Horse Racing: UK Weather Leads to Blank Card

Horse racing in Britain sees an entirely blank card today after the heavy snowfall across the country caused even the “All Weather” cards at Lingfield and Kempton Park to be abondoned.
Meetings on turf this week have been suffering, and yesterday only one of the courses scheduled to have racing took place: on the all weather [...]

UK Horse Racing: Bank Holiday Tips

Here are the tips for today’s August Bank Holiday horse racing taking place in the UK and Ireland.
Each horse is a tip to win the race. The horse in bold is the best bet at each course:
Cartmel

2:20 – Ravati
2:55 – Star Tenor
3:30 – Reel Charmer
4:05 – Stoneriggs Merc
4:40 – Madman
5:15 – Heez a Steel

Chepstow

2:05 – [...]

Glorious Goodwood: Kingsgate Native Lifts Audi Stakes

The Sir Michael Stoute trained Kingsgate Native put a lacklustre Royal Ascot behind him today winning the 2:45pm Audi Stakes (Group 3) in this afternoon’s third day of the Glorious meeting at Goodwood.
Champion jockey Ryan Moore produced the colt on the furlong pole to win cosily by five or more lengths.
The horse beat Total Gallery [...]

13 Runners Line up for 2009 Derby at Epsom

Thirteen runners will line up for horse racing’s Blue Riband event, the Epsom Derby 2009, this afternoon at 3:45pm BST, Epsom Downs, UK.