ROYAL ASCOT is the most illustrious Flat horse racing festival in Britain. It has produced plenty of memorable moments down the years and many horses, trainers and jockeys have written themselves into sporting legend at the Berkshire track. In celebration of this magnificent event that takes place in front of The Queen, we take a …[Read More]
CHARLIE APPLEBY is planning a multi million pound raid at the richest raceday in the world. The 25th Dubai World Cup meeting on March 28 is going ahead, albeit behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the Newmarket handler is eyeing up plenty of riches. More than $35million are up for grabs at the …[Read More]
FROM the weighing room to the winners’ enclosure, Betway ambassador Katie Walsh reveals what really goes on behind the scenes during Festival week in a great new video. The former jockey takes broadcaster Nick Luck on a guided tour of the racecourse at Cheltenham and offers a peek at what it’s really like to ride …[Read More]
by Andy Bell TIGER ROLL has been left generally unchanged at 5/1 to land his third successive Grand National after finishing fifth on his seasonal reappearance over hurdles at Navan, looking in need of his first run back It’s the Cheltenham Festival up next for Gordon Elliott’s tiny ten-year-old, who will be bidding to equal …[Read More]
THE highest rated national horse in training, Cyrname, is reportedly back to his very best, according to his trainer Paul Nicholls. The eight-year-old is due to run in the Betfair Ascot Chase on Saturday, for which he is 8/15 favourite with most bookmakers to repeat his 2019 success in the 2m 5f race. Cyrname ended …[Read More]
Betting has been suspended on the race to be National Hunt Champion Jockey, with odds-on favourite Richard Johnson reportedly suffering a suspected broken arm at Exeter. Johnson has claimed the title for the past four years and was previously 8-11 favourite to make it five a row. Punters, however, have been backing Brian Hughes to …[Read More]
by ANNIE DALE The summer racing season of 2019 is over and many people are already excited for the new year in 2020 and the hope that a cash injection will come with it. But with a plethora of races up and down the country, some may be unable to decide where to head for a …[Read More]
TOO DARN HOT, last year’s Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes winner and European Champion Two-Year-Old, bounced back to winning ways in sizzling style on Sunday in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Deauville. Trainer John Gosden and owners Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber, who bred the star colt at their Watership Down Stud in Berkshire from …[Read More]
THE richest race staged during the season at Thirsk takes place on Saturday May 4, with the £40,000 Cliff Stud Thirsk Hunt Cup heading the seven-race programme. The Thirsk Hunt Cup was first ran in 1859, with the intention of bringing together the country’s leading hunters, with the very first winner taking home the princely …[Read More]
SOME jockeys are destined never to win the Grand National. Jonjo O’Neill enjoyed rotten luck. John Francome never won it. Neither did Peter Scudamore. It took AP McCoy an age to gain his one and only success. Richard Johnson has been trying for 21 years and is still looking for the holy grail of a …[Read More]
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