The QIPCO 2000 Guineas takes place at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile course on Saturday 5th May 2012: Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is learning to bet (despite being officially the worst bettor in the History of the Universe), there’s a lot more to learn…
The QIPCO 2000 Guineas, which was founded in 1809 and has a glittering roll of honour, celebrates its 204th running this year. Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is learning to bet (despite being officially the worst bettor in the History of the Universe), there’s a
Britain's professional lady jockeys are to get their own championship for the first time. Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is learning to bet (despite being officially the worst bettor in the History of the Universe), there’s a lot more to learn…
Chanelle McCoy, the ‘first lady’ of horse racing, married to champion jockey AP McCoy, will be taking on Channel 4 Racing presenter Emma Spencer in a celebrity cocktail-making challenge the night before the John Smith’s Grand National festival begins in Liverpool (11th April). Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to
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Trevor Hemmings, who was born on June 11, 1935, boasts a classic rags to riches story. Brought up in Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, where his father worked at the Royal Ordnance factory, Trevor was sent to Lancashire as a five-year-old during World War II and began life as a bricklayer’s apprentice after leaving school
Although for the most part horse races seem to be well ordered events, sometimes things can go terribly wrong and sometimes it seems that miracles can really happen. Throughout history there have been some very strange horse racing. Here are some of strangest horse races dating from the mid nineteenth century to the present day:
Many thanks to Dickon White Managing Director of Haydock Park who agreed to name the above race at the meeting on Tuesday 13th September 2011 as part of the George Formby Society's “Golden Jubilee” Celebrations, Neil Forshaw reports: Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is learning to
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Allison GrahamAllison is the Publisher of Eclipse Magazine. She loves going to the Races and is learning to bet (despite being officially the worst bettor in the History of the Universe), there’s a lot more to learn…
British Champions Day 2011: Fashionable Racegoers Read More »
The richest day in the history of British horse racing is set to captivate an audience of tens of thousands of people at Ascot Racecourse and millions more watching on television in 75 countries around the world. With £3m in prize-money, QIPCO British Champions Day on Saturday 15 October is the culmination of the first-ever
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Sir Henry Cecil’s chances of landing his 11th trainers’ title and his first since 1993 will hinge entirely on QIPCO British Champions Day, the richest day in British racing history, at Ascot on Saturday, 15 October 2011. He currently lies in fourth place in the table, about £850,000 behind the leader, Richard Hannon, but his
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