Racing

Godolphin grow impatient with British Racing plc

Chris McGrath: Poor prize-money is driving the Maktoums to the brink of protest on behalf of the wider sport.

Inside Racing

Moonstone a jewel among Classic hopes

Thursday, 24 March 2011

You have to go back to Kazzia, in 2002, for Godolphin's last Guineas winner at Newmarket, but next month the stable finally hopes to land running in the first Classics of the season. The unbeaten White Moonstone is favourite for the QIPCO 1,000 Guineas; among the colts, meanwhile, Saamidd is joined on the list of possibles by eligible Irish recruits in Dubai Prince and Casamento.

Johnson hopes National test will get to the bottom of Tidal Bay

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Sue Montgomery: An intriguing contender with a superb Aintree record was confirmed in the mix yesterday for next month's Grand National, though his tilt at the John Smith's-sponsored prize could hardly be termed no-nonsense.

Finian's Rainbow (and other pots of Cheltenham gold)

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Aside from the Festival victors, some sure-fire future winners were also on show last week. Chris McGrath picks eight who caught the eye

Five questions answered at the feelgood Festival

Monday, 21 March 2011

Exemplary performances in Cheltenham's championship races last week will remain in the memory for a long time to come

Long Run heads to Aintree

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Sue Montgomery: The new chasing king, Long Run, is enjoying a weekend off but the good news for his growing army of fans is that he may be back in action before the season's end.

Waley-Cohen and Long Run destroy field to seal golden glory

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Chris McGrath: Six-year-old rises to challenge to deliver first victory for amateur rider since 1981.

Youth has its day as Long Run's brilliance ushers in a new order

Saturday, 19 March 2011

James Lawton: It was everything you would have wanted on a sunlit diamond of an afternoon – and then a little more.

Waley-Cohen: 'The roar was incredible, like galloping into the lion's mouth'

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Brian Viner: Sam Waley-Cohen is getting married in June, but his fianc�e Bella, who fortuitously comes from a family of racing enthusiasts, might just allow him to claim another day in 2011, the day he won the Gold Cup as an amateur jockey, as the most memorable of his life.

O'Connor's joy leaves Twiston-Davies inconsolable

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Whatever your views on the pursuit on horseback of bushy-tailed vermin across the countryside, there is no doubt that fox-hunting is part of jump racing's history and heritage. The Foxhunter Chase is normally regarded as the highlight of the week for amateur riders; yesterday's riders rather found their thunder in that department stolen. "This is usually our Gold Cup," said the winner, Derek O'Connor. "But this year I'm not sure we can say that."

Nicholls dreams of 'our champion' after Zarkandar's triumph

Saturday, 19 March 2011

One of the more glaring blanks on the CV of Paul Nicholls, the fives-time champion trainer, is the Champion Hurdle. But it is an omission he now hopes, with some justification after Zarkandar's comprehensive defeat of more seasoned rivals in the Triumph Hurdle yesterday, may have been rectified by this time next year. "This is our little Hurricane Fly," he said. "I can't remember when I've been so excited by a young hurdler. And he knows he's good, too."

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