The miniature trophies presented to the jockey and the trainer are worth $10,000 each, while the strapper also gets a trophy which is worth $5000. Of that $4.4m to the winner, the owners get 85 per cent, the trainer gets 10 per cent, and the jockey gets five per cent. Read more…
The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Cup. Location Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Inaugurated 1861 (List of Melbourne Cup winners) Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Race information What is the most popular horse race in Australia? Melbourne CupMelbourne Cup, annual horse race, Read more…
Randox Grand National 2022 Results & Runners Position Horse SP 1 Noble Yeats 50/1 2 Any Second Now 15/2 3 Delta Work 10/1 4 Santini 33/1 Where did the horses finish in the 2022 Grand National? 50-1 outside Noble Yeats has won the 2022 Grand National. Amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen Read more…
Grand National runner Discorama has died, having been put to sleep due to an ‘untreatable’ injury the horse sustained during the iconic Aintree race on Saturday evening. Trainer Paul Nolan confirmed the news on social media. Is Discorama OK after Grand National? He said on Twitter : “We are heartbroken Read more…
On Monday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission stripped Medina Spirit of his Derby title in wake of the colt testing positive for the banned race-day substance betamethasone. The commission gave Baffert, who is already serving a two-year suspension from Churchill Downs, a 90-day suspension. Did the winner of the Kentucky Read more…
Mindsmadeup and Born Patriot were put down after falling in races on Thursday. Which horses died at Cheltenham Festival 2022? Shallwehaveonemore, Born Patriot, Mindsmadeup, and Ginto have all died at the Cheltenham Festival this year. More deaths are likely to follow, as horses used for racing commonly die of fatal Read more…
The third day of the Cheltenham Festival was tainted by tragedy after a horse suffered a fatal injury in the final race. Mindsmadeup, an 11-year-old bay gelding, fell at the second fence in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Chase. A second horse, Elegant Escape, also tumbled awkwardly. Which Read more…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby officials have announced that Ethereal Road has been scratched out of the 148th Kentucky Derby. Did any of the horses get scratched from the Derby today? Wayne Lukas’ Ethereal Road is out of the 2022 Kentucky Derby field. Rich Strike draws in. Churchill Downs officials Read more…
‘Mad’ Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike BITES man and horse in shocking post-race footage. POST-RACE footage of shock Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike biting a man and rival horse has been defended by the 80-1 hero’s trainer. What happened at the Kentucky Derby with the biting horse? While outrider Greg Read more…
Horse racing updates as A Plus Tard and Blackmore win Gold Cup. Who Won Gold Cup at Cheltenham today? Minella Indo won the 2021 Gold Cup capping off a successful week for jockey Rachel Blackmore who became the first female jockey to win the race as well as the top Read more…