Tag: Ascot Racecourse
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2024 Horse Racing Calendar
Month Major Horse Racing Events in 2024 March Cheltenham Festival • The Lincoln (Start of the UK flat season) April Scottish Grand National • Grand National Festival • Irish Grand National • Punchestown Festival May Kentucky Derby • Guineas Festival • York Dante Festival June Epsom Derby Festival • Royal Ascot • Northumberland Plate July…
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Brian Hughes: The Ups and Downs of a Week in Racing
My week has been a bit up and down… Starting with a double at Kelso on Saturday – both Mister Whitaker and Sultans Pride were very pleasing, and Minella Drama was a bit unlucky but still ran a very good race. Minella Trump won nicely at Sandown on Sunday too. Richmond Lake and Barrichello both…
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Hayley Turner: 900 Not Out and Still Going Strong!
A dominant victory on Master Milliner at York Racecourse on Friday was Hayley Turner’s 900th win in what has been an incredible career to date. Hayley is already looking forward to notching her 1,000th win, but for now we will take a moment to celebrate her life in the saddle to this point. Ever since…
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Brian’s Top Picks for Grand National Day
Grand National Day! Saturday 10th April – Aintree 2:25 Minella Drama – Mersey Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) He’s a grand horse but would want a bit more ease in the ground. He has improved with every run this year, won 3 including the listed race which was rerouted to Market Rasen and just got beat in…
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Hayley Turner: Easy as You Like!
I mentioned last week that Frankie came to ride work at Charlie Fellowes’ before his ride on Enable in the Arc. He rode a filly called Atailof Two Cities and he clearly had the magic touch! I won on her this week up at Catterick by 22 lengths – I don’t think I’ve ever won…
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Glorious Goodwood: 5 of the Greatest Races of All Time
The Glorious Goodwood Festival is a staple of the British racing summer with five days of thrilling thoroughbred action set against the magnificent backdrop of the rolling Sussex Downs. It has brought its share of memorable moments down the years and here are five of the 21st century’s finest Glorious Goodwood moments. 2011 Sussex Stakes…
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Epsom Derby Preview and Tips
It’s the world’s most iconic Flat race and on Saturday, a full month later than originally planned, a unique running of The Derby will take place on the Epsom Downs. The crowd will be missing but a fantastic line-up of 16 colts are set to do battle in a wide open renewal of the premier…
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The Oaks Preview and Betting Tips
The Epsom Oaks is a Group 1 flat race for 3-year-old fillies and is run over a distance of 1-mile 4-furlongs. The Oaks is second-oldest of the five Classic races and is the middle leg of the Fillies’ Triple Crown. The race is scheduled to take place each year at the end of May or…
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Hayley Turner’s Exclusive Insight into British Racecourses
It was a sad end for my iPhone this week! I may have left my pocket open when riding out and my phone slipped out which was then trampled on by a whole string of horses! This week, I’m going to talk through racecourses – which ones I enjoy riding at and some of those…
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Hayley Turner: Q&A
We asked the good folk on Twitter to fire some questions Hayley’s way, here’s what she had to say: Many thanks to all of you that sent in questions for my blog! I really enjoyed answering them! @stuartmurphy3 asks: Are there any 2-year olds at any of the yards you ride out that really caught…