Horse Racing
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Kauto Star must wait for history bid at Kempton Park
Kauto Star’s bid to land a record fifth successive William Hill King George VI Chase has been put on ice. Paul Nicholls’s brilliant chaser will have to wait until Kempton’s next jumps meeting on Saturday, January 15 to go one better than Desert...
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McCoy looks to cap year with star performance
Tony McCoy has had a year most people can only dream of having won the world’s most challenging and best known race, the Grand National, and become the first jockey to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. However, the 36-year-old Ulsterman...
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Deal reached to keep Preakness in Baltimore
A deal between state horse racing leaders, track owners, breeders and state officials was hammered out on Wednesday that will keep the Preakness horse race in Baltimore. The Preakness, the second jewel in American horse racing’s Triple Crown, is...
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Mont Cenis Honey grabs top honour
The highlight of yesterday’s programme at the Marsa racetrack was the Prix de Vincennes final for French horses from the Premier Class on the long distance of 2,640m. This final formed part of the 61st and last meeting of the season which contained...
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Mantorp success lifts Degiorgio’s spirits
Charles Degiorgio, the Maltese professional trainer and driver currently plying his trade in Sweden, earlier this week took part in a horse racing meeting at the Mantorp Racetrack. Degiorgio managed to win a race with Herr Buddy Run on the short...
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Bello Fratello wins President’s Cup final
Swedish 13-year-old Bello Fratello, under the guidance of Anthony Spagnol, took the honours in yesterday’s major race at Marsa when finishing first in the President’s Cup final for Premier class trotters. The final, on a distance of 2,140m, formed...
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Unfancied Snow Fairy takes Hong Kong Cup
Britain’s unfancied Snow Fairy galloped to a narrow victory in the Hong Kong Cup yesterday, the richest of four meetings at the eight-million-US-dollar Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races. Top jockey Ryan Moore pulled off a surprise win in...
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Uncle Bertie triumphs in Coronation Cup final
Uncle Bertie, ridden by Michael Sultana, won the main race at the Marsa Racetrack yesterday when finishing first in the Chukkas Coronation Cup final, a flat racing event held on a short distance of 1,250 metres. The final formed part of the 59th...
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Premier SFs in the spotlight at racetrack
The 58th meeting of the season at the Marsa racetrack yesterday was made up of 10 races, all semi-finals in events for French trotters only. The championship races, organised by the Malta Racing Club in conjunction with the Societe du Cheval...
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Sultana in decisive MHRU Sicily race
All eyes will be on Michael Sultana today as the Malta Racing Club (MRC) jockey will figure in a decisive seventh and final Mediterranean Horse Racing Union (MHRU) championship leg in Siracusa, Sicily. In previous races, Malta was represented by...
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Korentin, Lord of Rush strike gold at Marsa
The 57th meeting of the season, made up of 10 trotting races on the short distance of 1,640m, was held yesterday at the Marsa racetrack. The two most important races, those for Gold class trotters, were won by Korentin, driven by Michael Ellul, and...
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Isolated, Arnie Sensation victorious in top races
Heralding the start of the President’s Cup for Premier class trotters, the two semi-finals were the main attraction of yesterday’s 56th meeting of the season, made up of 11 races. The semi-finals, on the short 2,140m distance, were won by Isolated...
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Premier double for Baldacchino
Popular driver Noel Baldacchino steered James de l’Iton and Mont Cenis Honey to victory in yesterday’s two major races, the heats from the Prix de Vincennes Championships for French horses from the Premier class, on the long distance of...
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First Premier class win for Isolated
As expected, the Premier class race was the main attraction in the 53rd meeting of the season held at the Marsa racetrack yesterday. This programme consisted of eleven races, all for trotters on a short distance of 2,140m. The Premier race was won...
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Kakisis beats Play On Me in Premier final
Driven by Johan Axisa, favourite Kakisis won yesterday’s major race at Marsa, the Dragonara Cup final for Premier class trotters. This race, on 2,640m, formed part of the 52nd meeting of the season made up of eight races, all for trotters. The final...
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Blame denies Zenyatta, glory for Goldikova
Blame held off a charging Zenyatta to win the five million-dollar Breeders’ Cup Classic, thwarting the superstar mare’s bid to stretch her perfect record to 20 victories. The six-year-old Zenyatta, a crossover sensation in the United States,...
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Zenyatta gets first taste of track
American phenomenon Zenyatta had her first gallop at Churchill Downs on Wednesday while Japan’s hope Espoir City completed his final workout ahead of the Breeders Cup Classic this weekend. Zenyatta is vying for a second-straight win in the Breeders...
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Winning jockey Mosse fined for blowing kiss
Winning French jockey Gerald Mosse has been fined by stewards for blowing a kiss to the crowd before the finish post in the Melbourne Cup, reports said yesterday. Jubilant Hong-Kong-based Mosse, 43, was well clear on French stayer Americain in the...
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Americain storms to Melbourne Cup
French stayer Americain became only the fourth international winner of Australia’s Melbourne Cup with a storming finish at Flemington racecourse yesterday. The six-year-old, ridden perfectly by French jockey Gerald Mosse, surged home down the centre...
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So You Think poised for 13th Cup win for Cummings
So You Think is poised to start as the shortest-priced favourite in decades to give legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings a record 13th Melbourne Cup victory at Flemington today. The Malaysian-owned four-year old is all the rage and is unbeaten...
