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Irish Racing
/ 4 weeks agoDavy 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...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoTravelled well and has stamina: Xander Brett on his mission to visit every British racecourse
A cemetery doesn’t make for an encouraging racecourse arrival. Redcar’s welcome, however, at the end of the driveway and back in...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoGallops 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...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoA 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...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 4 weeks agoBright 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...
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Big Interview
/ 4 weeks agoShoe 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...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoWhen Simon called Holt: ‘Voice of the Racecourse’ talking to Star Sports at Bath Racecourse
Simon Holt, one of Britain’s top horse racing commentators, has been a familiar voice on racecourses and national television since the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoWinners played ‘life’s handicap’: Rolf Johnson tribute to Antony Winlaw – ‘with apologies to Kipling’
Antony Roger Sebastian de Winton Winlaw; most associates knew him as ‘Winlaw’ (time was when surnames were the norm as the...
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Robert Cooper
/ 4 weeks agoJungle Drums: Robert Cooper races off without laptop – but with eye on the track thrills
Can the long hot summer of 2025 really be drawing to a close? More than likely, although mine is still going...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoWELCOME to Racing Ahead, full of tips, reviews and insights
It seems an age since torrential rain lashed racegoers and runners alike but failed to dampen spirits at Glorious Goodwood. Whirl...
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Paul Jacobs
/ 4 weeks agoGrounds for real caution: Paul Jacobs looks ahead to autumn thrills – but with an eye on the weather
With the summer festivals now behind us, the autumn countdown is on with the major yards turning their attention to the...
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Talking Two-Year-Olds
/ 4 weeks agoTrue Love in a power cut: Ian Heitman sees Murray and Egan rise from Ballydoyle’s Phoenix misery
The intended clash between two of Aidan O’Brien’s Royal Ascot winners - Gstaad, winner of the Coventry Stakes, and True Love,...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoMorris looks major player: Ben Morgan shares his top 10 horses to follow in coming weeks’ racing
MORRIS DANCER - This 2yo is really growing on me. A positive debut run over an inadequate 6f was followed by...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoThunder’s Rumbling: Andy Ayres shares his pick of the month’s eyecatchers with More to come
Publish, Oxagon and Saratoga Gold are all nicely poised to challenge for top prizes in coming weeks as we pick over...
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Columnists
/ 4 weeks agoCan’t wait to jump in: Paul Ferguson on the new National Hunt season
Paul Ferguson is champing at the bit to share his thoughts on new National Hunt season As it is now September,...
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Andy Newton
/ 4 weeks agoHistory Makers: Andy Newton picks out key facts of the Ayr Gold Cup
Andy Newton picks out key facts and stats around the Scottish showpiece Away from the Scottish Grand National, one of the...
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News
/ 4 weeks agoBen Morgan’s Ebor Festival Day 3 & 4 tips – Dance into the weekend
Our resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets from days three and four at the Ebor Festival York 3.35 –...
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Featured
/ 4 weeks agoBen Morgan’s Ebor Festival Day 2 tips – Aalt to put things right
Our resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for day two at the Ebor Festival York 1.50 – Crisford filly...
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Featured
/ 4 weeks agoBen Morgan’s Ebor Day 1 tips – Trefor to Terrorise the Knavesmire
Our resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for day one of the Ebor festival York 1.50 – Hills’ improving...
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Featured
/ 1 month agoEbor Festival 2025: Ebor Handicap analysis and preview
The 2025 Ebor Festival will capture the eyes of the racing world this week, as York racecourse’s premier meeting gets underway. ...
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Featured
/ 1 month agoEbor Festival 2025: Yorkshire Oaks analysis and preview
North Yorkshire takes centre stage this week as the 2025 Ebor Festival gets underway at York racecourse. Four days of prestigious...
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News
/ 1 month agoBen Morgan’s Saturday Newbury tips – Poet could be Epic
Racing Ahead‘s resident tipster Ben Morgan gives his best bets at Newbury on Saturday Newbury 1.50 – Poet could be Epic...
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 month agoEbor Festival 2025: Juddmonte International Stakes analysis and preview
The 2025 Ebor Festival gets underway next week, with York set to stage four days of prestigious racing action. Four Group...
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News
/ 1 month agoEbor Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
With Glorious Goodwood now a memory, the 2025 flat season rolls into late August, as York takes centre stage for the...