All posts tagged "Grand National"
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Andy Newton
/ 3 days 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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Racing Ahead
/ 3 days 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
/ 1 month agoHarry Skelton: Six of the best across my career
Harry Skelton reflects on the horses that have shaped his life Harry Skelton has scaled the heights as a top-class jumps...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoSCALES WEIGHTED AGAINST THE FUN
Rolf Johnson lashes politicos and officials for misuse of regulatory whip THINGS are getting serious – time for a little levity:...
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Columnists
/ 2 months agoXander Brett: Gerald Geisler on the German racing campaign
Xander Brett meets Austrian trainer who carved a career in Germany For many years, Gerald Geisler was something of a nomad....
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Columnists
/ 3 months agoPaul Ferguson: Calandagan can revel in Epsom Derby coronation
Although he has yet to score at Group 1 level, last year’s impressive King Edward VII Stakes winner Calandagan is fancied...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 months agoSTEADFAST ON DOWNS
Richard Eagle with galloping tales from Epsom and Lambourn yards Operatic Society (l), with Lester Piggott When walking around the Downs...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 months agoPointing at crossroads: Rolf Johnson fears it could be point of no return for a much-loved sport
Only Iain Mackenzie and Martin Harris could be entrusted with the requiem to Point-to-Pointing. The singular language of their Hunter Chasers...
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News
/ 3 months agoImpact of British Horse Racing on Local Economies
British horse racing is a significant economic driver that bolsters local economies across the United Kingdom. From rural communities to the...
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News
/ 3 months agoRachael Blackmore: Retirement crept into my head at Cheltenham
Rachael Blackmore first had thoughts of retiring at the Cheltenham Festival in March. The trailblazing jockey, a Grand National, Cheltenham Gold...
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News
/ 4 months agoRachael Blackmore – A career in pictures
With Rachael Blackmore having announced her immediate retirement from riding, we look back on some of the defining moments of an...
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News
/ 4 months agoSix star performers for Rachael Blackmore over her career
After calling time on a relatively brief but glittering professional career in the saddle, we look at six horses who helped...
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News
/ 4 months agoRachael Blackmore announces retirement from riding
Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning rider Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from the saddle. The 35-year-old made international headlines...
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News
/ 4 months agoRachael Blackmore retires a pioneer who broke new ground
Rachael Blackmore’s professional riding career stretched to a little over 10 years. But she bows out leaving few big-race boxes unticked....
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Racing Ahead News
/ 4 months agoWhat to know ahead of the Irish Derby Festival 2025
Horse racing fans have already had their fair share of action so far in 2025, with the electrifying Cheltenham Festival in...
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News
/ 4 months agoPunchestown Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
By Callum Close The eyes of the racing world will turn to Ireland next week for the grand finale of the...
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Out in the Sticks
/ 4 months agoJUPITER NOT IN ORBIT YET
Jeremy Grayson charts the progress around the country tracks FONTWELL, APRIL 11 (GOOD, GOOD TO SOFT IN PLACES) 2m5f135yds (+18yds) 0-115...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months ago‘DO NOT GEt ME STARTED!’
Rolf Johnson leaps into the jumps riddle of the false starts that seem never-ending Confusion at the start of the 2007...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoWelcome: Racing Ahead May Edition
The sun’s high in the sky, the turf’s lush and the Flat is back! We’ve a great issue previewing early summer...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 4 months agoUNDER THE COSH BUT HAPPY DAYS
Simon Nott brings us a festival view from inside those trackside betting nerve centres Ladies Day Cheltenham behind us and the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoREADERS’ LETTERS
Please keep your letters coming -write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU, or email...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoLIFE IN THE ‘FAST’ LANE
Richard Eagle recalls tales from a racing heartland steeped in history Tarima ridden by jockey Chris Hayes winning at Leopardstown on...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoCAN BE COSMIC FOR CHARLTON
Paul Ferguson shares his top 10 horses to follow on the Flat this summer Cosmic Year and Oisin Murphy winning at...
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Tips
/ 4 months agoBen Morgan’s Bank Holiday tips – Musselburgh & Fairyhouse – Stars have Aligned for Couleurs
For exclusive stories and all the detailed Racing news you need, subscribe to the Racing Ahead website, digital edition, or magazine from as...
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News
/ 4 months agoCheveley Park hoping to boost title charge of Willie Mullins
For exclusive stories and all the detailed Racing news you need, subscribe to the Racing Ahead website, digital edition, or magazine from as...
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Grand National
/ 5 months agoGrand National party shows no sign of ending for jubilant Willie Mullins
Willie Mullins was still in dreamland over that emotional day when the “stars aligned”, as his Grand National champion Nick Rockett...
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Grand National
/ 5 months agoPatrick Mullins handed eight-day suspension following Grand National ride
Patrick Mullins has been suspended for eight days after being found to have used his whip one above the permitted level...
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Grand National
/ 5 months agoGrand National faller Broadway Boy ‘looking brighter each day’
For exclusive stories and all the detailed Racing news you need, subscribe to the Racing Ahead website, digital edition, or magazine from as...
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Irish Racing
/ 5 months agoIrish Grand National Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
By Callum Close Thousands will turn their attention to Fairyhouse in under two weeks’ time for the 2025 Irish Grand National...
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News
/ 5 months agoInothewayurthinkin plans depend on Punchestown conditions
Punchestown is still a possibility for Inothewayurthinkin after connections chose to sidestep the Grand National in the aftermath of his Cheltenham...
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