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Mike Deasy on an impressive Irish Derby winner but a lacklustre day at the Curragh, Brighton racecourse’s silence over its shuttle bus, the Dettori/Gosden sabbatical and more Westover (pictured) was an impressive winner of...
Mike Deasy on the inadequacies of racing’s leadership and direction, sponsor worries for the Derby, The Sunday Times hits the depths with Michael Owen piece, and more Well, that didn’t last long. Just days...
With Royal Ascot 2022 the first to play out to capacity crowds after the event was staged behind closed doors in 2020 and limited crowds last year, we look back at when other Royal...
Mike Deasy on a racing strategy that could be doomed from the start, why fireworks are not a good idea at the races, getting grumpy at the races and more With not a hint...
In May 2020, The Racing Hub ran a Racing Heroes series, Mike Deasy chose Lester Piggott Mike Deasy adds Lester Piggott to the line-up in our Racing Heroes series Is it incongruous to have...
Mike Deasy on low crowd numbers and what racecourses might do, culling the race programme, retraining racehorses, Windsor’s u-turn, and more It shouldn’t come as too much a surprise that racecourse attendances are in...
Mike Deasy on what it means to be a winning jockey, the bust-up between Arena Racecourses and the Jockey Club, getting sensible about dress codes, forgetting racegoers in the five-day Festival debate, and more...
Mike Deasy on York’s Ebor meeting title sponsor going bust, racecourses fuelling the sport’s drink problem, Ed Whitaker posts 35 years as the sport’s top snapper, runners desert Newmarket, racegoers desert Ascot, and more...
Mike Deasy on the Jurassic attitudes at Robbie Dunne’s appeal, bet365’s National nightmare, a date with racing’s rich history, keeping up the fight against draconian betting regulation, and more Something went horribly wrong at...
Mike Deasy on why the Festival should stay at four days, why it’s five races a day for ITV, when it was a chilly day for Ed Chamberlin and AP McCoy, and more Not...