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4 Jul 2023 RACE REPORTS

Destiny to be a Stratford winner

The growing success of Scottish racing manifested itself at Stratford on Tuesday in the feature Saige Decking Ltd Handicap Chase as three of the four home nations were represented among the field.

20 Jun 2023 RACE REPORTS

Lucky escape for Woods emphasizes inherent dangers of our sport

Racing at Stratford is always dramatic, but officials were faced with more than the average drama yesterday when the Alex Hales - trained For Pleasure unseated Kielan Woods in the Parallel Creative...

4 Jun 2023 RACE REPORTS

Brian Barr is double-handed

Runners were in short supply during Saturday's fixture when just 33 horses faced the starter in the seven race card, with ground conditions the primary reason. Even with a going description of good,...

21 May 2023 RACE REPORTS

Globe trotter Mullins notches another big prize

By our own admission, the quality of summer Jump fixtures caters generally for less than top flight horses with some notable exceptions. The long traditions of the British season mean the best horses...

21 May 2023 RACE REPORTS

Age is just a number

Warm Spring sunshine beckoned a healthy crowd to Luddington Road yesterday where good ground greeted the 56 runners in our seven race card, considerably better ground than faced the Irish challengers...

23 Apr 2023 RACE REPORTS

Rain no dampener on our Sunday party

The damp Spring has resulted in excellent fields at the Jumps fixtures in April to date - there were 163 runners over Cheltenham's two day fixture last week and the Scottish National fixture was also...

10 Apr 2023 RACE REPORTS

Ground conditions take the breath away

Friday's rain had made the ground heavy for our second meeting, which made for some nip-and-tuck finishes to the first three races. In fact, the winning distances across all 6 races were less than...

27 Oct 2022 RACE REPORTS

A day of processions

It was a day for binoculars - an increasingly rare site on racecourses - but only the gauge the distance from winner to placed horses in a day of long winning distances for the most part, to see out...

16 Oct 2022 RACE REPORTS

A little recouped, and much to anticipate

New recruit Hermes Allen repaid a little over 1% of his purchase price when winning the Maiden Hurdle at Stratford on Saturday, earning £4,084 toward his splendid £350,000 purchase tag. The...