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Never in the history of the breeze-up game have the top horses been worth more. That was evident at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale last week when the record for the most expensive horse ever so ...
Valgrand, a Grade 2 winner for Dan Skelton, suffered a fatal injury in a fall at Ayr on Saturday, the same day two horses ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
In total, only 16 of the 34 horses finished the always controversial race – where conversations around horse welfare only grow louder with each passing year – as 18 were either pulled up ...
The 2017 running of the race created debate when horses finished without incident while many participants completed the course since riders questioned whether the event had become less risky. Timeform ...
The Grand National isn't the most prestigious horse race in the world for nothing. It's an incredibly challenging course, featuring 30 jumps (16 fences, with 14 of those being jumped twice ...
Will have to shoulder top weight to defend his crown. The only horse form this year’s Gold Cup left in the race, having finished sixth at Cheltenham. Multiple Grade 1 winner but best known as a course ...
For centuries‭, ‬hats and ... The history of race-day fashion‭, ‬particularly millinery‭, ‬stretches back centuries to the inaugural Epsom Derby in 1780‭. ‬As horse‭ ‬racing ...
Dubai’s Thoroughbred racing tradition traces back ... of Dubai‭, ‬to establish Dubai as a global powerhouse in horse racing‭. ‬Believed to have been inspired by the‭ ‬£200-million ...
A charming, retro race day choice. Pillbox hats, championed by Jacqueline Kennedy, are timeless for their sleek, minimalist design, adding elegance and sophistication to any outfit with their ...
This had to happen today so a conversation is actually had.' A measure that would decouple thoroughbred horse racing from certain casino operations, such as slot machines, has cleared its first ...