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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....

6 Sep 2022 RACE REPORTS

Pipe and McCain take advantage of O'Brien absence

Just 35 runners joined the party for what often identifies as Stratford's first autumn fixture at a time where the top yards are beginning to flex their muscles. The long hot and rainless summer has...

23 Aug 2022 RACE REPORTS

Twiston-Davies smartens up double-time

"Racing for the industry" was the phrase former Stratford Clerk of Course John Ford described mid week racing, but that was long before the era of summer jumping, which transformed the fortunes of...

21 Aug 2022 RACE REPORTS

Holiday break a tonic for the summer brigade

The 2 week break from Jump racing was perfectly timed to coincide with the latest heatwave in our glorious summer, but it was as if it might never have happened as the leading proponents of Summer...

8 Aug 2022 FEATURES

A lesson from Down Under: the All-Star Mile

Racing is in a fairly healthy position in the UK right now, particularly given the challenges of running a sport without spectators for large chunks of the last couple of years. Even allowing for a...

28 Jul 2022 RACE REPORTS

Opposition folds in front of Cardboard Gangster

With 48 runners on yesterday's 7 race card, Stratford bucked a trend of small fields by current standards during this dry summer, and the proximity to the River Avon and ability to apply liberal...

20 Jul 2022 RACE REPORTS

Kielan Woods sets Stratford alight with treble

Ladies Day at Stratford this year took on a matinee feel as the races were pulled forward to cope with the heatwave. And if truth be told, light frocks were still too much in the sweltering heat....

11 Jul 2022 RACE REPORTS

More Jamacho joy for racing club members

Jamacho made the members of the Stratford Racecourse Racing Club happy again for a ninth time in 4 years as he won the Stratford Summer Salver, sponsored by Allsopps, in a very exciting finish with...

7 Jul 2022 RACE REPORTS

Jonjo has smart commodity to look ahead to

A total of 39 runners faced the starter in the six races programmed on June 28 for a sunny summer evening at Stratford, in which local Cotswold trainers put in a good showing.