News

15 Jul 2026 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Obituary: Sheila Crow

Scion of the Point-to-Point community and a leading trainer in the 80s and 90s, Sheila Crow died this week at the age of 87. She leaves a legacy of family steeped in the sport from head to toe....

2 Jun 2024 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Skelton is a man in a hurry

In recent seasons, the Skelton yard has largely focused on the core winter season, but stung by having been touched off by Willie Mullins in pursuit of a first British Trainers' Championship, Dan...

14 Apr 2024 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

A closer look at some of the trainers who will be sending horses to Stratford this summer

With the new season at Stratford starting on the 21st April after the last fixture fell foul of waterlogging, Stratford’s summer programme of racing provides the perfect opportunity for some of the...

18 Mar 2024 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Does Skelton's Festival success herald a changing of the guard?

Amidst all the hand-wringing over the quality of British competition against the Irish, one bright light shone through on a week dominated by the Willie Mullins winner machine. Four winners for the...

23 Aug 2023 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Race for Jockeys' Championship set to be tight this season

Brian Hughes has dominated the Jockeys’ Championship in the last two seasons in National Hunt racing, but he is unlikely to have it his own way in the 2023/24 campaign, if the opening few months...

4 Jun 2023 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Nicholls influence on grass roots racing is irrefutable

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls showed that his expertise for the craft extends from the zenith of the sport at Cheltenham to its grass roots in hunter chasing and Point-to-Point when picking up the...

25 Sep 2022 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

Upgrade on the cards for Hang In There

Here at Stratford, we make no pretence that our races are some sort of trial for Cheltenham. Our summer fare sets up competitive racing for best in class chasers and hurdlers from March to November....

31 May 2022 TRAINER & JOCKEY FOCUS

The ups and downs of racing amply illustrated

The highs and lows of being a racehorse trainer were amply illustrated on Sunday as Warminster trainer Milton Harris, formerly of this parish, notched a double but endured an empty berth in the...