Shuwari

Rising star of the training ranks Ollie Sangster says he is eyeing a tilt at the 1,000 Guineas with Simmering (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) and revealed that his chances of bagging a breakthrough success at the highest level this season have been bolstered by the return of 2023 Fillies' Mile runner-up Shuwari (Ire) (New Bay {GB}). Simmering came to the boil with a Group 2 success in the Prix du Calvados at Deauville before confirming herself a genuine top-notcher when chasing home Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the...

It's Goodwood, it's Galway, but this week's column comes to you from Glorious Golspie, 170 miles north of Britain's most northerly racecourse, and roughly the same distance across Scotland from the country's most recent retiree from the training ranks. Keith Dalgleish has packed up his stable at Carluke and moved to Oban in the western Highlands to pursue, at his own choosing, a life outside racing. A successful jockey in his days working for fellow Scot Mark Johnston, and later Scotland's most prolific trainer, Dalgleish will be missed both north...