The biggest story of the day from Royal Ascot is that Yeats did, indeed, win the Gold Cup for the third year running . He is only the second horse to achieve this milestone -- the other, Sagaro , ran in the 1970s. Yeats is also the first 7-year-old to win the race since 1993, when Drum Taps was the victor...

Royal Ascot opened today with a gritty win for Haradasun in the Queen Anne Stakes; although passed by two horses, he battled back at the end to claim victory. Darjina and Finsceal Beo were second and third (although both encountered traffic trouble) -- and both Johnny Murtagh and Kevin Manning picked...

By now, the news that Rags to Riches has been retired is common knowledge; while the official story is that she re-injured the leg she fractured last year, one does wonder whether (for which read 'if') that happened during or after a nice workout at Palm Beach Downs on March 19th. It's hardly...