Thoughts on a magical weekend
Gary McKenzie with his take on a magical weekend’s racing in Britain, Ireland and France, the answers it provided and the new questions it posed I love horse racing but would never call myself...
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This girl is on fire
Gary McKenzie on jockey landmarks We must congratulate Jim Crowley and Andrea Atzeni on reaching milestones this week. Crowley reached two 2,000 winners on Sunday and Atzeni rode his 1,000th British winner on Thursday....
It’s a celebration
Gary McKenzie on the top winners of Goodwood’s Celebration Mile As some of you may know I am a big fan of Brigadier Gerard. In my opinion he is the greatest British trained horse...
Gary McKenzie on York’s superstar performances
Gary McKenzie looks back at the superstar performances of the Ebor Festival 2020 Ghaiyyath does it again and I’m a convert Before Ghaiyyath ran on the opening day of this year’s Ebor Festival, he...
A trainer for all seasons
Gary McKenzie on a trainer for all seasons I’m someone who loves reading about racing history. But I am not expert enough to know of all the trainers who have had top class success...
Frankel: thanks for the memories
It’s 10 years to the day when Frankel made his racecourse debut – here Gary McKenzie looks back at six of his greatest races from an article first published in 2012 The Guardian has...
Now that’s what I call racing
Gary McKenzie on yesterday’s impressive action from day two Glorious Goodwood It was billed as the race of the season and it did not disappoint. The Sussex Stakes has produced some great finishes in...
Stradivarius has that extra something
Gary McKenzie on a classic Stradivarius performance What a horse Stradivarius must be. Four Goodwood Cups to go with his three Gold Cups and now an Arc bid. He looked, briefly, as if he...
It will be glorious
Gary McKenzie looks at five days of glorious racing Even though my visits to Goodwood have borne little fruit financially I still think it is one of the best places to watch racing. The views...
Bloodlines
Gary McKenzie on the importance of bloodlines Oxted emulated his sire Mayson when winning the July Cup last weekend. His grand sire was Choisir who was second behind top sprinter Oasis Dream in this...