Royal Ascot rankings update: ‘That was a great performance’ – Field Of Gold enters world top five
With eight G1 events among a total of 18 Group races altogether, it is surely little surprise that Royal Ascot had a major effect on Thoroughbred Racing Commentary’s Global Rankings.
Blind Luck: ‘She could really get the heart pumping’ – Jerry Hollendorfer
Our series continues with the champion filly whose come-from-behind style wowed the crowds for three seasons in which she won 12 of her 22 races – and finished worse than third only once on the final start of a glittering career
Oisin Murphy: The normal person felt an attachment to racing that doesn’t exist anymore
Our questions are answered by the four-time British champion jockey, who has in prime form at Royal Ascot with five winners at the showpiece meeting
‘The video of the new Belmont Park gave me goosebumps’ – Bucchero’s timely move to New York set to pay dividends
Harlan Malter, managing partner of Ironhorse Racing Stable, Ironhorse Stallions and Bucchero Stallion, brought his prized stud Bucchero to New York last year in anticipation of high-quality racing at a new Belmont Park.
What’s been happening: Field Of Gold shines at Royal Ascot, Shisospicy, Matilda, Mystik Dan and more …
Two brilliant displays at Royal Ascot, news of US sprint hope, German Classic star moves to France, landmark for Doug O'Neill – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing news
World rankings: Francis Graffard moves into Top 20 as Gezora stakes Arc claims at Chantilly
Leading French trainer Francis-Henri Graffard entered the world’s Top 20 when he saddled three of the first four fillies home in the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) on Sunday [June 15] at Chantilly.
Royal Ascot: If you want to get ahead, get a hat – Steve Dennis recalls the inimitable Gertrude Shilling
It’s not just about the horses at Britain’s most celebrated race meeting – as one redoubtable high-society dame demonstrated year-after-year with her outrageous millinery choices
MPs urge Government to act now to save British horse racing
A triple whammy of financial threats caused by Government policies risks the future of British horse racing, MPs and peers will warn on Monday [June 16].
TRC Global Rankings Insight
#1 Ranked 22 June 2025
| Horses | Ka Ying Rising NZL |
|---|---|
| Sires Overall | Frankel GBR |
| Sires Dirt | Curlin USA |
| Sires Turf | Frankel GBR |
| Jockeys | Ryan Moore |
| Owners | Godolphin |
| Trainers | Aidan O'Brien |
Seven Days in RacingTRC’s weekly digest
Children of SecretariatPatricia McQueen on the offspring of a true great
