The Melbourne Cup and Crown Oaks
Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1 Handicap) “Half Yours” The 2025 Melbourne Cup was won by the horse that was the fastest out of the gate and the fastest at the finish. Simple when put into those terms, but this was an excellent piece of race riding by Jamie Melham, who held on to her mount into […]
Premio El Ensayo Mega
Premio El Ensayo Mega (G1) 2025 A winning time of 2:27.92 ranks this year’s renewal of the race 8th in the last decade and the overall time was 4.36s slower than the time of Il Campione in 2014, who holds the record time in this race since the turn of the century. We can perhaps […]
Breeders’ Cup Winners 2025
Breeders’ Cup Winners 2025 We have already covered the Breeders’ Cup Classic in some detail, but Forever Young wasn’t the only impressive winner on Saturday night at Del Mar. He is my review of some of the other Breeders’ Cup winners and what the data can tell us about their performances. PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup […]
Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic 2025
Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic 2025 The 2025 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic went to Japan. Forever Young crowned a phenomenal 2025 campaign with a superb victory, racing on the front end under Ryusei Sakai before kicking for glory off the home turn. Having finished 3rd in the race 12-months ago he certainly wasn’t a shock winner […]
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance “Ted Noffey” There is no doubt now about who the most promising 2-year-old in the US will be this year. Ted Noffey is the favourite for the Kentucky Derby after his success in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Friday afternoon at Del Mar and deserves to […]
Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday
Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday “The Eye-Catchers” There will be a lot of column inches and podcast minutes filled with discussion about the winners of the races on Future Stars Friday at the Breeders’ Cup, but what about the horses that chased them home? Here are my notes on some of the horses that didn’t […]
Breeders Cup 2025 Preview
Breeders’ Cup 2025 The Breeders’ Cup is billed as the World Championships of our great sport and this year looks set to live up to that title. There are so many great races across the 2 days that it would be an impossible task to analyse every race in detail, but having looked through the […]
William Hill Futurity Trophy Stakes (G1)
William Hill Futurity Trophy Stakes (G1) “Hawk Mountain” In attritional conditions at Doncaster on Saturday, Aidan O’Brien landed his 12th Futurity Trophy. Given that he trained the first 3 in the betting and the only conceivable danger didn’t appear to handle the conditions at all, that is not an overly surprising result. Following this result, […]
Qipco British Champion Stakes – Calandagan
Qipco British Champion Stakes “Calandagan” There has been lots of debate over who is the World’s best racehorse. I don’t want to get into the realms of trying to settle that debate here. Ka Ying Rising was absolutely outstanding in the Everest on Saturday, Sovereignty has produced some incredible displays on the dirt in the […]
Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup
Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup “Trawlerman” There have been plenty of stars in the Staying division and each of them have had that one season where they were simply unbeatable. For Trawlerman, that season has come in 2025. Whilst many will point to the fact that this performance on Saturday was perhaps below his […]