John Gosden

News needs to be special if it is going to knock the horses off the top spot, even for a short while, during Breeders' Cup week. The story which was able to do that was the announcement of Frankie Dettori's imminent retirement and his plans for the future. That is understandable because Frankie has been big news throughout his fabulous career. Arriving in Newmarket aged 14 in 1985 to join the stable of his compatriot Luca Cumani, Frankie was already an experienced and race-winning rider in Italy by the time...

Wednesday was a dark day for British racing. Racing cancelled across the land while the sport's leaders made an empassioned stand in the country's seat of power against a proposed rise in betting tax, warning of plenty more dark days to come.  There can be no denying the intent with which the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has set about alerting the government as to the very real threat to Britain's second-biggest spectator sport. The outcome of a proposed 'harmonisation' of betting taxes, which could see the tax on horserace betting...

The G3 Solario Stakes betting market was thrown into disarray late on Friday evening when the news broke that the favoured Publish (Kingman), representing John and Thady Gosden and Juddmonte, had been withdrawn due to unsuitable ground. The Gosdens will still be keenly observing the result, however, even though none of the remaining trainers are within shouting distance of John Gosden's record seven wins. With Publish's defection and G1 2000 Guineas implications on the line, step forward Pacific Avenue (Dubawi) into poll position. Tagged a 'TDN Rising Star', the Godolphin...

Brilliant Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes winner Field Of Gold is reported to be lame following his below-par effort in Wednesday's Sussex Stakes.  John and Thady Gosden's star three-year-old was sent off the 1-3 favourite to emulate his sire Kingman in the Group 1 contest, but could only finish fourth as his Juddmonte-owned pacemaker Qirat caused a massive shock at 150-1. The Clarehaven training team suggested the "engine wasn't there" in the immediate aftermath of the contest and now a potential reason for his disappointing performance could...

ASCOT, UK -- If the wait had been a while for Golden Horn to have his first Group 1 winner on the Flat, for the coterie of folk involved with his son Trawlerman it had been a worthwhile one.  "He's just like his father - very brave," said John Gosden as he assessed the performance of Trawlerman in the Gold Cup, Thursday's showpiece event. "When they go wire to wire like that, it takes a bit of doing." It was something the old warhorse had attempted last year, when still...

Godolphin's seven-year-old gelding Trawlerman (Golden Horn) encountered a giant when runner-up in Royal Ascot's G1 Gold Cup last year and, with old foe Kyprios having departed stage left, kept matters simple and made all for an emphatic seven-length defeat of Coolmore's Illinois (Galileo) in the meeting's 2 1/2-mile feature. His winning time of 4:15.02 was a new track record and eclipsed the benchmark, set by Rite Of Passage 15 years ago, by nearly two seconds. The 85-40 favourite was in front from flagfall and set a modest tempo on the...

NEWMARKET, UK - In the words of John Gosden, a "humdinger" of a Queen Anne Stakes awaits those in attendance for the opening day of Royal Ascot, with Lead Artist appearing primed to spearhead a two-pronged attack from Clarehaven Stables after the son of Dubawi enjoyed a getting-to-know-you exercise with Colin Keane at the July Course on Wednesday morning. With the trainer no longer having to ruminate on jockey arrangements for the Juddmonte bluebloods in his care, the attentions of the press pack swiftly switched to challenges outside of Gosden's...

Calyx, who covered more mares than any other Flat sire in Europe in 2024, has died at the age of nine. The stallion's death was announced by Coolmore as a result of the son of Kingman suffering an acute foot injury earlier this year, with the decision being taken to euthanise him on Wednesday on humane grounds. "It is very unfortunate to lose such a promising young sire," said Castlehyde Stud's Cathal Murphy. "He was very strongly supported by breeders last year and looked to have an extremely bright future...

Colin Keane says that he is delighted to have been chosen to partner Field Of Gold in Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh. John and Thady Gosden have gone with the Irish champion jockey rather than Kieran Shoemark, who partnered the Juddmonte-owned colt to finish second in the 2,000 Guineas.  Keane has already tasted Classic glory in the famous Juddmonte silks, having won the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Siskin for Lyons in 2020 and when he was booked by Ralph Beckett for Westover in the Irish Derby in...

He's been on board for both her Group 1 wins and on Wednesday morning Frankie Dettori was reunited with Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) for a spin on the grass track at Del Mar ahead of lining up for the Breeders' Cup Turf. It has been exactly a year since Europe's most recognisable jockey signed off with a Champion Stakes triumph in Britain before jetting to his new life in California. This new chapter started in the best possible way with another top-flight win, in the Breeders' Cup...

John Gosden has revealed that Frankie Dettori will ride Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the Breeders' Cup Turf rather than tackling the Filly & Mare Turf which had been the original target. "It's very simple, she is going to run in the Turf, Frankie is based in America, he's ridden Del Mar hundreds of times, so to that extent it is very clear he will be riding the filly, he knows the filly and he knows the track," Gosden told the Nick Luck Daily podcast. He added,...

John and Thady Gosden have opted to replace Kieran Shoemark with Ryan Moore for the ride aboard Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in Sunday's Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville. The prospect of Shoemark being replaced aboard Inspiral, who was well-held by Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) when last seen in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot was raised earlier this week by the owners Cheveley Park Stud. Confirming the switch, Cheveley Park's Chris Richardson said, "Ryan Moore rides Inspiral in the Prix Jacques le Marois on Sunday."...