The Qatar Racing Pony Racing Championship takes place for the first time on Qatar Racing British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday, October 17. The race, for ponies 148cm and under, forms part of the Dragon TV & Film Racecourse…
Our list is topped this week by the fastest maiden performance in six years. 5. BOGUS OPERANDI, SAR, 9/3-8th, 6 1/2 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure- 85 (VIDEO) (g, 3, by Maximus Mischief–Blame It On Dixie, by Blame) O-Dennis Narlinger. B-Beau…
As Light Up Racing–a grass-roots communication and public education initiative in North American racing–moves toward the conclusion of its work following this year's Breeders' Cup, its Board of Directors has released the third piece in a series reflecting on what…
Cygames, a video game publisher and developer, has partnered with France Galop as a premium partner of the €5-million G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Tromphe in October. It is the first Japanese company to hold that role, with Qatar…
Powerful Glory, the winner of last year's G1 Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot, has been retired from racing, with stud plans for the son of Cotai Glory yet to be confirmed. Trained by Richard Fahey for owner Sheikh…
Raaheeb (Sea The Stars) will miss the rest of the season, having been being found to be lame after his fifth-place finish in Monday's G3 Weatherbys Global Stallions App Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor. Trained by Owen Burrows, Raaheeb has…
Shonan Galleon (Jpn) (Flightline), who ran his record to two victories from as many starts with a six-length romp in the Sept. 5 G3 Sapporo Nisai Stakes to become the first group/graded winner for his first-crop sire (by Tapit), has…
In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Alan Porter examines the success of the 2026 freshman sires class. Not only did two of the four juvenile grade 1 events on offer fall to freshman sires, but four more also added stakes…
This week's Podcast Playback looks at quotes of interest from racing podcasts Sept. 3-9, including assistant trainer William Butler on Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T) winner Tiffany, and Zac Purton, rider of Ka Ying Rising.