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1 Jul 2026 RACE REPORTS

Captain Cool bursts Skelton 6-timer balloon

Blind faith in Dan Skelton allowed punters at Stratford's evening fixture, the second meeting in 2 days, to send each of 6 Skelton- trained horses off favourite, hoping a current 50% strike rate...

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17 Jun 2026 RACE REPORTS

Skelton maintains relentless pace in pursuit of Pipe record

Champion Trainer Dan Skelton has set himself a searching target for the season ahead, aiming to break Martin Pipe's record of 243 winners in a season. To that end, he has set off at a scorching...

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18 May 2026 RACE REPORTS

Is Nicholls winner a statement of intent to get a summer head start?

Small fields have been plaguing the early weeks of the new Jumps season, barely raising an eyebrow now that attention has turned to the Flat. Not so in France, where the early summer marquee...

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30 Mar 2026 RACE REPORTS

Lavelle double can't disguise Hutsby delight at first professional winner

An Emma Lavelle double punctuated a card dominated by the fairer sex, whilst Tom Hutsby won his first race as a professional at the 19th attempt

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16 Mar 2026 RACE REPORTS

Barton Snow offers up a Festival winner

It’s not often we can report a Cheltenham Festival winner coming from the ranks of Stratford’s calendar, but Barton Snow achieved that unlikely accolade when winning the Princess Royal Challenge...

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12 Mar 2026 RACE REPORTS

Honours evenly shared as professionals look ahead to Festival week

Dragonbet stepped up to sponsor our opening card on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, and halfway through the week, will have good reason to feel smug with some long-priced winners at Prestbury...

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31 Oct 2025 RACE REPORTS

Smart novices are the highlight of our final card

By our own admission, our final fixture of the season is hardly the grand finale we might wish for. A drab Thursday in October, despite coinciding with half-term, is more for aficionados than for...

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18 Oct 2025 RACE REPORTS

Ralph double marks our final Saturday of the season

Stratford played second fiddle to Champions Day At Ascot yesterday, but on a day to showcase the best the Flat can offer, there was plenty to get your teeth into at our penultimate fixture of 2025.

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6 Oct 2025 RACE REPORTS

Injured riders return to the fray, whilst Henry Oliver scores twice

Monday at Stratford celebrated the return of two riders out of the limelight since April. Nico de Boinville picked up a single ride for the Twiston-Davies yard, whilst Jonjo O'Neill rode for his...

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