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Ben Morgan’s Cheltenham weekend tips – Ship set to sail despite stormy seas
Racing Ahead’s resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for the weekend’s action at Cheltenham.
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/ 4 days agoAdvertise with Racing Ahead in December!
The December 2025 edition of Racing Ahead Magazine will be on sale from 27th November, packed with all the latest news, features and insight from across the racing...
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/ 3 weeks agoWELCOME to Racing Ahead – November 2025 Edition
What a month! And what drama when we saw a nail-biting finish as Minnie Hauk battled to the line only to get nutted in Paris by draw-defyingly brilliant...
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/ 3 weeks agoDOGS LIFE’S LOOKING UP: Jonathan Hobbs sees bright future in changing world of greyhound racing
IF a week is a long time in politics, a month in greyhound racing is a lifetime. Pictures: Gary Garner But given the opportunity to put pen to...
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/ 3 weeks agoHOUNDS ARE THE STARS FOR GOLD MEDALLIST HARLEY: Deanne Deakin introduces Dunstall Park’s newest kennel hand
Deane Deakin, wife of Dunstall Park trainer Simon, shares the inspirational story behind her husband’s newest kennel hand – her remarkable brother Harley. Special Olympics star Harley has...
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/ 3 weeks agoFIVE STAR CARE WORK: Francis Fitzgerald spells out the responsibilities of a greyhound trainer
If you have watched a greyhound race at a dog track and wondered what goes on behind the scenes you might have seen the trainer’s name beside the...
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Big Interview
/ 3 weeks agoODDS AND ENDS: Alan Hurndall reveals more about the edgy young life that got him started
In a second instalment of his memoirs, journalist Alan Hurndall tells more about the tough life in 1960s South London and then the ‘sliding door’ moment that changed...
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/ 3 weeks agoJOHN SHINES ON FOR LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT: Nick Townsend talks to irrepressible saddle legend John Francome
By any estimation, John Francombe boasts an extraordinary body of work: a seven-times champion national hunt jockey; for 27 years a broadcaster with Channel 4 Racing; and an...
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/ 3 weeks agoFLY IN THE OINTMENT: Graham Buddry recalls how brilliant Solwhit beat the odds to shine bright
In the presence of legendary supremacy other brilliance can be easily overlooked until a change of course allows the lesser of two immense luminaries to excel in their...
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/ 3 weeks agoGREAT SPOT BUT HALDON TO HATS: Simon Nott brings us the bookmaking gossip from a damp day at Exeter
It must have been a day like today and not when there’s freezing horizonal rain that some forward thinking soul back in 1600 and something decided that racing...
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/ 3 weeks agoIF SHERLOCK HAD BEEN A TIPSTER: Rolf Johnson blasts ‘after thinkers’ – but sees the logic in Daryz Arc glory
Sherlock Holmes didn’t do ‘after timing’: the world’s most famous detective was always ahead of the game; the police plodded on. Observation, logic, science, deduction, Holmes sharpened his...
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/ 3 weeks agoREADERS’ LETTERS
Please keep your letters coming -write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU, or email to [email protected] PLACEPOT PETE SOMETIMES in midweek,...
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/ 3 weeks agoLIFE OUT OF THE SADDLE
Richard Eagle asks where have yesterday’s saddle heroes gone Philip Hide, the clerk of the course, in the Stewards Box at Brighton Racecourse. Racing fans of longer years,...
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/ 3 weeks agoSERIOUSLY ALL FOR THE CRAIC: Xander Brett gets taste of Listowel’s fierce passion for fun – and winners
I had no lead-up at Listowel. Stepping off the bus, which had slowly filled with racegoers as it trundled south, I was plunged immediately into a carnival that...
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/ 3 weeks agoLOW DRAW FOR SHOES TO SHINE: Andy Newton on raiders’ best chances in Race That Stops a Nation
As we hot-foot into November, as we all know the Flat action starts to wind down in the UK and the new jumping scene is pretty much here...
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/ 3 weeks agoMOR MERRIER FOR MULLINS: Karl Hedley jumps in with eyecatchers as Ireland’s new season gets going
The nights are drawing in now and the Flat season across Ireland is in its concluding stages. Attention is now switching to the National Hunt sphere as we...
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/ 3 weeks agoRACE FOR A BIG RETURN: Andy Newton weighs up the chances of Chasing a comeback at Haydock
As we head into November, despite the Breeders’ Cup in the US and a sprinkling of domestic Flat meetings left – most horse racing fans will have flicked...
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/ 3 weeks agoJOSH MADE HIS POINT!
Mike Drowne finds top pointer Josh Newman battling for more success Picture: Charlie Giles Josh Newman has been in command of the Point-to-Point division over the past few...
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/ 3 weeks agoJAG-GED EDGE LOOKS SHARP
Paul Ferguson checks out this month’s early-season eye-catchers JAGWAR (FR) ridden by Jonjo O’Neill Jr UNBEATEN in two starts at Cheltenham as a novice, Jagwar is fancied to...
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/ 3 weeks agoPAUL’S JOY IS A DARK STAR: Paul Nicholls names ten to follow from his top Ditcheat jumping prospects
Paul Nicholls eagerly anticipates big seasons ahead for his stable stars. The top trainer highlights the progress of established aces, including Sir Alex Ferguson’s Festival hero Caldwell Potter,...
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/ 3 weeks agoRAIN’S A JOY FOR MACHIN: Ben Morgan offers his ‘ten to follow’ across the November track action
Joyeux Machin Given the dry Summer/Autumn that we have had, you would expect there to be an absolute deluge of rain at some point through November. This will...
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The November 2025 edition of Racing Ahead Magazine is on sale on the 30th of October!
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/ 2 months agoBRED AND BLOODIED: Graham Buddry finds Felix Francis’ latest racing thriller sets pulse racing
Our sport is blessed in a way like no other sport. You would be hard pressed to find an exciting thriller written about football, cricket, athletics or any...
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/ 2 months agoEYES FIXED FOR THE LATE SHOW: Robert Cooper focuses on track action with help from his optician
One Monday a month I dedicate a fair chunk of the day to composing this column; you will already be aware every full stop and semi-colon is meticulously...
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/ 2 months agoSAFETY FIRST: Richard Eagle clocks spills as well as thrills as he tours tracks and yards
Rushing down to Windsor for one of their last evening meetings I knew I might miss the first race …. I did. But I might as well have...
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/ 2 months agoABLE AND WINNING: Graham Buddry on the career of Arc-conquering superhorse Enable
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is justly considered the premier race in all of Europe and since its inception in 1920 it has been won by many...
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/ 2 months agoIT’S ISE UP FOR HAGGAS FILLY: Andy Ayres picks up the pieces when track action is cooling down
KEMPTON August 20 (standard to slow) 1m3f219y novice (Class 4) Impressive winner FINALISE (William Haggas) must be the tallest filly in training. She got seasick round the hairpin...
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/ 2 months agoSTREETWISE TO TRACK SAVVY: Alan Hurndall recalls dark days and joy in the 1960s betting world
Author and journalist Alan Hurndall grew up in a shadowy world of wheeling, dealing and street punting, loving his trips to the track. Thanks to our pals at...
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/ 2 months agoCLASS AND A LUCKY DRAW: Andy Newton looks for the key factors in winning Europe’s richest race
Europe’s richest Flat race on the turf also takes place this month – as it’s off to France for the Prix de l’ Arc de Triomphe on Sunday...
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/ 2 months agoTRAPPING A WINNER: Francis Fitzgerald offers a basic guide to picking out a top dog at the track
A night at the dogs is fast, loud, exciting and full of adrenaline. Greyhound racing is simple on the face of it - six dogs, one track, the...
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