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Powys County Times
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Classic heroes and Arc angel Rheingold on the list of Barry Hills giants
Barry Hills trained many top-class horses during his long and illustrious career from 1969 to 2011. His 3,000-plus winners included 11 Classic victories and 300 Group winners. We pick five of his best: Further Flight Not the classiest performer Hills ever trained, but arguably the most popular and certainly the most hardy. Racing from 1988 to 1998, the grey won 24 of his 70 races, including top staying races such as the Goodwood Cup and Ebor. However, he is best remembered for winning the Jockey Club at Newmarket five years in a row (1991 to 1995). Haafhd Haafhd bridged a 10-year gap without Classic success for Hills in 2004 when landing the 2000 Guineas, ridden by his son, Richard. Haafhd clearly saved his best for Newmarket, as he had earlier won the Craven Stakes and ended his career that autumn with victory in the Champion Stakes. Moonax The most unlikely of Hills' Classic winners was Moonax when he took the St Leger at odds of 40-1. In the expert hands of Pat Eddery, the enigmatic colt defeated none other than Broadway Flyer, trained by Hills' son, John, and ridden by another son, Michael. Moonax showed that victory was no fluke by following up in the French St Leger a month later. Rheingold The best horse Barry Hills ever trained came early in his career. Rheingold almost gave him a Derby triumph, but he was just touched off by Roberto in 1972. However, a year later the colt ran out an impressive winner of Europe's premier race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, beating the brilliant Allez France by two and a half lengths. Tap On Wood Hills' first major success at Newmarket came with Tap On Wood in the 1979 2000 Guineas, as he upstaged hot favourite Kris in the hands of Steve Cauthen. The young American had recently been enticed to Britain at the request of Robert Sangster and showed his prowess by driving Tap On Wood home by half a length.
Glasgow Times
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Classic heroes and Arc angel Rheingold on the list of Barry Hills giants
Further Flight Further Flight was a staying star for Barry Hills (Paul Barker/PA) Not the classiest performer Hills ever trained, but arguably the most popular and certainly the most hardy. Racing from 1988 to 1998, the grey won 24 of his 70 races, including top staying races such as the Goodwood Cup and Ebor. However, he is best remembered for winning the Jockey Club at Newmarket five years in a row (1991 to 1995). Haafhd Haafhd was a star for the Hills team in 2004 (PA) Haafhd bridged a 10-year gap without Classic success for Hills in 2004 when landing the 2000 Guineas, ridden by his son, Richard. Haafhd clearly saved his best for Newmarket, as he had earlier won the Craven Stakes and ended his career that autumn with victory in the Champion Stakes. Moonax Moonax won a St Leger for Hills (PA) The most unlikely of Hills' Classic winners was Moonax when he took the St Leger at odds of 40-1. In the expert hands of Pat Eddery, the enigmatic colt defeated none other than Broadway Flyer, trained by Hills' son, John, and ridden by another son, Michael. Moonax showed that victory was no fluke by following up in the French St Leger a month later. Rheingold Rheingold (left) just lost out to Roberto at Epsom (PA) The best horse Barry Hills ever trained came early in his career. Rheingold almost gave him a Derby triumph, but he was just touched off by Roberto in 1972. However, a year later the colt ran out an impressive winner of Europe's premier race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, beating the brilliant Allez France by two and a half lengths. Tap On Wood Barry Hills saddled Tap On Wood to win the 1979 2000 Guineas (Mike Egerton/PA) Hills' first major success at Newmarket came with Tap On Wood in the 1979 2000 Guineas, as he upstaged hot favourite Kris in the hands of Steve Cauthen. The young American had recently been enticed to Britain at the request of Robert Sangster and showed his prowess by driving Tap On Wood home by half a length.
South Wales Argus
28-06-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
Classic heroes and Arc angel Rheingold on the list of Barry Hills giants
Further Flight Further Flight was a staying star for Barry Hills (Paul Barker/PA) Not the classiest performer Hills ever trained, but arguably the most popular and certainly the most hardy. Racing from 1988 to 1998, the grey won 24 of his 70 races, including top staying races such as the Goodwood Cup and Ebor. However, he is best remembered for winning the Jockey Club at Newmarket five years in a row (1991 to 1995). Haafhd Haafhd was a star for the Hills team in 2004 (PA) Haafhd bridged a 10-year gap without Classic success for Hills in 2004 when landing the 2000 Guineas, ridden by his son, Richard. Haafhd clearly saved his best for Newmarket, as he had earlier won the Craven Stakes and ended his career that autumn with victory in the Champion Stakes. Moonax Moonax won a St Leger for Hills (PA) The most unlikely of Hills' Classic winners was Moonax when he took the St Leger at odds of 40-1. In the expert hands of Pat Eddery, the enigmatic colt defeated none other than Broadway Flyer, trained by Hills' son, John, and ridden by another son, Michael. Moonax showed that victory was no fluke by following up in the French St Leger a month later. Rheingold Rheingold (left) just lost out to Roberto at Epsom (PA) The best horse Barry Hills ever trained came early in his career. Rheingold almost gave him a Derby triumph, but he was just touched off by Roberto in 1972. However, a year later the colt ran out an impressive winner of Europe's premier race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, beating the brilliant Allez France by two and a half lengths. Tap On Wood Barry Hills saddled Tap On Wood to win the 1979 2000 Guineas (Mike Egerton/PA) Hills' first major success at Newmarket came with Tap On Wood in the 1979 2000 Guineas, as he upstaged hot favourite Kris in the hands of Steve Cauthen. The young American had recently been enticed to Britain at the request of Robert Sangster and showed his prowess by driving Tap On Wood home by half a length.
The Herald Scotland
07-05-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Illinois reported in fine spirits for Ormonde assignment
That was over a mile and seven furlongs and he races at just over a furlong less here, but O'Brien could even see him dropping down to a mile and a half later in the season. Illinois gives Aidan O'Brien another winner of the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot — Adam Morgan (@Adam_Morgs) June 19, 2024 Just touched off by stablemate Jan Brueghel in the St Leger, he is giving weight away to his rivals but has the class edge. 'We are happy with everything Illinois is doing and we think he's come forward from last year, when he never ran a bad race and was second to some very good horses before winning on his last start at Longchamp,' said O'Brien. 'He's progressing all of the time and we are looking forward to him this year. He's hopefully one for the Gold Cup, or possibly the Coronation Cup.' Karl Burke's Al Qareem does not have much to find on the official figures and arrives off the back of a win at Nottingham. Al Qareem has built up a fine CV (Tim Goode/PA) 'He's not going to get his ground but this was the obvious place to come after the win at Nottingham in the Further Flight,' said syndicate manager Nick Bradley. 'He's won round Chester before and beat the Arc winner Bluestocking round there, so he certainly acts around the track. I think he has to have a huge chance.' Hugo Palmer's Roaring Legend was a revelation on the all-weather before not much went right on Finals Day. 'Hopefully he can atone for what went wrong at Newcastle last time and coming back in trip will be no problem for him as he has a high cruising speed. He should like the nice quick ground and we're looking forward to seeing him,' said Palmer. Roaring Legend is a progressive stayer (Adam Davy/PA) 'This will tell us if we have it right this time and he was 10kg heavier than his previous run at Newcastle, which caught me by surprise. Maybe we hadn't done enough with him before the race and he has done more this time since Good Friday, we've kept him busy. 'The plan was always to come to the Ormonde after hopefully winning at Newcastle but the handicapper didn't give us any respite for that, so we didn't have much of a chance but to stick to the plan. Hopefully we get back on track.' Josh Moore trains expensive purchase Mondo Man with his father Gary but he will need to be revitalised for going back to the Flat after failing to hit the heights expected over hurdles. 'His work has been strong lately, so he's in good order,' Josh Moore said. 'He ran some really nice races as a three-year-old, he was always bought with the view of going back on to the Flat. Mondo Man is back on the Flat (Adam Morgan/PA) 'He's training well, looks well, etc, so it will be a good starting point for him. 'The intention of buying him was to run him at Royal Ascot, but we aren't sure (which race), so we are trying a mile and five (furlongs).' Willie Mullins' dual purpose performer Absurde and Andrew Balding's Mount Atlas complete the field.
