The Welsh Grand National was originally set to run on 27th December but bad weather put paid to that. It’s been rearranged for this Saturday, however, and with most of the original field set to compete, we’re looking at a…
Del Mar has the honour of hosting its first ever Breeders’ Cup this week and racing fans are expected to flock to the Southern Californian venue. The two day championships has a climatic finale with the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup…
On any other weekend Saturday’s card at Newmarket would be the undoubted headline act. This, however, is Arc weekend. The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – to give it its full title – is quite simply the best all age…
Santa Anita hosts the Breeders’ Cup for a record ninth occasion and the climactic race to finish things off is the Breeders’ Cup Classic. It’s an incredibly lucrative race with a $6m purse and one which sees thoroughbreds aged three…
The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s most lucrative horse race and with the prize purse this year standing at $6.2m (AUD), it’s also one of the richest in the world. As usual, there will be a large European contingent competing for…
There are 13 fillies and mares hoping to end the season on a huge high with a win in this very lucrative Group 1 race. They will battle one another over a distance of one and a half miles round…
The £1.3m Champion Stakes is one of several fantastic races taking place at Ascot this Saturday. The richest 10 furlong race in the continent sees 11 runners go head to head for this renewal but it’s the rivalry between Almanzor…
This Saturday, Ascot hosts the British Champions Day for the sixth time and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in the fourth race of what is a truly wonderful afternoon of racing. A big field of 13 runners has been declared…
One of the highlights on a day that is packed with great races is the Champions Sprint Stakes. This six furlong sprint is one of four Group 1 races on Ascot’s British Champions Day and has total prize money of…