“He is no longer a spring chicken but he has not lost his talent,” Michael Holding told AFP regarding Michael Stoute, the trainer who proved his close friend right on Saturday by winning his sixth Epsom Derby. Whilst Stoute raised his top hat to salute Desert Crown crossing the winning line, three cheers rang out …
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Frankie Dettori said he could “chillax” after he bounced back from a “tough week” to get off the mark and win the feature Coronation Stakes on the third day of Royal Ascot with the impressive unbeaten filly Inspiral. The 51-year-old Italian superstar lapped up the adulation and a warm welcome back in the winners enclosure from …
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The packed stands at Epsom and Royal Ascot are just the images a sport wants beamed worldwide but away from the prestigious meetings racing faces a challenging time in attracting new spectators. Worryingly for the ‘Sport of Kings’ the crown seemed to have lost a bit of its lustre with disappointing crowds for both the …
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Three-time British champion jockey Oisin Murphy, who is currently banned from riding, told the BBC he was blacking out from drinking so much last year he considered quitting horse racing. The 26-year-old is barred from riding until next February having received a 14-month suspension in February — backdated to December 8 — after admitting breaching …
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Understandably, there is less hype surrounding the 2022 Belmont Stakes than previous iterations of the race. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was held out of the Preakness. Early Voting won the Preakness, but he is being held out of the Belmont Stakes. So not only is there no intrigue of a potential Triple Crown winner, …
