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Haydock Park stages the only mixed card of the year in the UK tomorrow (Saturday 8th May) when the highlight is the Grade Three Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle. First run in 1978, the £100,000 contest takes place over two miles and its roll of honour boasts the likes of Cheltenham Festival winners Gaye Chance and […]
Group One winner and Cazoo Derby contender Mac Swiney returns to action this weekend, just one of the highlights among a programme of 14 fixtures over the next three days – with every race live only on Racing TV. The Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial has proved a pre-eminent trial for the Epsom Classic over a […]
NOTTINGHAM RACEDAY PREVIEW: CHARLIE JOHNSTON, HUGO PALMER, KEVIN RYAN, CHARLIE FELLOWES, DAVID SIMCOCK AND RON HARRIS GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON RUNNERS ON AN INTRIGUING SATURDAY CARD Charlie Johnston is hopeful that the in-form Mountain Brave can build on an impressive victory at Doncaster last week by picking up some black type in the Listed British Stallion Studs […]
Jessica Harrington is doubly represented in the Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Blue Wind Stakes at Naas on Saturday as the trainer bids to win a second consecutive renewal of the race. Stable jockey Shane Foley will partner Silence Please, a three-time winner that ran well in defeat behind subsequent Classic winner Even So […]
Call Of The Wild secured the first of what jockey Tom Cannon hopes will be many doubles this season after running out an impressive winner on his debut at Huntingdon on Thursday. The Alan King-trained four year old, a half-brother to the yard’s Doncaster Spring Mile and Newbury Spring Cup winner Chatez, put in an […]
A vintage renewal of the Grade 1 William Hill Champion Chase saw Chacun Pour Soi storm to victory for Willie Mullins, Paul Townend and Susannah Ricci providing reigning champion jockey Townend with a welcome winner. The six-runner field was led along at a hair-raising gallop in the early stages and despite being headed briefly by […]
Colreevy may have been something of a turn-up for the books in the Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase but the eight-year-old continued her rich vein of form to give Willie Mullins a big race clean sweep on Day 1 of the Punchestown Festival. The admirable eight-year-old posted a career best as she […]
Oisin Murphy says he was “thrilled” with Alcohol Free’s preparation run ahead of Sunday’s QIPCO 1000 Guineas bid and believes she has every chance of staying the mile at Newmarket. Having teamed up with Andrew Balding last year to strike gold in the QIPCO 2000 Guineas with Kameko, the reigning champion jockey will join forces […]
It’s the main national hunt festival of the year in Ireland, why not join Punchestown Fantasy League! Lots of Prizes – we have updates & results. Take part in the Punchestown Fantasy League; a Racing Fantasy League across the 5 days of the 2021 Punchestown Festival race meetings to keep you entertained and involved from […]
FWD Champions Day again showcases the best of Hong Kong with emerging talent measured by record turnover A landmark FWD Champions Day, crowned by Vincent Ho’s G1 double, record turnover and the emergence of a potential future champion are evidence of Hong Kong racing’s resilience and attractiveness, according to Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges. Pointing to […]
