Go girl! Go girl! Go Zenyatta go!! Reliving her amazing Breeders’ Cup Classic
Award-winning stuff from Nicholas Godfrey as he relives Zenyatta’s dramatic victory in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita.
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Nicholas Godfrey: Amid the doom and gloom, let’s cheer for seven days of summer heaven
Horse racing has been battered by the coronavirus catastrophe – but we’re living through a golden era on the Flat in Britain.
‘I can’t believe I’ve won a G1 as an apprentice’ – Cieren Fallon on his July Cup win on Oxted
Cieren Fallon, son of six-time champion jockey Kieren Fallon, in his own words on his first G1 victory, on Oxted in the Darley July Cup.
Nicholas Godfrey on the Derby: Serpentine – a plausible winner in an implausible race?
There’s nothing black and white about Serpentine’s remarkable victory. Nicholas Godfrey tries to make sense of a seemingly senseless Investec Derby.
‘I didn’t expect to be sitting here’ – Emmet McNamara on his amazing Derby win with Serpentine
Jockey Emmet McNamara reflects in his own words on an astonishing all-the-way victory on 25-1 shot Serpentine in the Investec Derby at Epsom.
Oisin Murphy: Derby D-Day for Kameko – but the truth is we don’t know if he’ll stay
In his blog for the Qipco British Champions Series and Sporting Life, the champion jockey looks ahead to Investec Derby weekend.
Canterbury fails: the day I blew $2,000 in a high-stakes betting competition
A visit to Canterbury Park in Minnesota with Nicholas Godfrey – to take part in the $2,000 Ultimate Handicappers’ Open.
Riders on a roll: 11 jockeys who have cranked it up behind closed doors
Flavien Prat, Abel Cedillo, Mickaelle Michel, Tom Marquand – a host of jockeys have made hay as horse racing went on behind closed doors. Nicholas Godfrey identifies the first XI.