Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. MIDTERM is taken to make a winning return in the £60,000 Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Stakes on the second day of the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials Weekend at Newbury on Saturday. The one-time Investec Derby entry was sent off favourite for…
By Simon Jackson. Royal Windsor Racecourse marks its 150th anniversary this season which includes a fixture celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th Birthday. The Berkshire racecourse hosted their first meeting of the new flat season on Monday and is set to host a ‘Royal Night Out’ fixture on May 16, which includes an exhibition of…
By Simon Jackson at Royal Ascot. Ascot racecourse has announced that The Queen will unveil a statue of Frankel after the Queen Anne Stakes, the opening race of the Royal meeting that starts on Tuesday. Frankel, trained by the late Sir Henry Cecil, won all of his 14 starts that included five wins at Ascot.…
By Simon Jackson. Bookmaker Paddy Power has opened the betting on what colour hat the Queen will wear at Royal Ascot on Ladies’ Day on Thursday where the feature race is the Gold Cup. Her Majesty created history in 2013 when her horse Estimate prevailed by a neck under Ryan Moore to win the Gold…
By Simon Jackson. The Queen’s Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup, Racing Victoria international recruiter Leigh Jordon has revealed. Estimate secured her first victory in more than 14 months when she landed the Group Two Socialites Electric Cigarettes Doncaster Cup on Friday and Australian Racing officials may still have been hopeful that…
By Simon Jackson. The Queen’s racehorse and 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate secured her first win in 14 months when she landed the Group 2 Socialites Electric Cigarettes Doncaster Cup this afternoon. The one and a quarter length success under Ryan Moore was the Sir Michael Stoute-trained five-year-old’s first since her memorable success at…
By Simon Jackson. Australian trainer Gai Waterhouse revealed today that the Queen’s racehorse Carlton House has been retired and will commence breeding duties at Darley Stud this season. The six-year-old had been a leading fancy for the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in Melbourne in October after a series of good runs in Sydney, which…
By Simon Jackson. The Queen’s 2013 Royal Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate has tested positive to the banned substance morphine. The Queen’s racing and bloodstock advisor, John Warren, has said that the early indications indicate that the positive test may have been caused by eating contaminated feed. “On Thursday July 17 the British Horseracing Authority…
By Simon Jackson. Sir Michael Stoute is keeping his options open with The Queen’s mare Estimate who belied a lengthy absence to finish a close second in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. The five-year-old was seeking back to back wins in the two and a half mile contest that is the feature race on…
By Simon Jackson at Royal Ascot. Leading Light beat The Queen’s horse Estimate by a neck in a thrilling finish to the Gold Cup on Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot that was contested in front of a bumper crowd of 65,419. The winner tracked the leaders for the bulk of the two and a half…
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