History of the Greyhound Derby: The Early Years to Towcester
The inaugural English Greyhound Derby was held at White City Stadium in London back in 1927. It’s now firmly established as one of the world’s richest and …
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St Leger Festival 2025: St Leger analysis and preview
The final British Classic race of the 2025/26 season is almost upon on, as Doncaster racecourse stages the 2025 St Leger Festival in under two weeks’ time. …
Ben Morgan’s Saturday tips Chester & Sandown – Murphy to be the Lucky charm?
Our resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for Saturday’s action at Chester and Sandown Chester 2.40 – Alsakib looks a cut above in Listed …
Irish Champions Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
A festival like no other in Irish flat-racing is just over two weeks away, as the 2025 Irish Champions Festival gets underway. Two days of elite racing …
St Leger Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
Doncaster racecourse will stage its premier meeting in three weeks’ time, as the 2025 St Leger Festival gets underway. Four days of high-quality racing …
Davy keeps it in family: Karl Hedley focuses on the eye-catchers from Ballybrit summer highlight
The Galway Festival was the main centrepiece of the Irish summer and I have selected a few eye catchers from that meeting that it could well pay to follow …
Shoe Keeps on his Toes: Super tough Kieran Shoemark winning through the setbacks
Nick Townsend finds super-tough Kieran Shoemark winning through the set-backs When the mercurial career of Kieran Shoemark comes to be chronicled as a memoir …
Gallops back into the fray: Richard Eagle keeps eyes and ears pricked in the vales and over the downs
In the second half of the 19th century the small Hampshire settlement of Danebury, boasted racing yards and a racecourse that rivalled the best in Newmarket, …
A Song to remember: Graham Buddry recalls the thrilling pace of brilliant miler Soviet Song
This month we revisit another of those superstars of the turf who has generally slipped from the mass consciousness but should I even say her name, Soviet …
Bright start for big finish: Simon Nott has been out following the money at Brighton and Ascot
I rarely get to Brighton, it’s a fair schlep from the Shire, but I do enjoy the racing there when the opportunity arises. Over the last three years I’ve …
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