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Join AP McCoy and Luke Harvey online in a 5 minute workout for Sport Relief

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.100″ background_layout=”light”] Two of racing’s most famous faces, Sir AP McCoy and Luke Harvey have joined forces with Great British Racing to create a simple jockey workout in support of Sport Relief. The charity has challenged the nation to reach a billion steps a day during the week 17–23 March and the […]

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Ladies’ First: Cheltenham to stage first-ever mares only Jump raceday at The April Meeting

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.100″ background_layout=”light”] Ladies’ First: For the first time ever at a Jump racecourse, Cheltenham will host a raceday devoted exclusively to races for fillies and mares. Taking place on day two of The April Meeting, Thursday, 19th April, the mares’ raceday offers a seven-race programme, with £190,000 in prize money. The richest

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Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards

Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards: Jessica McLernon of Musley Bank Stables is employee of the year 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.100″ background_layout=”light”] Jessica McLernon, Assistant Trainer at Richard Fahey’s Musley Bank Stables, has been named as Employee of the Year 2018 at a gala evening ceremony celebrating the achievements of stud and stable staff from across the country, the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards. Jessica was awarded with the perpetual Godolphin

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Guide to Racing - Jargon

The Rookies Guide to Racing – Jargon

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.95″ background_layout=”light”] Guide to Racing – Jargon. If you’re a Rookie, going to the races can sometimes feel like  you’ve been transplanted into a foreign country – and you don’t undertand the language! Here’s a list of lingo the racing set use to chat to each other. Sprinkle these words into your

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Sir Peter O’Sullevan

Sir Peter O’Sullevan’s support of racing’s workforce recognised with new ‘Be Friendly’ service

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.95″ background_layout=”light”] Racing Welfare has launched a telephone befriending service for vulnerable, lonely or isolated people from the horseracing industry with the aim of reducing and preventing loneliness and social isolation. The service has been named ‘Be Friendly’ after the dual Haydock Sprint Cup winner owned by Sir Peter O’Sullevan, a longstanding

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Quick Guide: Tingle Creek, Tingle Creek Saturday at Sandown Park

Quick Guide: Tingle Creek at Sandown Park

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_layout=”light”] Quick Guide: Tingle Creek – Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, hosts its two-day pre-Christmas jump racing extravaganza on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th December. The flagship race is the Betfair Tingle Creek, which is run on the Saturday and attracts some of the top horses and jockeys in Britain. The Tingle

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Quick Guide to the Winter Carnival (formerly the Hennessy) at Newbury

THE LADBROKES WINTER CARNIVAL – WHERE LEGENDS ARE MADE The inaugural Ladbrokes Winter Carnival featuring the Ladbrokes Trophy, formerly the Hennessy Gold Cup takes place on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December 2017. The new sponsorship from Ladbrokes brings with it a larger prize pot for this year’s contenders with the two days now worth a

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Kempton Park Racecourse, Kempton Park Races, Kempton Races, Kempton King George, Kempton's Winter Festival

Quick Guide to the ‘King George’ at Kempton’s Winter Festival

Kempton’s Winter Festival: It’s the must-see British sporting occasion at Christmas time and tickets for the 32Red Winter Festival at Kempton Park Racecourse on Boxing Day and Wednesday 27th December are always in demand. Racing fans still recall Kauto Star’s historic fifth win in the King George VI Chase, the feature race of the festival,

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Guide to the Fighting Fifth Hurdle

Quick Guide to the Fighting Fifth Hurdle

Guide to the Fighting Fifth Hurdle: One of the country’s top  jump races, the Grade 1 Unibet Fighting Fifth Hurdle is staged on 2nd December 2017 at Newcastle Racecourse. History of the Race The race’s title refers to the ‘Fighting Fifth’, the nickname of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (formerly known as the 5th Regiment of Foot). In the year

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