• York Eyecatcher See That Storm remains on the upgrade

    York Eyecatcher See That Storm remains on the upgrade
    Ed Bethell’s See That Storm showed he is still improving when catching a tartar at York on Friday in the shape of Burrito. Since joining Bethell from Andrew Balding, See That Storm won his first four races before being beaten a nose in the Zetland Gold Cup at Redcar. Raised 4lb for that near-miss, he […]
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  • Burrito proves tasty for favourite-backers on the Knavesmire

    Burrito proves tasty for favourite-backers on the Knavesmire
    Burrito looks booked for bigger and better things after taking his record to three wins from four outings at York on Friday. With £70,000 up for grabs in the Seat Unique Handicap, a competitive field had been gathered. But John and Thady Gosden’s four-year-old stood out both in the racecard and in the paddock beforehand. […]
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  • Sweet success means Easy Peeler unlikely to make quick return

    Sweet success means Easy Peeler unlikely to make quick return
    Easy Peeler came home strongly to win the British EBF Supporting Racing With Pride Fillies’ Handicap at York – but is unlikely to take up her entry back on the Knavesmire on Saturday. John and Sean Quinn’s filly has yet to finish out of the first three in her career and seems to still be […]
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  • Still sport of the King: Windsor interest keeps Royal Ascot alive and kicking

    As attendances at other meetings decline, the monarch’s presence makes Ascot a soft power asset for BritainAscot will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Royal procession at its showpiece race meeting next week. The intermittent noise of jets on the final approach to Heathrow will be one of the few deviations from the sights and sounds when George IV first trundled his way up the course in 1825. The king and queen will ride in the first of the horse-drawn carriages, their liveried atte
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  • Saba Desert catches the eye with winning start at Sandown

    Saba Desert catches the eye with winning start at Sandown
    Saba Desert made no mistake on debut to take the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes for Charlie Appleby at Sandown. The Godolphin-owned and bred colt is by Dubawi and out of Finespun, a daughter of Luca Cumani’s Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Gossamer. Godolphin and Appleby chose the same race as a career starting point […]
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  • Patrick Mullins checks Chester box in tour of British tracks

    Patrick Mullins checks Chester box in tour of British tracks
    Grand National-winning rider Patrick Mullins ticked off another course on his mission to conquer Britain when victorious at Chester on Friday. Although only 30 miles separate the Roodee and Aintree, the two courses could not be more different in their make up, and only two months after winning the world’s most famous steeplechase, the amateur […]
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  • Sat TV Trends: 14th June 2025

    Sat TV Trends: 14th June 2025
    More LIVE ITV action this Saturday (14th June 2025) as the cameras head to Sandown, Chester and York this and, as always, here at Geegeez we've got all the key trends & stats to help you narrow down the fields, and hopefully point you in the direction of a few winners. Sandown Horse Racing Trends […]
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  • Brigid’s Cloak seeking new high at York

    Brigid’s Cloak seeking new high at York
    Brigid’s Cloak will aim to continue her upward progression as she travels to York for the Churchill Tyres Supporting Macmillan Sprint Handicap. Trained by Johnny Murtagh and owned by the Nick Bradley Racing Club, the Havana Grey filly got off the mark on the all-weather at Dundalk in April and has done little but improve […]
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  • ‘Big run’ expected from Absurde on York return

    ‘Big run’ expected from Absurde on York return
    Absurde will return to the scene of his most valuable victory to date when he lines up for the Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Grand Cup Stakes at York on Saturday. Willie Mullins’ seven-year-old is a true dual-purpose performer who won the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 2024 and then the Listed […]
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  • Illinois and Candelari on course for Gold Cup showdown

    Illinois and Candelari on course for Gold Cup showdown
    Aidan O’Brien’s Illinois and Francis-Henri Graffard’s Candelari have the chance to fill the void left by Kyprios after standing their ground for the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. There is a vacancy at the top of the staying tree after the recent retirement of O’Brien’s dual Gold Cup hero, but hopes are high Illinois could […]
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  • Wathnan snap up James McDonald for Royal Ascot rides

    Wathnan Racing have swooped to secure the services of top international jockey James McDonald for Royal Ascot. The Emir of Qatar’s racing operation enjoyed a four-timer at the Royal meeting 12 months ago and with a swelling team once again this year and multiple entries in many races, the New Zealand-born pilot will prove a […]
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  • Passion remains at Derby but empty spaces among Epsom spectators are growing

    Lambourn’s victory lacked the atmosphere of previous years which are unlikely to return to the glory days of early centuryA yellow weather warning put a lid on the walk-up attendance on the Hill at Epsom on Saturday, and though the Derby itself avoided the worst of the rain, when it did finally arrive, about half an hour after the big race, it sent many spectators scurrying for an early exit. At the end of a three‑month period with historically low rainfall, it was horribly bad luck.
  • Sovereignty beats Journalism to win Belmont Stakes showdown at Saratoga

    Sovereignty wins Belmont, repeats Derby 1-2-3 finishRain clears as Alvarado guides colt to Triple triumphJournalism places again after Preakness victory runSovereignty won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, taking the third jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown by passing Journalism down the stretch at Saratoga Springs, New York, in a finish that mirrored the Kentucky Derby.The one-and-a-quarter-mile race was set up as a rematch to the Run for the Roses on 3 May after S
  • Lambourn wins the 2025 Derby in dominant fashion: horse racing – as it happened

    Lambourn provided Aidan O’Brien with his 11th victory in the Derby when making almost all the running in the Epsom showpiece3.30pm The Derby previewOur detailed runner-by-runner guide to the big race is here, and a preview of all of today’s ITV Racing coverage is here, but in summary, I’m not at all convinced that Ruling Court, the 2,000 Guineas winner, will get home over 12 furlongs, and also a little sceptical about the strength of the Leopardstown trial won by Delacroix, or
  • Lambourn storms to Derby triumph with 11th victory for Aidan O’Brien

    Wayne Lordan rides first winner in famous ClassicFavourite Delacroix well beaten after being bumped“Everything in Ballydoyle is about Epsom,” Aidan O’Brien said on Saturday after the Derby, and perhaps a little superfluously, as Lambourn’s 13-2 success in the colts’ Classic had just sealed a clean sweep of the three Group One events at the meeting. Lambourn was not the first string in the trainer’s three-strong team – Delacroix, the 2-1 favourite with Ry
  • Horse racing: Minnie Hauk flies home for Oaks glory after thrilling Epsom duel – as it happened

    Aidan O’Brien’s Minnie Hauk beat stablemate Whirl by a neck, ending Desert Flower’s unbeaten run2.40pm Coronation Cup previewThere are few more obvious Group One winners-in-waiting than Francis-Henri Graffard’s gelding CALANDAGAN, who scooted away with the Group Two King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot last summer by six lengths and has finished runner-up at the highest level on his next three starts. Things have simply not panned out for him in his two most recent outin
  • Winner takes it all: Pride of Arras channels spirit of 70s for the Derby

    Aykroyds saddling one of the favourites at Epsom harks back to era of enthusiastic breeder-ownersLord Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury, who flipped a coin in 1779 to decide whose name would be attached to a new race at Epsom, would still recognise the Derby’s switchback route around the Surrey downs if they could somehow be spirited along for the latest renewal of the Classic on Saturday. While so much else has changed at Epsom since Bunbury’s colt, Diomed, was the first winner nearly a
  • Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, French Open and Giro d’Italia

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  • Appleby and Buick eye final step in rare sporting journey to complete Classics set

    Desert Flower’s trainer and jockey are each on the brink of a career landmark but Minnie Hauk could scupper those hopesFor both Charlie Appleby and William Buick, membership of one of Flat racing’s most exclusive clubs will be an added incentive when Desert Flower, the 1,000 Guineas winner and favourite, canters to post before the Oaks at Epsom on Friday afternoon.Since the end of the second world war, only eight jockeys and 11 trainers have managed to get their names on the roll of
  • The Derby 2025: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners

    Ruling Court will probably win if he stays the distance but Pride of Arras is a must for any shortlistTrainer/jockey Owen Burrows/David Probert, stall 13One of two runners in the green and white silks of Ahmad al Shaikh, whose twin passions in racing appear to be having runners in the Derby and paying as little as possible to buy them. It is a hard approach to knock, however, as Khalifa Sat, at 150-1, and Hoo Ya Mal, at 50-1, reached the frame in 2020 and 2022 respectively. Continue reading...
  • Epsom aims to put showpiece Classic back at level of Kentucky Derby

    FA equipment borrowed to make draw for 264th Classic‘My job to try to bring crowds back,’ says course managerHaving staged the draw for last year’s Derby with hand-scrawled ping-pong balls outside the local Wetherspoons, the only way was up before the 246th running of the Epsom Classic and there was a welcome sense of occasion and sporting heritage as 19 runners – the biggest field since 2003 – were handed their spots in the starting stalls for the race on Saturday.
  • FA Cup balls are ready for a wide-open Derby with no obvious winner

    Up to 19 runners could line up to take on favourite Delacroix with the market leaders all looking vulnerableEpsom has hired the balls and equipment used in FA Cup draws to add a touch of glamour to proceedings when the stall positions in Saturday’s Derby are allocated in the town centre on Wednesday. From a punter’s perspective, however, a wide-open race and one of the biggest fields this century promise to be the only selling points required for the 246th running of the Classic. Twe
  • British racing’s leadership in disarray after Lord Allen delays arrival at top

    Proposed chair of British Horseracing Authority engaged in meetings to understand issues facing sport The administration of British racing appeared to be in disarray on Friday after confirmation by the British Horseracing Authority that Charles Allen, who was due to take over as the BHA’s new permanent chair in three days’ time, will delay his arrival to an unspecified date in order to “better inform his vision for the sport”.In a brief statement, the BHA said: “Sin
  • Going gets tricky for tracks on a bank holiday when fans were short-changed

    Racecourses may find maintaining an acceptable racing surface in an era of climate change is no longer viableBank holiday cards in May are perennially among the best-attended meetings of the season at Windsor, but a bumper gate at the track on Monday was not matched by a similar turnout on the other side of the running rail. Two dozen non-runners from an original total of 90 declared runners, almost all of which were due to the good-to-firm going, left the card as a whole looking distinctly thre
  • Hotazhell can edge out Field of Gold in intriguing Irish 2,000 Guineas

    Saturday’s field has more strength in depth than the Newmarket Classic and Jessica Harrington’s colt is the pick of the pricesField Of Gold, favourite for Saturday’s Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh, poses a fascinating “back-or-oppose” puzzle for punters after his fast-finishing second behind Ruling Court in the English equivalent this month.Kieran Shoemark, the colt’s rider in the Newmarket Classic, lost his job as John and Thady Gosden’s stable jock
  • Racing chiefs warn Labour plans on betting could cost sport tens of millions | Greg Wood

    British Horseracing Authority is protesting about proposals to harmonise online and gaming duty ratesBrant Dunshea, the acting chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, warned on Tuesday that government proposals to harmonise the rates of duty for online betting and casino-style gaming products could cost the industry tens of millions of pounds annually, remove any incentive for gambling firms to focus on racing and increasingly push punters towards illegal operators.Dunshea said tha
  • Osborne takes Heart from Preakness run ahead of Belmont bid

    Osborne takes Heart from Preakness run ahead of Belmont bid
    Saffie Osborne has hailed taking part in the Preakness Stakes as “an amazing experience” and she is hoping Heart Of Honor can step up on his Pimlico fifth in next month’s Belmont Stakes. Having recovered from a slow start to make some late headway behind Journalism in the middle leg of America’s Triple Crown, the […]
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  • Tommo ‘absolutely thrilled’ to cheer home 66-1 Redcar strike

    Derek Thompson has commentated on some of the biggest and most prestigious races all over the world but few have given him as much pleasure as the 66-1 success of Cheerleader in a minor event at Redcar on Monday. Thompson, who is believed to be the youngest ever commentator on the Grand National when he […]
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  • ‘Very, very useful’ Venetian Sun could be Albany bound

    Karl Burke unleashed another potentially smart juvenile at Carlisle on Monday when Venetian Sun justified odds-on favouritism and earned quotes for the Albany Stakes in the process. That Royal Ascot contest over six furlongs is now her target after winning the British Stallion Studs EBF Fillies’ Novice Stakes, which had £40,000 on offer. Owned by […]
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  • The Lion In Winter backed to bare his teeth in Derby

    The Lion In Winter has reclaimed his position at the head of the Betfred Derby betting after coming in for sustained support. Having drifted out to as big as 6-1 following his first career defeat in the Dante at York, he was replaced as favourite by stablemate Delacroix. However, on Monday all major bookmakers reported […]
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  • Big Mojo handed Sandy Lane assignment at Haydock

    Big Mojo will run in the Betfred Sandy Lane Stakes over six furlongs at Haydock on Saturday in preference to the Temple Stakes over five. Trainer Mick Appleby hopes to see his stable star book his place in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot over the same distance. With Tom Marquand not available, William Buick […]
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  • New summer jumps championship incentive unveiled

    Saturday will see a new summer jumps championship launched with a prize fund of £30,000. There will be awards for the leading jockey, owner, trainer and small trainer. The small trainer prize will be open to yards with less than 30 winners from the 2024-25 trainers’ championship. The trainer and small trainer awards will be […]
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  • Colin Keane excited to land Field Of Gold Curragh ride

    Colin Keane is delighted to have been chosen to partner Field Of Gold in Saturday’s Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh. Keane, attached to the stable of Ger Lyons, has been champion jockey in Ireland for the past five seasons. John and Thady Gosden have gone with local knowledge rather than booking a jockey […]
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  • Charlie Hills bidding for more Greenlands glory with Iberian

    Iberian will bid to provide trainer Charlie Hills with back-to-back victories in the Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday. The Lambourn handler claimed the Group Two prize with Mitbaahy 12 months ago and will have high hopes of adding to his tally with a horse who was last seen going down a […]
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  • Atsila to be added to Irish 1,000 Guineas field

    Donnacha O’Brien is to supplement his unbeaten filly Atsila into the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Tuesday entries stage. She did not make her debut until April this year when winning a minor event at Bellewstown but she stepped up markedly on that a month later to win the Group Three Athasi Stakes at […]
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  • Ground conditions crucial to plans for Paborus

    Ed Bethell will choose between an option in France and another at Haydock for his progressive type Paborus. The four-year-old has won four of his six career outings and oozed class on his return to action when beating Mount Athos, Array and subsequent Thirsk Hunt Cup winner Flight Plan on his return. He will now […]
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  • Journalism rallies down stretch for sensational win in 150th Preakness

    Pre-race favorite Journalism wins Preakness at PimlicoRispoli is first Italian jockey to win a Triple Crown racePreakness moves to Laurel Park next year amid rebuildJournalism surged from behind to win the 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday in Baltimore, making up five lengths in the final furlong to dramatically capture the middle jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown on the final race day before the rickety 155-year-old venue is demolished and rebuilt.Trained by Michael McCarthy an
  • Horse racing: Rebel’s Romance closes in on £11m prize money with Yorkshire Cup win

    Horse racing: Rebel’s Romance closes in on £11m prize money with Yorkshire Cup win
    Charlie Appleby’s globetrotting star Rebel’s Romance enjoyed a successful homecoming when gamely claiming the Yorkshire CupNext up here on the Knavesmire is a competitive 10-furlong handicap, with Karl Burke’s four-year-old Thunder Run currently a narrow 5-1 favourite to bounce back to his winning form over a mile at the big August meeting here last year, when he was racing off a 4lb lower mark. Jane Chapple-Hyam’s Salamanca is close behind in the market at 11-2, he is un
  • Keep the faith with York Eyecatcher Nightwalker

    It is still too early to give up hope on Nightwalker developing into a top-class colt after he finished fifth behind Pride Of Arras at York. Having looked in need of the run at Newmarket on his return to action this year, with the three-year-old having moved from Sir Michael Stoute to John and Thady […]
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  • Ruling Court on track for second Classic strike

    Charlie Appleby is respectful of the challenge Aidan O’Brien is likely to mount as 2000 Guineas winner Ruling Court goes for Betfred Derby glory. The Godolphin-owned son of Justify dazzled at Newmarket in the opening Classic of the season and is as short as 3-1 for Epsom on June 7, but his Moulton Paddocks handler […]
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  • The Lion In Winter not discounted for Derby despite Dante disappointment

    For the third year in succession Aidan O’Brien could bid to turn disappointment into Betfred Derby glory, with The Lion In Winter very much still in the mix for Epsom despite failing to fire in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes. The Ballydoyle handler knows better than anyone what it takes to win the […]
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  • Gosden anticipating tough test on Sweet William return

    Sweet William has been set a stiff task as he returns to action in Friday’s Boodles Yorkshire Cup at York. John and Thady Gosden’s six-year-old was second over this distance in the Ebor in 2023 and enjoyed a very competitive campaign last year when making the frame in each of six starts at Group level. […]
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  • Tropical storms to Westow win

    Andrew Balding’s Tropical Storm booked his ticket for Royal Ascot with victory in the British Stallion Studs EBF Westow Stakes – but which race he tackles has yet to be decided. Excused his comeback sixth in the Palace House having taken a false step, he was sent off a 4-1 chance in the Listed contest but […]
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  • Horse racing: Pride Of Arras crashes into Derby reckoning as The Lion In Winter fades

    Pride Of Arras caused a real upset in the Dante Stakes as The Lion In Winter was soundly beaten at YorkThey are going into the stalls here for the 2.42, Sisyphean has replaced Blue For You as favourite …That was an impressive success by American Affair given that he was racing off a career-high mark of 98. He will be significantly higher next time up but Jim Goldie’s gelding had something to spare as he ran down Jm Jungle inside the final furlong before crossing the line a length to
  • Kyprios seeking Saval Beg hat-trick

    Kyprios is the star of the show at Leopardstown on Friday night as he takes his usual route to Royal Ascot in the Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes, while later on the card Willie Mullins will saddle his first runner for the King and Queen. Aidan O’Brien’s champion stayer has twice won this Group Three event […]
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  • Pride Of Arras stuns Dante field with 18-1 success

    Pride Of Arras caused a real upset in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes as The Lion In Winter was soundly beaten at York. The latter horse was the ante-post Derby favourite and was expected to take a step towards the Classic at York, but after wrestling with Ryan Moore in the early stages, […]
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  • See The Fire blazes clear to rout Middleton rivals

    See The Fire delivered a red-hot run to take the Basti Equiworld Dubai Middleton Fillies’ Stakes at York in remarkably good style. Andrew Balding’s chestnut was the 8-11 favourite under Oisin Murphy and was ridden patiently in the Group Two from stall four. In the home straight, they began to pick through horses and the […]
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  • York TV Trends: Fri 16th May 2025

    We’ve got all the trends that matter ahead of the LIVE ITV races from the third day (Fri, 16th May 2025) of the York Dante Meeting, with the Group Two Yorkshire Cup the feature contest today. York Horse Racing Trends (RacingTV/ITV) 1.50 – Clipper EBF Marygate Fillies’ Stakes (Listed Race) Cl1 5f ITV 18/19 – […]
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  • 2025 Lockinge Stakes Trends

    The Lockinge Stakes is a Group One race staged at Newbury racecourse and run over a distance of 1 mile. First run in 1958 the contest is for 3 year-olds and older horses and has been won 4 times in the last 14 years by the Richard Hannon yard. In recent years the race has […]
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  • Horse racing leaders break ranks to push for higher taxes on online casinos

    Split in gambling lobby emerges as senior racing figures oppose level taxes and flag dangers of online casinosA schism has opened up at the heart of the £11.5bn-a-year gambling industry, after senior figures in horse racing broke ranks and signalled they would no longer object to tougher taxes and regulation of online casinos.In a surprise development, likely to cause headaches for multibillion-pound companies such as Flutter and Entain, some of the most powerful figures in racing in effec
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