The 2019 Horse Racing Thread where you can discuss all things to do with horse racing.
Latest Ante Post on the Big Races
Champion Hurdle
5/4 Buveur D'Air
9/2 Laurina
8/1 Melon
8/1 Sharjah
10/1 Verdana Blue
12/1 Brain Power
Champion Chase
Altior 4-9f
Footpad 11/2
Sceau Royal 14/1
Saint Calvados 16/1
Un De Sceaux 20/1
Great Field 20/1
Petit Mouchoir 20/1
Politologue 20/1
Ballyoisin 25/1
Special Tiara 33/1
Stayers Hurdle
Penhill 6-1f
Apple's Jade 8-1
Samcro 8-1
Supasundae 10/1
Paisley Park 10/1
Faugheen 10/1
Thistlecrack 12/1
Midnight Shadow 14/1
Next Destination 16/1
L'Ami Serge 16/1
Gold Cup
9/2 Presenting Percy
5/1 Native River
8/1 Kemboy
10/1 Clan Des Obeaux
12/1 Road To Respect
14/1 Might Bite
Grand National
20/1 Elegant Escape
25/1 Definitly Red
25/1 Rathvinden
25/1 Bellshill
25/1 Anibale Fly
25/1 Pleasant Company
25/1 One For Arthur
25/1 Vintage Clouds
25/1 Tiger Roll
2000 Guineas
11/8 Too Darn Hot
8/1 Quorto
10/1 Calyx
10/1 Ten Sovereigns
14/1 Magna Grecia
14/1 Persian King
14/1 Advertise
16/1 Line Of Duty
1000 Guinneas
10/1 Newspaperofrecord
10/1 Just Wonderful
12/1 Skitter Scatter
14/1 East
14/1 Fairyland
16/1 Dancing Vega
16/1 Iridessa
16/1 Antonia De Vega
16/1 Goddess
The Derby
3/1 Too Darn Hot
12/1 Anthony Van Dyck
14/1 Quorto
16/1 Magna Grecia
20/1 Madhmoon
20/1 Japan
20/1 Turgenev
25/1 Dubai Warrior
The Oaks
14/1 Iridessa
20/1 Hermosa
25/1 Fleeting
25/1 Dancing Vega
25/1 Goddess
The Unibet Mares' Hurdle will be a match race between Laurina and Sensulano after Got Away and Smaoineamh Alainn were declared non-runners this morning.
Bookmakers have Laurina a general 1-10 chance.
Laurina now 7/2 for the Champion Hurdle after her Listed Mares' Hurdle win
Elixir De Nutz put in a gutsy display to make all in the Tolworth Hurdle. He's now 10/1 for the Supreme Hurdle.
Ruth Jefferson has confirmed that Waiting Patiently will be aimed at the Ryanair Chase.
Looks like Welsh Grand National winner Elegant Escape will head straight to the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Could run a lot better than many think, especially if it comes up soft again.
JLT favourite Master Dino out for the year after sustaining leg fracture.
Samcro is likely to miss the Cheltenham Festival. Thought he might as he has been disappointing this season.
A look at the entries for the Cheltenham Gold Cup:
https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/11/cheltenham/2019-03-15/716980
FIVE-YEAR BANS FOR JOCKEYS WHO FAIL TESTS FOR COCAINE
Irish authorities say message is 'not getting through'
Apple’s Jade will definitely run in the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown but it is highly unlikely she will run in the Unibet Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. More likely to go for the Mares Hurdle. Shame.
Altior aims to make it seventeen straight victories today,.only two opponents though in the Grade 1 at Ascot.
Bot Hereford and Catterick were abandoned today due to frozen ground.
Cracksman and Winx have tied for the title of best Flat horse in the world for 2018.
A look at the Top40 Biggest Betting Races of 2018, which at #1 remains as it always be the Grand National.
https://www.racingtips.com/category/latest-news/biggest-betting-races-of-2018-20190118/
Impressive performance for Presenting Percy to win The Galmoy Hurdle, I’d personally want to see him have a run in a chase before the Gold Cup.
Invitation Only denied Alpha Des Obeaux to land the Goffs Thyestes Chase for Ruby Walsh, Willie Mullins and owners Andrea and Graham Wylie.
Champion Hurdle
Buveur D'Air 11-8f
Laurina 7-2
Apple's Jade 9/2
Melon 8/1
Sharjah 8-1
Verdana Blue 9-1
Brain Power 14-1
Samcro 14-1
Supasundae 14-1
Espor D'Allen 16-1
Farclas 25-1
Champion Chase
Altior 2-5f
Footpad 11-2
Min 6-1
Sceau Royal 12-1
Un De Sceaux 12-1
Saint Calvados 16-1
Fox Norton 20-1
Petit Mouchoir 20-1
Politologue 20-1
Simply Ned 20-1
Ryanair Chase
Min 7-2f
Waiting Patiently 9-2
Al Boum Photo 6-1
Kemboy 6-1
Monalee 6-1
Road To Respect 6-1
Un De Sceaux 6-1
Footpad 7-1
Politologue 8-1
Top Notch 8-1
Stayers Hurdle
Paisley Park 9-4f
Apple's Jade 7-2
Penhill 5-1
Supasundae 6-1
Faugheen 8-1
Samcro 8-1
Black Op 14-1
Bacardys 16-1
Bachasson 16-1
Top Notch 16-1
West Approach 20-1
Cheltenham Gold Cup
Presenting Percy 11-4f
Native River 9-2
Kemboy 7-1
Clan Des Obeaux 8-1
Road To Respect 10-1
Al Boum Photo 12-1
Bellshill 14-1
Thistlecrack 14-1
Frodon 16-1
Sizing John 16-1
Balko Des Flos 20-1
Bristol De Mai 20-1
Elegant Escape 20-1
Monalee 20-1
Anibale Fly 25-1
Terrefort 25-1
Killultagh Vic 33-1
Total Recall 33-1
Tout Est Permis 33-1
Blaklion 40-1
Minella Rocco 40-1
The Storyteller 40-1
Valtor 40-1
Black Corton 50-1
Don Poli 50-1
Snow Falcon 50-1
Acapella Bourgeois 66-1
Coneygree 66-1
Andy Dufresne into 10/1 for the Champion Bumper after putting in a smooth performance at Down Royal.
The Champion Hurdle got a lot more interesting as it seems Apple's Jade may well head there and not the mares' race after a facile win at Leopardstown.
Australian trainer Darren Weir faces a ban of four years after deciding not to contest charges brought against him for the possession of equipment used to deliver electric shocks to horses.
All British horse racing meetings on Thursday have been cancelled because of an outbreak of equine flu.
Wolverhampton Racecourse has said its meeting on Saturday will not take place as a horse from the infected yard ran there this week and a deep clean has been ordered. Racing is not permitted for four days afterwards.
Understood to be from Donald McCain's yard where the three infected horses raced at Ayr and Ludlow.
More than 100 yards have been placed into lockdown by the BHA for testing following the outbreak of equine flu. They include Nicky Henderson and Paul Nicholls.
Racing across Britain has been suspended until at least Wednesday, February 13 as the BHA seeks to confine the equine influenza outbreak that has paralysed the sport.
ITV4 will show Naas tomorrow afternoon.
The BHA report three more positives for equine influenza at Donald McCain's yard.
There is also a further unrelated suspicious case from a yard that raced at Newcastle on Tuesday & Wolverhampton on Wednesday.
Four new positive tests returned at Simon Crisford's Newmarket yard: Four new positive tests for equine flu are returned in vaccinated thoroughbreds at the Newmarket yard of flat trainer Simon Crisford.
Wednesday could look a long shot now I'd say for racing returning.
The British Horseracing Authority will make a decision on Monday evening whether racing can resume on Wednesday following an outbreak of equine flu.
British horse racing has been given the all clear by BHA to resume on Wednesday.
A look at the Grand National weights:
https://www.racingtips.com/category/grand-national/grand-national-weights-revealed-20190212/
The 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree has been retired after a disappointing run at Ascot on Saturday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/47267969
If it is like this at Haydock, god knows what Cheltenham will be like.
Clan Des Obeaux is undoubtedly a very big player in the Cheltenham Gold Cup based on yesterday’s performance and his King George success.
Laurina won comfortably at Punchestown to cement her place in the Champion Hurdle. Not sure if she could beat Apple's Jade or Buveur d'Air.
After talks with racecourse & BHA re welfare concerns, owners Paul & Clare Rooney ‘have instructed their trainers that they may resume making entries for races at Cheltenham.
A look at an proposal for horse racing to take place in cities:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/47323015
Might Bite back in business and should be feared in Gold Cup according to Nicky Henderson, well he has been disappointing in the two runs he has had which were in the Betfair Chase and King George VI Chase.
Jockey Dylan Robinson has been banned for three years after testing positive for cocaine.
The drug, banned under the rules of racing, was found in a sample of Robinson's urine taken at Galway on 9 October.
A bust up between Arena Racing Company and owners, trainers and jockeys over reduced prize money at ARC's 16 courses has led to a boycott.
https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/boycott-extends-to-fontwell-and-southwell/159334
There was confusion at Sandown Park when the wrong horse was awarded the winner of the 13:50 race.
Nigel Twiston-Davies' 12-1 chance One For Rosie was declared to have won in a photo finish, but it emerged the photo was taken from the wrong winning line.
Hughie Morrison's Third Wind, at 9-1, was eventually awarded the race by a short head, with some bookmakers paying out for both horses as winners.
Market for the 2019 King George VI Chase as of 17/03/19
Altior 5/1
Cyrname 6/1
Clan Des Obeaux 7/1
Topofthegame 14/1
La Bague Au Roi 16/1
Waiting Patiently 16/1
Al Boum Photo 16/1
Douvan 20/1
Might Bite 25/1
Lostintranslation 25/1
Kemboy 25/1
Road To Respect 25/1
33/1 bar
I have to say that the way the English media go on about Bryony Frost is a bit much but that’s not her fault. She’s an excellent rider and deserves great credit but she has been put on a pedestal above Lizzie Kelly and Rachel Blackmore and it’s hard to watch. Frodon gets 10% coverage and she gets 90%. In fairness to her she gives the horse a good mention.
Altior could step up in trip next and go for the Melling Chase at Aintree over 2m4f!
Two-time Cheltenham Festival winner Yorkhill returns in warm-up for spring festivals at Clonmel today.
Good run from Yorkhill in second but Acapella Bourgeois too strong at the business end. Quickly settled it away from the last.
Min produced a magnificent performance to destroy his rivals in the Melling Chase, drawing clear under Ruby Walsh to win by a wide margin. Politologue finished a distant second to Min, who made all and could be called the winner a long way out.
Winx won a record 33rd race in a row, ending her career with a third successive Queen Elizabeth stakes and retiring with a four-year unbeaten streak.
The world's top-rated turf horse sprinted home in front of 50,000 people at Royal Randwick in Sydney.
Qabala jumped to the head of the betting for the Qipco 1,000 Guineas as she defeated stablemate Mot Juste to give trainer Roger Varian a one-two in the Classic trial.
Zabeel Prince wins the bet365 Earl Of Sefton Stakes under Andrea Atzeni.
Another winner for trainer Roger Varian at the Craven Meeting at Newmarket.
Too Darn Hot has been ruled out of the 2,000 Guineas. Trainer John Gosden said: "There has been great improvement but there will not be sufficient time to get him ready for Newmarket. We will look now at the Irish 2,000 Guineas or the Dante."
Trainer Tom Dascombe is targeting a ticket into the Investec Derby for Arthur Kitt when the colt lines up in the Blue Riband Trial at Epsom on Wednesday.
The big end-of-season clash between Altior and Cyrname is off as Cyrname is out of the Celebration Chase at Sandown on Saturday.
Pretty Pollyanna misses 1,000 Guineas after failing to sparkle in gallop.
Mohaather will miss the 2000 Guineas next Saturday following a setback.
Buveur D'Air recovered from his Cheltenham disappointment to capture the Punchestown Champion Hurdle.
Nicky Henderson's dual Champion Hurdler fell defending his Cheltenham title in March but he stormed clear of a quality field to win the Grade One feature.
Stand-in jockey Davy Russell held the 2-1 joint favourite until the approach to the last before powering past front-runner Petit Mouchoir to win.
Country House won the 2019 Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security became the first victor in the race's 145-year history to be disqualified on the day.
Hermosa makes all to win the 1,000 Guineas and completes a Classic double for trainer Aidan O'Brien.
The owner of Maximum Security is to appeal against the controversial decision to disqualify his horse as Kentucky Derby winner.
Country House was declared victor after the horse first past the post was ruled to have impeded rivals on Saturday.
Gary West, owner of the favourite Maximum Security, said he would file an appeal on Monday.
Critics of the disqualification include US President Donald Trump, who said the decision was "not a good one".
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has denied a request to appeal the stewards' decision which disqualified Maximum Security from victory in Saturday's controversial Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Pat Smullen, Derby-winning rider and nine-time champion jockey in Ireland, has announced his retirement aged 41 after making an inspirational recovery from pancreatic cancer.
Sir Dragonet is among the leading contenders for the Derby at Epsom next month after giving trainer Aidan O'Brien a ninth Chester Vase victory.
The 13-2 shot, ridden by the trainer's son Donnacha, went clear of stablemate Norway (9-2) to win by eight lengths, with Dashing Willoughby in third.
Making Miracles won the Chester Cup by six lengths after jockey Franny Norton sent the 16-1 shot clear at the home turn in gruelling rain-softened ground.
Norton, riding for Mark Johnston, came from a wide draw to race by the inside rail and finished comfortably clear of Who Dares Wins and Whiskey Sour.
Shock news from Ireland this morning that Gigginstown are to wind down over the next few years
It sounds as though they're not going to buy any young horses from the Sales to feed into their operation and will gradually wind down as current horses retire and are not replaced
Jump racing's biggest and most successful owners …….. the famous maroon and white silks were seen in almost every top race.
Will have a serious impact on Irish racing with many top yards housing numbers of their horses, particularly Gordon Elliott
Last season 225 horses ran in the Gigginstown colours in Britain and Ireland
Nausha continued trainer Roger Varian's fine run of form by winning the Musidora Stakes at York.
The 14-1 shot, ridden by Andrea Atzeni, held off the challenges of Entitle and Frankellina, who dead heated for second in a thrilling finish.
Telecaster wins the Dante Stakes at York, lowering the colours of the once unbeaten Too Darn Hot.
Too Darn Hot not hot enough over 10 furlongs which puts him out of the Derby.
Prize money cuts are likely in horse racing after an unexpected shortfall of £17m in the levy which funds the sport.
The reduction has largely been blamed on bad results hitting bookmakers' profits.
Details were revealed at a meeting of the Horseracing Betting Levy Board, which had forecast a higher yield.
Racing's leaders say they have an urgent plan of action and will be looking to discuss the issue with government ministers.
Mustashry beat Laurens to give trainer Sir Michael Stoute an eighth career win in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury.
The 9-1 chance, ridden by Jim Crowley, powered clear to win the Group One contest by two and a half lengths from 5-1 joint favourite Laurens.
Grand National-winning jockey Davy Russell has won the Grand Steeplechase de Paris at Auteuil aboard Carriacou.
Russell, who won the National on Tiger Roll last month for the second year running, is the first rider to seal the double since Fred Winter in 1962.
Bruce Millington's sensible take on ITV Racing
https://www.racingpost.com/sport/bruce-millington/investec-derby-coverage-critics-need-to-see-the-bigger-picture/384161
The Charlie Brooks column he refers to
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2019/06/02/great-derby-let-coverage-lacks-substance/
Commonwealth Cup hopeful Lady Kaya has died after sustaining broken leg, this is why sometimes the sport can be hard for me to follow.
Silvestre De Sousa was suspended for 7 days and fined £1050 for using his whip above the permitted level inside the final 2 furlongs on Beat The Bank. This means he will probably miss the Eclipse Day.
Blue Point won the King's Stand Stakes for a second successive year on the opening day of Royal Ascot.
Frankie Dettori guided Stradivarius to a second successive Gold Cup victory at Royal Ascot as the in-form jockey won the first four races on Ladies' Day.
The John Gosden-trained even favourite pulled clear to see off runner-up Dee Ex Bee with Master Of Reality in third.
It was a seventh Gold Cup triumph for Dettori, who was labelled a "superstar" after his double success on Wednesday.
Hayley Turner became only the second female jockey to win at Royal Ascot - and the first in 32 years - as she took the Sandringham Stakes on Thanks Be.
But the stewards then gave her a nine-day ban for using her whip too much and fined £1,600.
Blue Point has been retired to stud following his Group 1 double at Royal Ascot, a pity but perhaps Battaash may now win his first Group 1 in England.
A planned Formula 1-style summer horse racing series involving teams has been delayed until 2020.
Eight racecourses in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland had agreed to stage meetings with millions of pounds in prize money.
I really didn't it would go ahead this summer personally in my view.
Sea Of Class is fighting for her life after suffering a career-ending bout of colic.
The star filly, who pushed the mighty Enable close in last year's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, is receiving intensive care after an operation on Wednesday.
Her trainer William Haggas told the Racing Post on Sunday morning: "It is with great regret that I have to announce that Sea Of Class underwent a colic operation on Wednesday, which will end her racing career.
Newmarket’s July festival, for many racegoers their favourite meeting of the year, explodes into life with last year’s Derby hero Masar the star name on the opening day.
It is a fixture which fits seamlessly between Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood and horses will often run at all three of those meetings.
Leading trainers Sir Mark Prescott and Donald McCain on Tuesday joined Charlie Fellowes in calling for use of the whip above the permitted level to result in disqualification.
Fellowes suggested in a guest column in Tuesday's Racing Post that his first Royal Ascot winner, Sandringham scorer Thanks Be, should have been thrown out due to jockey Hayley Turner's misuse of the whip – action which incurred a nine-day ban for the rider.
Prescott, who oversees the only string in Newmarket whose work riders do not carry a whip, spoke strongly on the issue and said: "The point is simple, the rules should be the same for everyone, and if you have a rule it must be enforced. I'd have no problem with it if they got rid of the rule entirely, but my preference would be to have the rule as it is and enforce it.
"I can't see any logical reason for not enforcing the rule. I don't understand why people think it is complicated. If a jockey weighs in light the horse loses the race – why is it different if they break the whip rules?
"If you lost the race it would put an end to it instantly. Jockeys shouldn't have an option to break the rules and not lose the race."
Prescott also believes the rule creates a potential perception issue for the sport.
Communique was a surprise winner of the Princess of Wales' Stakes at Newmarket as 2018 Derby winner Masar finished last.
The 11-1 winner, ridden by Silvestre de Sousa for trainer Mark Johnston, won from 100-30 shot Mirage Dancer with 25-1 outsider Desert Encounter third.
Flat jockeys Callum Rodriguez and Kevin Lundie were handed six-month suspensions on Thursday, having tested positive for cocaine on the same afternoon at Southwell on February 27.
Both riders had their licences withdrawn pending Thursday's inquiry when the positive tests were returned, with their six-month suspensions backdated to the beginning of March. Neither rider will be eligible to receive a new licence until September 7 at the earliest.
While Rodriguez, based with Michael Dods and successful in the 2017 Ebor aboard Nakeeta, revealed via a statement issued by the Professional Jockeys Association in March of his failed test, Lundie's suspension only came to light this week.
Star Catcher won the Irish Oaks yesterday for Frankie Dettori and John Gosden with Fleeting back in second at the Curragh.
Last year's Irish Oaks winner and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up Sea Of Class has died after a battle with colic.
Southwell was forced to concede defeat in its battle against sky-high temperatures on Thursday, with the final two races of its seven-race card abandoned.
Officials at the track had done everything possible in a bid to beat the temperatures, which reached a record high for July at 38.1C in Cambridge and could be the hottest day on record in Britain.
Charlie Moore, clerk of the course, told Sky Sports Racing: "We've gone up a degree a race and we're now 3C higher than we thought we would be, which was 32C, and we'd hoped to have finished racing by the time it reached that temperature.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes Betting
Enable 8-13f
Crystal Ocean 3-1
Anthony Van Dyck 15-2
Waldgeist 14-1
Defoe 16-1
Cheval Grand 33-1
Morando 66-1
Salouen 66-1
Magic Wand 66-1
Norway 100-1
Hunting Horn 125-1
Who do you think will win?
Enable became the first horse to regain the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes crown at Ascot as she edged out Crystal Ocean in an epic duel.
Jockey Frankie Dettori continued his impressive form as he won the Sussex Stakes on Too Darn Hot at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday.
The John Gosden-trained evens favourite pulled clear in the final furlong to win from Circus Maximus and I Can Fly.
The three-year-old, owned by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, was briefly trapped in a pocket but came through to win the mile prize comfortably.
It means an 11th Group One victory for Dettori in 62 days.
Too Darn Hot, 2018's champion two-year-old, has been retired after picking up a career-ending leg injury.
The injury is thought to have been sustained during his Group One Sussex Stakes victory at Goodwood last week.
Espoir D'Allen is likely to miss out on a defence of the Champion Hurdle title after an accident at his stables.
The horse won the Cheltenham race in March by a record 15 lengths under Mark Walsh for Irish trainer Gavin Cromwell.
It was an eighth win in the race for owner JP McManus, and only the second five-year-old to triumph in 34 years.
Espoir D'Allen, winner of this year's Cheltenham Champion Hurdle, has been put down after an accident at his stables.
And multiple Group One winner Roaring Lion has died after suffering from colic.
Five-year-old Espoir D'Allen fell when returning to Irish trainer Gavin Cromwell's yard in early August.
Cromwell said the team at Fethard Equine Hospital "deemed that it was inhumane to persist with treatment".
He added: "On their advice, we made the tough decision."
Espoir D'Allen, who had not raced since winning the Champion Hurdle in March, won eight of his nine starts over hurdles and Frank Berry, racing manager to owner JP McManus, said: "He gave us some great days."
Roaring Lion, trained by John Gosden to win the Eclipse, Juddmonte International, Irish Champion Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and the son of Kitten's Joy, appeared to be on the road to recovery after twice having surgery for colic in recent weeks.
David Redvers, of Tweenhills Stud in Gloucestershire, where Roaring Lion was housed, said the horse was put to sleep on Friday after an ultrasound examination.
Martyn Meade has confirmed Technician is on course for the William Hill St Leger at Doncaster, following his determined triumph in Newbury's Geoffrey Freer Stakes.
Crystal Ocean's racing career is over after the five-year-old sustained a leg injury during routine exercise in Newmarket on Thursday morning.
Sir Michael Stoute's stable star, who won the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot this season, was pulled up and dismounted halfway up the Warren Hill Polytrack canter, put into a horse ambulance under the supervision of vets Baker McVeigh and later underwent surgery.
Peter Stanley, spokesman for owner-breeder Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, said on Thursday: "Crystal Ocean has had two screws inserted in a hind cannon bone and has come through the surgery successfully. It should in no way affect his future stud career."
Favourite for next month's Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot and a general 7-1 chance for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Crystal Ocean had a glittering career for the Freemason Lodge and Beech Hurst team over the past four seasons, winning eight of his 17 races and more than £2 million in prize-money.
Jockey Frankie Dettori rode Stradivarius to a 10th successive victory in the Doncaster Cup.
The five-year-old finished one-and-three-quarter lengths clear of Cleonte, with Max Dynamite third.
Stradivarius trailed Andrew Balding-trained Cleonte entering the home straight, but Dettori reeled in the leader for a comfortable victory.
What a staying horse, Stradivarius is.
St Leger today. Looking forward to it.
Well done to Logician for winning the St Leger. And for John Gosden and Frankie Dettori to win the race for a sixth time.
Angel Alexander surged to Ayr Gold Cup glory, with 10-3 favourite Buffer Zone finishing a disappointing 17th.
The 28-1 winner, which is co-owned by former England striker Michael Owen, produced a marvellous finish to beat Growl by half a length.
Topofthegame, third favourite for next year's Cheltenham Gold Cup, has been ruled out for the season.
Trainer Paul Nicholls said the brilliant RSA Chase winner had suffered a minor leg injury.
He hopes the horse will return next season and go for the Gold Cup in 2021.
The confirmed runners for the Arc on Sunday can Enable create history and win it for a third year in a row?
https://www.racingpost.com/news/arc-countdown/confirmed-runners-for-the-prix-de-larc-de-triomphe-as-enable-faces-11-rivals/402458
After mentioning Enable 188 times before the race ITV still focused more on her than the winner Waldegist in the Arc De Triomphe but got Waldegist at 20/1 e/w back on Wednesday. Now she can enjoy a well earned retirement, Enable.
Wicklow Brave, one of racing's most popular and versatile horses, has died after a fall when leading in the American Grand National.
After 569 days on the sidelines, Douvan is back with a stunning victory at Clonmel.
Tiger Roll has suffered a setback and will have a small chip taken out of a joint on Friday.
Eddie O'Leary: "It will rule him out of Christmas, but we hope to make the Boyne Hurdle at Navan. If not, it will be straight to Cheltenham."
Hollie Doyle becomes the third female jockey in Britain to ride 100 winners in a calendar year.
Hollie Doyle has broken the record for British victories by a female jockey in a calendar year after riding her 107th winner of 2019 at Southwell.
The 23-year-old triumphed aboard Class Clown to pass the landmark set by Josephine Gordon.
Doyle is only the third British woman to reach a century in a year after Hayley Turner and Gordon.
Cheers Mack The Man and Walk In The Mill backed both at Sandown and Walk In The Mill in the Becher Chase.
Seven jockeys who received 10-day bans for ignoring a flag signal to stop a race at Sandown have appealed against the decision to the British Horseracing Authority.
The seven finishers in Saturday's London National rode through the yellow stop-race flag that was being waved because of a stricken horse.
Philip Donovan came first on Doing Fine, but the race was declared void.
The jockeys' appeal will now be heard by an independent panel.
If the ban is upheld, the group will miss the lucrative Christmas and new year racing programmes.
The other jockeys are Daryl Jacob, Harry Skelton, Adam Wedge, Jamie Moore, James Davies and Stan Sheppard.
The incident happened as the veteran steeplechaser Houblon Des Obeaux was being attended to after suffering a fatal heart attack, according to trainer Venetia Williams.
That would be some race:
The seven jockeys who received ten-day bans in the wake of the void London National at Sandown for continuing to ride to the finish have had their appeals upheld and suspensions quashed following a disciplinary hearing into the race.
All seven jockeys who appealed their suspensions – Jamie Moore, Daryl Jacob, Adam Wedge, Stan Sheppard, Harry Skelton, James Davies and Philip Donovan – are free to ride over the busy and lucrative festive period, with the bans originally scheduled to start on December 21.
Clan Des Obeaux made it back-to-back wins in the King George VI Chase with a dominant victory at Kempton.
Sam Twiston-Davies' mount came to the front of the field with two fences left and the 11-2 chance went well clear to win by 21 lengths.
It gives trainer Paul Nicholls a record-extending 11th win in the prestigious Boxing Day race.
Unbeaten novice chaser Sam Spinner has been ruled out for the season after suffering a pelvic injury.
Last season's Stayers' Hurdle runner-up had won all three of his starts over fences this season, most notably defeating Windsor Avenue by 38 lengths at Doncaster, and had been installed as a 16-1 shot for the RSA Chase.
The return of 2017 Gold Cup winner Sizing John was always going to be the most talked-about element of the afternoon's proceedings, no matter where he finished in the feature 2m4f conditions hurdle at Punchestown.
But despite taking a fall at the third last, it was a strangely satisfactory outcome which did not raise many question marks.
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