Bravo for channon and hitchcott

August 31st, 2010

Team of the moment - Hitchcott and Channon

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Baker's bill to become another famous belgian

August 27th, 2010

 

Trainer George Baker sends out Belgian Bill in Newmarket's 2.45

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Mr irons to hammer opposition at brighton

August 24th, 2010

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Face up to fergie's problem at york

August 18th, 2010

STAYING power is going to be the key to today's card at York with 3 televised races of 12, 14 and 16 furlongs, alongside the Gimcrack for 2-year-olds.

For many punters, the Ebor is a regular prize to try and plunder and this year's renewal ...

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From jockey to cycling hero - peter dun is back in saddle

August 11th, 2010

 

By Fiona Scott

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Peter Dun's life was hanging in the balance.


Lying at Newcastle General Hospital with a badly fractured skull and his right leg broken in six places, the 20-year-old amateur jockey was in a coma for 42 days ...

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Do the smart thing, back the juveniles each-way

August 5th, 2010

Shergar Cup day, the meeting where teams of jockeys from Britain and beyond compete against each other, scoring points as they do, is on us once again, yet astonishingly without terrestrial television cameras this time. The day that has always seeked to embrace amateur racegoers coul...

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Go to noverre in stewards

July 30th, 2010

Glorious Goodwood has certainly lived up to it’s billing so far, with the brightest jewels in the crown shining in Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes where top 3-year-old elect Canford Cliffs did his finest impression of a fast cat chasing a not-so-fast mouse. Messrs Hannon and Hu...

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Starters orders 4 racing game review

July 25th, 2010

 

I have a handful of horses in training myself. Yeah, most are home-bred, and bear the names of Morrissey singles - a sort of homage to the late Terry Mills’ style of naming horses.
   Dagenham ...

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Workforce to strike at ascot

July 23rd, 2010

 

The return of Derby winner WORKFORCE to active duty on the racecourse has been eagerly awaited by all who wondered, while watching him storm up the Epsom straight to a seven length success in a record-breaking time at the beginning...

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Talley can bring hanagan close to title

July 20th, 2010

Paul Hanagan is having a real stab at landing the jockey’s title and it looks like Ryan Moore is going to have his work cut out to keep tabs on his northern based rival. Hanagan has really come of age this year, riding as well as anyone in the country and surely attracting the ...

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