How are we halfway through the 2026 Cheltenham Festival already? It has gone in a flash, but I’m loving every second. The penultimate day is headlined by two Championship contests: The Stayers’ Hurdle ...
There was a brief break from the Cheltenham Festival on the Nick Luck Daily this week... though it turns out even South Africa isn’t entirely exempt from Cheltenham chat.
Anyway, our performance of the week was by a filly, Sheza Alibi. She won the Randwick Guineas and looks to be another Australian star distaffer, to go along with Autumn Glow. She’s only three, so she ...
Speaking to Charlotte Greenway at Cheltenham on the day before its Festival, Jon Pullin issued a ground and weather update.
Its thoroughbred contests might’ve been overshadowed by the Saudi Cup this year, but as QREC celebrates its 50th birthday, ...
Already almost two months have passed since the bloodstock world, its members either on off duty, swarmed to Australia for the Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Adroitly combining sales w ...
Marin Belloir, whose Haras de la Baie has bred both a contender in this month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup and May’s Grand ...
Neither injuries nor age seemed to slow down The Tin Man, who continued racing at a high level until the ripe old age of nine. (Benoit photo) In the latest edition of his hugely popular series, our ...
The fallout of his long expected resignation has led to calls for a governance review of the RCA, one of the BHA’s Board ...
It’s almost a year since she hung up her boots, so which female jockeys have slipped into the vast void left by a true ‘trailblazer’?
Jay Hovdey remembers ‘the Irish colt from California’ who appeared particularly comfortable racing at Belmont and settled into a steadily successful career at stud. Gary Stevens has been known to ...
Zenyatta (Mike Smith) arrives at the end of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic on top of the racing world. (Benoit photo) Our unmissable series continues with the gentle giant who entranced the entire ...