A group of Yorkshire jockeys have come together to help those less fortunate than themselves, working with the Harrogate Homeless Project. Often travelling to race meetings with only the contents of a washbag – most jockeys equipment is transported between racecourses via the valets who work in the weighing room – the jockeys have filled […]

A highlight in the northern racing calendar, the hugely popular Middleham Open Day returns this year on Good Friday, 19th April 2019.  Tickets are on sale now for this fabulous event which showcases racing in Middleham’s stunning surroundings, offering a superb day out for racing fans and families alike.    Visitors to Middleham on Good […]

It’s been over 5 months since there was last racing at Pontefract and after a particularly testing year in 2018 the West Yorkshire track is getting ready to kick off their 16 day campaign on Tuesday, 9th April. Managing Director, Norman Gundill MBE, explained to guests at the course’s annual Press Lunch how, despite one […]

The final meeting of Catterick Racecourse’s 2018/19 National Hunt season will take place on Wednesday 6 March, Countryside Day. The gates will be open to the public from 12.20pm, with the first race due to take place at 2.20pm and the last race at 5.20pm. There is a packed card on offer, with seven races […]

Catterick Races will host an additional National Hunt fixture next Friday, 22 February and racegoers can enjoy free entry into all enclosures. This fixture is one of six additional fixtures announced by the British Horse Racing Authority (BHA) scheduled to take place between 20-28 February following the loss of six days of racing due to […]

York Racecourse is pleased to confirm that 2019 will see a further strengthening of its race programme; featuring both the upgrade of the Sky Bet City of York Stakes to Group 2 status, as well as the £1m Sky Bet Ebor becoming an open handicap. These changes, approved by the European Pattern Committee and British […]

Catterick’s National Hunt season continues on Thursday 10 January, featuring it’s most prestigious National Hunt race, the North Yorkshire Grand National, which has once again been kindly sponsored by the Richmond based racecourse supplier firm Watt Fences. Racegoers will enjoy a seven race card on the day which gets underway at 12.25pm, while the gates […]

First of £3.5 million three-phase development opens at catterick racecourse Catterick Racecourse will officially open its new Main Entrance and Saddling Boxes at the Go Racing in Yorkshire Winter Festival race day on Friday 28 December. The £1 million investment has been designed by local, Richmond-based, architects Harris Irwin Associates [HIA] to give a sense […]

2019 yorkshire racing calendar kicks off at catterick races on NEw year’s day The first meeting of the 2019 Yorkshire racing calendar will take place at Catterick Racecourse on New Year’s Day. The popular fixture has a six race card, with the first race taking place at 12.25pm. The gates will be open to the […]

Catterick’s 2018/19 National Hunt season starts on Friday 23 November The jumps are back at Catterick Races, with the first fixture of the 2018/19 National Hunt season taking place on Friday 23 November. Following on from a successful Flat season, the North Yorkshire track will host 10 National Hunt fixtures this winter featuring the ever […]

Katie Maini is certainly finding her local course at Doncaster to be a lucky venue as she was named the Go Racing In Yorkshire Best Dressed Lady for 2018 on Saturday (October 27). It was the third time this year that Katie had been the big winner at Doncaster after she landed both the spring […]

York Racecourse concluded its 2018 season today after a hugely busy year which has seen a strong attendance, as over 350,000 racegoers witnessed 122 races over 18 fabulous days of racing action. Nearly 1,400 horses competed for a record of more than £8.2m prize money delivering an impressive average field size, which looks set to […]

pontefract Racecourse is delighted to announce they have been named as a Finalist for the prestigious Showcase & Awards, hosted by the Racecourse Association (RCA). The Showcase & Awards is the marquee event of British racecourses that annually celebrates first class customer experience in partnership with Moët Hennessy, Racing Breaks, Racing Post and Great British […]

The last chance to enjoy racing action at York in 2018 comes on Friday and Saturday (12 and 13 October).  With record prize money approaching £500,000 on offer, it is the most valuable October finale ever held on the Knavesmire. Since 2014, the prize money for these two days has almost doubled in value, with […]

A busy Flat season is coming to a climax at Catterick Races with the richest race day of the season, The William Hill Catterick Dash on Saturday 20 October, where there’ll be over £90,000 pizemoney on offer throughout the afternoon. The first of seven races is scheduled to take place at 1:50pm with gates opening […]

 The third of the All About the Racing Racedays is held at Pontefract Racecourse on Monday 8th October. With just shy of a month left in the 2018 flat calendar, trainers are looking to finish their horses’ campaigns off in good style. Expect plenty of competitive and thrilling racing and some great perks! On Monday […]

Beverley Racecourse is celebrating a memorable 2018 season, on and off the track. The Westwood course enjoyed bumper attendances throughout the season as the Beverley Races team introduced a series of initiatives designed to provide an excellent raceday experience and improve inclusivity and accessibility for all. The season also saw the announcement of plans for […]

Our Little Pony attempts to win the biggest prize of her career when she lines up in the £20,000 Eddie And Violet Smith Conditions Stakes at Beverley’s final meeting of the season on Tuesday. The locally-owned filly is a regular on the Westwood, having won at the track three times from eight starts. Two of […]

Winston C is ready for business ahead of his belated return in the Eppleworth Handicap at Beverley on Wednesday. The four-year-old son of Rip Van Winkle was a solid performer for Newmarket trainer Michael Bell and was not beaten far in races like last year’s Melrose Handicap at York. But Winston C has since been […]

The second of the All About the Racing Racedays is held at Pontefract Racecourse on Thursday 27th September. With just shy of 2 months left in the 2018 flat calendar, trainers are looking to finish their horses campaigns off in good style. Expect plenty of competitive and thrilling racing and some great perks! On Thursday […]

Catterick’s Flat season continues on Saturday 22 September with a new theme, The Harvest Festival Race Day. The action packed seven-race card will kick off at 1.50pm with the British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes and the last race is scheduled for 5.20pm. The highlight of the afternoon comes at 4:10pm when the course will […]

As Summer draws to an end and Autumn sets in, Pontefract Racecourse holds it’s final 4 race meetings of the year and they’re All About The Racing. With two race meetings in September and two in October, there’s still plenty of action on the track. The first of these racedays is on Thursday 20th September. […]

The countdown to the biggest charity raceday in the country begins again today, when entries open to become one of the twelve riders in the Best Western Hotels & Macmillan Ride of their Lives on Saturday 15 June 2019. It offers a chance for twelve amateurs to enjoy the “ride of their lives” as they […]

AN EXCITING season for Thirsk reaches its climax on Saturday (September 8) with three of Yorkshire’s finest in an exciting tussle to be top trainer at the track this season. It promises to be a thrilling sub-plot to the final day of Thirsk’s season as Richard Fahey, David O’Meara and Tim Easterby go head-to-head in […]

Haute Couture meets high class action on one of the best days of the year at Thirsk as the North Yorkshire course brings down the curtain on its 2018 season with the ever-popular Ladies Day this Saturday (September 8). Flying fillies on the track and fashionable fillies off it will be the order of a […]

Take Cover ensured his place in Beverley folklore by winning back-to-back renewals of the £60,000 William Hill Beverley Bullet. The mighty 11-year-old, trained in South Yorkshire by David Griffiths, bounced out of stall nine under David Allan and never saw another rival. Take Cover won the Beverley Bullet in similar circumstances 12 months ago and […]

North Yorkshire trainer Paul Midgley will saddle three runners in his quest to win the William Hill Beverley Bullet for the first time. Midgley will once again rely upon Line Of Reason, who finished runner-up in the Listed sprint in 2015 and will be competing in the Bullet on Saturday for a fifth time. The […]

AVAST and belay me hearties there are pirates on the loose at Thirsk this Friday (August 31) when Cap’n Jack Sparrow and his scurvy crew return to the North Yorkshire course for another laughter-packed piratical Family Fun Day. He’ll be looking to recruit some younger members to his crew from the landlubbers on course and […]

Course maestro Judicial could try to claim one of the biggest victories of his career in the £60,000 William Hill Beverley Bullet on Saturday. The six-year-old sprinter is unbeaten in two starts at the popular East Yorkshire circuit and, significantly, holds the five-furlong course record at the track. Malton trainer Julie Camacho gave Judicial the […]

thirsk Racecourse will be the stage for a big ‘Floss Off’ Competition at its upcoming ‘Pirates’ Family Race Day on Friday 31st August, in conjunction with local radio station Minster FM and popular North Yorkshire theme park Flamingo Land Resort. The Floss (or Flossing) is a dance move and the name comes from the moves […]

Beverley Racecourse has revealed plans for a new grandstand – the largest single investment in the history of the venue. The racecourse has submitted an application to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for full planning permission for the £4.8m development which will provide an enhanced customer experience and additional hospitality opportunities for racegoers. The new […]

Jockeys will swap roles when Thirsk Racecourse stages its first charity race for Stable Staff on Friday 31st August, in aid of Racing Welfare. In a role reversal, jockeys will lead-up the 12 stable staff riders, who will be racing over 1 mile in The Creditas ‘Taking Care of Business’ Stable Staff Stakes, for the […]

THIRSK’S homage to the great James Herriot looks a family must this Monday (August 20) when the racecourse stages its ‘All Creatures’ Family Fun Day. Set in the heart of Herriot country, Thirsk was one of the favourites of writer James Wight, who penned the famous novels which became one of Britain’s best-loved television series. […]

Sunday 19th August marks the last of the three popular Family Day fixtures at Pontefract this season with the final weekend fixture of the year being run for the first time as The In The Zone Family Day! For the race meeting, the Racecourse are getting ‘in the zone’ and setting up themed zones around […]

HIGH QUALITY racing just keeps on coming at Thirsk with a Summer Evening spectacular lined up for next Tuesday (August 14), highlighted by two races for two-year-olds and the British EBF Fillies Novice Stakes. There has hardly time to draw breath since the two day William Hill Thirsk Summer Cup last weekend, but it will […]

One of the most popular events in Catterick Racecourse’s social calendar, Ladies’ Evening on Friday 17 August, promises a night of fun, fashion and fabulous racing! The gates will be open to the public from 3:40pm, with the first of six races getting underway at 5:40pm. The feature race of the evening, Moody Construction Nursery […]

A BRILLIANT weekend of superb racing lies ahead at Thirsk this Friday and Saturday when one of the highlights of the course’s calendar takes centre stage. The William Hill Thirsk Summer Cup, the feature race on Saturday’s card, was introduced in 2012 and has quickly established itself as one of the major events in the […]

Racing and fashion combine in the annual Pontefract Ladies Day on Wednesday 8th August and there’s never been a better excuse to buy a new outfit! Courtesy of RIU Hotels and Resorts, Pontefract Racecourse is offering an all inclusive, week long holiday for 2 to the Dominican Republic. The prize includes return flights from Manchester. […]

Ripon Racecourse is gearing up for an action packed summer of racing and fun for racegoers of all ages. There are five meetings at Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse through August, starting with ‘Children’s Day’ on Monday 6th August. With bouncy castles, Cub-Karts, face-painting, balloon modelling, a mini petting farm, Punch & Judy and a Magic Show […]

The circus is coming to Catterick Races on Tuesday 7 August for the first of two family days at the course this August. The day is set to be full of action with 7 thrilling races and free children’s entertainment; and will provide a fun day out for the whole family this summer holiday. The […]

FESTIVAL FUN for all the family comes to Thirsk this Friday (July 27) when the racecourse plays host to the annual Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival, supported by Sky Bet. As well as a cracking seven race card featuring the JW 4×4 Northallerton Nursery Handicap, there will be plenty of activities going on around […]

The second Family Day of the 2018 season at Pontefract on Sunday 29th July is the final day of the 11th Annual Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival. With racing taking place across the White Rose County throughout the preceding week, there’s going to be a real festival feel to the day’s proceedings. Trainers and […]

Bit Of A Quirke attempts to extend his electric run of winning form when he returns to his beloved Beverley on Monday evening. Trained by Mark Walford in Sherriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, the five-year-old chestnut is seeking a five-timer in the George Kilburn Memorial Handicap (7.30). Bit Of A Quirke’s winning streak started on June […]

David Menuisier has challenged Psychotic to go the distance at Beverley on Tuesday as the West Sussex trainer tries to win the Watt Memorial Handicap for a second consecutive year. Menuisier claimed the big staying race – now in its 132nd year – 12 months ago with Corpus Chorister, who, like Psychotic, is owned by […]

YORKSHIRE trainer Les Eyre will be aiming to upset the odds in the Group 3 William Hill Summer Stakes at York on Friday – just like he did 21 years ago in the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap. East Riding-based Eyre will be on the Knavesmire to saddle his stable star, Sandra’s Secret, who runs in […]

The richest ever running of the famous John Smith’s Cup raceday will see £385,000 on offer for the 59th staging of a day that contains the famous handicap itself, Saturday 14 July. The £200,000 prize money of the feature contest makes the John Smith’s Cup the richest middle distance handicap in Britain. Named after Britain’s […]

The famous two year old contests at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival often unearth future equine greats and the 2018 contests promise much. At the first entries stage, the Group Two Al Basti Equiworld Gimcrack includes a brace of Royal Ascot winners; as the impressive Calyx hopes to follow up success in the Coventry […]

TRAINER Roger Varian will bid to land a second John Smith’s Cup when Appeared runs in the £200,000 heritage handicap at York on Saturday. Farraaj gave Newmarket-based Varian victory in the 55th renewal of the famous race staged over an extended mile and a quarter, back in 2014 The 59th running of the John Smith’s […]

THUNDERING Blue will bid for a course and distance repeat when he contests the 59th John Smith’s Cup at York on Saturday. The David Menuisier-trained five-year-old was impressive when winning a handicap over an extended mile and a quarter on the Knavesmire at the Dante Festival in May. The gelding was unable to replicate that […]

A TOUCH of the famous Oktoberfest comes to Thirsk next Tuesday with the third annual Beer Festival evening at the North Yorkshire course, held in association with the Pennine Brewery from the nearby village of Well. In addition to a cracking seven race card, there will be an opportunity to choose from a whole host […]

NEWMARKET-based trainer David Elsworth is all set to send progressive colt, Dash Of Spice, for the 59th renewal of the John Smith’s Cup at York on Saturday. Elsworth also plans to be represented in the £200,000 heritage handicap by Master The World. But it is the four-year-old Dash Of Spice who is sure to attract […]

Evening meetings are always extremely popular at Pontefract and the last of the season is our Red Shirt Night and Beer Festival on Friday Evening 20th July. The race meeting also marks the second of the Friday Night Music Night series held at the Racecourse in 2018 this year featuring The Bootleg Beatles! The Bootleg […]

York Racecourse is proud to be supporting the Bloom! Festival in York City Centre, as it gets underway on Thursday 5 July through to Sunday 8 July. The event celebrates the 250 year anniversary of The Ancient Society of York Florists, the world’s oldest horticultural society; so it is apt that one of the floral […]

jockey Paul Mulrennan believes talented juvenile Que Amoro has a fine opportunity in which to get off the mark at the third attempt when she runs at Beverley on Friday evening. The two-year-old daughter of Es Que Love, trained in Co Durham by Michael Dods, is one of eight declared runners for the five-furlong William […]

Entries for the Group 2 Sky Bet Great Voltigeur include Latrobe; winner of last Saturday’s Irish Derby for the O’Brien family, trainer Joseph and his jockey brother, Donnacha. The colt could face familiar competition for the £170,000 prize money, with Mark Johnston entering Dee Ex Bee, a horse trained locally in Middleham, that was second […]

Ripon Racecourse is preparing to host the inaugural ‘Visit Ripon’ Community Raceday on Monday 16th July. The event will see a number of local attractions join forces at Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse to showcase what they each have to offer and to collectively promote the City of Ripon as a destination. Ripon Cathedral, Newby Hall & […]

York Racecourse is proud to be supporting Racing Staff Week, as it gets underway on Saturday 30 June, a day that will see York host a £150,000 seven race card. The team at the Knavesmire have a long standing commitment to the hard working members of Racing Staff; with a six figure investment in their […]

L The exciting prospect of the feature races at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival (23-25 August) became a little clearer, as the first stage of entries have been confirmed. The richest race of the season, the £1 million Juddmonte International features the best known names of middle distance racing, the winners of some thirty […]

TOM Scudamore will return to York this Saturday aiming to secure a second successive win in the £25,000  “Jump Jockeys’ Nunthorpe” backed by Sun Bets. The race is yet more valuable than last year when Scudamore paired up with Tylery Wonder to win the inaugural staging, by an impressive four lengths. Twelve months on and […]

Racing Staff Week runs from Saturday 30th June until Saturday 7th July 2018. The week aims to bring the racing industry together to inform and engage horseracing followers and supporters about the passion and dedication of those who work to make racing happen.  This year will see the fourth renewal of the Betfair Clock Tower […]

The ‘Art of Racing’ Raceday won an award at the prestigious Showcase Awards for it’s unique innovation and the first of two Art of Racing Racedays in 2018 takes place at Pontefract on Monday 2nd July. It once again promises to be a brilliant day for both racing fanatics and those going racing for the […]

The first Family Day of the season at Pontefract is just around the corner on Sunday 24th June. A hugely popular event, it’s the annual totepool Flat Cap & Whippet Family Day. Not only do we have Pontefract Races, but there is an England World Cup game on Sunday 24th June as well. But the […]

Take Cover makes a welcome return to Beverley on Tuesday evening when he runs in the British EBF Conditions Stakes (7.30). The popular 11-year-old sprinter has his first start at the East Yorkshire circuit since he brilliantly won the Listed Beverley Bullet last September. David Griffiths’ dual Group Two winner takes on four rivals in […]

On Saturday Macmillan Charity Raceday comfortably passed the landmark figure of £8m raised for Macmillan Cancer Support and other charities since the enduring partnership between York Racecourse and Macmillan Cancer Support was first started in 1971.It is Macmillan’s biggest single fundraising event and the largest charity raceday in British Racing. Despite a showery afternoon, over […]

As the nation gears up for a big week of sporting action with Royal Ascot and England kicking off their World Cup Campaign, Ripon Races stage their very own ‘Royal Ascot of the North’ as they host two-days of action with a fantastic evening of racing on Wednesday 20th June followed by their annual Ladies’ […]

TRAINER David Simcock is planning to have runners in Listed company at York on both this Friday and Saturday, as the Knavesmire hosts a pair of £50,000 contests. Newmarket-based Simcock expects to send out either Breton Rock or Arod in the mrgreen.com Live Casino Ganton Stakes on the opening day of the latest two-day meeting […]

Building on 48 years of popularity with racing fans and with over £7.5 million already raised for good causes, Macmillan Charity Raceday at York Racecourse this Saturday (16 June) promises to be an afternoon of quality racing that again helps those in most need. Saturday’s principal race is The Pavers Foundation Catherine Memorial Sprint, run […]

Jungle Inthebungle is likely to head to Royal Ascot after he upheld family honour by winning the Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday. Mick Channon’s talented young colt (8-1) found daylight when it mattered under Charles Bishop and surged half a length clear of Tin Hat. Victory Command, the 9-4 favourite, finished third, another […]

Connections of Kodyanna are keen to run the filly in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot after she dazzled in the Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday. The two-year-old daughter of Kodiac stepped up from an encouraging debut at Nottingham last month to take the £35,000 fillies’ sprint by a head in a […]

As part of Mr Green’s Gentleman’s Day on Friday 15 June, York Racecourse is set to welcome a barber, tailor and shoe shine experts, as well as the thousands of racegoers. In addition to supporting the £50,000 Listed Ganton Stakes, the award winning online casino operator and sports betting brand wants to help create the […]

Mark Johnston saddles Victory Command and No Lippy in his quest to claim two of the biggest prizes of the season at Beverley on Saturday. Victory Command lines up in renowned Royal Ascot trial, the £35,000 Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy (2.40). Stablemate No Lippy then runs in a fine renewal of the historic Hilary Needler […]

Young Newmarket trainer Tom Clover believes Gypsy Spirit has a lot going for her in the historic Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 9). The two-year-old daughter of Gregorian features amongst 13 declarations for what looks a superb renewal of the £35,000 conditions stakes over five furlongs. And Clover has gone out of […]

Life Of Riley will attempt to get on the Royal Ascot bandwagon by winning the Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 9). The £35,000 conditions stakes over five furlongs has a rich recent history of producing Royal runners, with last year’s winner, Cardsharp, subsequently finishing third in the Norfolk Stakes. Life Of […]

Jungle Inthebungle will attempt to uphold family honour by winning the Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday. The talented juvenile’s sire, Bungle Inthejungle, won the £35,000 conditions stakes in 2012 before going on to claim two Group races in a fine career. Jungle Inthebungle won on his debut at Lingfield in April and […]

Don’t Miss Out The combination of a live concert from Paloma Faith with a seven race card, backed by Sunbets, has proven so popular that the tickets for Stands Side are nearly all gone. People wanting to have the opportunity to get close to the stage or to enjoy the Champagne Terraces are being advised […]

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien could have a first runner at Beverley on Saturday (June 9) as Staycation is in the frame for the Trucking by Brian Yeardley Two-Year-Old Trophy. The son of Acclamation is well regarded by connections, though fortune has not been on his side in three starts to date. But a big […]

Brian Ellison could saddle highly-rated juveniles Pearl Of Qatar and Antico Lady in the historic Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 9). Pearl Of Qatar already has important Beverley experience, having won a five-furlong novice stakes by a length in May. That was the daughter of Footstepsinthesand’s only career start and she is […]

Nothing celebrates a typical English summer more than a sunny afternoon at the races, traditional fairground attractions and a refreshing glass of something bubbly – topped off with a rousing singalong! And that’s what racegoers can expect next week as the hugely successful A Very British Raceday returns to picturesque Beverley Racecourse, celebrating all that […]

We’re lucky enough to have some fantastic sporting action on our doorstep in West Yorkshire with Rugby League and Horse Racing being two of the biggest spectator sports in both the region and nationally. On Monday 11th June – our Rugby League Evening – some of our fantastic local Rugby League teams (Castleford Tigers, Featherstone […]

Trainer Pam Sly is this Wednesday (May 30) determined to finally end a 13-year wait for a Beverley winner. Sly has hit the target just once from 45 previous runners at the picturesque East Yorkshire venue. But the Peterborough-based handler is quietly optimistic she can at last set the record straight with Spinart, who would […]

Catterick Racecourse’s Flat season continues on Saturday 9 June with the Yorkshire Beer Festival race day. Catterick Racecourse is set to hold its first ever Yorkshire Beer Festival this summer, in association with Pennine Brewing Co., who are based locally to the course, at Well. The beer festival will take place alongside an action packed […]

Quinn sets sights on £50,000 sprint TRAINER Ralph Beckett welcomes the addition of the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Brontë Cup to the racing calendar and will send Isabel De Urbina for the inaugural running of the Group 3 at York this Saturday. The £90,000 mile and three-quarter race for older fillies and mares forms part […]

York is back in action with the first Saturday of its eighteen day season (May 26). As with every afternoon at York, the total prize money is into six figures, on this occasion over £225,000 for the seven race card, with a brand new feature race worth £90,000. The Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Brontë Cup […]

York Racecourse is delighted to announce Al Basti Equiworld Dubai as the new sponsor of both the Group 2 Dante Stakes and the Group 2 Middleton Stakes, staged on the middle day of the Dante Festival 2019. In a three year extension of the current partnership, the Dubai based business, founded by Malih Al Basti, […]

Racing Careers Day is back at Catterick Racecourse on Friday 1 June. Following the success of the event last year, having been nominated as a finalist at the Racecourse Association (RCA) Awards, the Racecourse decided to keep the fixture as part of the Flat season calendar this summer and has worked to build upon last […]

HARRY Angel, racing’s top six-furlong star, will make his annual bow in the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes on Wednesday – the opening day of York’s 2018 season. The Clive Cox-trained colt won the Darley July Cup at Newmarket and the Sprint Cup at Haydock in a glittering 2017 campaign that led to him […]

Beverley Racecourse is searching for a camera-friendly couple to be the stars of its most glamorous event of the year, Flemingate Ladies’ Day! In its most ambitious Ladies’ Day promotion yet, the award-winning racecourse is looking for a confident couple to take part in a filmed challenge based on a reality TV show format. Beverley […]

Archie Watson claimed a first juvenile winner of the season at Beverley last week and attempts to repeat the dose with Quiet Endeavour on Tuesday (May 15). The talented Upper Lambourn handler saddles the unraced son of Society Rock in division one of the five-furlong Racing UK Now In HD Novice Stakes at 2.10pm. And […]

EVE Johnson Houghton will hand On To Victory his stiffest assignment to date when saddling him for the Group 2 MansionBet Yorkshire Cup on the Knavesmire this Friday. The four-year-old gelding is proving quietly progressive and opened his 2018 campaign with a close-up second in a Listed race at Nottingham. He has subsequently been raised […]

FOOTBALL has had all kinds of mystics in the past from an octopus to a psychic cat and at Thirsk this weekend it will be jockeys predicting the result of the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United staged at Wembley later that afternoon. Suitably attired in either the blue of Chelsea or the […]

The 2019 Go Racing in Yorkshire Summer Festival will be Sat 20 July to Sunday 28th July  

CROSSED Baton has already been victorious in one Investec Derby trial – now he is set for another with connections confirming his intended appearance in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York on Thursday. Prince Khalid Abdullah’s homebred colt made it three wins in four career starts when successful in the Investec Blue Riband Trial at […]

TRAINER Kevin Ryan is looking forward to running smart speedster Brando at York in Duke Of York Clipper Logistics Stakes, next Wednesday. Ryan has a fine record in the six-furlong Group 2 contest, having won it with Tiddlywinks in 2012 and Amadeus Wolf in 2007. Owned by Mrs Angie Bailey, Brando got his 2018 campaign […]

Evening meetings are always extremely popular at Pontefract and the first of three this season is 80s Night on Friday Evening 25th May. It’s the first of two Music Nights (the other being on Friday Evening 20th July) and with one of the worlds biggest international female soloists from the 80s, Belinda Carlisle playing after […]

Catterick Racecourse’s Flat season continues on Thursday 24 May with its second annual Local Businesses Race Day. Following the success of last year’s event, the Racecourse is once again looking to demonstrate what the local area has to offer whilst giving staff from local businesses the opportunity to come racing at a reduced price. Emma […]

EASINGWOLD trainer Ruth Carr, who is never far away with her runners at Thirsk, has given notice of a potential boom or backers with a seven horse raid on her local course on Saturday evening. Things start with a bang for the trainer with three runners in the opening Subscribe To Racing UK On Youtube […]

Ladies across the county are busy putting the final touches to their preparations ahead of the race to find Go Racing in Yorkshire’s Best Dressed Lady Racegoer for 2018. Throughout the summer the county’s nine wonderful racecourses stage their own unique Best Dressed Lady competition in which frocks, frills and fascinators share centre stage with […]

The new season at York Racecourse, which begins on Wednesday 16 May, will see the opening of a £5m improvement scheme to the grassed infield area which runs parallel to the final furlong of the track. Along with the enhanced racegoer experience, will come a new name, The Clocktower Enclosure, which references the Listed building […]

KEVIN RYAN, who needs just one more winner to take his tally in Britain to 1,500 could hit the target with the veteran Bogart in the Watch Racing UK On Talktalk TV Handicap at Thirsk’s extra meeting tomorrow. The fixture switched from Wetherby as part of the deal which took last Saturday’s scheduled Thirsk Hunt […]

Beverley racecourse will on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7) pay its respects to former leading jockey Mark Birch by staging a race named in his memory. Birch, who died of lung cancer in October 2016 at the age of 67, enjoyed a 30-year association with Peter Easterby and twice won the Chester Cup aboard the […]

North Yorkshire trainer Bryan Smart expects a strong display from Alfa McGuire when the talented colt attempts to preserve his unbeaten record at Beverley on Thursday (April 26). The son of Lord Shanakill won twice at the East Yorkshire circuit as a juvenile and makes his seasonal reappearance in the £12,000 Alan McGuiness And Robin […]

LAURENS FLYING UNDER THE RADAR FOR QIPCO 1000 GUINEAS Karl Burke says he believes his QIPCO 1000 Guineas contender Laurens could still be “under the radar” despite her victory in the Group One Bet365 Fillies’ Mile at the end of last season. The daughter of exciting French stallion Siyouni improved throughout last season, taking the […]

Hot on the heels of their successful season-opening fixture, Ripon are gearing up for their first feature meeting of 2018 on Saturday 28th April and a fantastic afternoon of action is on the cards, with over £120,000 in prize money up for grabs at ‘Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse’. The M.C.H. Hutchinson Memorial Handicap over 1m4f and […]

Wednesday 2nd May is a day when Pontefract traditionally looks to the future stars of racing, both human and equine. It’s the 29th Annual Northern Racing College Charity Day! The entire race meeting is unique in the fact that the majority of the card sees races sponsored by William Hill, Sky Bet, Coral and Ladbrokes. […]

TOP TRAINER Richard Fahey, who has a cracking record at Thirsk’s opening meeting of the season, will have his usual strong hand to play when the 2018 campaign gets underway at the North Yorkshire track on Saturday. Leading the charge for the Musley Bank trainer is the smart Kimberella, who steps up to seven furlongs […]

York Racecourse is delighted to confirm that the 2018 season, which begins on Wednesday 16 May, will feature the highest quality and richest ever race programme for York’s season. The famous Knavesmire turf will now stage thirty races across the season that are part of the Pattern (racing’s traditional method of highlighting races of high […]

AN EXCITING 17-day season for Thirsk gets underway on Saturday (April 21) with three £15,000 races on a seven-race card. The ebfstallions.com Michael Foster Conditions Stakes, commemorates a former Thirsk chairman and is always a competitive event. It is also a regular early season target for top trainer Richard Fahey. The Musley Bank handler has […]

It’s been a wet winter at Pontefract and unfortunately the Racecourse had to abandon their first race meeting scheduled for the beginning of April due to standing water on the track. However, hopefully the sun will stay out now and the Racecourse are looking forward to welcoming racegoers to the delayed start of their new […]

Prominent owner Keith Brown is determined to help ease sad memories from last year by returning to the winner’s enclosure at Beverley this season. Brown, who is based just nine miles away from Beverley in Swanland, has savoured numerous high-profile triumphs, most notably across the Irish Sea. Top Notch Tonto won for the first time […]

Archie Watson has made a terrific start to 2018 and his multiple winner Brandon Castle is one of 27 entries for the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup, which will take place at York on Friday 18 May. The son of Dylan Thomas, who carries the colours of owner Chris Hirst, has enjoyed a meteoric rise since […]

Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes entry up by 12 BRILLIANT filly Enable is the stand-out entry among sixteen nominated for the Betfred Middleton Stakes, which will be run at York on Thursday, May 17. Prince Khalid Abdullah’s four-year-old swept all before her last season, winning five successive Group 1s that included the Darley Yorkshire […]

Favourite for the Investec Derby, Saxon Warrior, heads an 83-strong entry for the £165,000 Betfred Dante Stakes which will staged at York on Thursday 17 May. His trainer, Aidan O’Brien. is a four time winner and has entered twenty colts in this prestigious Group 2, landed in the past by ten subsequent Investec Derby winners. […]

The Ebor, already the richest Flat handicap in Britain, is to be worth an incredible £1 million in 2019 after Sky Bet were unveiled as the new sponsors of the York showpiece – and they are vowing to create the most innovative, inclusive, adrenaline-fuelled Flat racing event of the year. Britain’s most popular online bookmaker […]

Beverley Racecourse is stepping back in time to celebrate a distant era of racing on the Westwood. The course is recreating a raceday in 1960, from a time when the country began to emerge from the post-war blues into a new era of optimism. The Bygone Beverley raceday, on May 7, the May Day Bank […]

With Spring here and Summer just around the corner, the flat season roars back in to action at Pontefract with a quality race meeting on Easter Tuesday 3rd April. With £92,000 worth of prize money on offer, the card often throws up some impressive early season types. The meeting falls in the Easter holidays so, […]

Catterick Racecourse’s 2018 Flat season gets underway with an Easter Family Day on Wednesday 4 April. This meeting marks the first of 18 Flat fixtures at Catterick this season, and the seven race card will see the first of the 2018 Catterick Twelve Furlong Series Qualifiers, with an £11,600 prize fund. Emma Binnian, Sales & […]

York Racecourse is delighted and honoured that the track has been voted as Racecourse of the Year 2017 by The Racegoers Club, following a vote by their members which represent the largest club of its type in British Racing. This means that the team at the Knavesmire retains the honour it won in 2016 and […]

It’s been over 5 months since there was last racing at Pontefract but the 2018 season is almost upon us and the West Yorkshire track kick off their 16 day campaign on Easter Tuesday, 3rd April. The total prize money on offer of over £1.3 million is the highest ever provided at the West Yorkshire […]

Catterick’s final National Hunt meeting of the 2017/18 season is set for Wednesday 7 March, Countryside Day. The course has seen lots of excitement throughout season including having the first of Frankel’s progeny to win over jumps, in the form of Solo Saxophone, and the seven race card on March 7th looks set to continue […]

Return of the Donkey Derby, Camel Derby, Bark de Triomphe and so much more … Press release February 7, 2018 After a successful 2017 season of bumper attendances, new partnerships and exciting themed racedays, Beverley Racecourse is racing ahead with plans for a thrilling new season. Racegoers can expect new themed race meetings, more family-friendly […]

Richard Hammill, who joined the Management Team at Pontefract Racecourse in October 2000 and has been Assistant Manager since he qualified as a Clerk of the Course in 2006, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer with prinicipal responsibility for organising and running all race day operations, which he has effectively been doing for some time. […]

York Racecourse is delighted that the 2018 season will see a record number of the prestigious Group races, nineteen in total, staged on the Knavesmire. After due consideration of various bids, the British Horseracing Authority has awarded a brand new Group 3 contest to York, it will be run on Saturday 26 May with prize […]

George Chaloner, who retired from race riding last year after a series of injuries, and has been looking for employment in the industry since then, has been engaged by Pontefract Racecourse as part of its Management Team. George, who rode 137 winners from 1,400 rides during a 7 year career, has been appointed as full […]

Catterick’s jump season continues on Thursday 11 January, featuring its longest and most valuable race – the North Yorkshire Grand National sponsored by the Richmond based racecourse supplier firm, Watt Fences. The Watt Fences North Yorkshire Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase, is scheduled for 2.35pm and is Catterick’s most prestigious National Hunt race, with over […]

 Doncaster Racecourse, home to world class racing and summer venue to global music stars, is delighted to announce a DJ set from British music act, Chase and Status, as the first of their 2018 summer music events.  Chase and Status, who have been a mainstay in the British summer music festival scene for several years, […]

Catterick Racecourse is home to the first meeting of the 2018 Yorkshire Racing Calendar on New Year’s Day. The popular fixture has a 6 race card, with the first race getting under starters orders at 12:25pm. The gates will be open to the public from 10:25pm and a free shuttle bus will run between Richmond […]

Racegoers can look forward to jump racing, carols and festive fun at Catterick Racecourse over the Christmas period! The Christmas period is one of the busiest times at Catterick Racecourse, with three chances for racegoers to enjoy National Hunt racing action at the course, on Tuesday 19 and Thursday 28 December, and New Year’s Day. […]

The 2018 Season at Pontefract Races may not start until Tuesday 3rd April, but tickets went on sale on 1st December with the Racecourse offering punters their best ever deals for those who book their tickets early. Racegoers will get a massive 50% off the normal price of Premier Enclosure badges and Grandstand & Paddock […]

Pontefract Racecourse has been honoured at the annual RCA Showcase Awards by winning the prestigious #TopSpot Award. The RCA Showcase Awards, partnered by Moët Hennessy and Racing Post, celebrate excellence and innovation in racecourse customer experience and were held this year at Newbury Racecourse. Pontefract beat off all the competition and impressed the judges with […]

Catterick’s 2017/18 National Hunt season starts on Friday 24 November The flat season has now come to an end and the National Hunt season is about to begin at Catterick Racecourse, with The Start of the Jumps on Friday 24 November. The first of seven races is scheduled for 12:20pm with the feature race, The […]

The expertise and dedication of the grounds team at Ripon Racecourse has been recognised by this year’s Institute of Groundsmanship (IOG) Industry Awards with the team winning the John Deere Professional Horse Racing Grounds Team of the Year Award. The four-strong grounds team at Ripon Racecourse work consistently to produce a racing surface that is […]

Pontefract Racecourse is thrilled to have been announced as a Finalist in 4 categories for the prestigious Showcase & Awards, hosted by the Racecourse Association (RCA). The Showcase & Awards is the marquee event of British racecourses that annually celebrates first class customer experience in partnership with Moët Hennessy and Racing Post. Pontefract Racecourse has […]

With 6 of the 9 Yorkshire Racecourses nominated for the Racecourse Association Showcase awards, Yorkshire Racing has put itself on the map once again. Pontefract, York, Beverley, Redcar, Catterick and Ripon all have nominations. Pontefract and Beverley really have hit the big time with 4 nominations each! This gives them the opportunity to win the […]

Ripon Racecourse is delighted to announce they have been named as a Finalist for the prestigious Showcase & Awards, hosted by the Racecourse Association (RCA). The Showcase & Awards is the marquee event of British racecourses that annually celebrates first class customer experience in partnership with Moët Hennessy and Racing Post. Ripon Racecourse has been […]

Catterick Racecourse is delighted to announce they have been named as a Finalist for the prestigious Showcase & Awards, hosted by the Racecourse Association (RCA). The Showcase & Awards is the marquee event of British racecourses that annually celebrates first class customer experience in partnership with Moët Hennessy and Racing Post. Catterick Racecourse has been […]

York Racecourse concluded its 2017 season today after a hugely busy year which has seen a strong attendance, as 350,000 racegoers witnessed 122 races over 18 fabulous days of racing action. More thoroughbreds than ever (a total of 1,468) competed for a record of more than £7.7m prize money delivering an impressive average field size […]

After a great Summer of racing, the 2017 season comes to a close at Pontefract on Monday 23rd October. The final meeting ends what has been a fantastic year at the West Yorkshire track with some memorable racing. And the final raceday is no different with a top class Listed 2 year old race on […]

SPRING Loaded is ready to be unleashed once more with his trainer Paul D’Arcy’s sights set on the £100,000 Coral Sprint Trophy handicap at York on Saturday. The five-year-old gelding delivered a power-packed performance in securing a three-and-half length win in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster last month. It was a victory that suggested D’Arcy’s […]

WILLIAM Haggas is aiming to fulfil a career ambition on Saturday by becoming top trainer at York for the season. The Skipton-born, if Newmarket-based trainer has recorded 12 winners on the Knavesmire in 2017 – three more than his fellow Yorkshireman and nearest rival, Tim Easterby. Both stables will be well represented at York’s season-concluding […]

BOLDER Bob will bid to complete a three-timer when he contests the £100,000 Unibet Handicap at York on Friday. This three-year-olds only race, staged over almost a mile and three-quarters, has doubled in prize money so, unsurprisingly, has attracted a field of promising young stayers. The majority look to be very much on the upgrade […]

TRAINER Owen Burrows reported promising two-year-old prospect, Shabaaby, to be showing the right signs ahead of the Listed highlight of York’s Saturday card, the coral.co.uk Rockingham Stakes. The two-year-old colt, owned by Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum, is the highest-rated horse in the entry for the six-furlong black type race, following consecutive winning runs. Shabaaby, who […]

 Bonfire Night has been a traditional British celebration for many years and this year a circus theme fireworks extravaganza is to be hosted at one of the town’s favourite attractions.  Doncaster Racecourse, in conjunction with Hallam FM, will hold its glittering ‘Firework Spectacular’ event on Saturday 4th November with the family friendly event culminating in […]

The Totepool Catterick Dash takes pride of place on a seven race card at Catterick Racecourse on Saturday 21 October, when racing is scheduled to begin at 1:50pm. With almost £80,000 in prize money on offer throughout the afternoon, this fixture is Catterick’s richest raceday of the year. The feature race of the day, The […]

As the flat season continues to wind down, Pontefract stage their penultimate meeting of the season on Monday 9th October. The 15th race meeting of the year at the West Yorkshire venue is bound to be well supported as trainers get one last run in to their charges before the National Hunt season takes over. […]

Chief executive Sally Iggulden is keen to see the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet upgraded to a Group Three race. The renowned five-furlong dash has been won by some exceptional sprinters in recent years, with the £50,000 Listed heat brilliantly claimed by Take Cover this season. David Griffiths’ 113-rated 10-year-old subsequently advertised the Bullet form by a […]

It’s a well-known fact that Yorkshire’s well established for its wonderful produce along with being blessed with some of the country’s finest Horse Racing. Ripon Races have taken the saying ‘Love thy neighbour’ to another level and have teamed for the second year with Masham based brewers Theakston’s and Bedale based Heck Food for a […]

Edward Lewis takes aim at a big prize at Beverley’s final meeting of the season on Tuesday when the progressive sprinter runs in the £20,000 Eddie And Violet Smith Conditions Stakes. The four-year-old gelding was a fine second to Desert Law in the 16-runner Symphony Group Handicap at York last month and now attempts to […]

As the flat season continues to wind down, Pontefract stage their second September meeting on Thursday 28th. The highlight of the card is the Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap – a £20,000 Handicap over 1m2f. ‘Screw-Driver’ was the racing pin up in the early 19th century, winning at least 2 ‘Cup’ races. These ‘Cups’ consisted […]

The coveted St Leger stakes trophy has had, as tradition dictates, its central element re-designed for this weeks 2017 William Hill St Leger Festival by Sheffield Silversmith Chris Knight. Since 2007, when the new trophy was designed after the construction and redevelopment of Doncaster Racecoourse, a silversmith or sculptor receives the commission each year to […]

It’s a well-known fact that Yorkshire’s well established for its wonderful produce along with being blessed with some of the country’s finest Horse Racing. Ripon Races have taken the saying ‘Love thy neighbour’ to another level and have teamed for the second year with Masham based brewers Theakston’s and Bedale based Heck Food for a […]

Autumn may be drawing ever closer but there are still 4 race meetings left to enjoy at Pontefract Racecourse before the season finishes. With 2 meetings in September and 2 in October, there’s plenty of fantastic racing ahead. The first September meeting on the 21st throws the sprinting fillies in to the spotlight with the […]

TWO OF the leading racing journalists of recent years are remembered at Thirsk on Saturday with the unveiling of commemorative benches outside the weighing room. Ray Gilpin, the former Northern correspondent of the Racing Post and Tom O’Ryan, whose career took him from jockey to race-reader for Raceform to journalist for the Racing Post and […]

ICEFALL and Swaheen, who were both touched off in a tight photo finish to the 2016 Calverts Carpets Hambleton Cup, will both be back at Thirsk on Ladies Day this Saturday (September 9) to renew their rivalry, Twelve months ago, Icefall made a gallant attempt to make all the running only to be touched off […]

It’s the perfect mix of haute couture fashion and first class racing at Thirsk this Saturday (September 9) when the annual Ladies Day takes centre-stage at the North Yorkshire track. What is always one of the most popular days of the season at the course will feature a dazzling array of colour and elegance coupled […]

There’s fun for all at the annual Press Family Sunday at York Races this weekend (Sunday 10 September), including record prize money for a seven-race thoroughbred card worth £132,000. The feature race, the Listed Betfred supports York against Cancer Garrowby Stakes has increased in value by 25% to a record £50,000. Another returning favourite to […]

Delighted South Yorkshire trainer David Griffiths was “chuffed to bits” after brilliant sprinter Take Cover won the Listed totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday. The popular 10-year-old made all the running in Beverley’s big race of the season to delight a huge crowd as the 3-1 favourite for the £50,000 dash. Jockey Tom Queally was keen […]

Mirza will attempt to go one place better than three years ago when he shoots for glory in the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday. The Rae Guest-trained 10-year-old succumbed by a neck to Pearl Secret in the big Listed sprint at Beverley in 2014 and is back for another go in the hands of Joe […]

Popular sprinter Take Cover will attempt to add further gloss on his exceptional CV by winning the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday. The 10-year-old gelding has been a wonderful servant for South Yorkshire trainer David Griffiths, for whom he has won 11 races and earned over £546,000 in prize-money. Take Cover has surprisingly never raced […]

Doncaster Racecourse has been florally transformed just in time for the William Hill St Leger Festival thanks to a partnership with local award winning garden centre Walkers Nurseries. The popular family owned plant specialist was chosen to supply over 2,000 summer bedding plants to the racecourse for its floral borders and displays around the course’s […]

Judicial will return to the scene of one of his finest moments on a racecourse when he goes for gold in the £50,000 totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday. The Julie Camacho-trained sprinter broke the five-furlong track record at Beverley in June when he became the first horse to navigate the East Yorkshire circuit in under […]

Local hero Alpha Delphini is in the frame to defend his totescoo6 Beverley Bullet crown on Saturday, October 2. The Bryan Smart-trained sprinter won the valuable Listed race 12 months ago when he came out on top by a neck in a thrilling finish. Alpha Delphini’s half-brother Tangerine Trees landed Beverley’s coveted sprint in 2011 […]

A wonderful week of racing at York once again delivered heroes and heroines; as Ulysses claimed the first £1m Juddmonte International with flying fillies, Enable and Marsha, landing the Darley Yorkshire Oaks and Coolmore Nunthorpe, respectively. With record prize money of £4.4million attracting over three hundred and forty runners including star thoroughbreds from the USA; […]

With the summer holidays coming to a close, Ripon are set to wind down what has been a jam-packed august with their annual two-day August Bank Holiday race day. The event which starts on Monday with a family fun day including a variety of FREE fairground rides and fun for the children continues on Tuesday […]

DJ, model and entertainer Vernon Kay has been announced as the guest celebrity to appear at the hugely popular Ladies Day during the William Hill St. Leger Festival on Thursday 14th September. Vernon is set to replace Mark Wright who has had to pull out due to unforeseen filming commitments Abby Chandler, Head of Marketing at […]

TRAINER Aidan O’Brien will ask his dual 2000 Guineas hero, Churchill, to tackle an extended mile and a quarter for the first time tomorrow when the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival gets underway at York. Churchill is one of seven declared runners for what’s set to be an outstanding renewal of the Group one Juddmonte […]

SIR Michael Stoute will bring a team brimming with talent to York for the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, which runs for four days from next Wednesday. The Newmarket trainer has a superb record at the famous meeting, winning no less than 16 Group 1s on the Knavesmire. He has also triumphed three times in […]

MIDDLE-distance heroine, Enable, heads up the entry for the Darley Yorkshire Oaks – the £350,000 feature race of Ladies Day, next Thursday at York. Enable represents trainer John Gosden, who has three of the nine entries for the mile-and-a-half Group 1 contest for fillies aged three and upwards. Enable, owned and bred by Prince Khalid […]

Frankie Dettori described both Lady Aurelia and Enable as fillies with the “wow” factor based on their impressive seasons to date and he is looking forward to partnering them in big races at the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival. The ebullient Italian was speaking to Racing UK after riding a piece of work on Lady […]

Trainer Richard Hannon relishing York test for stable star TRAINER Richard Hannon believes stable star, Barney Roy, “will take all the beating” in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York next Wednesday. The Godolphin-owned colt was one of 15 horses today left in first running of a York contest at £1million prize money, at the latest […]

Trainer Clive Cox is hoping to saddle two runners in this season’s Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday 25 August. At this stage, both Profitable and Priceless are on target to line up in the five-furlong Group 1, which is worth £350,000. The former, who runs in the colours of Godolphin, secured a Group […]

Elnadim Star and Gold Stone fly the flag for powerful owner Jaber Abdullah at Beverley on Thursday (August 17). Kevin Ryan’s two juveniles both made their racecourse debut at the popular East Yorkshire circuit in July, with Elnadim Star down the field and Gold Stone runner-up. They will now attempt to win at the second time of asking […]

 Ripon’s most valuable and iconic race of the season, The William Hill Great St. Wilfrid Stakes takes pride of place on a top-class card this Saturday, August 19th. The famous Handicap for sprinters over six furlong will be the talk of the weekend’s action, with owners looking to land some of the £75,000 prize pot […]

The American star filly, Lady Aurelia, is settling in at York ahead of her bid for further Group One glory in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes on Friday 25 August. Trained by Wesley Ward, she is one of three intended runners for the Kentucky based operation, who are now enjoying a Yorkshire welcome, ahead of the […]

Beverley Bullet would be one of the most appropriately-named winners on the Westwood for many years when he goes for gold on Flemingate Ladies’ Day on Wednesday, August 16. Named in homage to the renowned Listed sprint, this year staged on September 2, the four-year-old gelding is trained in North Yorkshire by Lawrence Mullaney. Mullaney […]

  Marsha to take on big guns in Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes TRAINER Sir Mark Prescott has outlined that his ante-post favourite for the £285,000 Betfred Ebor will require ‘soft’ in the ground description to ensure that he line ups at York on Saturday 26 August.   Prescott’s charge Flymetothestars has won three of his five […]

Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) is delighted to announce a partnership with William Hill which sees the bookmaker open betting facilities on six of its racecourses. William Hill has also signed a three-year deal to sponsor the Group 1 St Leger Stakes at Doncaster, worth £700,000 this year, along with a feature race each day of […]

TRAINER James Bethell is targeting the opening day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, Wednesday 23 August, at York with promising two-year-old, Ulshaw Bridge. The High Chaparral colt is a proven course performer, having comfortably won the John Smith’s Novice Median Auction Stakes over six furlongs on the Knavesmire last month. Connections are aiming […]

With record prize money of over £4.4 million, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival looks set to attract the very best of thoroughbreds from Britain, Ireland, continental Europe and the USA to the Knavesmire for York’s flagship meeting, over four spectacular days of racing action from Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 August. The stellar racing […]

TRAINER Charlie Hills has billed his stable star Battaash’s head-to-head with Lady Aurelia in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York as “what racing is all about.” The pair have lit up the sprinting scene in 2017 with some superlative performances and now they are on schedule to clash in the £350,000 Group 1 on the […]

Sunday 20th August marks the last of the three popular Family Day fixtures at Pontefract this season with the final weekend fixture of the year being run for the first time as The Sunday Service Family Day! For the race meeting, the Racecourse are getting ‘in the zone’ and setting up themed zones around the […]

 the British author of the famed children’s fantasy novel, Alice’s’ Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll is also well-­known for his obsession with madness and, it seems, it’s rubbing off. With Ripon Races set to hold their ‘Alice in Wonderland Family Raceday’ for the third year running. Marketing Manager, Erin Boswell of Ripon Races­ who are also […]

It is a little-known fact that Doncaster as a town attracts more day visitors than your typical tourist destinations including Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford and its Yorkshire counterpart Harrogate. Over a three-year period, between 2013 and 2015, 6. 46 million[1] people visited Doncaster for a day, or part of, and over this same period almost 200,000 of them […]

Ladies’ Evening at Catterick Racecourse is just around the corner. Friday 18 August is Ladies’ Evening at Catterick Racecourse. One of the most popular events in the North Yorkshire track’s calendar, Ladies’ Evening always promises a night of fun, fashion and fantastic racing, and this year is no exception! The gates will be open to […]

With the summer holidays now in full flow, what better way to spend a day with the family than at Ripon’s annual ‘Children’s’ Day on Monday. The event held this year on the 7th August, not only has FREE entry for all accompanied under 18’s but there are lots of FREE fun and goodies too! […]

The Danielle Mooney-trained Beau scorched a trail to glory in the inaugural running of the Burgess Supadog Bark de Triomphe at Beverley on Tuesday afternoon. After two trials featuring canine speedballs that are trained and owned by jockeys, Mooney’s Collie showed jawdropping pace to seize the day by half a dog’s length. The class K9 […]

HAVING missed out on a crack at the Betfred Mile at Glorious Goodwood on Friday, York winner Chiefofchiefs heads North instead with Newmarket trainer Charlie Fellowes targeting the £30,000 Totepool Summer Cup at Thirsk on Saturday. No trainer south of Malton has yet won the Summer Cup, which has its sixth renewal this weekend, but […]

Catterick Racecourse to host annual Salute Our Heroes Family Race Day this August. The ever popular Salute Our Heroes Family Day returns to Catterick’s racing calendar again this year, on Tuesday 8 August, in support of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. The fixture is the first of two family days at the course in August and […]

York Racecourse is delighted to announce a further boost of £60,000 to the already record prize money for its flagship meeting, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, which is staged between Wednesday 23 and Saturday 26 August. Taken in conjunction with previous announcements, it sees the year on year prize fund increase by £320,000 to […]

Paul Mulrennan gears up for arguably his biggest challenge on a racecourse at Beverley on Tuesday. With the eyes of the sporting world fixed upon the East Yorkshire circuit, the Group One-winning jockey is ready to unleash black Labrador Stella in the inaugural running of the Burgess Supadog Bark de Triomphe. Stella, a chiselled veteran […]

AFTER a fantastic Festival Friday, get set for a super Summer Saturday at Thirsk this weekend when the Totepool Thirsk Summer Cup will be the highlight of a two-day meeting at the North Yorkshire track. With £30,000 in prize money and run over a distance just short of a mile, the Summer Cup has proved […]

Racing and fashion combine in the annual Pontefract Ladies Day on Wednesday 9th August and there’s never been a better excuse to buy a new outfit! Courtesy of RIU Hotels and Resorts, Pontefract Racecourse is offering an all inclusive, week long holiday for 2 to Sri Lanka. The prize includes return flights from Manchester. RIU […]

East Yorkshire’s most glamorous event of the summer launched in spectacular style today with the unveiling of a promotional film capturing the grace and power of the equine stars of Ladies’ Day at Beverley Racecourse. Ladies’ Day is the social highlight of the racing calendar at Beverley, giving style-conscious ladies and gentlemen the chance to […]

AUTOCRATIC will bid for more Group-race glory when he contests the £120,000 feature at York on Saturday – the Sky Bet York Stakes. Owned by Cheveley Park Stud and trained by Sir Michael Stoute, Autocratic boasts a progressive profile having moved up through the handicap ranks as a three-year-old last year to emerge as a […]

AJMAN Princess will bid to return to winning ways when she contests the Listed feature on Friday’s card at York, the British Stallion Studs EBF Lyric Fillies’ Stakes. Trained by Roger Varian, for owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid, Ajman Princess is the top-rated filly in an eleven-strong line up and she goes to the Knavesmire in […]

York’s two-day Music Showcase weekend on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon (July 28 & 29), supported by Sky Bet, combines Pattern race quality action on the track and live performances on the music stage, so it is no surprise that each event has a track record of being the best attended meeting of its type, […]

The second Family Day of the 2017 season at Pontefract on Sunday 30th July is also the final day of the 10th Annual Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival. With racing taking place in the White Rose County throughout the preceding week, there’s going to be a real festival feel to the days’ proceedings. Trainers […]

CHORISTER ON SONG FOR BEVERLEY MISSION David Menuisier is optimistic Corpus Chorister can give the West Sussex trainer a first winner of the year when she runs at Beverley on Tuesday. Highly-rated Menuisier has endured a painful few months after a virus forced the temporary closure of his Pulborough yard. But with his team now […]

The popular Malton Stables Open Day is returning after a year out. Renamed ‘Malton Festival of Racing’, the event will take place on Sunday, September 17th and is sponsored by Arena Racing Company. Fifteen yards in the Malton area will be opening their doors to the public in the morning and a programme of exciting […]

York Racecourse is pleased that its application for planning permission to improve the racegoer’s experience of the infield area of the track has been approved by City of York Council. Formally known as The Course Enclosure, often referred to as the family or picnic enclosure, it is a largely open air space already enjoyed by […]

GERMAN trainer Dominik Moser will return to his favourite European racecourse on Friday when Artistica and Sugar Free both contest the Group 3 Unibet Summer Stakes, at York. Moser enjoyed a very special day at the Knavesmire in 2012 when his charge, Gracia Directa, won the same race as a 14/1 chance. She returned a […]

TRAINER Jeremy Noseda has reported Sixties Groove to be “in great order” ahead of Saturday’s John Smith’s Cup at York. The four-year-old, owned by Paul and Susan Roy, is a general 8/1 favourite for the £200,000 heritage handicap staged over an extended mile and a quarter. Connections will be hoping the gelding can emulate the […]

One of the most popular TV heart throbs of this century has been unveiled as the guest celebrity DJ at one of the most popular Ladies Day meeting north of Royal Ascot.  As ladies enjoyed a spring evening at the racecourse last weekend, the team at Doncaster made the surprise announcement that St Leger Ladies […]

The richest ever running of the famous John Smith’s Cup raceday will see over £365,000 on offer for the 58th staging of a day that contains the famous handicap itself, Saturday 15 July. The £200,000 prize money of the feature contest makes the John Smith’s Cup the richest middle distance handicap in Britain. Named after […]

The Betfair Clock Tower Cup is a charity race solely for stable staff held over 7 furlongs with those taking part riding horses who are in training with their employer. Now in its third year, the race is becoming an established event in the racing calendar at Doncaster. The race celebrates the hard work that […]

Evening meetings are always extremely popular at Pontefract and the last of the season is our Red Shirt Night and Beer Festival on Friday Evening 21st July. The race meeting also marks the second of the Friday Night Music Night series held at the Racecourse in 2017 and, with Cheryl, Mike and Jay, formerly of […]

The inaugural ‘Art of Racing’ Raceday won an award at the prestigious Showcase Awards last year for its unique innovation and the second of our Art of Racing Racedays in 2017 takes place at Pontefract on Tuesday 11th July. It once again promises to be a brilliant day for both racing fanatics and those going […]

Stable staff can stay safe in the sun at Beverley racecourse this summer thanks to an innovative campaign launched in association with Yorkshire Cancer Research. Sun-cream dispensers have been installed around the popular East Yorkshire circuit to protect stable staff and racegoers throughout the season. Yorkshire Cancer Research has also created wristbands that change colour […]

Ripon Races are gearing up for a busy few months and the action starts on Monday 10th July with their ‘Blues Brothers Evening’, what better way to dust off that Monday Blues and start your week on a high! With musical entertainment on Ripon’s bandstand a regular feature at their summer race meetings, Ripon are […]

Scott Mills, one of the nation’s favourite DJ’s is to visit Doncaster Racecourse this summer to entertain the racing crowds. Scott, who began his career on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball and endeared himself to the nation when he took place in the 2014 series of Strictly Come Dancing, will play after […]

Racing Staff Week runs from Saturday 1st July until Saturday 8th July 2017. The week is sponsored by Betfair and aims to bring the racing industry together to inform and engage horseracing followers and supporters about the passion, skill and dedication required to work with racehorses. At every one of the 41 meetings during the week, the vital roles of […]

METEOR Light will bid to complete a three-timer when he contests the sunbets.co.uk Handicap – the £50,000 feature of Saturday’s seven-race card at York. The lightly-raced three-year-old has only had three career starts, triumphing in his last two. Trainer Ed Vaughan’s charge opened his account at Nottingham in early May before winning a handicap a […]

Beverley Racecourse has announced a ground-breaking partnership with Yorkshire Cancer Research to raise awareness of the dangers of sun damage and over-exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays. The campaign aims to protect racegoers and racecourse staff during the rest of the season following the recent hot spell which saw the UK record its hottest June day […]

PADDY Brennan and Tom Scudamore have ridden the last two winners of the King George VI Chase – one of jump racing’s most coveted prizes. But this Saturday the pair – with no less than 16 Cheltenham Festival winners between them – are set for a very different challenge in the £20,000 Follow Sun Bets […]

 William Hill agree three-year deal with ARC to sponsor the St Leger Festival at Doncaster Racecourse including the world’s oldest Classic horserace  Today, Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) announces that William Hill is the new sponsor of the St Leger Stakes, the world’s oldest Classic horserace.  The three-year deal sees William Hill sponsor the Group 1 […]

York is back in action with a brand new raceday on the first Saturday of July, as a combination of an £150,000 seven race card, with some special races and a concert from pop superstar, Olly Murs, has already proven popular. As with every afternoon at York, there is a valuable feature race, on this […]

Declan Carroll was narrowly denied a first Royal Ascot winner last Thursday but seeks a degree of solace with two “live chances” at Beverley on Tuesday. The Malton-based handler was left with mixed emotions at the Royal meeting when talented two-year-old Santry could not quite claw back Sioux Nation in the Norfolk Stakes. But Carroll […]

A competition hosted by Doncaster Racecourse as part of Local Community and History Month has discovered two exceptionally talented students amongst the borough’s schools. Lizzie Bowie,13, from Armthorpe Academy was the winner of the secondary school competition with her poem entitled “The Race’. Meanwhile Sky Hassan from year five at Richmond Hill Primary Academy was […]

The inaugural ‘Art of Racing’ Raceday won an award at the prestigious Showcase Awards last year for its unique innovation and the first of two Art of Racing Racedays in 2017 takes place at Pontefract on Monday 3rd July. It once again promises to be a brilliant day for both racing fanatics and those going […]

York Racecourse is delighted that  Alison Storey, the Chief Receptionist at the course, has won a Visit York Tourism Award. Her success came in the Outstanding Customer Service Category where her work, as the first point of contact for many of the 350,000 visitors to the Knavesmire was recognised. Presented at a glittering ceremony, in […]

Yorkshire folk are happy to admit they love a night out that doesn’t cost the earth!  Combine that with their love for racing and you have the perfect recipe for one fantastic evening of fun!  With the folk of South Yorkshire in mind – Doncaster Racecourse has announced the date of its Free Residents Evening. […]

As the jockeys take to their saddles to ride at Royal Ascot (or Ripon!) this week, most will be lucky enough to have ridden their fair share of winners in their careers. But as most jockeys and sportsmen/women alike will remember, nothing beats your first competitive win whatever sport they compete in. It will certainly […]

Watched by nearly 27,000 people, amateur rider Belinda Keighley raced to victory on Buckle Street, trained by her husband, Martin, and raised more than £25,000 for the charity An amateur horse rider, Belinda Keighley closed a record breaking charity raceday by taking first prize in the Best Western Hotels and Macmillan Ride of their Lives. […]

Thesme attempts to claim a significant prize in her career when she lines up in the big race at Beverley on Tuesday evening (June 20). The five-year-old mare has been solely campaigned in Group races this season and is one of five declared runners for the £14,000 British Stallion Studs Weatherbys Hamilton EBF Conditions Stakes […]

PROGRESSIVE young sprinter Ekhtiyaar is all set to tackle the Catherine Kinloch Paver Memorial Macmillan Charity Handicap at York on Saturday. The six figure, six-furlong prize is the feature contest on Britain’s biggest charity raceday. With a prize fund of £100,000 it is one of the season’s most valuable contests for three-year-old sprinters and has […]

TRAINER Ian Williams will be hoping Turanga Leela and Monjeni can maintain their fine early-season form at York on Friday – the opening card of a two-day meeting on the Knavesmire. Turanga Leela has been declared for the feature EBF Breeders Series Fillies’ Handicap – a £30,000 contest for three-year-olds and upwards. The six-furlong race […]

Everyone at York Racecourse is delighted and honoured that the track has been voted as the best racecourse in the country by The Racegoers Club, following their 2016 annual survey of members. It is the fourth time that York has been awarded the top title and as usual it was a close fought contest with […]

As the nation gears up for a week of action at Royal Ascot, Ripon Races are getting into the spirit with their very own ‘Royal Ascot of the North’ as they host two-days of action including their annual Ladies’ Day on the same day as the Berkshire course. The North Yorkshire course, otherwise known as […]

  TRAINER Tim Easterby is aiming for a third victory in five runnings of the £100,000 feature race at York on Macmillan Charity raceday, the Catherine Kinloch Paver Memorial Macmillan Charity Stakes, staged this Saturday on the Knvesmire. Easterby, who trains at Habton Grange near Malton, won the valuable prize for three-year-old sprinters in 2013 […]

Polish your platforms and fish out those flares – legendary 70s disco extravaganza Bus Stop is coming to Beverley for a fun-filled night at the races! Racegoers can relive the disco night which filled the dancefloor every Tuesday at Hull’s Lexington Avenue (LAs) nightclub. Bus Stop launched at LAs in 1995 and ran for seven […]

Building on 47 years of popularity with racing fans and with over £7 million already raised for good causes, Macmillan Charity Raceday at York Racecourse this Saturday (17 June) promises to be an afternoon of quality racing that again helps those in most need. Saturday’s principal race is The Catherine Kinloch Paver Memorial Macmillan Charity […]

Cardsharp booked her place at Royal Ascot with a terrific performance in the Brian Yeardley Continental Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 10). Trained by Mark Johnston and ridden by Joe Fanning, the 6-4 favourite made most of the running to claim the £25,000 conditions stakes by two and a quarter lengths from stablemate […]

Areen Faisal could emerge as a credible contender at Royal Ascot if he successfully takes the next step along the ladder in the Brian Yeardley Continental Two-Year-Old Trophy (2.40) at Beverley on Saturday. The Bahamian Bounty colt, trained by Richard Fahey, is one of seven declarations for the £25,000 conditions stakes, won last season by subsequent […]

Local owner Keith Brown is optimistic Moonlit Sands can realise her true potential in the prestigious Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 10). Brown’s silks have in recent years become a standing dish at the well-attended East Yorkshire circuit, with the likes of Top Notch Tonto and Orewa having got off the mark […]

Chatburn could confirm his place at Royal Ascot with a big run in the £25,000 Brian Yeardley Continental Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday (June 10). Prince Of Lir defeated The Last Lion by a length and a quarter in last season’s Brian Yeardley and the form was brilliantly franked at the Royal meeting as the […]

Now in its third year, the Betfair Clock Tower Cup at Doncaster Racecourse on the 7th July, is the pinnacle of Racing Staff Week, celebrating the role of racing staff, which runs from Saturday 1st July to Saturday 8th July.   The race will see 12 members of stable staff line up in a 7 furlong […]

Tom Dascombe will attempt to win the Hilary Needler Trophy for a second time if Formidable Kitt lines up at Beverley on Saturday (June 10). The Cheshire handler savoured a red-letter day at the popular East Yorkshire circuit when Don’t Tell Mary claimed the historic sprint by four lengths in 2009. Formidable Kitt won nicely […]

Renowned for bringing some of the music world’s greatest names to the town, Doncaster Racecourse has announced two more acts to its Music Live 2017 line-up. Following hot on the heels of five-time Grammy award winning DJ Mark Ronson will be the modern British rock band Ocean Colour Scene (OCS). During the height of their […]

Cyclists who are riding more than 450 miles to provide financial support for young people to work in racing had pride of place at Redcar today. The riders from the British Racing School “Rory MacDonald Memorial Fund” stopped at the seaside track en route from Musselburgh to Newmarket. During their epic journey, they are visiting […]

We’re lucky enough to have some fantastic sporting action right on our doorstep in West Yorkshire with Rugby League and Horseracing being two of the biggest spectator sports in both the region and nationally. And on Monday 12th June – our Rugby League Evening – some of our fantastic Rugby League teams (Castleford Tigers, Featherstone […]

Horses won’t be the only ones racing at Catterick on Saturday 10th June On Saturday 10th June Catterick Racecourse will be celebrating all things ‘Yorkshire’ to mark the first Yorkshire themed race day at the track. Yorkshire Day is one of the new themes to be added into Catterick’s 2017 racing calendar, and will give […]

Rookie trainer Tom Clover is excited by the prospect of saddling a first runner at Beverley on Wednesday when Monsieur Glory lines up in the Hull FC Handicap. The Newmarket handler has high hopes for the four-year-old gelding, who is one of 11 declared runners in the mile-and-a-quarter race at 4.30pm. Monsieur Glory won over […]

One of York’s top races will be run in memory of the inspirational shoe retailer Cathy Paver who died earlier this year. The Catherine Kinloch Paver Memorial Macmillan Charity Stakes is the richest handicap for three-year-olds in Europe. It will be held on Saturday June 17 and will be televised on ITV4. It forms part […]

York is back in action with the first Saturday of its eighteen day season (May 27). As with every afternoon at York, the total prize money is into six figures, on this occasion over £180,000 for the seven race card, with the feature race boosted by £10,000. The younger generation will be able to take […]

PROGRESSIVE four-year-old Frontiersman is set for his toughest assignment to date when he tackles the Listed feature on York’s first Saturday, the weddingmates.co.uk<http://weddingmates.co.uk> Grand Cup Stakes. The Godolphin-owned colt got his 2017 campaign off to the best possible start with victory in a competitive handicap at Newmarket’s QIPCO Guineas Festival. With an official rating of […]

Given the forecast for continuing sunny and warm weather into the weekend, York Racecourse has announced a relaxation of its dress code, meaning that racegoers in County Stand are not required to wear a formal jacket, for this Saturday only. Gentlemen still need to wear a collared shirt and tie in the premium area. Those […]

Friday 2nd June is Racing Recruitment Day at Catterick Racecourse Catterick Racecourse will host a unique race day next week as racegoers are invited to take part in a question and answer session prior to racing on Friday 2nd June. Ahead of an action packed seven race card, featuring the £10,000 EBF Fillies’ Handicap Stakes, […]

Irish eyes may be smiling at Thirsk on Saturday (May 20), but it could be female eyes that are flashing with delight after the two big sprints that highlight the ever-popular annual Irish Day at the North Yorkshire track. Ruth Carr, who trains just down the road at Stillington, can take centre stage with Pipers […]

YORK’S eight time top trainer, Richard Fahey, is hoping to start the new season on the Knavesmire with a winning week at the Dante Festival. The sizeable Musley Bank team will include Growl in tomorrow’s Duke Of York Clipper Logistics Stakes, Forest Ranger in Betfred Dante Stakes and the marvellously named, Brian The Snail, in […]

‘Following on from the success of last week’s landmark FREE FRIDAY meeting, Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse hold their first Family Day of their season this Sunday, with their annual ‘Traditional Family Fun Day’. Complementing Ripon’s family friendly Racecourse status, the day focuses on entertainment for the family with their Traditional Family day activities. There will be […]

TRAINER John Gosden is set to send four of his emerging talents to York for key races during its season-opening Dante Festival, which starts this Wednesday. Cracksman (6/1 with Betfred for the Derby) will on Thursday bid to become Gosden’s third straight winner of the Group 2 Betfred Dante Stakes, after the triumphs of Golden […]

EXCITING filly Shutter Speed will bid for a first Group-race victory when she contests the £100,000 Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York on Wednesday – the first day of the racecourse’s new season. Shutter Speed will face four rivals in the extended mile and a quarter Group 3 race in which she will seek to make […]

You won’t need to have kissed the Blarney Stone to enjoy your racing the Irish way when a touch of the Emerald Isle returns to North Yorkshire this Saturday (May 20) for Thirsk’s annual Irish Day. Enjoy all the craic as the fun and excitement for which the Irish are famous will feature on a […]

Popular syndicate Hambleton Racing and trainer Kevin Ryan seek further gains at Beverley on Tuesday when Magic Jazz runs in the opening race of the day. Hambleton Racing enjoyed a lovely afternoon on the Westwood three weeks ago when Fine Example and Havana Star both won their respective races. Magic Jazz now attempts to carry […]

TRAINER Joseph O’Brien is hoping Rekindling can boost his Investec Derby credentials with a big performance in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York on Thursday 18 May. The High Chaparral colt is among 21 horses in the renowned Group 2 ‘trial’ race at the latest entry stage. Permian, winner of the Listed Newmarket Stakes last […]

TRAINER James Fanshawe is hoping to start The Tin Man’s 2017 campaign in next Wednesday’s Group 2 Duke Of York Clipper Logistics Stakes, the sprint highlight of the opening day of York’s Dante Festival. The son of Equiano, who carries the colours of Fred Archer Racing, is one of 15 potential runners remaining at the […]

Evening meetings are always extremely popular at Pontefract and the first of three this season is 80s Night on Friday Evening 26th May. It’s the first of two Music Nights (the other being on Friday Eve 21st July) and with legends of pop, Bananarama, playing straight after the last race, it promises to be the […]

Catterick Racecourse offers a unique opportunity to local businesses Thursday 25 May will see local businesses take centre stage at Catterick Racecourse as part of the first Local Businesses Race Day at the course. The day has been designed to promote the local area and encourage race goers from all areas of the community. With […]

Action for the 2017 season at York Racecourse gets underway with the three day Dante Festival starting on Wednesday 17 May.  With a record investment across the season of £7.7m in prize money (up £600k), as well as a new eighteenth raceday on Saturday 1 July and ongoing improvements across the racecourse; excitement is building […]

 Racegoers are set to flock to Ripon Racecourse this Friday night (May 12th) for the return of the most generous offer the UK racing industry has to offer and it’s right on our doorstep here in Yorkshire! The ‘FREEFRIDAY’ initiative that was first introduced last season saw over 6000 racegoers take up the offer of […]

Two of the region’s best loved sporting institutions are coming together to offer families a feast of fun during the Spring Half-Term break. Beverley Racecourse has teamed up with rugby league club Hull FC for a week-long series of fun activities featuring an afternoon of racing and a big match at the KCOM stadium. Grown-ups […]

Local schools and Pony Clubs have been given a unique opportunity at half term as part of ‘Racing Recruitment Day’ at Catterick Racecourse. Next month, on Friday 2nd June, Catterick Racecourse will open its doors to local school children and Pony Club members for a behind the scenes experience prior to a unique race day […]

Winners may have temporarily dried up for Keith Dalgleish, but the Carluke trainer is hopeful things will get back on track when he makes a two-pronged attack on the Totepool Thirsk Hunt Cup this weekend. After a bright start to the year when he rattled off a dozen winners by the middle of April, the […]

A RACE which began with the intention of bringing together some leading hunters from around the country, will attract some top mile handicappers when the historic Thirsk Hunt Cup takes centre stage on Saturday. For the third week in a row, Thirsk stages a weekend fixture with a meeting backed entirely by Totepool and with […]

Ed Dunlop will try to remain unbeaten at Beverley this season when he saddles Weloof in the feature race on Thursday (April 27). The Newmarket handler enjoyed a fine start to the 2017 campaign at the East Yorkshire circuit when he secured a double at the opening fixture last Wednesday. Amlad and Global Revival obliged […]

As the nation goes ‘Racing crazy’ this weekend for the Tour De Yorkshire, down at Ripon Races it is very much ‘business as normal’ as they prepare for a different kind of racing and their first Saturday raceday of the season. Alongside an afternoon of quality action on the track, the Racecourse will be showing […]

TRAINER Michael Bell is hoping it will be third time lucky for stable stalwart Big Orange who is among 38 horses to remain in contention for the feature race of Friday 19 May, the Betway Yorkshire Cup, at today’s first forfeit stage. The globetrotting six-year-old will be hoping to add a further Group 2 triumph […]

One of the best known all girl bands of all time, All Saints, are set to play York Racecourse on Music Showcase Saturday, 29 July. All Saints (Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, Natalie & Nicole Appleton) were one of the most successful pop groups of the 1990s, with two multi-platinum albums and record sales in excess […]

Weston Park Cancer Charity and Hospital is once again painting the town purple as it hosts a special race day at the town’s iconic Racecourse on Friday 2nd June. As part of the charity’s ongoing fundraising efforts, racegoers will be able to unite at Doncaster Racecourse and enjoy an evening of top class racing and […]

STAR TRAINERS Richard Fahey and David O’Meara will go head-to-head in the two feature races on a high quality card to mark the opening day of Thirsk’s 2017 season on Saturday. The pair come up against each other in a cracking renewal of the EBFstallions.com Michael Foster Stakes, a race, which commemorates the long-serving director […]

TOP-CLASS action awaits at Thirsk on Saturday (April 22), when the North Yorkshire racecourse stages its opening meeting of the 2017 season with the first of five successive weekend fixtures in a row until May 20. In the first of 16 meetings at Thirsk this year, a set of high-quality middle distance horses will line […]

HORSE-MAD schoolgirl Olivia Renshaw has earned her family a special Easter treat thanks to her artistic skills. Olivia, 11, of Middlesbrough, is the winner of Redcar Racecourse’s competition to design the front cover of the racecard for the Easter Monday meeting on April 17. The prize means one of the races at Redcar on Easter […]

  Local hero Alpha Delphini is in the frame to once again set the sprinting world alight at Beverley Racecourse this season. Bryan Smart’s six-year-old was a stunning winner of the totepool Beverley Bullet last year when he claimed glory by a neck in a thrilling finish to the Listed heat. Alpha Delphini is a […]

With the British public still counting their winnings from last week’s Grand National, the flat season is well underway with Ripon kick-starting their season next week with an Easter Family Fun Day. Alongside an afternoon of quality racing, the course is offering FREE entry and FREE entertainment for the children including a visit from the […]

Doncaster Racecourse, one of the largest attractions for day visitors in the town, has received a top industry accolade from the Racecourse Association (RCA), one of only 11 courses in the UK to receive such recognition. It received the award for its overall visitor experience, with a particular commendation for its visitor information and signage, […]

SPRINT queen Quiet Reflection could make her seasonal reappearance in the Group 2 Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes at York on Wednesday 17 May. The richest ever renewal of the contest now worth £125,000 The Karl Burke-trained star was given the 2016 Cartier Sprinter Award after winning two Group 1s – the Commonwealth Cup […]

YORKSHIRE-based trainer Kevin Ryan has the Betfred Dante Stakes (Thursday 18 May) as an early-season target for his exciting three-year-old, Syphax. The colt, who was purchased by Godolphin during the off-season, is one of 84 entries for the richest ever renewal of the Group 2 contest which is widely recognised as the leading ‘trial’ for […]

TRAINER Laura Mongan believes that the Group 2 Betway Yorkshire Cup at York on Friday 19 May is “the perfect starting point” for 2016 St Leger winner Harbour Law. The Lawman colt really put Epsom-based Mongan on the map with his superb Classic success last September. Owner Mrs Jackie Cornwell has kept the horse in […]

With Spring here and Summer just around the corner, the flat season roars back in to action at Pontefract with a quality race meeting on Tuesday 11th April. With 74,000 worth of prize money on offer, the card often throws up some impressive early season types. The Racecourse has been busy over the Winter and […]

The start of the flat season in horse racing takes place each year at Doncaster Racecourse with the famous Betway Lincoln. This year it will be a particularly memorable occasion as a silversmith from Sheffield has designed and manufactured a stunning new perpetual trophy for the Lincoln Heritage Handicap. Designed and commissioned by Silversmith Chris […]

REDCAR Racecourse is ready for the starting stalls to open on an action-packed new season following an impressive investment of nearly £200,000 to improve facilities. The friendly seaside track has a cracking season ahead, with 18 meetings, starting on April 10.   The raceday experience will be better than ever thanks to a general upgrading […]

Ripon Racecourse is celebrating today after retaining their place amongst the top eleven racecourses in the country as part of the VisitEngland Quality Assured Racecourse Scheme. The scheme allows VisitEngland to benchmark racecourses against other attractions, ensuring that standards of customer experience remain high in the face of competition from other sporting and leisure venues. […]

There’s something for everyone this Easter at Catterick Racecourse The first of Catterick’s 2017 flat season fixtures takes place on Wednesday 12th April, and it looks set to be a family affair. The meeting marks the first of 17 flat fixtures in the calendar this season, and the seven race card will feature the first […]

 What do 65,000 racegoers, 10,000 Hospitality guests, 4,000 pairs of complimentary flip flops, 5,000 jugs of Pimms and 6,000 bottles of Champagne mean to the South Yorkshire market town of Doncaster? It must be the legendary St Leger Festival – the highlight of the racing calendar and home to the world’s oldest Classic – as […]

It’s been over 5 months since there was last racing at Pontefract, but the 2017 season is almost upon us and the West Yorkshire track kick off their 16 day campaign on Tuesday 11th April. The total prize money of £1.13 million on offer is the highest ever provided at the West Yorkshire track and […]

Doncaster Racecourse, home to world class racing and summer venue to global music stars, is delighted to announce that DJ Mark Ronson will be performing after racing at the Construction Index Race Day on Saturday 1st July 2017.  Ronson, five-time-Grammy-award winning artist and producer, who has worked with huge names in the industry will showcase […]

 With only a matter of days until the first school holiday of the year, thoughts of parents, guardians, grandparents and carers are sure to turn towards keeping the children entertained. So if you are looking to give the children a day out to remember this half term, why not seize the opportunity to introduce them […]

The Group 1 Juddmonte International, already Britain’s highest rated race, according to the average three year rating by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, will become the richest race ever run at York, with £1,000,000 on offer this August. Connections of horses seeking to follow such superstars as Frankel or Sea The Stars into the […]

York Racecourse, one of the world’s leading flat racecourses, plays host to c. 350,000 racegoers and 1,300 runners across 18 racedays from May to October.  This progressive, independent racecourse seeks to deliver the best in prize money, facilities and raceday experience for racegoers, stable staff and horses.  York has 180 well-appointed stables in four peaceful quadrangles […]

York Racecourse is delighted to announce that Dubai based Al Basti Equiworld will support the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes, in a three year enhancement of its existing backing for the leading venue. The brand is already globally recognised as the leading provider of a wide range of equine products and this latest support will further […]

 A leading event management and corporate hospitality company which supports some of the biggest sporting venues in the UK has pledged it allegiance to Doncaster Racecourse with a race meeting sponsorship package.  Eventmasters, will host the National Hunt meeting on Thursday 9th February, as the jump season enjoys its last few meetings before the ‘Flat […]

Beverley Racecourse today announced Flemingate as its new partner for Ladies’ Day for the next three years, in an exciting move for one of Yorkshire’s social events of the summer.  Flemingate’s opening in 2015 has already had a big impact on Beverley as a retail and leisure destination, with its high-quality fashion, beauty and homeware […]

In a year, which produced many top-class performances by Yorkshire-trained horses, Quiet Reflection wins the accolade of ‘Yorkshire Horse of the Year’ at the 2016 ‘Go Racing in Yorkshire’ Annual Awards Lunch held at York racecourse. The ‘Yorkshire Horse of the Year’ Award is judged by a panel of racing journalists and aficionados, is presented […]

Music sensation, Jess Glynne, is to play York Racecourse on Music Showcase Evening, Friday 28 July. The only evening meeting of the season will see six fantastic races followed by a live concert from the artist who first shot into the public consciousness as the vocalist on Clean Bandit’s Grammy Award winning and #1 hit […]

Delighted to be back performing at York Racecourse, Olly Murs, has been announced as the first headline act for what will be three Music and Racing events in 2017. Olly will star on Saturday 1 July, a brand new raceday in the Knavesmire Calendar, as he plays after the sporting action. Since Olly shot to […]

The 2017 Season at Pontefract Races may not start until Tuesday 11th April, but tickets go on sale on 1st December with the Racecourse offering punters their best ever deals for those who book their tickets early. Racegoers will get a massive 50% off the normal price of Premier Enclosure badges and Grandstand & Paddock […]

  Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) is delighted to announce Tim Banfield has been appointed Executive Director of Doncaster Racecourse.  Tim takes over from Kieran Gallagher who becomes ARC’s Catering and Events Director.  Kieran will oversee the food and beverages served to customers across ARC racecourses as well as the music acts booked to perform each year.  […]

The festive season is always a good excuse for an indulgent treat or two, and a top Doncaster restaurant has created a Christmas menu that is sure to delight the most discerning food lovers.  The Old Weighing Room Restaurant and Bar set in the grounds of Doncaster Racecourse will offer the special menu and other […]

Beverley Racecourse celebrated a “fantastic result” after the track was crowned a winner at the Racecourse Association Showcase & Awards 2016. The East Yorkshire venue fended off strong opposition from Ascot, Kempton Park, Ripon and York to win the #TopSpot category at the RCA’s annual awards ceremony at Doncaster Racecourse on Thursday (November 17). Beverley […]

Beverley Racecourse could have double cause for celebration after having been named finalists in two categories at the Racecourse Association Showcase & Awards 2016. The East Yorkshire venue was nominated in both the #TopSpot and the All About The Horse categories at the RCA’s annual awards ceremony held at Doncaster Racecourse on Thursday, November 17. […]

It is the final meeting of the British flat season at Doncaster Racecourse this weekend and to celebrate, former Snooker Champion, Joe Johnson will be challenging race goers to a pool challenge! The November Handicap which takes place on Saturday 5th November is renowned in the racing calendar for being the finale to the exciting […]

Following the news that advance tickets for Beverley Races 2017 go on sale on Monday (October 31), we reveal 10 exciting theme days that will wow the Westwood:  1) LADIES FIRST (Wednesday, August 16)Ladies’ Day at Beverley has become the social event of the year. A heady fusion of style and spirit, this is the […]

“Here two young Danish Souldiers lye. The one in quarrell chanc’d to die; The others Head, by their own Law, With Sword was sever’d at one Blow.” Daniel Straker was viciously killed by fellow Danish soldier Johannes Frederick Bellow following a bloody sword fight in the streets of Beverley in December 1689. When his dismembered […]

Pontefract Racecourse has been listed amongst the Finalists for two prestigious awards at the Racecourse Association’s annual Showcase & Awards event. Nominated in the ‘Events’ and ‘All About The Horse’ categories, Pontefract Racecourse impressed the independent judging panel sufficiently to become one of the finalists in each category and will be hoping to be crowned […]

Doncaster Racecourse is gearing up for the penultimate meeting of the British Flat Racing season and an important date in the Best Dressed Lady calendar – the crowning of the overall 2016 Best Dressed winner. The popular Racing Post Trophy meeting gets underway on Friday 21 October, with the final Group 1 event of the […]

York Racecourse concluded its 2016 season today after a hugely busy year which has seen a strong attendance, as over 347,000 racegoers witnessed 115 races over 17 fabulous days of racing action. A total of 1,431 thoroughbreds competed for a record of more than £7m prize money delivering an impressive average field size of 12.4. […]

After a great Summer of racing, the 2016 season comes to a close at Pontefract on Monday 17th October. The final meeting ends what has been a fantastic year at the West Yorkshire track with some memorable racing. And the final raceday is no different with a top class Listed 2 year old race on […]

Viewers from across the world tuned in to watch Wick Powell, trained by David Barron of Thirsk, win the £175,000 Totepool Two Year Old Trophy race at Redcar Racecourse, when the feature race on Saturday 1st October was broadcast live on Channel 4 Racing and Racing UK (Sky 432). The Teesside racecourse welcomed over 3,600 […]

RICHARD Fahey heads into the season-ending October meeting on Friday and Saturday with a healthy three-winner lead in the race to land the ‘Charles Clinkard Top Trainer at York’ award. But the man from Musley Bank near Malton said: “We’ll need another couple of winners to just seal it.” Fahey has enjoyed another great season […]

  The last chance to enjoy racing action at York in 2016 comes on Friday and Saturday (7 and 8 October). With record prize money of over £415,000 retained, it is the most valuable October finale ever held on the Knavesmire. Since 2014, the prize money for these two days has increased by more than […]

Redcar Racecourse is preparing to take centre stage as thousands of people are expected to attend the highly anticipated Totepool Two Year Old Trophy Day, on Saturday 1st October. With prize money of £175,000, the Listed Totepool Two Year Old Trophy is one of the most valuable juvenile races in Europe and one of the […]

As the flat season continues to wind down, Pontefract stage their penultimate meeting of the season on Monday 3rd October. The 15th race meeting of the year at the West Yorkshire venue is bound to be well supported as trainers get one last run in to their charges before the National Hunt season takes over. […]

Jockey Ben Curtis expressed deep pride at having scooped the leading jockeys’ award at Beverley this season. The former Irish champion apprentice rider secured 10 winners from just 42 rides during a fruitful campaign on the Westwood. Curtis said: “I’m delighted to be top rider at Beverley – it means a lot to me. “Beverley […]

Hay Chewed attempts to claim a significant double in the Eddie And Violet Smith Conditions Stakes as a brilliant season at Beverley comes to an end on Tuesday (September 20). Trained in Newmarket by Conrad Allen, the five-year-old mare struck for the first time in over two years at Leicester a fortnight ago when she […]

As the flat season continues to wind down, Pontefract stage their second September meeting on Thursday 22nd. The highlight of the card is the Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap – a Class 2 Handicap over 1m2f worth £20,000 to the winner. ‘Screw-Driver’ was the racing pin up in the early 19th century, winning at least […]

Autumn may be drawing ever closer but there are still 4 race meetings left to enjoy at Pontefract Racecourse before the season finishes. With 2 meetings in September and 2 in October, there’s plenty of fantastic racing ahead. The first September meeting on the 15th throws the sprinting fillies in to the spotlight with the […]

The countdown to the biggest charity raceday in the country begins again on Sunday, when entries open to become one of the twelve riders in the Best Western Hotels & Macmillan Ride of their Lives, on Saturday 17 June 2017. It offers a chance for twelve members of the public to enjoy the “ride of […]

You have to get up pretty early to put one over on wily veteran trainer Mick Easterby, but his granddaughter Jacqueline Coward is hoping to do just that when they go head-to-head for the first time in the UKinsuranceNET Hambleton Cup on Ladies Day at Thirsk on Saturday. First season trainer Jacqueline runs Tapis Libre, […]

YORK’S only Sunday card of the season takes place this weekend with over £100,000 in prize money on offer. The feature is the £40,000 Betfred Garrowby Stakes staged over six furlongs. The initial 24-strong entry for this Listed contest includes some smart types notably last year’s Cheveley Park Stakes scorer Lumiere and the Group 2-winning […]

Press shot 1 caption: Best Dressed Couple competition winners Jarred and Gina Thomas Thousands of racegoers from across the region turned out over the bank holiday weekend to experience Teesside’s social highlight of the racing calendar. Over 3,500 people attended Redcar Racecourse’s Ladies’ & Gents’ Evening on Saturday 27th August, which included best dressed competitions, […]

There’s fun for all at the annual Press Family Sunday at York Races this weekend (Sunday September 4), including a seven-race thoroughbred card worth over £100,000; featuring the fifth running of the Betfred Garrowby Stakes, a Listed race for sprinters. Plus, the first visit of children’s favourite, Paddington, to the Knavesmire. The only Sunday of […]

Alpha Delphini followed in the esteemed hoofprints of half-brother Tangerine Trees by winning a thrilling renewal of the £50,000 totescoop6 Beverley Bullet. The locally-owned Tangerine Trees landed the big Listed dash in 2011 before going on to secure Group One glory in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp for the Bryan Smart team. Like his […]

High fashion and top class racing go hand in hand when the annual Ladies Day takes centre-stage for Thirsk’s penultimate meeting of the season on Saturday September 3. What is always one of the most popular days of the season at the North Yorkshire course will feature a dazzling array of colour and elegance coupled […]

Line Of Reason will attempt to make it third-time lucky in the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet (3.10) on Saturday. Trained in Westow, North Yorkshire, by Paul Midgley, the six-year-old gelding has competed in the last two renewals of the £50,000 sprint over five furlongs. Third behind Pearl Secret in 2014, the son of Kheleyf was narrowly […]

Muthmir could bring an exciting dimension to the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday, August 27. Trainer William Haggas is giving the £50,000 Listed sprint at Beverley serious consideration for his high-class sprinter, who was a late non-runner in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York last Friday. The Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned six-year-old had previously finished […]

Alpha Delphini will this Saturday (August 27) attempt to follow in the esteemed hoofprints of half-brother Tangerine Trees by winning the totescoop6 Beverley Bullet. The locally-owned Tangerine Trees landed the big Listed dash in 2011 before going on to secure Group One glory in the Prix de l’Abbaye at Longchamp for the Bryan Smart team. […]

With the summer holidays coming to a close, what better way to spend a day with the family than a day at the races for Ripon’s two-day August Bank Holiday meeting. The event which starts on Monday with a family fun day continues on Tuesday for their final evening race meeting of the season. Very […]

Irish trainer Evanna McCutcheon is poised to give Maarek the chance to claim back-to-back victories in the Listed totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday (August 27). The Group One-winning sprinter won the much-sought-after £50,000 dash by a neck under a brilliant Jamie Spencer ride 12 months ago and is set to return to East Yorkshire on […]

A wonderful week of racing at York once again delivered fantastic racing action with record prize money attracting over three hundred and thirty runners including the world’s highest rated racehorse, winning the richest race ever staged at York.  Over the four days, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2016 attracted over 84,000 racegoers. On the […]

Beverley Racecourse hosts a range of events perfect for racegoers and families in late August and September with the best on and off the course. For tickets and price information, visit http://beverley-racecourse.co.uk/ Saturday 27 August : Totepool Beverley Bullet Day First Race 2pm Our most prestigious race day of the season showcases with only the […]

POSTPONED is a star attraction in what looks a vintage renewal of the Juddmonte International at York on Wednesday. Sheikh Mohammed Obaid’s son of Dubawi is one of six Group 1 winners declared for the richest race ever staged at York, with the original £900,000 prize fund topped up by supplementary entry to exceed £960,000. […]

This September, Doncaster Racecourse will be celebrating an extraordinary milestone in the history of horseracing. On Friday 9th September at 3.40pm the racing industry and visitors alike will be poised ready to watch the world’s oldest classic horse race, as this year celebrates the Doncaster Cup’s 250th anniversary. “This is such a momentous occasion and […]

Betfred Ebor winning rider, Oisin Murphy, is looking forward to a return to the Knavesmire next week, a track which he describes as having been “very lucky” for him in the past. His week is set to start in Pattern race company as he partners Imperial Aviator in the Group Two Betway Great Voltigeur on […]

SIR Michael Stoute has revealed a typically strong team for next week’s Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival. The Newmarket-based trainer will be represented in two of the meeting’s Group 1 contests, by Exosphere and Queen’s Trust. Exosphere, who won the Jockey Club Stakes in April and was third in another Newmarket Group 2 on his […]

ELIDOR and Harlequeen are likely to spearhead the Mick Channon team for York’s Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival next week. Owned by Jon and Julia Aisbitt, Elidor is set to contest the Betfred Ebor, the showpiece event on Saturday 20 August, with a prize fund of £280,000 this mile and six furlong feature is Europe’s […]

Aidan O’Brien’s bid for a sixth win in the Juddmonte International next Wednesday could be spearheaded by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Highland Reel as a “strong possible”, accompanied, as at Ascot, by Sir Isaac Newton. Speaking ahead of a race that is ranked as the best in Britain and third in […]

TRAINER Willie Mullins has outlined that ante-post favourite, Ivan Grozny, is an intended runner in the Betfred Ebor at York on Saturday 20 August. The sponsor has the Mullins-trained six-year-old heading the market at 10/1 for Europe’s richest Flat handicap. Andrea and Graham Wylie’s gelding tuned up for the £280,000 York race in impressive fashion, […]

TRAINER Clive Cox has Group 1 stars Profitable and My Dream Boat ready to roll into York for next week’s Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival. Lambourn-based Cox sent out both colts to big-race glory at Royal Ascot with Profitable landing the King’s Stand Stakes and My Dream Boat victorious in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. […]

Over 4,500 people from across the North East donned their best Caribbean outfits and enjoyed Redcar Racecourse’s Caribbean Carnival Day on Saturday 6th August. Hordes of families enjoyed carnival fun at the annual event which featured seven races, fancy dress competitions, pirates, and musical entertainment from the Paradise Steel Band. Amy Fair, general manager of […]

With record prize money of over £4 million, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival looks set to attract the very best of thoroughbreds from Britain, Ireland and continental Europe to the Knavesmire for York’s flagship meeting over four spectacular days of racing action from Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 August. The stellar racing action forms […]

Gentlemen’s Day, at the renowned St Leger festival at Doncaster Racecourse, heralds the fiercely fought Doncaster Cup which this year celebrates its 250 year anniversary. And, to commemorate this remarkable event Doncaster Racecourse has secured a guest appearance from a British icon known for his suave, debonair appearance and ostentatious spending to get one up […]

Ripon’s most valuable and iconic race of the season, The William Hill Great St. Wilfrid Stakes takes pride of place on a top-class card this Saturday, August 13th. The famous Handicap for sprinters over six furlong will be the talk of the weekend’s action, with owners looking to land some of the £70,000 prize pot […]

the British author of the famed children’s fantasy novel, Alice’s’ Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll is also well-¬known for his obsession with madness and, it seems, it’s rubbing off. With a new Disney sequel adaptation Alice Through the Looking Glass, released in May and a themed ‘Alice in Wonderland Day’ at Ripon Races scheduled for August […]

TRAINER Michael Dods is planning to be double-handed for the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes – the sprint showdown at York that his Denton Hall Stables won last summer. All being well, on Friday 19 August, Mecca’s Angel ,will try to regain the Group 1 crown she claimed twelve months ago on the Knavesmire. And the intention […]

YORKSHIRE-based trainer, Kevin Ryan, has pointed the way to York and the Juddmonte International for The Grey Gatsby. The Frank Gillespie-owned five-year-old is on target to take up his engagement in the richest ever race at York, the £900,000 Group 1 feature on Wednesday 17 August – the opening day of the Welcome To Yorkshire […]

Yorkshire trainer, David Griffiths, has confirmed that nine-year-old sprint star, Take Cover, is on course for another tilt at the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Friday 19 August. The evergreen gelding proved that age is no barrier to success last week, when he landed the Group 2 King George Stakes at Goodwood for the […]

Top class racing and fun for all the family will be the two keynotes of Thirsk’s themed Family Day series this month. The three-day spectacular is spread across the August holiday period and have light sabres at the ready as it ngets under way with a Star Wars-themed Family Day next Tuesday, August 9. Racegoers […]

Colin Tinkler Snr, the patriarch of a famous racing dynasty, will be remembered at Beverley next Thursday (August 11) with a unique race named in his honour. Tinkler, father of trainers Colin and Nigel and grandfather of Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Andrew and his brother Nicky, died last October aged 89. He was also married to […]

Doncaster’s Best Dressed Lady from the St Leger DFS Ladies Day 2015, Kirsty Booth, has enjoyed a year of fun since winning the coverted prize but wasn’t prepared for what might happen on her trip to New York! Kirsty, 26 from Doncaster, is an assistant manager at a nail bar and skin clinic in Wakefield […]

  With the summer holidays now in full flow, what better way to spend a day with the family than at Ripon’s annual ‘Children’s’ Day on Monday. The event held this year on the 1st August, not only has FREE entry for all accompanied under 18’s but there are lots of FREE fun and goodies […]

Caribbean fever has hit Redcar Racecourse as it prepares for its fifth Premier meeting of the racing season. The racecourse’s annual Caribbean Carnival raceday, which will be held on Saturday 6th August, will include musical entertainment from Paradise Steel Band, Caribbean cocktails, and of course pirates who will entertain the crowds with chants and stories […]

RACING fans are in for a real treat at Thirsk this weekend when the course stages it’s mid-season highlight – the Totepool Summer Cup. Carrying a first prize of £20,000, the one-mile contest is the centrepiece of the second stage of this weekend’s meeting on Saturday and always attracts a competitive field and looks set […]

The sun shone on Gods own county for the full nine days of the Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival. Yorkshire people once again did racing proud and packed the stands throughout the week. The overall attendance figures in excess of 100,000. The leading trainer of the festival led from the very beginning, what a […]

Racing and fashion combine in the annual Pontefract Ladies Day on Wednesday 3rd August and there’s never been a better excuse to buy a new outfit! Courtesy of RIU Hotels and Resorts, Pontefract Racecourse is offering an all inclusive, week long holiday for 2 to the fabulous Le Morne resort in Mauritius. The prize includes […]

TRAINER Dean Ivory may well bring Royal Hunt Cup runner-up, Librisa Breeze, to York this Saturday for the seven furlong handicap , that forms part of £235,000 card, supported by Sky Bet. Radlett-based Ivory is searching for a bit of juice in the ground for the talented grey gelding. Librisa Breeze is entered back at […]

CONNECTIONS of Time Test believe this Saturday’s £100,000 Sky Bet York Stakes represents a good chance for the four-year-old colt to record a second Group 2 triumph. The homebred from owner Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms is one of a small but select field for the feature race which shares a distance with the Juddmonte […]

  York’s two-day Music Showcase weekend on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon (July 22 & 23), supported by Sky Bet, combines Pattern race quality action on the track and live performances on the music stage, so it is no surprise that each event can claim to be the best attended meeting of its type, in […]

Tony Coyle saddles four runners in the Jaimie Kerr Memorial Handicap at Beverley on Monday on what will be an emotional evening for the Malton trainer. The five-furlong sprint is named in memory of Coyle’s former assistant and partner, Jaimie, who died last year, aged 38. Coyle’s Long Row Stables team will be represented in […]

The second Family Day of the 2016 season at Pontefract on Sunday 24th July is also the final day of the 9th Annual Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival. With racing taking place in the White Rose County throughout the preceding week, there’s going to be a real festival feel to the days’ proceedings. Trainers […]

Star trainer Mark Johnston is hoping to become top trainer for a second successive season at this year’s Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival, which gets under way at Ripon this Saturday (July 16). “Being the leading trainer at the Go Racing In Yorkshire Summer Festival is great, though it is not something you can […]

Ripon host the opening meeting of the 2016 ‘Go Racing in Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival’ this Saturday 16TH July, as Yorkshire gears up for the biggest event of the summer. The Festival now in its 9th year – which aims to showcase the best of what Yorkshire racing has to offer, concludes at Pontefract on […]

Gloucestershire trainer David Bridgwater savoured one of the proudest moments of his career at Beverley last year and returns to East Yorkshire on Tuesday to relive the moment. Twelve months ago, Bridgwater was on hand to watch his 17-year-old daughter, Poppy, claim a first victory on a racecourse when Engai won the Dorothy Laird Memorial […]

IT was one of the most dramatic climaxes to a big race that has been seen this season. Seamour burst clear approaching the final furlong of last month’s John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle and looked set to give locally-born trainer Brian Ellison a victory to remember. But in the closing strides, jockey Ben Curtis […]

TRAINER William Haggas is hoping that Besharah can regain the winning thread when tomorrow she returns to York – the scene of her finest hour. This time the target is the Group 3 188BET Summer Stakes which offers £60,000 in prize money. The now three-year-old filly sped to success in the Group 2 Sky Bet […]

NEWMARKET trainer James Fanshawe will be keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of this Saturday’s John Smith’s Cup at York. Fanshawe is responsible for the current 10/1 joint-favourite Arthenus, a son of Dutch Art. Arthenus, now four, had a productive three-year-old campaign, which culminated in a gutsy success over subsequent Royal Hunt Cup […]

Racegoers from across the North East are being encouraged to show their support for the armed forces at Redcar Racecourse’s Help for Heroes Family Fun Day this month. The raceday, on Sunday 17th July, will see families from across the region come together to show their support for both Help for Heroes and the Royal […]

The richest ever running of the famous John Smith’s Cup will see £200,000 on offer for the 57th staging of this famous handicap on Saturday 9 July. The £50,000 boost in prize money makes the John Smith’s Cup the richest middle distance handicap in Britain. Named after Britain’s best-selling ale, it is the centrepiece of […]

  TRAINER Andrew Balding has the talented Elbereth in fine fettle for the 57th running of the John Smith’s Cup at York. The now £200,000 race is the highlight on this Saturday’s action on the Knavesmire and looks sure to be another high-quality renewal. A £50,000 boost in prize money makes the mile-and-a-quarter race the […]

Jack Berry and Red Shirt Night have a place firmly in the history of Pontefract Racecourse. As a trainer, Jack Berry was renowned for wearing his Red Shirt as his lucky symbol. He was easy to spot when cheering home the likes of Mind Games and Paris House, two of his very best horses. Since […]

Singeur attempts to go one place better than last year in the big race at Beverley on Saturday, the £12,000 Coachman Caravans Quality Handicap. The likeable nine-year-old succumbed by just a length to Avon Breeze in the five-furlong dash 12 months ago and is back for another go on ‘The Big Saturday Raceday’. Wetherby-based trainer […]

As the first stage of entries for the Group 2 races at the 2016 Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival are published, the track has confirmed a record investment in prize money of over £4million for the four day centrepiece of the Knavesmire season (Wednesday 17 August to Saturday 20 August). The increase of £260,000 is […]

Red-hot North Yorkshire trainer Jedd O’Keeffe is bullish about the chances of further success on the first leg of Beverley’s double-header on Friday evening. The Middleham Moor handler has his string in top form, and bids to enhances the figures by saddling Sovereign Bounty in the £8,000 Aunt Bessie’s Handicap over seven and a half […]

Ripon Races are gearing up for a busy few months and the action starts on Monday 4th July with their ‘Blues Brothers Evening’, what better way to dust off that Monday Blues and start your week on a high! With musical entertainment on Ripon’s bandstand a regular feature at their summer race meetings, Ripon are […]

WETHERBY CHIEF EXECUTIVE DEMOLISHES OLD MEMBERS’ STAND! Wetherby Racecourse Chief Executive & Clerk of the Course, Jonjo Sanderson, hasn’t ‘lost it’ he’s just giving a helping hand to create a new stand as part of the £3.2 million redevelopment project which will establish Wetherby Racecourse as one of the premier sporting, leisure and business facilities […]

The inaugural ‘Art of Racing’ Raceday takes place at Pontefract on the 5th July. It promises to be a brilliant day for both racing fanatics and those going racing for the first time. The race meeting will celebrate everything we know and love about The Sport of Kings! For those who think they know a […]

Thousands of glamourous ladies from across the North East attended Redcar Racecourse’s spectacular Ladies’ Day Premier meeting last weekend.  The sun came out on Saturday 18th June and greeted over 5,500 people from across the region who came together to enjoy the social highlight of the racing calendar. Alongside the eight races, chic racegoers also […]

Go Racing In Yorkshire is very excited to announce that the talented and popular artist Darren Bird will be joining the Summer Festival which runs from the 16th – 24th July! Darren will attend two meetings of the festival, Ripon on the 16th July and Pontefract on the 24th July. Darren will be creating an […]

  As most of the British Flat racing fans flocked to Royal Ascot last week, on Thursday Ripon staged their own ‘Royal Ascot of the North Ladies’ Day’ with local lady Michelle Metcalfe being crowned ‘Ripon’s Best Dressed Lady 2016′. One of the highlights on Ripon Races season, Ladies’ Day is certainly up there with […]

Just a few days after Midsummers Day, the Midsummer Tea Party comes to Pontefract Races on Monday 27th June. The Farmer Copleys marquee will be serving afternoon tea throughout the afternoon. Overlooking the Parade Ring, it’s the perfect place to enjoy a gorgeous afternoon tea whilst watching the equine stars strut their stuff. Walk in […]

Proud owner Peter Swann was overcome by a “wave of emotion” after Prince Of Lir secured a memorable Royal Ascot victory that was warmly received by officials of Beverley racecourse. The two-year-old son of Zodiac, trained in Newmarket by Robert Cowell, dazzled in the Group Two Norfolk Stakes over six furlongs with a half-length success […]

York racegoers have supported a record breaking Macmillan Charity Raceday, helping to raise at least £450,000 on its 46th staging; taking the cumulative total since 1971 to past £7 million. Nearly 27,000 people flocked to the Knavesmire for a day of racing and fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event is the biggest single fundraising […]

As the jockeys take to their saddles to ride at Royal Ascot (or Ripon!) this week, most will be lucky enough to have ridden their fair share of winners in their careers. But as most jockeys and sportsmen/women alike will remember, nothing beats your first competitive win whatever sport they compete in. It will certainly […]

The first Family Day of the season at Pontefract falls on Fathers Day – Sunday 19th June. A hugely popular event, it’s the annual totepool Flat Cap & Whippet Family Day. There’s an action packed day ahead with activities getting underway when the gates open at 11.30am. Whippets from the Yorkshire Pedigree Whippet Racing Club […]

  THE famous blue and white silks of Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum will be carried by a duo of intriguing runners in the Listed Best Western Hotels Ganton Stakes, the black type highlight at York tomorrow. Muwaary and Mutakayyef are two classy performers with high-class form in the book, although both are on the comeback […]

Newarket handler saddles two runners on Friday TRAINER Ed Vaughan has two good chances of tasting success on the Knavesmire this Friday courtesy of Mehronissa and Interconnection. The former tackles the feature race on the seven-race card – the £30,000 EBF Breeders Series Fillies Handicap, over six furlongs (4.20pm). Mehronissa looks to have strong credentials […]

Top Notch Tonto among Listed race entry TRAINER Rae Guest is hoping Show Stealer can live up to her name this Saturday when she’ll contest the £100,000 888sport Charity Sprint, on the second day of York’s June Meeting. The three-year-old filly produced a sizzling seasonal reappearance at Newmarket where she sped to success in a […]

As the nation gears up for a week of action at Royal Ascot, Ripon Races are getting into the spirit with their very own ‘Royal Ascot of the North’ at Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse. The North Yorkshire racecourse host two-days of action including their annual Ladies’ Day on the same day as the Berkshire course. The […]

Building on 46 years of popularity with racing fans and with approaching £7 million already raised for good causes, Macmillan Charity Day at York Racecourse this Saturday (June 11) promises to be an afternoon of quality racing that again helps those in most need. Saturday’s principal race is the 888sport Charity Sprint, one of Britain’s […]

lucky North East racegoer spent a VIP day at Redcar Racecourse’s Zetland Gold Cup Premier meeting on Bank Holiday Monday, 30th May. Elizabeth Garstang, from Hartlepool, was treated to a VIP day worth over £500 when she was randomly selected as the Golden Ticket winner after pre-booking her Zetland Gold Cup race day tickets. The […]

Ten runners have been declared for the Royal Cavalry of Oman Premier Handicap (0-85 PA) to be run at Doncaster on Friday 3 June, which at 2 miles is the longest UK Arabian race run this year. Due off at 5.40pm it opens the card for the Weston Park Cancer Charity Race Evening. The Arabian […]

Clem Fandango will evoke fond memories of one of the greatest Hilary Needler Trophy winners of all time when she runs at Beverley on Saturday. The two-year-old daughter of Elzaam is trained in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, by Keith Dalgleish, who in 2003 steered the great Attraction to a facile success in the esteemed five-furlong dash […]

Trainer Jo Hughes could have Royal Ascot in mind if Erica Bing shines in the £25,000 Hilary Needler Trophy at Beverley on Saturday. The daughter of Captain Gerrard made a deep impression at Bath earlier this month, when successful in a five-and-a-half-furlong maiden, and could now step up in class for the historic conditions stakes […]

We’re lucky enough to have some fantastic sporting action right on our doorstep in West Yorkshire with Rugby League and Horseracing being two of the biggest spectator sports in both the region and nationally. On Monday 6th June – our inaugural Rugby League Evening – some of our fantastic Rugby League teams (Castleford Tigers, Featherstone […]

Wick Powell’s recent home-work convinced Yorkshire trainer David Barron to go for gold in the Brian Yeardley Continental Two-Year-Old Trophy at Beverley on Saturday. The young of Sakhee’s Secret made quite a splash when successful on his debut at Southwell last month, and now takes a steep rise in grade for the £25,000 highlight on […]

Ann Duffield will be thrilled to have a runner in the historic Hilary Needler Trophy when Indigo Beat lines up at Beverley on Saturday. The two-year-old daughter of Tamayuz is one of eight fillies declared for the £25,000 dash over five furlongs and has been handed stall seven in the hands of PJ McDonald. Duffield […]

With the flat turf racing season now in full swing, it’s all action at Ripon Races this June and it all starts with two days of ‘half-term racing’ on Wednesday evening & Thursday afternoon at Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse. Horse Racing is the fastest growing social sporting activity and what better way than to enjoy a […]

TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 11am STABLE VISIT RICHARD FAHEY, MUSLEY BANK, MALTON FOLLOWED BY LIGHT LUNCH AND VISIT TO JACK BERRY HOUSE   THIS TOUR IS NOW FULL – FOR THOSE BOOKED PLEASE MEET AT CASTLE  HOWARD ROAD GALLOPS AT 10.30AM – WHEN APPROACHING FROM THE A64 YORK – PROCEED INTO MALTON AND PRIOR TO […]

  This bank holiday Monday, Redcar Racecourse is going Willy Wonka for its Zetland Gold Cup. One lucky winner will receive the Golden Ticket and race to VIP status on Monday, 30th May with three of their friends. A race will be named in honour of the fortunate Golden Ticket holder and they will have […]

The month of June in the racing world is heralded by the arrival of the fourth British classic, the Derby, and then it’s all eyes on to September with the fifth and final classic of the year, the Ladbrokes St. Leger. Doncaster’s Derby Day on Saturday 4th June pays homage to the Epsom Downs classic […]

This bank holiday Monday, Redcar Racecourse is going Willy Wonka for its Zetland Gold Cup. One lucky winner will receive the Golden Ticket and race to VIP status on Monday, 30th May with three of their friends. A race will be named in honour of the fortunate Golden Ticket holder and they will have the […]

QUEST For More – last seen in the Melbourne Cup – has been declared for the Listed weddingmates.co.uk Grand Cup at York this Saturday. The Roger Charlton-trained six-year-old ran a belter in the famous Australian race, finishing ninth of 24 – beaten just four lengths. Charlton, who trains at historic Beckhampton, has indicated that York’s […]

York is back in action with the first Saturday of its seventeen day season (May 21). As with every afternoon at York, the total prize money is into six figures, on this occasion nearly £170,000 for the seven race card. This is the first opportunity for weekend racegoers to explore the extensive refurbishment of the […]

Continuing this month’s May Madness at Ripon Races, they are set to finish off in style this Thursday with an evening of racing and live music from ‘The Madhouse Brothers’; a collective act featuring classic ska, funk and all out madness! The duo are not only performing in-between races, they will be playing at 9pm […]

The Go Racing In Yorkshire team had a fabulous day doing a photo shoot to show off the amazing prizes this year’s best dressed Lady race-goer will enjoy! Emma White, General Manager of Go Racing In Yorkshire said ‘What a brilliant day showcasing all of these amazing prizes, my favourite part of the day had […]

Evening meetings are always extremely popular at Pontefract and the first of three this season is 80s Night on Friday Evening 27th May. With Cheryl, Mike and Jay, formerly of 80s Legends Bucks Fizz playing straight after racing, it promises to be the best 80s Night yet! Bucks Fizz were one of the top selling […]

NIVEN HOPING FOR RAIN FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD STABLE STAR NORTH Yorkshire-based trainer Peter Niven has reported Clever Cookie to be in “good nick” ahead of Friday’s Betway Yorkshire Cup at York. The mile-and-six-furlong Group 2, part of the British Champions Series, has attracted six classy stayers. Clever Cookie has already shown smart form this season, finishing […]

  WITHHOLD, an eye-catching fourth on his racecourse debut at Haydock last month, can enhance a family tradition by taking the starring role in the Justgiving.com/Marcia-Sanderson For Macmillan Maiden Stakes on Irish Day at Thirsk tomorrow (May 14). Khalid Abdulla’s colt, trained by Charles Hills, will be out to go one better than his half-brother […]

NIVEN HOPING FOR RAIN FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD STABLE STAR NORTH Yorkshire-based trainer Peter Niven has reported Clever Cookie to be in “good nick” ahead of Friday’s Betway Yorkshire Cup at York. The mile-and-six-furlong Group 2, part of the British Champions Series, has attracted six classy stayers. Clever Cookie has already shown smart form this season, finishing […]

Horse racing is a pastime that can be enjoyed by all the family, young and old alike, and this summer sees a Family Fun day take place on the St Leger turf at Doncaster Racecourse sponsored by another favourite local attraction, Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Sunday 12th June will see the Grandstand and Family enclosures transformed […]

YORK has been a happy hunting ground for trainer Roger Varian in recent seasons and he is hoping for fresh glories on Thursday when he saddles two runners in the feature races. The China Horse Club-owned Choreographer will be the Newmarket handler’s representative in the £160,000 Betfred Dante Stakes, the Group 2 race renowned as […]

DANZENO will try to take advantage of a 5lb weight advantage when he renews acquaintances with Twilight Son in what is set to be a thrilling Group 2, the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes at York on Wednesday. The pair last locked horns in October at Ascot in the Group 1 QIPCO British Champions […]

Following on from the success of last week’s landmark FREE FRIDAY meeting, Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse hold their first Family Day of their season this Sunday, with their annual ‘Traditional Family Fun Day’. Complementing Ripon’s family friendly Racecourse status, the day focuses on entertainment for the family with their Traditional Family day. There will be a […]

Redcar Racecourse is celebrating the success of Middlesbrough Football Club in achieving promotion to the Premier League with a race named in the club’s honour on Monday 16th May. The Congratulations on Promotion Middlesbrough F.C. #UTB Novice Median Auction Stakes is the opening race on Monday 16th May, a raceday which features 7 races. Redcar […]

CANDY’S ‘SON’ MAY NEED SEASONAL BOW DANZENO will try to take advantage of a 5lb weight advantage when he renews acquaintances with Twilight Son in what is set to be a thrilling Group 2, the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes at York on Wednesday. The pair last locked horns in October at Ascot in […]

THERE WILL be no need for a four-leaf clover to enjoy the luck of the Irish at Thirsk on Saturday (May 14) when a touch of the Blarney comes to the North Yorkshire track. The Irish are famous for having fun and that will be the keynote for racegoers on Irish Day at Thirsk to […]

First-season trainer Owen Burrows hopes success for Fawaareq at Beverley on Tuesday can act as a springboard towards even greater gains later in the week. Sir Michael Stoute’s former assistant this year took over at Kingwood House Stables, in Lambourn, and has already saddled Massaat into second place in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Burrows […]

MIDTERM headed up the eighteen horses at Friday’s confirmation stage for next Thursday’s £160,000 Betfred Dante Stakes at York – and connections are looking forward to their impeccably-bred colt lining up in the “definitive Derby trial”. Owned and homebred by Prince Khalid Abdulla, his dam is the six-time Group One-winning Juddmonte Farms mare, Midday. The […]

CONNECTIONS of So Mi Dar are looking forward to competing in the £100,000 Tattersalls Musidora Stakes at York on day one of the Dante Festival, Wednesday 11 May. The John Gosden-trained filly, who runs in the colours of her owner/ breeder Lord Lloyd-Webber, is unbeaten in two starts and overcame the colts in tidy fashion […]

TOP NORTHERN jockey Paul Mulrennan, the leading rider at Thirsk over the past five seasons, looks set to be celebrating again when the Pennine Brewery Beer and Cider Festival is held at North Yorkshire course tomorrow evening (May 7). Mulrennan has a full book of rides on the seven-race card, but his best of the […]

  Action for the 2016 season at York Racecourse gets underway with the three day Dante Festival starting on Wednesday 11 May. With a record investment of over £1m in prize money, as well the opening of the refurbished Edwardian Weighing Room to racegoers, excitement is building for the 17 raceday season ahead on the […]

The perfect combination of high quality racing and top quality beers comes to Thirsk this Saturday evening (May 7) with a seven race card providing the focal point to the Pennine Brewery Beer Festival. This will be the first time that the Beer Festival has come to Thirsk and will be held in the Paddock […]

There’s plenty of exciting sporting action coming up over the next few weeks but surely nothing is more thrilling than Ripon’s FREE FRIDAY NIGHT RACING on Friday, 6th May. Yorkshire’s multiple award winning racecourse is gearing up for a landmark FREE evening of racing as they invite racegoers old and new and of all ages […]

Endearing Yorkshire veteran Dubai Dynamo will make his 150th racecourse appearance in the feature event at Beverley on Bank Holiday Monday. Trained by Ruth Carr in Stillington, near York, the 11-year-old gelding will be joined by stablemate Abushamah in the £10,000 Beverley Annual Badgeholders Handicap at 4.05pm. Dubai Dynamo, who has earned over £350,000 in […]

THIRSK HUNT CUP TAKES CENTRE STAGE HOT ON the heels of a fantastic return of Sunday racing to Thirsk, the pretty North Yorkshire course is gearing up for one of the big days in the calendar the Thirsk Hunt Cup, highlight of a brilliant day’s racing at the track this Saturday (April 30). The course […]

CAPTAIN Dunne, one of the most popular sprint handicappers in the North, is poised to return to the scene of two of his most recent triumphs on Sunday. Tim Easterby’s evergreen 11-year-old is entered in Thirsk’s feature Watch Racing UK in HD Handicap over five furlongs, one of seven contests in the racecourse’s first Sunday […]

MAGICAL Memory could next be seen on the opening day of the York season in the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes on Wednesday 11 May. The Charles Hills-trained sprint star began his four-year-old campaign with a fine win in the Abernant Stakes at Newmarket last week. It was a performance that suggested the striking […]

Sir Michael Stoute will attempt to maintain his blistering start to the season by sending two runners to Beverley on Thursday. The Newmarket handler has his string in especially good form for this time of the year and launches a dual assault on the seven-race card in East Yorkshire. Arab Poet is one of five […]

Ripon’s second meeting of the season takes place on Saturday (April 23) as does their anticipated St George’s Day Celebrations. To get into the festivities, the Racecourse are offering all those named ‘George’ (or near enough) FREE entry (with valid I.D) into the Paddock Enclosure and are encouraging racegoers to dress in typical St Georges […]

Wednesday 27th April is a day when Pontefract traditionally looks to the future stars of racing – it’s the 27th Annual Northern Racing College Charity Day! The entire race meeting is unique in the fact that the body of the card sees races sponsored by William Hill, totepool, Betfred, Ladbrokes and Coral. All these bookmakers […]

  SUNDAY racing returns to Thirsk for the first time in more than a decade when the course stages a Family Sunday Fun Day next weekend. It will be only the second time in its history that a Sunday meeting will have been held at the popular North Yorkshire racecourse and to mark the event, […]

Prominent owner Keith Brown feels he could have found “the next Top Notch Tonto” ahead of Orewa’s debut at Beverley’s first meeting of the season on Wednesday. The two-year-old son of Helmet cost Brown 18,000 euro at Tattersalls Ireland last September and is one of eight declarations for the five-furlong Welcome Back To Beverley Novice […]

MALTON trainer Brian Ellison is hoping stable stalwart Balty Boys can go one better than last year when he runs in Thirsk’s EBF Stallions.com Michael Foster Conditions Stakes over seven furlongs on Saturday. The seven-year-old Cape Cross gelding was beaten a length and a quarter by Heaven’s Guest in this £15,000 event in 2015, and […]

Horses laden with stamina are no bad thing at the best of times at Pontefract, but never more so than at the second meeting of the season at the West Yorkshire track on Monday 18th April. The Pontefract Marathon Handicap – over a testing 2m 5½ furlongs – is the longest flat handicap race run […]

Mark Johnston 3 Eric Alston 2 David Barron 2 Keith Dalgleish 2 Michael Dods 2 David O’Meara 2 John Quinn 2 Roger Varian 2 Leading Jockeys in Yorkshire 2016 Silvestre De Sousa 3 Richard Kingscote 3 Ben Curtis 2 Tom Eaves 2 Joe Fanning 2 Neil Farley 2 Philip Makin 2 Paul Mulrennan 2

Maarek’s late-summer goal is likely to be the defence of his crown in the totepoool Beverley Bullet as racing returns on the Westwood this Wednesday. The Group One-winning sprinter claimed the £50,000 Listed race in thrilling fashion last season and is already in contention for a significant double in Beverley’s keynote event on August 27. […]

The first meeting of 2016 at Ripon – Yorkshire’s ‘Garden Racecourse’- takes place on Thursday (April 14), when racing is scheduled to begin at 2-00 p.m with a contest for two-year-olds supported by both The Nag’s Head at Pickhill and The European Breeders Fund. Ripon’s season on the Flat this summer consists of 17 days’ […]

With the British turf flat racing season now underway, the recently crowned ‘Best Small Racecourse in the North’ is set to open their gates for the opening day of their 2016 season and a jam packed summer of action. It’s not necessarily been a quiet winter at ‘Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse’, with substantial investments taking place […]

TOP-CLASS action is in prospect when Thirsk racecourse stages its opening meeting of the 2016 season on Saturday, April 16. In the first of 17 meetings at the North Yorkshire track this year, a high-quality batch of middle-distance performers are expected to line up for the feature race on the card, the Eileen House 80th […]

  Redcar’s second meeting of the season takes place on Monday (April 11), when the seven-race programme gets underway at 2-00 p.m. The feature race is the Racing UK profits returned to racing Handicap Stakes, a £10,000 Handicap contest over one mile. Monday’s card also includes a qualifying race in this season’s Pinnacle Cup Straight […]

WHAT: The Betway Lincoln festival to mark the start of the flat season followed by an Easter family fun day at Doncaster Racecourse WHEN: Betway Lincoln festival on Saturday April 2 and Easter family fun day on Sunday April 3, 2016 Gates Open: 11:30 on Saturday and 12:00 on Sunday Start Race: 14:15 on Saturday […]

  The 2016 season looks set to arrive in style at Beverley Racecourse as the popular East Yorkshire track welcomes troops from the Queen’s Own Yeomanry to honour the monarch’s 90th birthday. The Queen, who visited Beverley Racecourse in 2002, celebrates her 90th birthday on the 21st April, with her official birthday celebrations due to […]

Redcar Racecourse celebrates a cracking Easter event Tuesday 29th March, 2016 The country’s flat turf racing season got underway as thousands of families from across the region turned out on Easter Monday for Redcar Racecourse’s first Premier meeting of the 2016 season, despite gloomy bank holiday weather. Thousands of people flocked to the racecourse, which […]

BIG GUNS SET SIGHTS ON YORK’S RENOWNED DERBY TRIAL FOUNDATION and Midterm, who are Betfred’s 12/1 market leaders for the Investec Derby, are both among an impressive eighty-eight strong entry for the Betfred Dante Stakes, to be run at York on Thursday 12 May. The £160,000 Group 2 – recognised by many as the premier […]

BETFRED MIDDLETON STAKES ON THE AGENDA TWO-TIME Group 1 winner Covert Love could start off her 2016 campaign in the Group 2 Betfred Middleton Stakes at York – ahead of taking on the colts. Trainer Hugo Palmer has outlined an exciting plan for the Darley Irish Oaks heroine that includes Thursday May 12’s mile-and-a-quarter race […]

BETWAY YORKSHIRE CUP ATTRACTS STRONG FIELD TRAINER Charlie Hills looks to have a strong hand for the Duke of York Clipper Logistics Stakes, which will be staged on the opening day of York’s 2016 season –Wednesday 11 May The £120,000 Group 2 contest has attracted an exciting initial entry of forty- eight, including three from […]

• RCA Announces results of 2015 Quality Assured Racecourse Scheme • Accredited by Visit England and Visit Scotland • 16 racecourses awarded RCA Excellence Accolades • All racecourses accredited as ‘good’ or better Go Racing In Yorkshire is very proud to announce that 5 of the Yorkshire race courses are in the top 12 of […]

Ripon Racecourse has today received a national RCA Excellence Accolade for its Club Dining Room. It also takes its place for the first time amongst the top dozen racecourses in the country, according to the VisitEngland assessment scheme. The national tourism boards provide a rating that takes into account efficiency and friendliness of customer service […]

  Doncaster Racecourse has been named as one of the top UK racing venues in a national awards scheme. Every year the Racecourse Association (RCA) publishes a list of the top racecourses in England, Wales and Scotland via its Quality Assured Racecourse Scheme, which is run in partnership with tourism bodies VisitEngland and VisitScotland. Now […]

After a few months off over the winter, the flat season roars back in to action at Pontefract with a quality race meeting on Tuesday 5th April. With over £60,000 worth of prize money on offer, the card often throws up some impressive early season types. The highlight of the programme is the £20,000 Watch […]

Thousands of families from across the North East are expected to attend Redcar Racecourse’s greatly anticipated, first Premier meeting of the 2016 season on Easter Monday, 28th March. The racecourse opens its doors for the first time following a £250,000 refurbishment – which includes a new roof on the parade ring viewing stand, new windows […]

  DARTS LEGEND Dennis Priestley will be hitting the bull’s eye this April as he visits Doncaster Racecourse as part of the prestigious Betway Lincoln. The “Menace” will be making his first appearance at the Town Moor track on Saturday, April 02 to take part in a ‘9 Dart Challenge’ competition where guests will be […]

It’s been over 5 months since we last had racing at Pontefract, but the 2016 season is almost upon us and the West Yorkshire track kick off their 16 day campaign on Tuesday 5th April. With prize money once again topping the £1 million mark, there promises to be another season of top class racing […]

  Ripon Racecourse is proud to announce it has retained its crown as ‘Best Small Racecourse in Northern England’ once again for 2015. After being awarded the title in 1996, 2003, 2009, 2011 & 2014, Yorkshire’s Garden Racecourse is the first racecourse in the ‘Small North’ category to win the award in back to back […]

  Teesside’s Redcar Racecourse is eager to kick start the 2016 racing season on Easter Monday after undergoing a £250,000 refurbishment. The racecourse – which is yet again the cheapest paid admission racecourse in the country having kept its admission prices frozen for the ninth year in a row – will host seven Premier Meetings […]

DONCASTER Racecourse is celebrating racing ahead of its competition after being awarded best regional racecourse in a prestigious poll. The Town Moor track was credited with top marks in the Midlands West regional section of The Racegoers Club 2015 Racecourse of the Year Awards by members of the official club for racing fans in Britain. […]

The next meeting at Catterick is Monday 15th February, a perfect late Valentine’s treat. A six race card starting at 2.10pm, gates open at 12.10pm. Weatherbys Group Ltd sponsor the two chases on the card, a Novices’ Limited Handicap and a Class 3 Handicap, both run over three miles and one furlong. In addition, Josie […]

Seeyouatmidnight will step up to three miles for the £32,000 Grade Two totepool Towton Novices’ Chase (2.45pm), the highlight of action-packed afternoon at Wetherby on Medieval Day, Saturday, February 6. Trained by Sandy Thomson, Seeyouatmidnight laid down a marker for the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March when jumping and galloping his rivals […]

Winning the Go Racing in Yorkshire Apprentice Future Stars Series has been the highlight of 2015 for me and I have to thank the trainers and owners especially Dave O Meara for giving me the opportunities to ride these horses. I would also like to thank the sponsors of the series Go Racing in Yorkshire […]

Catterick’s jump season continues with its most prestigious day on Thursday 14th January, featuring the North Yorkshire Grand National sponsored by the Richmond based Racecourse supplier firm, Watt Fences. The race run over 3miles 6furlongs forms part of a seven race card which starts at 12.45pm with gates opening at 10.45am, and tends to attract […]

Seventh Sky set for quick reappearance in Wetherby feature Top Gamble is to tackle three miles for the first time in the £40,000 Grade Three 188BET Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase (1.45pm, 21 entries) at Wetherby on Boxing Day, Saturday, December 26. The imposing seven-year-old captured the Grade Two Future Champions Novices’ Chase at Ayr in […]

Catterick Racecourse races twice over the forthcoming festive period on Bank Holiday Monday 28th December and New Year’s Day. Monday 28th December forms part of the Go Racing in Yorkshire Winter Festival. The action starts at 12.25pm with the first of six races, gates open at 10.25am and race goers arriving early will receive a […]

Jumping for the 2015/16 season starts at Catterick races on Wednesday 2nd December. The first of seven races is at 12.20pm and the gates open at 10.20am. This is the first of ten scheduled jump fixtures which run through to 9th March 2016, and include the ever popular festive meetings on Monday 28th December and […]

80s Night is fast becoming one of the most established race meetings in the Pontefract Racing Calendar and the popular event will be bigger and better than ever before in 2016. Bucks Fizz were one of the top selling British groups of the 1980s and Cheryl, Mike and Jay, formerly of Bucks Fizz, have confirmed […]

2015 saw records broken at Beverley Racecourse. More than £650,000 invested in the refurbishment of the hospitality facilities, major events smashing visitor numbers, with the renowned Journal Ladies’ Day breaking previous records, and the season closing with a extra event staged in October – a great year all round. With thoughts turning to Christmas, it’s […]

Jill Dales Winner of the  Ladies Day Final

York Racecourse concluded its 2015 season today after a hugely busy year which has seen a strong attendance, as over 360,000 racegoers (+9%) witnessed 115 races over 17 fabulous days of racing action, with an increased number of runners as 1,465 thoroughbreds competed for a record of £6.7m prize money. In other excitements this year, […]

After a great Summer of racing, the 2015 season comes to a close at Pontefract on Monday 19th October. The final meeting ends what has been a fantastic year at the West Yorkshire track with some memorable racing. And this final raceday is no different with a top class Listed 2 year old race on […]

Thousands of racegoers from across the North East attended the Totepool Two Year Old Trophy Day this weekend, as the racecourse showed its support to those affected by the mothballing of SSI. Redcar racecourse took centre stage on Saturday as over 3,700 people, including politicians, attended the highly anticipated race day. The racecourse ran races […]

TRAINER Mick Appleby is hoping Poyle Vinnie can go one better than the Ayr Gold Cup when he contests the £100,000 Coral Sprint Trophy at York on Saturday. The five-year-old gelding ran a cracker in going down by only half a length to the well-supported favourite Don’t Touch on September 19. As a result, Poyle […]

TRAINER Dave Evans is hoping for a bold run from in-form Gracious John in the coral.co.uk Rockingham Stakes at York on Saturday. The two-year-old son of Baltic King will be seeking a third successive victory when he contests the six-furlong Listed contest, that has seen its prize money increase to £50,000. Gracious John is returning […]

AGENT GIBBS SET FOR SWIFT REAPPEARANCE MIDDLEHAM-based trainer Mark Johnston has enjoyed a fruitful season at York and is aiming for more home county success there when, Yorkidding, returns to Knavesmire on Friday to tackle new feature race on the card. The Stan James-sponsored handicap offers a £50,000 prize and is run over the Ebor […]

The last chance to enjoy racing action at York in 2015 comes on Friday and Saturday (9 & 10 October). With record prize money of over £415,000 on offer, it is the most valuable October finale ever held on the Knavesmire. A year on year increase of £100,000 to prize money sees all fourteen races […]

Beverley racecourse chief executive Sally Iggulden branded 2015 “a great year” ahead of the final fixture of the season on Thursday. Fine weather and big-money refurbishments in the close season contributed to yet another rise in yearly attendances at the popular East Yorkshire circuit. The racing has also been superb, too, with young starlets like […]

Having announced this new event for October, Beverley Racecourse is looking forward to this additional day on 1st October. The new Season Closer, which is an 8 race card, wraps up the season in style and is an event that is transferring from Newcastle Racecourse for this year only, following the redevelopment plans of the […]

Redcar Racecourse is showing its support to those affected by the closure of SSI by adding a new race to its highly anticipated Totepool Two Year Old Trophy Day, on Saturday 3rd October. In aid of the Save Our Steel campaign, the racecourse has taken the decision to run a race under the same name. […]

As the flat season continues to wind down, Pontefract stage their penultimate meeting of the season on Monday 5th October. The 15th race meeting of the year at the West Yorkshire venue is bound to be well supported as trainers get one last run in to their charges before the National Hunt season takes over. […]

Ripon’s 2015 season comes to a resounding conclusion this Saturday (September 26) with a quality seven-race programme at Yorkshire’s ‘Garden Racecourse’, scheduled to begin at 2-05p.m, with the course celebrating the end of another successful season with a Pop-Up Beer festival and live music. Getting into the spirit of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the […]

Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has been confirmed to ride Royal Etiquette at Beverley on Tuesday. Lawney Hill’s eight-year-old is one of 17 declared runners in the mile-and-a-quarter Betfair Supports Amateur Riders’ Handicap at 5.30pm. Hill’s inmate will break from stall 14 and shares joint-top weight with Brockfield, who won a division of this race […]

Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton is due to have her second competitive ride as a jockey at Beverley next Tuesday (September 22). Pendleton, 34, will once again partner the Lawney Hill-trained Royal Etiquette in the Betfair Supports Amateur Riders’ Handicap, due off at 5pm, at the popular East Yorkshire circuit. The former track cyclist made […]

As the flat season continues to wind down, Pontefract stage their second September meeting on Thursday 24th. The highlight of the card is the Simon Scrope Dalby Screw-Driver Handicap – a Class 2 Handicap over 1m2f worth £20,000 to the winner. ‘Screw-Driver’ was the racing pin up in the early 19th century, winning at least […]

The next race meeting at Catterick races is Tuesday 15th September, with the first of seven races race at 2pm. The feature race is the £10,000 CNG Handicap Stakes over seven furlongs. Harrogate based firm CNG Ltd are sponsoring in support of ABF The Soldiers’ Charity and, in addition, the charity’s own racehorse an unnamed […]

Beverley Racecourse Announces New October Event Beverley Racecourse announces they are extending their 2015 Season with an additional event on 1st October. The new fixture, the new Season Closer, wraps up the season in style and is an event that is transferring from Newcastle Racecourse for this year only, following the redevelopment plans of the […]

York Racecourse is delighted to announce an increase of £100,000 to prize money for its final meeting of the 2015 season on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 October.  All fourteen races over the two days will benefit, as the prize fund is boosted by over 25% from last year, to a record level of £416,000.  […]

Autumn may be drawing ever closer but there are still 4 race meetings left to enjoy at Pontefract Racecourse before the season finishes. With 2 meetings in September and 2 in October, there’s plenty of fantastic racing ahead. The first September meeting on the 17th throws the sprinting fillies in to the spotlight as the […]

Thousands of racegoers from across the region turned out this weekend to experience Redcar’s hottest event on the racing calendar. Nearly 3700 people attended Redcar Racecourse’s Ladies’ & Gents’ Evening on Saturday which included best dressed competitions, a fun casino, photobooth, and live entertainment from local band The Persuaders. The best dressed competitions are always […]

Top trainer Richard Fahey is aiming to turn on the style on Ladies Day at Thirsk on Saturday when he saddles Third Time Lucky in the featured Personal Touches Handicap. While racegoers will be dressed to impress in hopes of winning some of the top prizes on offer for the Best Dressed Lady and Gentleman, […]

There’s fun for all at the annual Press Family Sunday at York Races this weekend (Sunday September 6), including a seven-race thoroughbred card worth over £100,000; featuring the fourth running of the Betfred Garrowby Stakes, a Listed race for sprinters. Plus, the return of children’s favourite, Peppa Pig, to the Knavesmire. This year the only […]

Maarek showed his class under a typically astute Jamie Spencer ride to claim the £50,000 totescoop6 Beverley Bullet. The Group One-winning sprinter had to do it the hard way after he was bumped at the start, but the outcome was explosive once Spencer went into overdrive. Smooth-travelling Line Of Reason looked poised to strike once […]

OLYMPIC cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has been granted an amateur licence just in time to be booked to ride at Ripon on Monday. This was achieved after a two-day assessment at the British Racing School in Newmarket last week. She has been issued with the Category A amateur rider licence that will enable her to contest her first race under […]

  Almost 12,000 race-goers enjoyed Beverley Racecourse at its very best for The Journal Ladies’ Day mid August, and this coming weekend sees out the month with two major events. The prestigious ‘Beverley Bullet Raceday’ on Saturday 29 August is just what it says: a raceday showcasing only the fastest horses and top quality racing. The […]

  Group One-winning sprinter Maarek is poised for another big-race assignment in England after he was confirmed for the Listed totescoop6 Beverley Bullet on Saturday. The eight-year-old Irish sprinter, trained in County Tipperary by Evanna McCutcheon, is on course to feature in the £50,000 Bullet over five furlongs after finishing fifth behind Mattmu in the Phoenix Sprint […]

Ladies and gentlemen across the region are being encouraged to dress to impress for Redcar Racecourse’s hottest event of the year. Ladies’ & Gents’ Evening on Saturday August 29th is the fashion and social highlight of the racing calendar, with thousands of racegoers expected to turn out to the annual event. The race day will […]

A wonderful week of racing at York once again created fond memories for racegoers and racing professionals alike. Over the four days, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2015 attracted some 88,553 racegoers, which is 10% up on last year, with attendance on all four days showing an increase. The biggest attendance since 2011 is […]

The next meeting at Catterick on Wednesday 26th August is the final race meeting of the 2015 school summer holidays. As such there is plenty of interest for the kids with extra entertainment in the Course Enclosure including pony rides, bouncy castles, roundabout and face painters, plus a free ice cream voucher, while stocks last. […]

AMERICAN trainer Wesley Ward has reported Acapulco and Finnegan to be in fine fettle after they shipped into York ahead of their respective engagements. Two-year-old filly Acapulco is here to take on the older sprinters in the Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe on Friday. Finnegan, who was a late withdrawal from the Coventry Stakes at Royal […]

With record prize money of over £3.8 million, the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival looks set to attract the very best of thoroughbreds from Britain, Ireland, Europe, Australia and, for the first time, North America to the Knavesmire for York’s flagship meeting over four spectacular days of racing action from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 […]

TRAINER Michael Bell is anticipating another good performance from his star performer Big Orange, who is on track to appear in the Weatherbys Hamilton Insurance Lonsdale Cup at York on Friday 21 August. The son of Duke Of Marmalade has been a revelation this summer, winning a brace of Group 2s at major festivals. His […]

COUNTY Durham trainer Michael Dods has high-class sprint duo Mecca’s Angel and Easton Angel in good order ahead of the four day Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, which begins on Wednesday 19 August. Easton Angel, second at Royal Ascot in the Queen Mary Stakes and then an unlucky-in-running fourth in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes […]