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Victoria Cup (horse Race)
The Victoria Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at Ascot in May. The Victoria Cup was first run over 2 miles at Hurst Park in 1901, becoming a 7 furlong handicap race from 1908. It was run at Hurst Park until the course closed in 1962 and was transferred to Ascot from the 1963 running, where it has been run ever since apart from a single race at Newbury in 1964. Winners since 1988 * ''Weights given in stones and pounds.'' See also * Horse racing in Great Britain * List of British flat horse races A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1 Group 1 may refer to: * Alkali metal, a chem ... References * Racing Post: **, , , , , , , , , **, , , , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascot Racecourse
Ascot Racecourse ("ascot" pronounced , often pronounced ) is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. It hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and three Grade 1 Jumps races. Ascot Racecourse is visited by approximately 600,000 people a year, accounting for 10% of all UK racegoers. The racecourse covers , leased from the Crown Estate and enjoys close associations with the British Royal Family, being founded in 1711 by Queen Anne of Great Britain, Queen Anne and located approximately from Windsor Castle. Queen Elizabeth II used to visit the Ascot Racecourse quite frequently, sometimes even betting on the horses. Ascot currently stages 26 days of racing over the course of the year, comprising 18 Flat racing, flat meetings between April and October, and 8 National Hunt racing, jump meetings between October and March. The Royal Meeting, held in June each year, remains the highlight of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Brittain
Clive Brittain (born 15 December 1934) is a retired British race-horse trainer. He started in racing as an apprentice in 1949, and became a licensed trainer from 1972 after working for Noel Murless. He trained at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk and sent out his final runner prior to retirement in October 2015. His best-known horse is Pebbles, winner of the 1,000 Guineas in 1984 and the Breeders' Cup Turf in 1985. Major wins Great Britain * 1,000 Guineas – (2) – '' Pebbles (1984), Sayyedati (1993)'' * 2,000 Guineas – (1) – '' Mystiko (1991)'' * Champion Stakes – (1) – ''Pebbles (1985)'' * Cheveley Park Stakes – (1) – ''Sayyedati (1992)'' * Coronation Cup – (2) – ''Warrsan (2003, 2004)'' * Coronation Stakes – (2) – ''Crimplene (2000), Rizeena (2014)'' * Eclipse Stakes – (1) – ''Pebbles (1985)'' * Falmouth Stakes – (2) – ''Gussy Marlowe (1992), Rajeem (2006)'' * Fillies' Mile – (3) – '' Ivanka (1992), Teggiano (1999), Hibaayeb (2009)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Moore (jockey)
Ryan Lee Moore (born 18 September 1983) is an English flat racing jockey, who was Champion Jockey in 2006, 2008 and 2009. He is currently the first choice jockey for Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle operation, a role in which he mainly rides horses owned by Coolmore Stud. He also sometimes rides horses for Juddmonte and The Queen. Family Moore is the son of successful trainer and former jump jockey Gary L. Moore, and brother to jump jockeys Jamie Moore and Joshua Moore, and top amateur jockey Hayley Moore. He has four children. He is the grandson of trainer Charlie Moore, a well-known character who lived around the corner from Brighton Racecourse. Charlie was also a second-hand car salesman, and many stories have circulated about his dual career, including how he swapped three truck tyres in exchange for a filly, and how he started training when he accidentally bought a horse by raising his hand at auction. He is also close to Gary's sister, his aunt Candy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Robinson (jockey)
Philip Peter Robinson (born 10 January 1961) is a former English flat racing jockey. The son of Peter Robinson, a jockey and trainer, he rode his first winner in 1978 at Great Yarmouth. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1979 and 1980. One of his most famous victories was his win on Pebbles, trained by Clive Brittain, in the 1984 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket. His second victory in this race came in 2001 on Ameerat, trained by Michael Jarvis. Robinson rode in Hong Kong for six years from 1987, becoming Champion Jockey there on two occasions, in 1988-89 and 1989–90, making him the only English Jockey to achieve this feat. Philip Robinson is well respected for having a great tactical understanding of and approach to race-riding. He was the regular jockey for the Michael Jarvis stable for many years; however on Jarvis' retirement in early 2011, Robinson moved to ride for veteran trainer Clive Brittain. Robinson then retired in October 2011. Major wins Great Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lingfield Park Racecourse
Lingfield Park Racecourse (commonly referred to as Lingfield) is a horse racing course at Lingfield in Surrey, United Kingdom. It is owned by the ARC Racing and Leisure Group, formerly Arena Leisure Plc. Lingfield is best known as a winter all-weather flat-racing course; the track is Polytrack, rather than the usual turf found in the UK. There are only five other all-weather courses in the UK, the others being at Southwell, Kempton, Wolverhampton, Newcastle, and Chelmsford City (formerly Great Leighs Racecourse). Lingfield stages flat racing on turf in the summer and National Hunt races are also run on turf. Lingfield Railway Station adjoins the course, served by trains from London to East Grinstead via Oxted. History The racecourse is located in a estate and was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), who also agreed to let Lingfield incorporate the Prince of Wales feathers into its official heading. The course initially held jumps racing only, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco Dettori (; born 15 December 1970), better known as Frankie Dettori, is an Italian horse racing jockey based in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been British flat racing Champion Jockey three times and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. This includes 20 winners of the English classics. His most celebrated achievement was riding all seven winners on British Champions' Day at Ascot Racecourse in 1996. He is the son of the Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. He was described by the late Lester Piggott as the best jockey currently riding. Since the end of 2012, Dettori has been operating as a freelance, having split with Godolphin Racing, for whom he was stable jockey and had most of his big race victories. On 5 December 2012, he was suspended from riding for six months after being found guilty of taking a prohibited substance, believed to be cocaine. Career Born in Milan, Italy, Dettori's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nicholls (racehorse Trainer)
David Nicholls may refer to: *David Nicholls (cricketer) (1943–2008), Kent cricketer * David G. Nicholls, professor of biology * David Nicholls (footballer, born 1956), English footballer * David Nicholls (footballer, born 1972), Scottish footballer *David Nicholls (racehorse trainer) (1956–2017), English jockey and racehorse trainer * David Nicholls (theologian) (1936–1996), author in the fields of political theology and Caribbean Studies * David Nicholls (musicologist) (born 1955), English academic and composer *David Nicholls (writer) (born 1966), English novelist and screenwriter *David Shaw Nicholls (born 1959), Scottish architect *David J. Nicholls (1950–2008), English actor See also * David Nicholl (other) * David Nichols (other) *Dave Nichol (1940–2013), Canadian product marketing expert *David Nicolle David C. Nicolle (born 4 April 1944) is a British historian specialising in the military history of the Middle Ages, with a particular interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hills (racehorse Trainer)
John Hills (c. 1960 – 1 June 2014) was a British horse trainer specializing in Flat racing. Hills was the son of Barry Hills and brother of jockeys Michael Hills and Richard Hills. Hills began as an amateur jockey, riding the winners of 21 races, and worked for trainers Harry Thomson Jones, Edward O'Grady and John Gosden. He also worked for his father, Barry, and became a trainer himself in 1987. During his career, Hills trained around 700 winners. Major wins Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... * Aral-Pokal – ''Wind In Her Hair (1995)'' References 2014 deaths British racehorse trainers Year of birth uncertain 1960s births {{UK-horseracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hills (jockey)
Michael Hills (born 22 January 1963) is a retired British flat racing jockey. He is twin brother to Richard Hills and their father is racehorse trainer Barry Hills. Michael has a series of hobbies, such as darts and snooker, he also breeds Canaries and Finches Michael is sponsored by Carraig Insurance. Personal life Michael is happily married to Chris Hills and has a daughter- Samantha Hills who works foRacingBreaks.com – Racing Days and Hotel Stays.Chris is Australian and the Racing secretary at Rebel Racing. British career wins * 1979 – ''5'' * 1980 – ''13'' * 1981 – ''10'' * 1982 – ''15'' * 1983 – ''39'' * 1984 – ''41'' * 1985 – ''39'' * 1986 – ''40'' * 1987 – ''75'' * 1988 – ''76'' * 1989 – ''77'' * 1990 – ''61'' * 1991 – ''65'' * 1992 – ''91'' * 1993 – ''86'' * 1994 – ''89'' * 1995 – ''74'' * 1996 – ''80'' * 1997 – ''84'' * 1998 – ''61'' * 1999 – ''92'' * 2000 – ''73'' * 2001 – ''58'' * 2002 – ''65'' * 2003 â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Balding
Ian Balding (born 7 November 1938) is a retired British horse trainer. He is the son of the polo player and racehorse trainer Gerald Matthews Balding and the younger brother of trainer Toby Balding. Ian Balding was born in the US, but his family returned to the UK in 1945. He was educated at Marlborough College and Millfield school in Somerset. He went up to Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1959 to read Rural Estate Management, where he played Rugby for the university team, gaining his Blue in 1961 at full back. He started training in 1964. Kingsclere became his home at the age of 26 and it is here that earned his reputation as an internationally respected trainer. He principally trained horses for flat races, but did however bring Crystal Spirit to victory in 1991 at the Sun Alliance Novices' Hurdle. Ian Balding has had influence on many top class Thoroughbreds and race horses, amongst whom some are Mill Reef, Lochsong, Mrs Penny, Glint of Gold, Diamond Shoal, Gold and Ivory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Haggas
William Haggas is a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, based at Somerville Lodge stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. He is the son-in-law of the multiple champion jockey Lester Piggott. He was educated at Harrow and played cricket at Lord's for Harrow against Eton in 1977, 1978 and 1979, captaining the side in the 1979 match. He started his working life in his father's textile factory, but quit after three months and headed to Newmarket. Before taking out a licence in his own right, he learnt his trade with John Winter and Mark Prescott. He trained his first winner in 1987. As of June 2013, he had trained two British Classic winners – Shaamit, winner of the 1996 Derby, and Dancing Rain, winner of the 2011 Oaks. The first of these came when he had just 40 horses in his stable. The second gave him the distinction of having two wins from his first two runners in the Epsom Classics. His third, Vow, came fourth in the 2012 Oaks. Largely thanks to the exploits of Dancin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Cochrane
Ray Cochrane (born 18 June 1957 in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a retired Northern Irish horse racing jockey and current sports agent. Cochrane was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the 1000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom Oaks on Midway Lady, trained by Ben Hanbury in 1986, and the Epsom Derby on Kahyasi for his retained stable of Luca Cumani in 1988. Cochrane was also second in the 2000 Guineas Stakes on Chief Singer in 1984 and won the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket and Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on the same horse. Cochrane received a Flat Jockey Special Recognition Lester Award in 2000. Cochrane received the Queen's Commendation for Bravery in 2002 for saving the life of fellow jockey Frankie Dettori following a plane crash in 2000. Cochrane subsequently became Dettori's agent, a role he fulfilled until 2020. Major wins Great Britain * 1000 Guineas Stakes - '' Midway Lady (1986)'' * Champion Stakes - ''Legal Case (1989)'' * Coronat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
