Space Jet’s bid to win the St Leger for a second time in her career came to a disappointing end at Perry Barr tonight. The superstar, who has really captured the imagination of race-goers with her breath-taking last to first finishes, got into trouble heading into the first bend and could not recover enough to mount enough of a challenge to qualify.
Crafty Shivoo took full advantage of the withdrawal of Fabulous Azurra to win Trial 6 of the Empress Stakes today at Towcester in a time of 29.15.
Mark Wallis’ black pup will most likely head into the first round proper as the outright favourite on the back of her performance today. She paced up well to lead from the lids and ran away from Rapido Lady and Kilara Coco down the back straight to record the second fastest time of the trial stakes.
Fromposttopillar hung on gamely to win the Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic at Monmore Saturday night, provoking a heartfelt monologue from trainer Rab McNair live on Racing Post Greyhound TV.
Only 3 matches into the new football season, Leeds United are yet to register a first league win, there was a bit of respite with a victory over Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup in between. Daniel Farrow assesses Leeds United’s slow start to life in the Championship.
Fabulous Azurra took the BGBF British Bred Oaks by the scruff of the neck on Friday night at Oxford, holding off the late charge of wide runner, No Rush, by just a short head.
David Raya has joined Arsenal on a season-long loan from Brentford, giving Aaron Ramsdale some overdue competition for the starting position, following the permanent transfer of Matt Turner to Nottingham Forest. Arsenal correspondent, Andrei Petrescu, reports.
Fromposttopillar delivered a breathtaking run, stepping up to six bends in the Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic at Monmore on Saturday night, to cruise into next weekend’s semi-finals. However, there has been quite a strong reaction on social media to the Trap 1 allocation of middle/wide runner Havana Bale Out in Heat 2. The first Heat paired the winners of the… Read More »‘Postie’ delivers strong message amidst Havana trap allocation controversy at Monmore.
A cracking card of Open racing at Oxford, on Friday night, included two hot semi-finals of the BGBF British Bred Oaks.
Thursday afternoon open races at Swindon are unearthing a tranche of talent. None more so than John Campbell’s Sept-21 black dog, Bluejig Buzz and Liz/Rab Mcnair’s King Memphis.
