Classic hotpot spikes a fever while world-famous announces imminent retirement (again), plus a new Epsom Derby favourite – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing news ...

Leading contender: Bet365 Fillies’ Mile winner Precise can star on a potentially huge day for trainer Aidan O’Brien. Photo: Dan Abraham / focusonracing.com Leading British-based form expert Graham ...

The debut of a two-year-old Camelot colt at Leopardstown over the weekend got our correspondent thinking – all the way back to the legendary Northern Dancer This is a tale about two horses you have ...

After a couple of defeats, Australia’s superstar mare Via Sistina came good when it really mattered to record her 11th G1 success in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday [Oct 28]. It was a ...

Storm Cat: as one of the greatest sires in US history, Secretariat’s grandson has left his mark on the Breeders’ Cup. Photo: Patricia McQueen The Breeders’ Cup is almost upon us, and once again, many ...

Breeders’ Cup latest, Sir Delius ruled out of Spring Carnival, death of global star So You Think – all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing news USA: In a surprise move, ...

Form expert Graham Dench assesses the chances of the European-trained runners on the second day of the two-day extravaganza ...

Lucrative partnership: New Zealand Olympian Clarke Johnstone and Sparky Lad, who won the Racehorse to Eventer Challenge Cup at the Cornbury Horse Trials. Photo: Peter Nixon The inaugural Racehorse to ...

Trainer is taking the long view and avoiding the temptation to ship across country to Del Mar with his 6½-length Champagne Stakes winner It is probably easier to accept a free entry to the Breeders’ ...

Thumbs up from Christophe Soumillon after Precise rockets to the head of Guineas betting at Newmarket. Photo: Dan Abraham / focusonracing.com With top-class two-year-old racing dominating last week’s ...

Daryz (Mickael Barzalona, near side) fends off Minnie Hauk to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Photo: Liesl King / focusonracing.com There were a multitude of G1 races across all four corners ...