The trophies awarded to the owner of Red Rum, who landed the Grand National a record three times in the 1970s, have been returned to Aintree Racecourse and will be on display during the Randox Grand National Festival (Thursday 13th April – Saturday 15th April inclusive). March 31st 2023 was the 50th anniversary of Red […]
The Grand Women’s Summit returns once again to Aintree Racecourse in 2023, taking place on Ladies Day (Friday 14th April) at the Randox Grand National Festival. First staged in 2015 and in now in its eighth year, the Grand Women’s Summit returned as an in-person event in 2022 having been held virtually in 2021 due
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Friday 14th March – Day 1 – saw a fabulous start to The Festival at Cheltenham, 2023. Reporting by Graham Clark, Nick Seddon, Catherine Austen & Andrew King (TV quotes by Lucy Elder). Photographs courtesy of Ian Yates www.eyewhy.co.uk Amateur Jockey Michael O’Sullivan and Owner-Trainer Barry Connell combine to land opening Sky Bet Supreme Novices’
Guineas Festival 2023: A forgotten racehorse trainer who was the first woman in the UK to be issued with a training licence in 1886 is to have a race at The QIPCO Guineas Festival renamed in her honour, The Jockey Club has announced. Ellen Chaloner has lain in an unmarked grave in Newmarket Cemetery since
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By Nick Seddon The six-times champion Jump trainer Nicky Henderson opened the doors to his famous Seven Barrows yard in Lambourn to talk about his prospects for The Cheltenham Festival in 2023, which takes place Tuesday 14th March to Friday 17th March inclusive. With 72 Festival wins to his name, Henderson is the most successful
By Nick Seddon Trainer Dan Skelton has revealed that he’s keen to take a select team to this year’s Cheltenham Festival, which will be spearheaded by Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup contender Protektorat. Skelton has four Cheltenham Festival winners under his belt so far, with the most recent being Ch’tibello in the 2019 County Hurdle, and he
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Cheltenham Festival 2023: Willie Mullins’ Horses and Hopes By Nick Seddon No trainer in the history of The Cheltenham Festival has trained more winners at it than Willie Mullins. Tourist Attraction in the 1995 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle was the first of what now stands at a record 88 winners for the master of Closutton. In
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Clear your diary this Good Friday and join Racing Welfare at the ARC Middleham Open Day! Book your tickets now for the popular family-friendly fundraising event, which takes place on Friday 7th April. The Arena Racing Company sponsored day, a staple event in the northern racing calendar, attracted more than 3,500 eager racing fans last
The horseracing industry’s human welfare charity, Racing Welfare, has launched an all-new mass participation fundraising event for 2023 – the Racing Welfare Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge. The challenge takes place on Saturday 8th July, with registrations now open. The 12-hour challenge will be led by fully qualified guides from event partner Large Outdoors. It is
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Sandown Park: Racegoers can once again donate gifts for the local community at this year’s Tingle Creek Festival. The popular initiative – which gives racegoers at Sandown Park the opportunity to donate gifts for children and families – is returning in time for Christmas. The Jockey Club introduced the Gifting Programme at the Esher venue
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