Willie Mullins has confirmed the newly-named Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle as Ballyburn’s Cheltenham Festival target, with Mystical Power and Tullyhill both bound for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. Beaten by Firefox on his hurdling debut at Fairyhouse in December, Ballyburn subsequently bolted up over two and a half miles at Leopardstown before successfully reverting to … Read more
Doncaster is the venue for an exciting afternoon of action on Sky Sports Racing, with the feature an exciting Class Three Handicap Hurdle including Pentland Hills and Jipcot. 2.40 Doncaster – Pentland Hills headlines quality field Nicky Henderson’s nine-year-old Pentland Hills returned with a solid second over this course and distance in December and looks … Read more
The European Union’s AI Act, a risk-based plan for regulating applications of artificial intelligence, has passed what looks to be the final big hurdle standing in the way of adoption after Member State representatives today voted to confirm the final text of the draft law. The development follows the political agreement reached in December — … Read more
Mystical Power moved to Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favouritism with a dominant display in the SkyBet Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. The Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old is impeccably bred as a son of Galileo out of the brilliant Champion Hurdle-winning mare Annie Power and could hardly have made a better start to his career for the … Read more
Nicky Henderson says there is a “good chance” both Constitution Hill and Shishkin could run in the rearranged Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Sandown on Saturday. The pair missed their intended races at Newcastle last Saturday, with the meeting lost to the weather, and the two jumping stars ended up spending Friday night at Doncaster racecourse … Read more
SpaceX’s latest test flight of the Starship rocket lasted for around eight minutes—twice the length of the previous test. Both the booster and the Starship upper stage were lost, but SpaceX achieved many key milestones during the flight test. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View Starship has taken to the … Read more
There was a terrific finish to the DragonBet Welsh Champion Hurdle at Ffos Las as Kerry Lee’s Nemean Lion saw off a late challenge from Anyharminasking. A Grade Two winner up at Kelso last season, the lightly-raced six-year-old was sent off as 3/1 joint-favourite under Richard Patrick. The pair crept into contention, tracked all the … Read more
It has been a long time coming, but Microsoft’s near-two year attempt to buy gaming giant Activision is finally happening, after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted a restructured proposal that addresses the CMA’s concerns about Microsoft dominating the cloud gaming market. The crux of Microsoft’s concession to get the deal over the … Read more
WASHINGTON — A invoice to lift the debt ceiling and minimize authorities spending handed a key procedural hurdle within the Home on Wednesday, clearing its path to a ultimate vote on the ground later within the night. The decision to start formal debate on the Fiscal Duty Act handed by a vote of 241-187, with … Read more