WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Foaled at Rossenarra Stud in Ireland, Red Rum was initially bred to contest races over a mile and as a two-year-old the future legend raced over both five...

Many of the siblings have been in direct competition with each other, fighting for the same titles and are often in the same races. Today we walk through a few of the...

These testing elements combined with the cauldron like atmosphere generated by the huge Aintree crowd have helped provide some huge upsets over the years. We run through a few of the outsiders...

Such is the prestige of winning a race at the Cotswold track that only the very best horses are crowned champions, with elite training alongside natural ability needed just to be in...

There’s also a number of well-established trainers that are making a sizable impression on the biggest events in British racing, for example, the last Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Sizing John was trained...

However, it’s even rarer to see animals other than our equine friends on the racecourse, sometimes it’s a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and for others...

This illustrious award is seen as the pinnacle for all apprentice jockeys and victory in the title race can often act as a springboard to bigger and better rides. Notable recent winners...

We’ve trawled through the archives to select some of the craziest and particularly unlucky horse racing moments over the course of the last few years. We have whittled it down to a...

A prime example was Raz De Maree becoming the oldest horse to win the Welsh Grand National last weekend and the winning jockey, James Bowen, was the youngest rider to win the...

After last night’s parenting challenge episode of Love Island, where the couples had to take care of crying plastic babies for four hours, we thought it only fitting to see how the...