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20 Aug 2025 FEATURES

Does Team Asia's Shergar Cup Win Show Horse Racing's Reach and Innovation Stretches Across the Globe?

Although perhaps not quite as well-known as the Grand National, the Cheltenham Cup or the Ascot Gold Cup, the Shergar Cup is still one of the biggest features on the summer UK horse racing calendar.

20 Aug 2025 RACE REPORTS

Magistrato well tuned to face the jury

£25,000 races aren't two a penny in Stratford's calendar, particularly for higher rated horses. But even weight stops a train, and so it turned out on Monday when favourite and top weight Arclight,...

12 Aug 2025 FEATURES

Top Horses to Watch in 2025: A Look at Global Racing Prospects with a view to the Breeders Cup

As we approach the second half of the 2025 horse racing season, there’s much excitement surrounding the key contenders aiming for top honours in some of the most prestigious flat races globally. A...

20 Jul 2025 RACE REPORTS

Four winning favourites and an excitable ladies day

Some heavy showers didn't dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of Warwickshire finest at Stratford's annual Ladies Day yesterday - a festival of glamour and turnout not just limited this time around to...

16 Jul 2025 RACE REPORTS

Therapist sizzles on scorching day at Stratford

Runners from Seven Barrows are few and far between in the Summer jumps calendar, so they are always a force to be reckoned with. Five year old mare Therapist has taken a liking to Stratford however,...

1 Jul 2025 RACE REPORTS

Long journey pays off in style for Shark Hanlon

It's slightly over 350 miles from Bagenalstown in Carlow to Stratford by vehicle, with a small matter of the Irish Sea in between. So it was something of a surprise to see Shark Hanlon's Roxboro...

17 Jun 2025 RACE REPORTS

Sergeant Fury due promotion after winning ways at Stratford

It was a day when eyes were more readily focused on the opening day of Royal Ascot, Britain's showcase racing event, but connections of the 40 runners at Stratford found their own little bit of royal...

5 Jun 2025 FESTIVAL NEWS

Can Paddy Twomey Finally Have an Ascot Winner?

Can racehorse trainer and former jockey Paddy Twomey finally have a winner at Ascot? Find out right here.

2 Jun 2025 RACE REPORTS

Gracchus de Balme highlight of Huw Edwards treble

Huw Edwards enjoyed a memorable evening with a treble as Stratford staged its farewell to the Point-to-Point season with the annual Horse & Hound Cup meeting, now run under the auspices of long...