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Trainer Charlie Johnston is based in Middleham, North Yorkshire. He took over from his father, Mark Johnston, in 2023, who had an incredible legacy of 5,000 winners in Great Britain and is often regarded as one of the most successful trainers in British racing...

Every spring, the racing world turns its attention to a single race in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby, often called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” has grown into one of the most recognizable events in global racing. Though far from Europe’s...

It would be fair to say that the turf racing community tends to look down on dirt racing as inferior, or at best, a slightly alien concept. Opinions change slowly, even though racing on artificial surfaces in the UK, and to a lesser extent in France and Ireland, has...

Before a race begins, many experienced punters head straight for the parade ring. It is not just tradition or curiosity that draws them there, but the belief that appearance reveals something statistics cannot fully capture. The way a horse walks, carries itself, or...

Yorkshire is filled with racing stables, each vying to produce the next champion. From trainers based up on the border with County Durham and Teesside, down to those in Doncaster and Barnsley, the county is ripe with quality bloodstock. The Easterby family...

A media circus has surrounded Nicky Henderson's Champion Hurdler, Constitution Hill, since a series of crashing falls dented his unbeaten record and threw into doubt his continued career over obstacles. Flat racing is well used to managing talking horses. After all,...

Ripon Racecourse is one of the most attractive venues in the British racing calendar. It is beloved up and down the country, not just by locals, and attracts racing fans for summer meets. It's a venue that is packed with tradition, local pride and excitement....

Horse racing has always been rich in heritage. From historic courses in the UK and Ireland to iconic meetings across Europe and beyond, the sport carries stories that stretch back centuries. Yet for many years, racing also carried a reputation for being difficult to...

Ripon is this racecourse that does not hit you right away. You arrive and it is just calm, nothing flashy. No big entrance or anything that grabs you immediately. It sort of unfolds on its own, slowly. For people in a hurry, that might throw them off. But if you stick...

Set on the wide, open expanse of the Knavesmire, just two miles from York’s ancient city walls, York Racecourse occupies a unique place in British racing. Deeply woven into the fabric of the city and its people, it is a course where history is not merely remembered...