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Retiring Trainer Alan Bailey Believes Small Operations Will Be Extinct In 10 Years

Successful trainer Alan Bailey is calling it a day after training for nearly 40 years and it comes off the back of his small operation suffering with situations of prize money and ......

Henry De Bromhead Could Divert Honeysuckle If Ground Stays Dry

Trainer Henry De Bromhead has explained that if the ground at Leopardstown for the Dublin Racing Festival is not what his stable star Honeysuckle will want it may leave him with no......

Jonjo O'Neill Jnr Gets Magical Ride On Native River

Trainer Colin Tizzard has confirmed that with Richard Johnson out injured he will give young conditional jockey Jonjo O'Neill Jnr the chance to ride Native River in the Denman Chas......

Followers Big Winning Bets From The Week

Last week saw another huge week for some of our followers with certain punters going on to land some huge bets on both the horses and the football to kick the start the new year wi......

Cheltenham Festival Market Movers From The Weekend's Racing

Arguably the stand out performance of the weekend came at Cheltenham on the Saturday in the Grade Two Cotswalds Chase where Nicky Henderson's Santini put in a very gritty performan......

Who to follow at the big UK meetings on Saturday?

Paisley Park is back at Cheltenham this weekend as he heads into the Grade Two Cleeve Hurdle again before the festival and hopefully he can reproduce his superb performance from la......

James Doyle Eyeing Ride On $20 million Saudi Cup Card

Leading flat rider James Doyle enjoyed a memorable flat season last year and he is looking to start his campaign off with a win in the $20 million Saudi Cup where he has picked up ......

Colin Tizzard Serious About Flat Racing Ambitions After First Winner

Trainer Colin Tizzard is very serious about his flat racing ambitions this season after he landed his first winner on the flat with Padleyourowncanoe at Lingfield on Wednesday and ......

Trainers In The Spotlight

Over the last few day there has been some big milestones for some trainers and we have looked into their form and we are making you aware of how they have been doing this season.Da......

Enable, Waldgeist and Crystal Ocean All Named Top Rated Horse For 2019

Enable, Waldgeist and Crystal Ocean all cleaned up at the Longines World horse Racing awards last night as the trio were named the joint top rated horses for 2019 in what was a sup......

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