Mark Johnston

Six Take On Stradivarius In Goodwood Cup

Posted on July 27, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Stradivarius will face Irish Derby winner Santiago as he attempts to win the Goodwood Cup for a fourth time. John Gosden's chestnut looked imperious in winning a third Gold Cup at Ascot last month and will aim to keep hold of his title as the best stayer around. However, he needs to give 15lb to[...]

Posted on July 26, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Upcoming major race meetings on both sides of the Irish Sea provide opportunities to bet on the leading jockey and trainer. The expected favourites in the respective markets for Glorious Goodwood (Tuesday to Saturday) and the Galway Festival (Monday to Sunday) are Ryan Moore and Mark Johnston and Mark Townend and Willie Mullins. However, due[...]

Posted on June 18, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Lord North has taken out the showpiece Prince Of Wales's Stakes on day two of Royal Ascot in impressive fashion for trainer John Gosden. The four-year-old, in his first appearance in Group One company, showed a blistering turn of foot under James Doyle to finish 3-3/4 lengths ahead of Addeybb. Addeybb was having his first[...]

Posted on June 7, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Bookmakers have not issued prices for the top trainer at Royal Ascot because the projected ante post favourite may not send a strong team from Ireland. Aidan O'Brien was to train most winners at the meeting last year but his plans are unclear and there could be travel restrictions. A speculative early bet could be[...]

Posted on April 18, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

British trainer Mark Johnston has revealed he is in isolation after contracting coronavirus. Johnston said he began isolating last week and a test on Wednesday confirmed he had COVID-19. “I didn't really want any publicity because I didn't want to make a meal of it,” Johsnton told horseracingplanet.com. “I've been isolated since last Tuesday but[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in Ireland Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner and renowned stallion Shamardal has been euthanised at the age of 18 after some recent health issues. Trained by Mark Johnston to win the Vintage Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes as a two-year-old, Shamardal joined Saeed bin Suroor in the Godolphin colours for his three-year-old season. It proved a memorable one, as[...]

Posted on March 24, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Johnston says British authorities acted too soon to close racing down over the coronavirus pandemic. While racing continues to take place behind closed doors in Ireland and Northern Ireland, the ruling body of British racing last week announced a shutdown in the rest of the UK until the end of April in an[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho shifts his weight to his left foot – the fingers of his right hand flick the outside seam of his thigh and for but a fleeting instant his steady lo-fi monotone stalls, intruded upon by what appears to be a prickling of self-consciousness. Ho is not a natural in front of a TV[...]

Posted on February 25, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Popular English stayer Double Trigger has died at the age of 28. Trained by Mark Johnston, Double Trigger won 14 of his 29 races including the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in 1995. He also won three Goodwood Cups and three Doncaster Cups. Double Trigger started favourite in the 1995 Melbourne Cup won by Doriemus,[...]

Posted on October 29, 2019
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Trainer Mark Johnston has set a record for the number of winners trained in a calendar year in Britain with Bavardages' victory at Kempton. Johnston, 60, who last year became the most successful trainer in terms of career winners in Britain, was saddling his 236th winner of 2019. The previous record of 235 been shared[...]

Posted on August 9, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho faces one of the biggest tests of his career and is relishing the challenge as he prepares to fly the Hong Kong flag in the prestigious Shergar Cup at Ascot this Saturday (10 August). The 29-year-old rider earned his invitation to one of the world's premier jockey challenges following a breakthrough season in[...]

Posted on July 12, 2019
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

Communique has powered to victory in the Princess of Wales's Stakes, at Newmarket with last year's Derby winner Masar finishing last of the six runners. The Mark Johnston-trained Communique won his fourth race at Headquarters under Sylvestre de Sousa. James Doyle struggled to find any cover for Masar, with Charlie Appleby's charge having just his[...]

Posted on June 4, 2019
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News

Vincent Ho has had it better than most of his jockeys' room rivals of late. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice School graduate is riding higher than ever before at fourth position in the premiership with a career best 48 wins on the board. He has notched six wins since 1 May, including a couple[...]

Six Take On Stradivarius In Goodwood Cup

Glorious Goodwood And Galway Festival Top Jockey And Trainer Betting

Lord North Wins Prince Of Wales’s Stakes

Could Mark Johnston Be Top Royal Ascot Trainer for 2020

Trainer Mark Johnston Positive To Covid-19

Group 1 Winner And Top Sire Shamardal Dies

Trainer says British Horseracing Authority stopped racing too soon

Golden Sixty puts Ho in the lead role for the BMW Hong Kong Derby

Popular Stayer Double Trigger Has Died

Trainer Mark Johnston Sets British Record

Ho riding high as Shergar Cup challenge beckons

Communique Shines As Masar Flops

Ho’s improvement plan

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