THE St Leger has been around for 238 years. In fact, it was first raced just 69 years after Scotland officially became part of the UK in the 1707 Act Of Union. The oldest Classic is steeped in history but let’s be honest: this year’s race is a shade disappointing. There’s nothing of the class …[Read More]
by JACK MILNER. Doncaster’s St Leger Festival starts today and it promises to be a fantastic week on Town Moor as anticipation builds towards the fifth English Classic of the season. And at 7/2 the field, it has a wide open feel about it with 14 horses left in at the five-day stage. Prince Khalid …[Read More]
LAST month I came away from the first day of the Ebor meeting with one horse on my mind. I had thought that Al Kazeem would be the one to make the largest imprint that day but he was put in his place in the Juddmonte International. Instead it was a horse who ran in …[Read More]
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]
WILLIE RYAN is a UK horse racing legend in my eyes. Why? Well, he produced probably THE best Derby ride in history on Benny The Dip in 1997. And then there was his unstinting loyalty to Sir Henry Cecil during a 20-year association. Willie retired from the saddle in 2004 and I made it my …[Read More]
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