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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Trainer Emmet Mullins admitted repeating last year’s success is “a big ask” but he “can’t complain” after the handicapper gave Noble Yeats a 19lbs higher rating in the Grand National 2023, 12 months after winning the Aintree showpiece. By Nick Seddon At 11st 11lbs only three horses – Any Second Now, Conflated and Hewick on
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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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Gordon Elliotthas said it would be “a dream come true” if one of his 19 entries in Aintree’s Randox Grand National 2023 can help him equal the record of training four winners of the race. By Graham Clark The County Meath-based handler only took out a trainer’s license in 2006 and had already won his
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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All eyes were on Ascot on 15th October 2022 for the 12th edition of QIPCO British Champions Day, the ultimate end of season extravaganza and culmination of the 35-race QIPCO British Champions Series. With £4.15 million in prize money across the six races, QIPCO British Champions Day is the richest fixture in the British calendar.
Thursday of Glorious Goodwood 2022 was Ladies Day and fashionistas were out in force. Our photographer Ian Yates www.eyewhy.co.uk was out to catch racegoers, trainers and ITV Racing presenters who had dressed up to #goracinginstyle Click on thumbnails below to view larger images. To read the racing roundup for Glorious Goodwood 2022 click here. Karen
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