Age Of Aquarius pulls up in the background after suffering a leg injury The third day of Glorious Goodwood was one that rewarded toughness and longevity as the two feature races, the Gr.2 King George Stakes and the Gr.2 Goodwood Cup, were won by the eight-year-old Bordlescott (Compton Place) and the seven-year-old Illustrious Blue (Dansili). The old warrior Bordlerscott ( ... [Link]

Harbinger wins the King George in sensational, record-breaking style Harbinger absolutely annihilated his King George rivals with a memorable victory in the midsummer showpiece at Ascot.The Hardwicke Stakes winner reeled off a four-timer in scintillating style, travelling into the race supremely well for French jockey Olivier Peslier before blasting clear to post an 11-length romp in a course-record time of ... [Link]

The impressive unbeaten filly Memory propelled herself to the fore of the Gr.1 1,000 Guineas market after a comfortable success in the Gr.2 Cherry Hinton Stakes on Wednesday at New Market, in which she came from last to first and had to overcome trouble in running. The daughter of Danehill Dancer won her maiden at Goodwood in May before landing ... [Link]

Cape Blanco (right) edges ahead of Midas Touch with Jan Vermeer in third Cape Blanco led home an Aidan O’Brien-trained 1-2-3 in the Irish Derby to give the master trainer a historic fifth consecutive victory in the Curragh Classic. Johnny Murtagh’s “tough decision” to keep the faith in the Prix du Jockey Club flop was vindicated as the Totesport.com Dante ... [Link]

The Gr.1 Irish Derby at the Curragh on Sunday has attracted eleven entries for the race, including last week’s runaway Royal Ascot winner Monterosso, who has been supplemented at a cost of €125,000 by his connections. The son of Dubawi was impressive when landing the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes last week, where he had Gr.1 Derby runner-up At First ... [Link]

Laddies Poker Two (grey) leaves her rivals for dead in the Wokingham Laddies Poker Two heaped further misery on the bookmakers as the Jeremy Noseda-trained grey landed a huge punt to take the Wokinghamas 9-2 favourite. A succession of well-supported winners, starting in the very first race of the meeting with Goldikova in the Queen Anne and culminating with Starspangledbanner ... [Link]

Ryan Moore snatched the prize for leading rider at Royal Ascot in the very last race of the meeting when driving Bergo home in a close finish from Aajel. Moore had entered the 2m5½f marathon needing a victory on the Gary Moore-trained runner after seeing Johnny Murtagh leapfrog him in the table following Laddies Poker Two’s demolition of the Wokingham ... [Link]

Bookmakers estimated that the most punishing Royal Ascot of modern times may have cost the industry as much as £50 million as the five-day meeting ended on Saturday evening.After the Jeremy Noseda-trained Laddies Poker Two had landed a massive gamble in the Wokingham Stakes, following the earlier Saturday successes of the well-backed Harbinger and Starspangledbanner, punters were lording it over ... [Link]

Lillie Langtry (striped cap) defeats Gile Na Greine (left) in the Coronation LILLIELANGTRY finally got Ballydoyle on the board at Royal Ascot 2010 with victory in the Group 1 highlight of the fourth day.The 7-2 favourite, ridden by Johnny Murtagh, overhauled the pacesetting Gile Na Greine to score by a length and a quarter in an Irish one-two. Jacqueline Quest ... [Link]

JOHNNY MURTAGH heads into the final day of Royal Ascot no longer the 66-1 shot he was at the start of racing on Friday in the chase for the Arora Hotels top jockey competition.An unconsidered outsider after drawing a blank on the first three days, Murtagh stormed into contention with a double on Lillie Langtry and Mikhail Glinka and is ... [Link]

Frankie Dettori recorded his third win at Royal Ascot 2010 when his mount, Monterosso, ran away with the King Edward VII Stakes.The Mark Johnston-trained colt, a 7-2 chance, saw the 1m4f trip out extremely well to defeat Arctic Cosmos two and a quarter lengths much to the delight of his jockey. Monterosso was immediately given a 10-1 quote for the ... [Link]

Treadwell, a 14-1 shot, came with a storming late run to win the Buckingham Palace Stakes by half a length from Himalya.Imperial Guest finished a neck back in third under Seb Sanders and Hajoum was fourth. Both were sent off as 50-1 shots.The 30-runner field split early in the contest. Penny’s Gift led a group on the far side while ... [Link]

Memory, ridden by Richard Hughes and trained by Richard Hannon, is as short as 16-1 for next year’s 1,000 Guineas after scoring an impressive win in the opening race of day four at Royal Ascot.In a contest dominated by horses drawn on the stands’ side, Memory was slowly away but came with a late rattle to pip Margot Did by ... [Link]

Jacqueline Quest (centre) seeks compensation after her Guineas demotion THERE would be few more popular winners at Royal Ascot on Friday than Jacqueline Quest, who bids to win the Coronation Stakes. First past the post in the StanJames.com 1,000 Guineas, she was demoted to second by the Newmarket stewards for interference to Special Duty, who was awarded the race.The filly ... [Link]

Dermot Weld broke Aidan O’Brien’s stranglehold on the Gr 1 Gold Cup after Rite Of Passage shattered the track record as he wore down Age Of Aquarius in an epic duel. The 20-1 winner provided the two-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer with his first victory in the famous race and denied O’Brien a fifth consecutive success following the memorable exploits of ... [Link]

Hibaayeb gave Frankie Dettori and Godolphin their second winner of Royal Ascot with a clear-cut victory in the Ribblesdale Stakes. The 4-1 joint-favourite showed a devastating turn of foot when asked to quicken with over a furlong to run and she recorded a three and three-quarter length win over Eldalil and Gallic Star. Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said: “She ... [Link]

FRANKIE DETTORI got off the mark at Royal Ascot 2010 when winning the Royal Hunt Cup on 28-1 shot Invisible Man.The jockey, who admitted to being rather relieved, said: “We got lucky today and we’ve had a winner at Royal Ascot. It takes the pressure off. You want to get on the board as quick as you can.“We’ve still got ... [Link]

BYWORD led home Twice Over to give owner Khalid Abdullah a Prince of Wales’s one-two and jockey Maxime Guyon his first British winner on his first ride.The four-year-old, who had chased home Queen Anne Stakes winner Golidkova on his previous start in the Prix d’Ispahan, scored by half a length for Guyon and trainer Andre Fabre. Twice Over finished well ... [Link]

Ryan Moore , friendless in the betting a day earlier, was on Wednesday evening back to odds-on favouritism in the race for the Arora Hotels top jockey competition at Royal Ascot.Totesport made Moore their 4-7 favourite after a double on day two on Rainfall and Strawberrydaquiri put him level with Richard Hughes, whom he usurped as favourite after a blank ... [Link]

Superstar mare Goldikova put in another trademark performance to land a thrilling opener to Royal Ascot on Tuesday, quickening away from her rivals and then holding off the late challenge of Paco Boy by a neck.In a Group 1 curtain-raiser that lived up to great expectations, the two-time Breeders’ Cup Mile winner, sent off the 11-8 favourite, sat behind a ... [Link]