"She's a great athlete and that's why she deserved the win.”

The hugely popular Rebel’s Romance could make history on Sunday (2 November) at Del Mar’s beachside racecourse in southern California by becoming the first horse to win the G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf (2400m) for a third time.

The measure of the Melbourne Cup’s aura was best exemplified by Mark Twain’s 1895 indulgence that “The Cup astonishes me”.

Hawk Mountain led home a one-two-three for trainer Aidan O’Brien when battling on bravely to land the William Hill Futurity Trophy Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday.

The team look at the live action from ITV Racing on Saturday.

Connections of Field Of Gold have revealed that he will remain in training next season.

“He was coming here on the way to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.”

The G1 Champion Stakes (1993m) at Ascot on Saturday (18 October) is arguably the UK’s race of the season with three of the world’s pre-eminent middle-distance horses set to clash, along with a highly gifted supporting cast among the 11-horse field.

Hoping Delacroix can be Champion

James Fanshawe remains hopeful that Kind Of Blue can retain his crown when he bids for a second successive victory in the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot on Saturday.

The National Stud and Sam Sangster Bloodstock have announced that this year’s Prix Jacques le Marois winner Diego Velazquez has been retired to take up stud duties in 2026.

Barry Donoghue has savoured his first top level success as a breeder and one that has boosted prospects of another major celebration.

Lo Rider (125lb) took a big step towards confirming his potential with a dazzling first-up win last month, and on Wednesday night (15 October) Caspar Fownes’ four-year-old Harzand gelding is aiming to repeat the dose in a quality HK$3.12 million Class 2 Lei Yue Mun Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley.

Sam King is back with three selections on Saturday following his 10/1 winner at York yesterday.