All news by author: Jon Lees

Forte, the overwhelming favourite for the Kentucky Derby before he was ruled out by vets on Saturday, failed a drug test after winning a Group 1 race last year, according to a report

Tony Mullins transformed Princess Zoe from a lowly handicapper into one of the top Flat stayers in Europe before she was switching to hurdling

The 11-10 favourite Revenue was having his second start in a 5f race at Windsor when he appeared to clip a goose who had landed on the track by the Thames

Charlie Johnston, operating as a sole licence holder this year, was buoyed by the efforts of Dubai Mile and Dance In The Grass who both finished fifth in their Classics

Mage, ridden by Javier Castellano, came with a late rally to catch runner-up Two Phil's and land the 149th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday

The 7.55pm race at Doncaster was held up while security staff removed three protesters who had sat down in the middle of the racecourse

In his final year before he retires as a jockey 52-year-old Frankie Dettori rode his 22nd British Classic victory on the 7-2 shot Chaldean at Newmarket

Tom Marquand was already mounted on his own horse and heading to the start of the first race at Newmarket when he was kicked by another horse

Long time favourite Forte is heading a 19-strong field for Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs where Forte's trainer Todd Pletcher has three contenders in the field

Saffie Joseph Jr was due to run Lord Miles in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday but after two of his runners at the meeting died he and his horses are not welcome at Churchill Downs

The Olympian and BBC presenter Sam Quek will be working at the Eurovision Song Contest when her first racehorse runs in the 1,000 Guineas

Auguste Rodin could try to emulate the great Nijinsky, the last horse to win the English Triple Crown in 1970, if he wins the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday

Hidetaka Otonashi, one of Japan’s most successful trainers, will saddle his first runner in the Kentucky Derby, the UAE Derby winner Derma Sotogake

Trainers Conrad Allen and Stuart Williams complained that Windsor had not put horse welfare first by allowing a funfair near the racecourse stables

Superstar jockey Frankie Dettori, 52, who retires at the end of the season, ended a sequence of near-misses to win the Premio Parioli, the Italian 2,000 Guineas

The 17-year-old apprentice Billy Loughnane has ridden 50 winners since he made his racecourse debut in October and will now ride in Sunday's 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket

Slipothepen, owned by the King and Queen Consort, will be targeted at Royal Ascot after it was decided not to take a tilt at Saturday's 2,000 Guineas on Coronation Day

Wild On Ice was due to be ridden in the Kentucky Derby by Ken Tohill, who aged 60 was set to become the oldest jockey to ride in America's most famous race

Slipofthepen, bred by the late Queen Elizabeth and owned by King Charles and the Queen Consort, is set to line up at Newmarket in the first Classic of the Flat season

Derek Fox rushed back from injury to ride Corach Rambler to victory in the Grand National but faces more time on the sidelines after he was unseated at Perth on Wednesday

The three-time Grand National-winning owner and Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said anti-racing animal rights groups were seeking the extinction of racehorses

The Jockey Club announced a 1.30pm start time for the Betfred Derby after the FA Cup final was moved to a 3pm kick-off due to police concerns

In his retirement year superstar jockey Frankie Dettori has been honoured with his own 52 feet high mural on the side of a stand at Epsom racecourse celebrating his career in the saddle

The family of Dean Holland spoke of their pain over the death of the Group 1-winning jockey who was one of the leading riders this season in Victoria, Australia,

Mighty Thunder, winner of the Scottish Grand National in 2021, died in the Ayr stables after unseating his rider during Saturday’s race, a week after his trainer won the Grand National