Jamaica Cup
JAMAICA CUP Caymanas Park – 19th October 2026 The $6m Jamaica Cup was the feature race on Monday’s card at Caymanas Park. We have already spoken about the winner in this blog in recent weeks, but unlike the Philip Feanny Gold Cup, this time The Prince’s Spur was able to hold on for the biggest […]
Ontario Derby
Ontario Derby (Grade 3) Woodbine – 17th October 2026 Things may not have worked out for Luster in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, but the form of her victory in the King’s Plate at Woodbine in August continues to look strong and FIRE AND WINE has certainly been playing his part to […]
British Champions Day Review
British Champions Day 2026 Ascot – 17th October 2026 “Whether he goes to Keeneland or whether this victory in the Qatar Racing Champion Stakes is his final bow, he will end his racing career as one of the best 10 furlong horses to have graced the Ascot turf”. Ombudsman (William Buick) wins the Qatar Racing […]
British Champions Day 2026
British Champions Day 2026 Ascot – 17th October 2026 British Champions Day is here! The culmination of the last 6 months of the Flat season will come to its traditional conclusion on Saturday afternoon at Ascot, with a 7 race card that features no less than 5 Group 1 races. You can find sectional times, […]
Chepstow Horses to Follow
DragonBet Welsh Racing Festival Chepstow – 9th – 11th October 2026 The Jumps are back! The Dragonbet Welsh Racing Festival at Chepstow is the traditional start to the main National Hunt season and even though the unseasonably hot and dry Summer weather took away the chase races, there was a definite sense that the Jumps […]
Newmarket Future Champions Weekend
Newmarket Future Champions Weekend 9th – 10th October 2026 As we begin our build up to British Champions Day at Ascot next weekend, the curtain is beginning to come down on the 2026 Flat season in the UK. Newmarket’s future champions weekend offered some of the last chances to get a good look at next […]
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Clues
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Clues Saturday 3rd October “I suspect that stepping into a deeper race like the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland is going to bring out further improvement in this 2-year-old. If he does line up at Keeneland in a few weeks time, I think he may prove too strong for his rivals and […]
Canadian International Stakes
Canadian International Stakes – Grade 1 Woodbine – 3rd October 2026 The famous blue silks of Godolphin are no stranger to the winner’s enclosure at Woodbine and this their 5th success in the Canadian International Stakes, but this was a first Grade 1 success for ARABIAN CROWN (Dubawi – Dubai Rose) who was given a […]
Darley Alcibiades Stakes
Darley Alcibiades Stakes – Grade 1 Keeneland – 2nd October 2026 “She is now the filly that the others have to beat in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at the end of the month”. EMPHATIC lived up to her name to take the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades Stakes in Keeneland on Friday afternoon and earned […]
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes – Grade 1 Belmont Park – 1st October 2026 “Minaret Station, but he remains lightly raced, especially over this distance and so it is not impossible to think that he could give a good account of himself at the Breeders’ Cup at the end of this month”. The rescheduled Joe […]