Racing

Having beaten Age Of Aquarius (left), the odds on Rite of Passage (right) winning next year's Champion Hurdle have been cut

Soumillon leaves cream of French jumps trailing in Auteuil triumph

Leading Flat jockey wins Gallic Champion Hurdle on Mandali as turfistes boo established names

Inside Racing

Star lives up to the hype by outshining his rivals

Sunday, 20 June 2010

O'Brien's sights on July Cup after Choisir's son handles straight six in overdrive

High Standing not enough to threaten value of this Society

Saturday, 19 June 2010

No other meeting matches quality with quantity like Royal Ascot. It is a real slog, for punters, and those staggering into the last lap with funds running low will find today's sport mercilessly competitive.

Chris McGrath: Lillie confirms her status with emphatic Coronation

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Inside Track at Ascot

First Ladies Day, now Luvvies Day

Saturday, 19 June 2010

The actor Martin Clunes may have made his name as one of the Men Behaving Badly, but he was on his best behaviour yesterday as he arrived for the fourth day of Royal Ascot.

Stan Hey: 6-5 Against

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Marin's the man Which is more irritating – the mass drone of the vuvuzela or the forlorn cries of 'C'mon Andy!'?

Rite Of Passage crosses line into the highest class

Friday, 18 June 2010

Weld's dual-purpose stayer prevails in epic battle with Age Of Aquarius to win Gold Cup in record time

Lillie Langtry set for centre stage in fillies' mile decider

Friday, 18 June 2010

In contrast to the gorgeous throng in the stands, the females on the track itself today comprise a very grey area.

The Thursday Essay: Royal Ascot is a real class act

Thursday, 17 June 2010

Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot means hats, tailcoats and demure hemlines. It's all for fun – but decode the dress, and social divisions are laid bare, writes Liz Hoggard

Guyon proves a byword for Gallic style and cool

Thursday, 17 June 2010

French jockey sensation gains nerveless victory in Prince of Wales's Stakes for master trainer Fabre

After abdication of Yeats, Ask can solve the riddle of the heir to Gold Cup crown

Thursday, 17 June 2010

The most venerable race of the week is all about an abandoned dominion, and the return of a king. Yeats, winner of the past four Gold Cups, has been retired to enjoy the spoils of victory at stud. And the favourite to succeed him is trained by Henry Cecil, whose comeback from the wilderness is measured by the interval dividing his 70th winner at this meeting, in 2002, and his 71st, last year.

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