Every year, thousands of sports fans flock to Cheltenham Racecourse for the annual Cheltenham Festival. It’s one of the most prestigious events in horse racing and draws all the top horses from around the world. The 2023 festival gets underway on March 14th, and excitement […]
Image Source We’ve all been there. You’re feeling lucky, so you place a bet on your favorite team or horse and wait for the results. But luck is not always on your side. You lose more often than not. But what if there was a […]
February is a hugely significant month in the build-up to the Grand National, as we’ll get the weights announcement for the big race. A harsh decision from the handicappers can cause a trainer to withdraw their horse from the list of Grand National runners, as […]
Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in the UK and across the world, with a rich and varied history stretching back hundreds of years. The British horse racing calendar is filled with major events, each providing its own unique challenge for jockeys […]
Racing fans have all experienced the rumble of hooves on the track, the roar of the crowd cheering on their favourites and the excitement as the winner is led back into a raucous parade ring to take its place in the number one spot. Imagine […]
Twice a Champion Hurdle winner and with just one defeat out of seventeen starts, Honeysuckle is one of the greatest mares to grace the National Hunt racing sphere. Trained in Ireland by Henry de Bromhead, the now eight-year-0ld was on course for a hat-trick bid at Cheltenham this […]
Having written my ideas of the likeliest winners for the Hong Kong International races day, this is your follow up article where I gloat if I get things right (rarely if ever) and make feeble excuses for where it all went wrong (far more likely). […]
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact date of the first horse race but horse racing dates back to BCE. Horse racing was part of the early Olympic Games. Now, the sport takes place daily across the world, with the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, […]