Whatever your views on the equine flu outbreak and the BHA’s response to it, no-one could decry the unwitting spin-off that was the compelling card at Ascot on Saturday.
Southwell Racecourse has confirmed fixtures will resume on Wednesday (13th February) following a six-day national suspension due to an outbreak of equine flu.
Southwell Racecourse has confirmed fixtures for today (Friday 8th February) and Sunday 10th February will not go ahead due to the risk of equine influenza spreading.
The gatecrashing of the Champion Hurdle party by APPLE’S JADE at the weekend is the big talking-point as the countdown to the Cheltenham Festival hots up.
There might be only 40 days to the Cheltenham Festival, but most serious punters will admit they are finding it difficult to come up with any hard-and-fast fancies.
The Grand National hero of 2017, ONE FOR ARTHUR, returns to action in one of the big races of the weekend when he takes on 11 rivals in the £75,000 Grade Two Peter Marsh Handicap Chase at Haydock Park.
While most of us will be tucking into our Christmas dinner on Christmas Day, trainer Ruth Jefferson will be preparing her star horse, WAITING PATIENTLY, for victory in the big race of the festive period, the 32Red King George VI Chase at Kempton Park.
A field of 15, the highest number since 2011, is set to go to post for the £130,000 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup, the big race of the weekend at Cheltenham on Saturday.
Newbury’s two-day winter meeting has always been one of the highlights of the Jumps season outside Cheltenham, and last weekend’s edition was no exception.
As the festive season fast approaches, Christmas comes early for many Jumps buffs this weekend when Newbury stages its second Ladbrokes Winter Carnival.
If, for you, Breeders’ Cup Day in the States was really Charlie Hall Chase Day, and Melbourne Cup Day Down Under was really Haldon Gold Cup Day, then the Jumps season has been in full swing for some time.
When you consider the startling fact that Britain lost 480,000 horses, one killed for every two men, during the First World War, it is no wonder racing is marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the conflict this Remembrance Sunday.
As a captivating Flat season draws to a close, Yorkshire-based jockey Danny Tudhope will be awarded the traditional ‘Cock O’ The North’ prize for the second consecutive year at Doncaster on Saturday.
The stars come out to play at Ascot on Saturday when the eighth Qipco British Champions Day brings a glittering curtain down on another magnificent Flat season.
