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A select field of five will take part in Kempton Park's Boxing Day showpiece the G1 32Red.com King George VI Chase. The big clash that jumps racing fans have been waiting for but weren't expecting to see for a few months time is the centre of attention as stable-mates Cue Card (GB) (King's Theatre {Ire})...
Hugo Palmer has been handed a £1,000 fine by the BHA after a member of his racing staff was found with non-permitted substances in the stable-yard at Ascot on QIPCO British Champions Day in October. Palmer's runners on the day Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}) and Architecture (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) were both allowed to...
Britain's Champion Jockey Jim Crowley got his new partnership with Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum off to the perfect start when winning on Naseem (Ire) (<a href="https://www.agakhanstuds.com/seathestars " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Sea The Stars</a> {Ire}) at Chelmsford on Thursday, his first ride for his new boss. “A lovely start,” said Crowley. “When I saw the draw, 16 of 16, I thought we...
John Buckingham, rider of 1967 Aintree Grand National winner Foinavon has died aged 76. Buckingham steered Foinavon to one of the most eventful Grand National victories ever as the 100/1 shot managed to avoid a huge melee of horses at the fence after Bechers Brook caused by the refusal of a loose horse. Buckingham, who...
The Tipperary Cancer Colour Fun Run, which took place in August at Tipperary Racecourse, raised more than €70,000 for the Irish Cancer Society and Circle of Friends Cancer Support Centre, Horse Racing Ireland revealed on Wednesday. Over 500 runners took part, including former professional rugby player Alan Quinlan, and trainers and jockeys including Fozzy Stack,...
It's the most wonderful time of the year, apparently. For Sir Mark Prescott, however, that has nothing to do with Christmas. “I loathe Christmas,” says Newmarket's longest serving trainer. “You've just got the yearlings going well and then their routine is disrupted. “People say to me, 'Oh you're a flat trainer, what do you do...
Trainer Jim Best, who was suspended from training for six months following a re-hearing by a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel last week, will not appeal that penalty, his solicitors revealed in a statement. Best was found guilty of ordering conditional jockey Paul John to stop two horses last December. He was initially handed a...
The National Heritage Centre at Palace House in Newmarket will be open over Christmas, with the exception of Christmas Day itself. The hours will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Dec. 26 to Jan. 3. Attractions at the Heritage Centre include a racehorse simulator, childrens' multimedia guide, daily demonstrations with horses and the chance...
Freddy Tylicki, who was paralysed from the waist down after falling in a four-horse pileup at Kempton at the end of October, has been released from St George's Hospital in Tooting and moved to a specialist spinal centre in Middlesex, where he will begin rehabilitation. The 30-year-old Tylicki was airlifted to St George's after the...
Irish jumps trainer Paul Gilligan has been banned for six months for racing a horse at Uttoxeter after it had previously run at an unrecognised meeting in Ireland. The horse in question, Dubawi Phantom (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), was disqualified from the win at Uttoxeter. The penalty was handed down by a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary...
Down Royal Racecourse will receive a grant aid of €183,000 from the Horse Racing Ireland Racecourse Capital Development Scheme for improvement projects for its facilities that will cost in the region of €457,000. The projects include re-roofing the main grandstand, re-configuration and moderisation of the weighing room and jockeys' changing area, and a new permanent...
The 2016 Longines World's Best Racehorse and World's Best Horse Race Ceremony will take place Jan. 24 at Claridge's in London, England. It is the fourth renewal of the World's Best Racehorse Award, and the second of the World's Best Horse Race Award. The winner of the World's Best Racehorse award will receive a crystal...
