All news by author: Jon Lees

Golden Rules, from the little known yard of Deborah Faulkner, has been cut to favourite for Saturday's big race at Newcastle due to Gareth Cheshire's prediction

Last year's Northumberland Vase winner Zoffee is the selection in the Plate at Newcastle while Berkshire Shadow can appreciate a drop in class and distance at Newmarket

Frankie Dettori challenged the Royal Ascot stewards' decision to ban him for nine days for careless riding at Royal Ascot but his appeal was refused by a BHA panel

Rachael Blackmore, 33, has been recognised after making history by becoming the first female jockey to win the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle

Frankie Dettori will challenge the stewards' decision to issue a nine day suspension for his riding of the King and Queen's horse Saga on the first day of Royal Ascot

Frankie Dettori, who retires at the end of the season, had already committed to riding at the Breeders' Cup in the US but will now fly to Australia afterwards to ride at the Melbourne Cup Carnival

Frankie Dettori reflected on his time at Royal Ascot after his final day riding at the meeting which began with lunch at Windsor Castle and a ride in the Royal procession

The Aidan O'Brien-trained Canute started co-favourite for the Golden Gates Stakes but was being pulled up by Ryan Moore when he suffered a fatal injury

Pyledriver had been off the track since winning the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes but returned triumphant with victory in the Hardwicke Stakes

Spencer rode Khadeem to a shock victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, becoming the highest-priced winner of the Group 1 sprint

Frankie Dettori's final day at Royal Ascot began in style when he was invited to travel to the racecourse as guest of the King and Queen in the Royal procession

ITV Racing commentators Richard Hoiles and Mark Johnson share more than just the commentary box when they work together on the racetrack

Shaquille appeared to have thrown away all chance when rearing up as the stalls opened but recovered the lost ground to win the Commonwealth Cup

After starting his final Royal Ascot with no first day winners and a ban, Frankie Dettori rode his third winner of the week in the Albany Stakes

A Betfair customer staked £1 each-way bet on two of the biggest-priced winners at Royal Ascot which netted the punter more than £15,000 in winnings

Entrepreneur Will Armitage spent £75,000 to have a Royal Ascot runner on the day of his late father's birthday at the track where he was a steward for 30 years

King Charles and Queen Camilla had gone winless from three Royal Ascot runners on the first two days until Desert Hero won the King George V Handicap

King Charles and Queen Camilla have yet to taste victory on the track at Ascot from three runners but were presented with a trophy for a victory gained in Australia

Adam Nicol, forced to retire from the saddle after a succession of injuries, tackles Royal Ascot's oldest race with only the second horse to join his fledgling Seahouses stable

Sports broadcaster Rishi Persad celebrated one of his best days in racing when Rogue Millennium won the Duke of Cambridge Stakes while he was working for ITV

Frankie Dettori ended a frustrating wait for his first success at Royal Ascot, his last as a jockey before he retires, with victory on Gregory

Aidan O'Brien took time out from celebrating his 83rd Royal Ascot success to express his sympathy for families who lost loved ones in the bus crash in which ten died

Princess Chizara, who contests the Queen Mary Stakes on Wednesday at Royal Ascot, will be a first runner for Ify Madueke, father of Chelsea player Noni Madueke

On a disastrous first day of his final Royal Ascot, Frankie Dettori was hit with a nine-day ban as well as riding three seconds to finish the day winless

By winning the St James's Palace Stakes, Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Paddington became Aidan O'Brien's 83rd Royal Ascot winner, helping him overtake Sir Michael Stoute