Celebrities

George Formby was born George Hoy Booth on 26th May 1904 at 3 Westminster Street, Wigan. Though he was later to become one of Britain’s most famous entertainers, horses were in his blood. Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is learning to bet (despite being officially […]

  On Wednesday 22nd June, Kempton Park Racecourse will welcome Platinum-selling singer-songwriter Darius Campbell, who will be headlining the entertainment on British Big Band Night after racing. Darius, who leapt to fame after winning ITV1’s Popstar to Operastar, has had five UK Top Ten singles and supported Shakira on her world tour. Allison GrahamAllison is the

To race at Cheltenham Racecourse billed as ‘The home of Jump racing’, during The Festival each March, is the pinnacle to which most National Hunt owners, trainers and jockeys aspire. But, as Head Groundsman Tony Howland is acutely aware, for the four-day championship festival to live up to its reputation, in addition to the horses,

2009: Celebrity Katie Price also known as Jordan, is famous for her love of horses… so when we discovered she was sponsoring the Ladies’ Evening at Exeter Racecourse this summer, we asked her to tell us about her interest in racing: What is KP Equestrian? It’s my own equestrian company. I started it last year

Jilly Cooper, the internationally renowned author whose best-selling novels include Riders and Polo, is currently working on her new book, Village Horse.   Its theme is National Hunt racing, so we asked Jilly for her thoughts on both the horsey and social aspects of racing:     So, you’ve written about show jumping (in Riders)

Actor John Challis is renowned for his role as Boycie, originally in television classic Only Fools and Horses. 2009: More recently, in The Green Green Grass, ‘townie’ Boycie and his wife Marlene have moved to the country to escape from the Driscoll Brothers after Boycie turned supergrass. Boycie finds rural life rather strange after London,