By Simon Jackson at Royal Ascot. Royal Ascot takes centre stage in world horse racing this week where many of the best thoroughbreds in the world contest some of horse racing’s biggest prizes. The Royal meeting combines five days of high-quality racing and glamour, which is staged at the Berkshire racecourse from Tuesday June 14…
By Simon Jackson. Lingfield Park on Saturday continues the countdown to the £1.1million All-Weather Championships Finals with a Fast-Track Qualifier for the lucrative marathon final. The winner of the two mile 32red.com Conditions Stakes on Saturday is guaranteed a place in the £150,000 All-Weather Marathon Championships Conditions Stakes over course and distance on March 25.…
By Simon Jackson. Tryster completed a hat-trick on the day for Charlie Appleby when he landed the £200,000 Coral Easter Classic, the feature race on All-Weather Championships Finals Day at Lingfield Park. The four-year-old looked to have it all to do when still seventh of the eight runners with just a furlong remaining, but finished…
By Simon Jackson at Lingfield Park. Anglophile booked his place in the £150,000 marathon race at the All-Weather Championships Finals by winning the fast track qualifier over course and distance at Lingfield Park. The Charlie Appleby-trained 2-1 shot proved superior to his five rivals on Wednesday to score by four and a half lengths in…
By Simon Jackson. Charlie Appleby hopes to secure a start with Hawkesbury at the All-Weather Championship Finals by winning the 32RedSport.com Conditions Stakes at Kempton Park tonight. The winner of the six-furlong contest is guaranteed a start in the £150,000 Unibet Three-Year-Old Sprint at Lingfield on Good Friday and Appleby is hopeful that a return…
By Simon Jackson at Kempton Park. Holiday Magic’s victory at Kempton on Monday was William Buick’s first for Godolphin since the shock announcement that he is to become first jockey for Charlie Appleby. Godolphin revealed on Sunday that they had signed Buick, stable jockey to John Gosden for the past four seasons; and also James…
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