Can anything topple Taghrooda?

MY WORD, this year’s Epsom Oaks runners have plenty to live up to. The race will be run in honour of the late, great Sir Henry Cecil, who passed away last June. He won it eight times and I doubt whether we will witness anything as brilliant as Oh So Sharp (1985) and Diminuendo (1988), …[Read More]

Can Rizeena do it for Brittain?

THERE would be some perfect symmetry if Clive Brittain was to win this Sunday’s 1,000 Guineas with the talented RIZEENA. Exactly 30 years after his mighty Pebbles scooted clear of Meis-el-Reem to win the fillies’ Classic, it would provide a wonderful reward for a man who has never shirked a pop at a big race. …[Read More]

Famous horses: The Oh So Sharp story

CAMELOT could be about to write himself into the pantheon of racing history. But let’s pause for a moment and think of the fairer sex. Now we all know that the Triple Crown hasn’t been done since Nijinsky in 1970. But what about the Fillies’ Triple Crown? If there was a Fillies’ Equality Council it …[Read More]