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British Horse Racing Fixtures 2023 – Late Start for the Flat in Similar Programme
Join our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The BHA have released a list of 1,478 British horse racing fixtures for 2023 with the programme looking pretty much the same as this year apart from when some big events take place. Fans of the sport of horse racing have a packed schedule to look forward to once again. Dates for the all the major meetings have now been confirmed. A key takeout from that is how late the British Flat turf season gets underway. Beginning on Saturday, 1 April with the traditional Doncaster races meeting and the Lincoln card, that effects the whole campaign. The same racecourse brings the curtain down on the Flat season but not until Saturday, 11 November. While some events retain fixed dates, such as the Epsom Derby on Saturday, 3 June, the...
St Leger Entries Down to 13 from 27 with Godolphin Duo & O’Brien Quintet Still Engaged
Join our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Doncaster looks set for a small field in its Classic with initial St Leger entries halved from 27 to 13 following the latest declaration stage. The extended 1m 6f Group 1 contest for three-year-olds on Saturday, 10 September has a first prize of almost £400,000 and tons of prestige but the race has already cut up. The final Classic of the British horse racing calendar dates back to 1776 and can have up to 20 runners. Doncaster Racecourse will be lucky if 10 line up in this year’s contest, a race run on Town Moor since 1778. So many defections from the Leger including unbeaten colt Francesco Clemente have caused a significant shake-up to the market. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers & Free Bets Already signed up for t...
What Next for Ryan Moore & Aidan O’Brien After 100th Group 1 Win?
Join our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Successful Ryan Moore rides are often significant, but there was a major milestone for the jockey at Deauville on Sunday. Steering Blackbeard to victory in the Prix Morny was his 100th Group 1 winner for trainer Aidan O’Brien. Moore’s first top level victory for the master of Ballydoyle came way back in 2009 aboard Beethoven in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. This enduring horse racing partnership has since taken Moore all over the world. Armed with some of the best ammunition provided by owner-breeders Coolmore, namely John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, O’Brien and his top jockey have simply dominated the sport on the Flat. For evidence of that, look no further than 21 Grade / Group 1 winning Ryan Moore r...
Chepstow Racecourse Suffers as Major Races Downgraded in Jump Pattern Changes
Chepstow Racecourse has been left reeling by two of its biggest races, the Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle and Finale Juvenile Hurdle, being downgraded as a result of changes to their status from the Jump Pattern Committee. The body which determines the Class of horse racing events have announced a raft of alterations effective from 1 October 2022. Only three graded races have been downgraded but seven Listed handicaps become Class 2 races for the new National Hunt season. All Grade 3 handicaps are rebranded as Premier Handicaps. Meanwhile, a further 11 Listed events attain that status. Premier Handicaps may be a term familiar to punters who bet in Ireland. Top level handicap races on the Flat in the Emerald Isle are run under that name. While Premier Handicaps retain Black Type status curre...
Boxing Day Racing Gets Aintree Fixture Added to Schedule from 2023
Boxing Day racing is an annual tradition for National Hunt fans and, from 2023, the 26 December schedule includes a card at Aintree for the first time. The home of the Grand National now has its part in the festive fixture list. The move comes as Huntingdon, a fellow Jockey Club racecourse, loses it own meeting for that date. Plagued by waterlogging or frozen ground, creating unraceable conditions for horse racing in Cambridgeshire during recent years, this shake-up adds extra spice to an already busy day of Boxing Day racing in the UK and Ireland. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers & Free Bets Already claimed these betting offers? You can check out the best horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your portfolio. What the 2023 Boxing Day Racing Schedule Looks Like There...
Derby Hero Desert Crown Misses Juddmonte International Leaving Baaeed Odds-On for York
Epsom Derby winner Desert Crown is out of the Juddmonte International Stakes during the Ebor Festival at York next month. A foot problem, more serious that first feared, keeps Sir Michael Stoute’s Classic hero off the track with Baaeed now odds-on for victory. After already missing the King George at Ascot because of the setback, bookmakers removed Desert Crown from their ante post betting on this extended 10-furlong Group 1 race. He was a course and distance winner after landing the Dante Stakes in style on the Knavesmire in May. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers & Free Bets Already claimed these betting offers? You can check out the best horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your portfolio. Baaeed the Beneficiary in Juddmonte International Betting Unbeaten in three...
Horse Racing in the UK – 5 Biggest Changes Between 1997 & 2022
In 1997, The AA published A Day at the Races on horse racing in the UK. This wasn’t a typical edition to the series of lifestyle guides and contained plenty more than just the best hotels, B&Bs and places to eat like other entries. Their guide to racecourses in Britain (and Ireland) is a window on the sport from 25 years ago. While plenty has remained constant over the last quarter of a century, horse racing in the UK has also seen some big changes. Using A Day at the Races for its original purpose, SportsLens experts highlight what’s different in the annual calendar between then and now. Fans of horse racing could feel very surprised about what the fixture list looked like and where principal races were. 1. Grand National Trials Galore in February A weekend in February didn’t pas...
Nashwa Now Odds-on for Nassau Stakes Success at Glorious Goodwood
The feature fillies and mares’ race at Glorious Goodwood, the Nassau Stakes, seemingly has the way clear for Nashwa as bookmakers now have her odds-on for victory in 1m 2f Group 1 race on Thursday, 28 July. John and Thady’s Gosden’s three-year-old shortened in the ante post betting after it was revealed Irish-based La Petite Coco wouldn’t take up her early closing entry. Nashwa, the winner of the Prix de Diane in France, also seems likely to be kept apart from stable companion Inspiral for now as well. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers & Free Bets Already claimed these betting offers? You can check out the best horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your portfolio. Goodwood defections leave bookies with no option but to slash Nashwa Inspiral, owned by Cheveley Park St...
Frankie Dettori Loses Goodwood Cup Ride on Stradivarius to Andrea Atzeni
Stradivarius won’t have Frankie Dettori aboard in his bid for a record-extending fifth Goodwood Cup at next week’s Glorious meeting on Tuesday, 26 July with fellow Italian jockey Andrea Atzeni taking over in the saddle. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers & Free Bets Already claimed these betting offers? You can check out the best horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your portfolio. Atzeni has two Goodwood Cup wins on Stardivarius Bjorn Nielsen, the owner-breeder of Stradivarius, confirmed he had replaced Dettori with Atzeni on what could be the three-time Champion Stayer’s final racecourse appearance. Now an eight-year-old, Stradivarius landed an unprecedented four consecutive Goodwood Cups from 2017 to 2020. Only torrential rain at the start of Glorious Goodwood las...
2022 St Leger Entries – King George Principals Among 27 Entries for Doncaster Classic
Westover and Emily Upjohn, both placed in Epsom Classics and engaged in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this Saturday, could meet again later in the season after featuring among 27 St Leger entries. The final Classic of the British horse racing season takes place on Saturday, 10 September at Doncaster over an extended 1m 6f. Only 20 can take their chance on Town Moor but, of those entered, a third hail from the powerful Irish yard of Aidan O’Brien. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers & Free Bets Already claimed these betting offers? You can check out the best horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your portfolio. Aidan O’Brien has nine 2022 St Leger entries The Ballydoyle battalions could be out in force for this Classic contest at Doncaster races...
Epsom Derby News | Queen’s Derby Fancy Out Of 2022 Epsom Race
Her Majesty the Queen loves her horse racing and was dreaming of a 2022 Epsom Derby win in her Platinum Jubilee year with Reach For The Moon. However, all hope of a Classic win was dashed this week as trainer John Gosden has ruled him out of the Epsom race on June 4th. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers Sites Highlights Register Already claimed these betting offers? Check out all the latest best betting sites. Reach For The Moon’s Epsom Derby Bid Eclipsed The Queen’s Reach For The Moon was generally third favourite with most bookmakers for the Epsom Derby in early June but his trainer, John Gosden, has run out of time to get the horse fit for the fourth English Classic of the flat season. With Her Majesty also celebrating her Platinum Jubilee year and also yet to win the Epsom Derby, there w...
Chester Cup Betting News | Can Falcon Eight Win The Chester Cup Again?
This midweek, one of the big horse races in the UK is Friday’s Chester Cup (3:15) and all eyes will be on last year’s winner – Falcon Eight – as this Dermot Weld-trained 7 year-old looks to back-up his 2021 success. Best Horse Racing Betting Offers Sites Highlights Register Already claimed these betting offers? Check out all the latest best betting sites. Falcon Eight Eyes Repeat Chester Cup Win Last year in 2021 we saw the Dermot Weld runner – Falcon Eight @ 7/1 with 888Sport – win the Chester Cup under jockey Frankie Dettori and at this stage holds another entry for Friday’s big Chester race. This 7 year-old will be looking to become the first ‘back-to-back’ Chester Cup winner since Anak Pekan took the prize in 2004 and 2005. 12 months ago Falcon Eight was rated 104 and won the race by 2...
