Existing racegoers are the best racegoers
How racing needs to up its game to keep its customers January greeted racing with the news that racecourse attendance in 2019 had fallen by 2.6%. Reasons were put forward, not least the halt...
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The Racing Hub Round-up: the week’s top stories
Your weekly round-up of top racing stories in a nutshell, plus upcoming fixtures and TV races Racing and Racecourses The Horse Welfare Board published its report on equine welfare in racing, with 20 recommendations....
Cheltenham Festival: key runners in the championship races
Cheltenham Festival: key runners in the championship races, with Paddy Power odds Defending champions Al Boum Photo, Altior, Frodon, Paisley Park and Roksana headline a host of stars on course for the Cheltenham Festival....
Cheltenham Festival: key handicap runners
Key runners in the Cheltenham Festival handicaps, with Paddy Power prices The 10 handicaps at the four-day extravaganza of the Cheltenham Festival provide tricky problems to solve. A few clues may rest with the...
Cheltenham Festival: Grade 1 novice race key runners
Key runners in the Cheltenham Festival Grade 1 novice races, with Paddy Power Prices The latest acceptors’ stage for the six Grade 1 novice races, as well as the Grade 1 JCB Triumph Hurdle...
Highs and lows
Gary McKenzie on the emotional highs and lows of racing There were worrying scenes at Ascot last week after the top-rated chaser, Cyrname, fell at the last fence. It was a horrible fall (as...
Horse welfare – racing’s five-year strategy
British horseracing’s Horse Welfare Board, which is independently chaired, has published its five-year strategic plan for the welfare of horses bred for racing. The strategy focuses on the ambition that every horse bred to...
The Racing Hub Round-up: the week’s top stories
Your weekly round-up of top racing stories in a nutshell, plus upcoming fixtures and TV races Racing and Racecourses An extra £5 million has been received by the Levy Board which was found to...
The Racing Hub Round-up: the week’s top stories
Your weekly round-up of top racing stories in a nutshell, plus upcoming fixtures Racing and Racecourses Horse Racing Ireland has announced that the Punchestown and Fairyhouse meetings, which were both cancelled in recent days,...
The ‘machine’ is in full working order
The ‘machine’ is in full working order The Dublin Racing Festival was just brilliant. And the headlines were dominated by a twelve-year-old novice chaser. Faugheen won his third race over fences, beating Easy Game....