Lucinda Russell

Last year's Grand National hero Corach Rambler (Ire) (Jeremy) has been retired, trainer Lucinda Russell announced on Thursday. Corach Rambler won seven of his 18 career starts under Rules, with his other notable victories including back-to-back editions of the Ultima Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in 2022 and 2023. He also finished third in the Gold Cup on his most recent appearance at Prestbury Park in March, before unseating jockey Derek Fox at the first when trying to win the Grand National for the second year in succession. Having...

The Racing for a Reason online charity auction, hosted by ThoroughBid, will run from Jan. 1-7 starting 9 a.m. that first day, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated equally between the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. On offer are yard visits with some of the top racing operations in the UK and Ireland, stallion nominations to the likes of Inns of Court (Ire) and Dawn Approach (Ire), and membership to the Byerley Indians Syndicate. The last was created to increase awareness of the...