‘The little black colt who humbled the best of his generation’ – Jay Hovdey on Snow Chief
Our unmissable series continues with the Preakness Stakes winner who belied his humble Californian-bred origins to become a champion
What’s been happening: Racing mourns Rags To Riches and Gentildonna, Ted Noffey plans, Calandagan in Japan and more …
The loss of two great equine females, top two-year-old set for Florida route to Kentucky plus Japan Cup news – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing news
‘He just looks better all the time’ – sprint superstar Ka Ying Rising saunters home to confirm world #1 status
Sha Tin’s star-studded Sunday card [Nov 23] offered a full-scale dress rehearsal for the Hong Kong International Races on Dec 14 – and provided the perfect stage for emphatic victories for two of the world’s leading performers
‘They’re like Picassos … a rare commodity’ – four-time G1 winner Porta Fortuna headlines blue-chip cast at Sceptre Sessions
There are still plenty of shopping days left before Christmas, but the ones that really count in the bloodstock world are the three days of the Tattersalls December Mare Sale (Dec 1-3), with the compelling Sceptre Sessions red-ringed on the calendar for months.
‘Reaching down the throat of racing’s frail anatomy’ – Jay Hovdey on award-winning movie Kill the Jockey
Our resident movie buff returns to the cinema for a surreal neo-noir psychological drama that ‘pulls racing’s hoariest clichés inside out’
TRC Global Rankings Insight
#1 Ranked 23 November 2025
| Horses | Ka Ying Rising NZL |
|---|---|
| Sires Overall | Frankel GBR |
| Sires Dirt | Into Mischief 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
