Newmarket handler William Haggas has issued a warning to punters considering supporting his ante-post Lincoln Handicap favourite Kalk Bay that it is unlikely that the four-year-old will make the cut for the traditional cavalry charge that signals the start of the Flat season on turf, writes Elliot Slater. Kalk Bay needs 26 horses above him [...]
No-one who set out for Newbury races on Saturday could possibly have imagined the awful scenes that would await them in the parade ring before the first race of what promised to be an outstanding day’s action at the track’s premier National Hunt fixture of the season, writes Elliot Slater. Soon after the runners arrived [...]
Everyone dreams of owning a great racehorse; well almost everybody and ask those who don`t would they like a percentage share of the Derby winner’s prize money and there aren`t too many who would say no. The thoroughbred racing industry is associated with wealth, with glamour and with tales of heroic bravery and defeating the [...]
It is sad to learn of the news that the highly respected Compton-based trainer Peter Cundell has saddled his last runner after a career that has spanned the best part of four decades and seen the popular handler achieve some notable successes, writes Elliot Slater. Cundell saddled his last runner at Kempton Park on January [...]
T his post is for all the thousands of Zenyatta fans. I thought it might be a good idea to put together a bunch of all the Zenyatta memorabilia I could find, with links for you to purchase. Also, to immediately set the minds of any skeptics at rest, I pledge that any commission I [...]
There’s nothing more exciting, to many, that spending a day at the track. Even if you don’t have access to a racetrack or a way to watch horse racing on TV, horse betting can yield some great profits. Many horse-wagering individuals have hit the big score with a bet of just $1. Before you can [...]
What Is A National Hunt Race? National Hunt racing is a vastly popular class of horse racing in the United Kingdom. It is the formal name for jump racing, where horses have to jump obstacles such as fences or hurdles, and includes steeplechases and hurdle races. Additionally, there are also flat races held at these [...]
Whеn people see signs thаt ѕау “Thoroughbreds fοr sale,” thеу οftеn thіnk οf high-strung racehorses wіth difficult temperaments, dancing hooves, аnd illustrious lines οf equine ancestry. Intеrеѕtіnglу, thе term Thoroughbred dοеѕ nοt mean purebred, аѕ many amateur horse-lovers mіght believe. It іѕ a specific breed, developed іn England іn thе 17th аnd 18th centuries. A [...]
Training thoroughbreds for the racetrack comes with very specific challenges – it’s different from training regular riding horses, and to many people outside of the industry it appears to be an assembly line producing a lot of wild and uncontrollable animals. In reality, thoroughbreds are trained carefully – but quickly – to do a specific [...]
If you have ever watched the Kentucky Derby or other events in racing’s Triple Crown, you have had the opportunity to see Thoroughbred horses. If you’re not a racing fan, but watch the news on a regular basis – particularly after the 2006 running of the Kentucky Derby and on through the rest of the [...]
