The €1,200,000 Group 1 Prix Jacques Le Marois in 2025 isn’t just the familiar cross-Channel battle between the UK, Ireland and France on the Normandy Coast. Deauville’s premier Straight Mile race also contains raiders from Japan among 11 runners on Sunday, 17 August. A rather thin home team by comparison sees just two in the …
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As the summer continues apace, there’s more from the Curragh and Newbury races on respective sides of the Irish Sea on Saturday, 16 August. In the Emerald Isle, the Group 3 Royal Whip Stakes supported by the official Irish St Leger Trial takes centre stage, while in Berkshire the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes for seven-furlong …
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The Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest of 2025 at Deauville sees global owner-breeders Godolphin launch a three-pronged attack on the race over a unique 1,300m distance on Sunday, 10 August. Their blue silks figure most in the field of 11 declared on the Normandy Coast. Charlie Appleby appears hellbent on reinventing Dewhurst Stakes hero …
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On one of the less vaunted summer Saturdays in the British and Irish racing calendar, punters can look forward to Group action from Haydock Park, Newmarket and the Curragh on 9 August. Four Pattern races take place across these three venues on this day. Starting on Merseyside with the Listed mile Dick Hern Stakes for fillies …
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Deauville is the site of hugely exciting German import Matilda for her French debut as she tackles her elders in the Group 1 Prix Rotschild of 2025 for new trainer Francis-Henri Graffard on Sunday, 3 August. Purchased by Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm operation after beating the boys in the German 2000 Guineas, big things are …
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Last but not least from Glorious Goodwood 2025 is a day 5 card that contains the Stewards’ Cup and Summer Handicap. Group races from the Sussex Downs track on Saturday, 2 August see fillies and mares tackle the Lillie Langtry Stakes and older middle-distance horses run in the Glorious Stakes. As the curtain falls on …
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As key parts of the penultimate card of action from Glorious Goodwood 2025 day 4, the Golden Mile and Group 2 King George Qatar Stakes provide punters with big fields to wager on. The former is a Heritage Handicap, while the latter sees some of the best sprinters in training descend on the Sussex Downs. …
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Going in to the Galway Hurdle of 2025, the last two winners of the valuable Grade 3 handicap on Ladies Day have been four-year-olds. In fact, Nurburgring led home fellow youngster Ndaawi 12 months ago and he’s out to improve on that on Thursday, 31 July. Trainer Gordon Elliott is no stranger to success at …
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Marking the halfway point of Glorious Goodwood 2025 is the day 3 card on Thursday, 31 July. Headlining the middle of the Qatar Goodwood Festival is the last of the meeting’s three Group 1 races in the Nassau Stakes over a mile-and-a-quarter for fillies and mares. Only five run, but this is a small but …
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The favourite for the Galway Plate of 2025 knows a thing or two about landing big handicaps at Ballybrit. Nurburgring chases his own slice of horse racing history at the track on Wednesday, 30 July as he bids to complete a famous double. Winning the Galway Hurdle, then returning to Ballybrit the following season and …
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