For any racing enthusiast, last weekend's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is always a punctuation mark in the calendar. Even if your racing starts and stops at Ripon, you can enjoy the best of the best competing on the verdant green of Longchamp, secure in the knowledge one...

Ripon's curtain closer went off with a bang. Literally in this instance, as police had unearthed what is assumed to be an unexploded bomb from the Second World War near the river in Ripon. A controlled explosion early in the day put that menace to bed, all but the...

Well respected Northern rider John Lowe died earlier this week after a stroke at his home in Australia. He was 75, and had emigrated to Perth 2 years ago to be nearer his family. In a career with racehorses spanning 60 years, Lowe rode over 2,000 winners, and...

Keen followers of British racing will be well aware of threats to its financial model from fiscal change undertaken by the government, the shift away from high street betting to online, often to black market unregulated operators, and a diminishing horse population...

September 1st is officially the start of autumn, although more frequently nowadays the continuation of an Indian summer. But typically, soft ground has arrived to meet the back end of our Ripon season, and with the change in ground conditions, a more favourable...

After the long dry spell, it was entirely predictable that rain would arrive in time for an end of summer bank holiday, leaving ground conditions turning to an unseasonal soft for our two day fixture. Once upon a time, two day fixtures were hugely popular when horses...

Cloudy skies made for easier running conditions than during what has been a scorching week of high temperatures for Ripon's blue riband raceday, featuring the William Hill/Motor Neurone Disease Association Great St Wilfred Handicap. Our 6f sprint feature offers a...

You know we're into the silly season when an ice cream championship features in the ploys to get a holiday audience to the races, but sometimes, you know, the daftest ideas can come to a glorious conclusion. Amid the children with vanilla-smeared faces were more...

Officials were kept busy in the final two races of our popular Monday evening fixture as photo finishes were required to separate the first two in the mile and 6f handicaps, and rare among races, placings were reversed in the first of these. The City of Ripon Handicap...