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.
Brilliant Brazilian Silvestre de Sousa is set to be crowned champion Flat Jockey for the third time when the main season ends on Britain’s richest raceday, QIPCO Champions Day, at Ascot next week.
We won’t get the William Hill St Leger we were treated to last year. But Doncaster is bracing itself for a fascinating duel in Saturday’s final Classic of the campaign.
One of the county’s longest established sporting units, Kimberley Bowls Club, is making improvements to its Nottingham Road green thanks to support from Notts County councillor Philip Owen.
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe moved into the OVO Energy Tour of Britain race lead with two stages remaining after finishing second behind Team Sky’s Wout Poels at Whinlatter on Friday afternoon.
