Racing News Headlines

Connections of Grade One winner If The Cap Fits hope he can develop into a major player in all the staying hurdle contests this season. The Harry Fry-trained seven-year-old showed stamina is his forte when signing off last season with victory in the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree, on his first try over an extended three-mile trip.

Mark Walford is re-focusing on next year with Magical Max after the useful juvenile suffered a season-ending setback.

Coronet provided John Gosden and Frankie Dettori with yet another Group One winner, in the Darley Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville.

Earthlight maintained his unbeaten record when seeing off the determined challenge of Raffle Prize in the Darley Prix Morny at Deauville.

David Menuisier is looking forward to Thundering Blue’s second crack at the Juddmonte International following his excellent effort in the York showpiece last summer.

Ed Vaughan’s Dame Malliot just touched off Jane Chapple-Hyam’s Love So Deep as British raiders dominated the Group Two Darley Prix de Pomone at Deauville. The two met last month in a Listed race at Newmarket, in which Dame Malliot had more than seven lengths to spare over Love So Deep – but this time it was much closer.