year and was unlucky not to be unbeaten. But we wouldn't go...

A pair of Godolphin's stable stars are headed back to contest Grade I races in America, the owner confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday. Trained by Charlie Appleby, the American champion Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will ship to Keeneland's Spring Meet to run over the Haggin Turf Course in the GI Maker's Mark Mile on Friday, Apr. 14. With the Moonlight (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who won the GIII Saratoga Oaks Invitational S. and was second in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational S., will contest the GI Jenny Wiley S....

With over 2,000 winners to his credit since 1970, trainer Sir Mark Prescott has joined the Judging Panel for the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame after the passing of James Delahooke, the organisation said in a release on Wednesday. "The Hall of Fame is a great initiative that promotes the best in our sport and stimulates further interest in the National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket," Prescott said. "I'm surprised and honoured to be invited to join such a tip-top Hall of Fame judging panel, and to be tasked...