Champion jockey Billy Loughnane has been signed as a retained rider for Godolphin, the operation announced on Wednesday, 4 November. The 20-year-old will formally take up the role at the Dubai Carnival in December, and he joins rather than replaces William Buick, who stays on as the second of Godolphin's two retained jockeys. It is a landmark move for a rider whose rise has been remarkable even by the standards of a sport that loves a prodigy. Loughnane was crowned Britain's

Point Of Law, the colt who carried the colours of the King and Queen in Britain earlier this year, won the 166th Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday, leading home a remarkable one-two-three for trainer Ciaron Maher. Zahrann followed him home in second with Juja Kibo third, both also from the Maher stable. It was a second Melbourne Cup success for Maher and a first in the race for jockey Ethan Brown, who produced the three-year-old to run down his front-running stablemate R

John Arnold looks ahead to one of the most competitive sprint handicaps of the season. He takes a deep dive into the race and picks out three runners not to ignore for the Scottish showpiece. History: The Ayr Gold Cup, first established in 1966, is one of the most prestigious sprint races in the UK and is held annually at Ayr Racecourse in Scotland. Designed for thoroughbred horses aged three years and older, this exciting flat race is run over a distance of 6 furlongs and ha