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Ben Morgan’s Saturday tips – Ascot & Haydock – Buick to bring Mojo back

The Racing Ahead‘s resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for this weekend’s action at Ascot and Haydock Ascot 3.15 – Daiquiri Bay to have his …

Irish St Leger Festival 2025: Irish St Leger analysis and preview

The Curragh will stage the final Irish Classic race of the season, as the 2025 Irish Champions Festival gets underway in under three weeks’ time.  This …

St Leger Festival 2025: St Leger analysis and preview

The final British Classic race of the 2025/26 season is almost upon on, as Doncaster racecourse stages the 2025 St Leger Festival in under two weeks’ time.  …

History of the Greyhound Derby: The Early Years to Towcester

The inaugural English Greyhound Derby was held at White City Stadium in London back in 1927. It’s now firmly established as one of the world’s richest and …

Ben Morgan’s Saturday tips Chester & Sandown – Murphy to be the Lucky charm?

Our resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for Saturday’s action at Chester and Sandown Chester 2.40 – Alsakib looks a cut above in Listed …

Irish Champions Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch

A festival like no other in Irish flat-racing is just over two weeks away, as the 2025 Irish Champions Festival gets underway.  Two days of elite racing …

St Leger Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch

Doncaster racecourse will stage its premier meeting in three weeks’ time, as the 2025 St Leger Festival gets underway.  Four days of high-quality racing …

Gallops back into the fray: Richard Eagle keeps eyes and ears pricked in the vales and over the downs

In the second half of the 19th century the small Hampshire settlement of Danebury, boasted racing yards and a racecourse that rivalled the best in Newmarket, …

Travelled well and has stamina: Xander Brett on his mission to visit every British racecourse

A cemetery doesn’t make for an encouraging racecourse arrival. Redcar’s welcome, however, at the end of the driveway and back in the land of the living, …

Night at the dogs: Frankie Fitzgerald laps up the thrills, fun and food at Romford stadium

Ever since two people stood in a field and one boasted that their greyhound was faster than the other, a sport that so many people love came into existence. A …

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