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Features

The Race To Be Champion Conditional Jockey

Published: 25th October 2022

As the core National Hunt season starts to gather pace, the best young jump jockeys are battling it out for the prestigious title. They are aiming to join the likes of Sir...
Quiz

QUIZ – Name The 2022 Cheltenham Festival Winners

Published: 24th October 2022

Simply hit ‘PLAY QUIZ’ and type in your answers… No Googling, No Wikipedia and no Willie Mullins stable staff 😉 Share with us how many you manage to get!...
Features

My Local Racecourse – Taunton

Published: 19th October 2022

Beautiful Surroundings It nestles at the foot of the beautiful Blackdown Hills – officially an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – providing racing fans watching from the stands with a stunning backdrop...
Features

Baaeed – A Legend

Published: 14th October 2022

Frankel Comparisons The unbeaten four-year-old lines up in the QIPCO Champion Stakes on Saturday and it is fitting Ascot will play host to, as the race title suggests, a true champion. His...
Features

The Champion Jockey – William Buick

Published: 11th October 2022

A Popular Winner Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby’s number one rider was unfortunate to miss out last season when narrowly beaten by Oisin Murphy following a Titanic battle. He has set the record...
Features

How To Buy A Racehorse

Published: 6th October 2022

There is no better thrill than leading your own racehorse into the winners’ enclosure. Whether it’s outright ownership, in a partnership or one of the many increasingly-popular syndicates, it all starts at...
Features

Jim Crowley – A Remarkable Rise To The Top

Published: 2nd October 2022

Jim Crowley’s career is one that has certainly contained plenty of twists and turns. The 44-year-old jockey has already won six Group 1 races on Baaeed, but things could have been very different for...
Features

October Highlights – A Mega Month of Action Ahead

Published: 30th September 2022

October is a month that caters spectacularly to racing fans of every creed. The turf Flat racing season comes to a glorious crescendo on Saturday 15 October with QIPCO British Champions Day,...
News

National Racehorse Week Delivers for Second Year

Published: 29th September 2022

National Racehorse Week 2022 saw 10,000 places made available with yards up and down the country opening their doors to the public....
Features

My Local Racecourse – Hamilton Park

Published: 25th September 2022

Located to the south-east of Glasgow, racing has been taking place in Hamilton for 240 years. The current racecourse site has been hosting meetings for nearly a hundred years but its most...