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• Betfair Hurdle Preview

  Rescheduled for Friday 17th Feb. Formerly known as the Totesport Trophy, the Betfair Hurdle is one of the most competitive handicaps in the calendar and this year looks no exception...

• Fortune Finds Victory with Lucarno

  One of the most anticipated races at the Newmarket Racecourse in the United Kingdom, during July, is the Princess of Wales’s Stakes. Run over a distance of 2 414 meters, this flat racing event ...

• Sharpen Your Senses for Breeders Cup Day

  Stepping through the entrance gate of any major track on Breeders Cup day instantly snaps the senses to attention...among the grandeur of those twin spires of Churchill Downs or beneath the ...

• Affirmed Handicap 2010

  The Affirmed Handicap was originally run under the name of the Silver Screen Handicap, and saw its name changed in 1993 to honor the magnificent racehorse Affirmed. Affirmed won the Triple Crown ...

• Scientists Discover Trotting Ability is Genetic

  A groundbreaking study in the field of genetics has revealed that some horses are not able to trot or pace, regardless of their training, while for others trotting is a breeze. The discovery ...

• Timonium Auction of Dreams

  The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic auction took place at the Timonium Fairgrounds on 19 to 20 May 2008, and nothing could stop the crowds from attending, not even the rainy skies. With over three ...

• Snow Fairy Takes Hong Kong Cup

  The well known Hong Kong Cup is open to horses that are three-years-old and older, and is one of the most prestigious thoroughbred horse racing events on the calendar. It is a Group 1 event that ...

• Let Us build a Better Future for Horse Racing

  Horse racing, if not exactly as old as the hills, is certainly one of the oldest forms of recreation known to people and to countries. It has spread from a passion of royalty and the elite, to ...

• The Prestigious Vodacom Durban July

  If there is one horse racing event that completely hogs the limelight every year in South Africa, it has to be the Durban July. This premier horse racing event is South Africa’s equivalent to ...

• Harness Racing Community Mourns

  It had started as a fun evening at the races followed by festivities, but the joy and excitement turned into tragedy in the early hours of Monday morning, 11 April 2011, when an accident took ...

• Ireland Horse Racing Proposes 2 Day Declaration System

  The British Horse Racing Regulatory Authority has agreed to consider a proposal from its Irish horse racing constituent, to implement a 2-day declaration system. Punters should welcome this as ...

• Steroid Ban for Maryland

  Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania all have one thing in common when it comes to horse racing, and that is the fact that all four of these states have banned anabolic steroids. This ...