All news on the topic: Royal Ascot

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James McDonald hoping to plunder more Aussie success at Royal Ascot
James McDonald has become a regular visitor to Royal Ascot where he has four wins and hopes to follow up last year's King's Stand Stakes success on Coolangatta
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Asadna heads George Boughey's impressive team of up to 20 Royal Ascot runners
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
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Frankie Dettori backed to be top jockey on final appearance at Royal Ascot
Frankie Dettori has topped the standings at the five-day Royal Ascot meeting seven times and is second favourite with bookmakers to do it for the eighth time
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Derby 2023 horse-by-horse guide with latest odds, tips and 1-2-3 prediction
Auguste Rodin leads Aidan O’Brien’s bid to extend his record of Derby wins to nine while Frankie Dettori rides in the race for the last time on Arrest
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"Ring rusty" Derby hero Desert Crown beaten by Hukum in Brigadier Gerard Stakes
Hukum (5-1) returned from injury to cause an upset in Sandown's feature race on Thursday evening. Jim Crowley's mount finished strongly to overtake favourite Desert Crown
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Blow for punters as favourite Al Riffa ruled out of Irish 2,000 Guineas
Al Riffa was at the head of the betting market for the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Saturday. But Joseph O'Brien's miler has met with a setback and won't run
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Will Buick bitten by rival horse riding Modern Games to win Lockinge Stakes
As Will Buick passed Chindit, the eventual runner-up went to bite his horse Modern Games. The jockey was seen to have a small cut on his hand after the dramatic incident at Newbury races
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Godolphin yard favourite Creative Force suffers fatal injury at York
Godolphin sprinting star Creative Force suffered a life-ending injury when breaking down early in the 1895 Duke of York Clipper Stakes at York
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Legendary jockey Steve Cauthen aiming to return to Royal Ascot as an owner
Steve Cauthen, 63, was one of the greatest jockeys of all time in both his native US and in Britain where he won ten Classics including the Derby on Slip Anchor and Reference Point
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Royal Ascot race renamed in honour of late Queen Elizabeth II
The Group 1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes will now be known as the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in recognition of her lifelong association with Royal Ascot
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Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Wednesday’s five meetings, including Ascot Nap
Newsboy expects his nap, Trueshan, to win the Sagaro Stakes and also fancies Mischief Magic to make a winning return on the Ascot card and complete his Daily Double
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Coronation Day Classic bid ruled out for King and Queen Consort's Slipofthepen
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
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Late Queen's horses worth £27m - and Charles made decision to sell mum's mares
King Charles III has reportedly sold 14 of his late mother's horses, including one who won at Goodwood just two days before her passing, bagging £1m so far
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100 eco activists plan to storm fences and sabotage Grand National
The Grand National will be held at Aintree later this month and an undercover report has revealed campaigners planning to disrupt and sabotage the famous race
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Flat Turf 2023 tips: Ten horses to follow as campaign kicks off at Doncaster
As Doncaster stages the first meeting on grass of the year and with the first Classic just five weeks away, here are ten horses to look out for during 2023
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Newsboy's racing tips for four meetings on Wednesday, including Kempton Nap
Newsboy fancies last year's Victoria Cup winner, Vafortino, to opening his account for the year in the 7.30 at Kempton – and he also expects Novel Legend to come good half an hour later at the Sunbury course
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ITV announce deal to continue Cheltenham Festival and racing coverage until 2026
ITV have agreed a new three-year deal to show exclusive, free to air coverage, of horse racing which will bring its association with the sport to ten years
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Four in five Brits are 'fair weather' sports fans - and only follow major events
With Cheltenham Festival taking place next week, over half of Brits will claim to be equestrian 'experts' - and nine in ten will place a bet on the races
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Ex-Tottenham youngster appointed first jockey to Joorabchian's racing team
Danish-born Kevin Stott, 28, has become one of the top young jockeys in the country since switching his sights from a career in football to horse racing
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Saffron Beach misses world's richest race for £275,000 date with Frankel
The Jane Chapple-Hyam trained Group 1 winner Saffron Beach was considered not right enough to travel to Riyadh for the £16 million Saudi Cup and has been retired
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Gold Cup winner ready to reclaim world's best stayer crown after 605-day absence
Subjectivist will contest the £2 million Red Sea Turf Handicap in Saudi Arabia after surviving a life-threatening leg injury which has kept him off the track for 20 months
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Oisin Murphy cleared to return from 14-month ban but must stay sober
Three-time champion Flat jockey Oisin Murphy will have to undergo enhanced drink and drug testing when he returns to action from next Thursday, February 16, as a condition of his licence
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Jockey Martin Harley has head and neck in a halo as he recovers from broken neck
Martin Harley left Newmarket last year to continue his career in Queensland, Australia where he had ridden five winners before he was seriously injured in a mid-race fall
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Oisin Murphy secures ride in £1.25 million race on return from 14-month ban
The three-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy's suspension for misleading the BHA when he broke Covid rules in 2020 and failing two alcohol breath tests is due to expire next week
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King Charles III enjoys biggest success as racehorse owner as Chalk Stream wins
The King inherited Chalk Stream from the late Queen Elizabeth II who bred the horse and raced him in Britain before sending him to Royal Ascot-wining trainer Chris Waller