All news by author: Melissa Jones

King Of Steel heads the betting for the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown and Roger Varian has been pleased with the colt's work in the build-up

Frankie Dettori was seen in action at Kincsem Park for the first and last time on Saturday, on horses owned by Jim and Fitri Hay. Silent Film and Splendent were too strong for the local runners

Highland Lodge gained lots of fans for his love of jumping Aintree's Grand National fences. He raced in the 2017 renewal of the famous marathon and won the Becher Chase at the track

Appleby reports Big Evs to be A1 following his below-par run in the Nunthorpe. The two-year-old, who could race on in America, was supplemented for the York sprint after a Group Three win at Goodwood

Riding at York's Ebor meeting for the final time, Frankie Dettori celebrated a double on Kinross and Absurde. The latter, trained by Willie Mullins, won the day's feature contest with a first prize of £300,000

Goldream raced in the Nunthorpe on three occasions, the big sprint at York's Ebor Festival. After he retired from racing, charity New Beginnings retrained him to become a therapy horse in the community

Before the current Flat season, apprentice jockey Sean Kirrane had not ridden a winner at York. But old favourite Copper Knight helped him make the breakthrough and now the sportsman is going for Group One glory

Frankie Dettori has two leading candidates for the St Leger at Doncaster. He will trial Gregory at York next week after Arrest passed his in the BetVictor Geoffrey Freer Stakes

Saffie Osborne and Hollie Doyle rode a double apiece, which helped them top the table at the end of the international jockeys' challenge. Frankie Dettori, making his last appearance there, was out of luck

William Muir and Chris Grassick plan to go back to ten furlongs with Pyledriver, who finished fifth when trying to defend his King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes title last month

Wesley Joyce was seriously injured in a fall at the 2022 Galway Festival, which led to treatment in intensive care. The apprentice jockey spoke of his joy at returning to the racecourse

Andrea Atzeni, due to leave Britain in the next few weeks for a lucrative trip to Hong Kong, won the Coral Stewards Cup on Aberama Gold. Tom Marquand, top rider at the Qatar Goodwood Festival, was also on the scoresheet

Perotto, trained by Roger Varian, runs in the Coral Golden Mile at Goodwood Racecourse on Friday. The five-time winner, who will be ridden by Ryan Moore, has 19 rivals

Hukum and Westover went head-to-head for Ascot's feature prize, which lived up to the pre-race hype. But Auguste Rodin, sent off a well-backed favourite, was most disappointing and trailed home last

Rain fell at racecourses around the country, including Newbury, where Tom Marquand made up for his Royal Ascot defeat on Relief Rally in the Weatherbys Super Sprint. In Ireland, Ryan Moore galvanised a winning effort from Savethelastdance

Apprentice Billy Loughnane, hailed as the biggest riding star since Lester Piggott, will not be in the saddle for the next few weeks. The 17-year-old fractured his thumb in a stalls incident at Nottingham Racecourse

Juddmonte's classy stayer, trained by Ralph Beckett, has to come through a workout to secure his place in the all-star field. Derby one-two Auguste Rodin and King Of Steel are among his possible rivals

The Weatherbys Super Sprint at Newbury has attracted 23 entries. Juniper Berries, one of two runners for Eve Johnson Houghton, tries to reverse previous form with favourite Relief Rally

Oisin Murphy was an eye-catching jockey booking for Golden Rules, representing Deborah Faulkner's small stable in the Northumberland Plate. But connections were narrowly denied the prize by Calling The Wind

Auguste Rodin is a short-priced favourite to win the Curragh's Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby on Sunday. He takes on eight rivals including White Birch and Sprewell, both behind him at Epsom

Rab Havlin rode Ascot Gold Cup winner Courage Mon Ami and Queen's Vase hero Gregory in their warm-up races, before Dettori took over at the big meeting last week

Murphy, who brought Shaquille from an unpromising position to win at Royal Ascot, rides Golden Rules in Newcastle's Northumberland Plate. The stayer is 8-1 in William Hill's big race market

Charlie Johnston is counting down the days until Subjectivist contests the Ascot Gold Cup. The impressive 2021 winner is 8-1 with William Hill to reclaim his Berkshire crown

George Boughey, fifth best numerically for winners last year in UK Flat racing, has booked champion jockey Will Buick to ride juvenile runners Asadna and Soprano

Oliver Sherwood has trained for almost 40 years and sent out Many Clouds to win the 2015 Grand National. The 68-year-old, who recently battled cancer, feels his business is no longer sustainable