What might the future hold for this independent racecourse? […]
Towcester: a charming but challenged racecourse What might the future hold for this independent racecourse?
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There is no such person as a fat jockey If riders cannot do the weight then they do not have a job
The result of the 1886 Cambridgeshire horse race shows that St Mirin was beaten a neck by Sailor Prince and that the losing horse carried a pound overweight. Jockey, Fred Archer, rider of second-placed St Mirin, blamed himself for the defeat as he had been unable to rid himself of that excess pound. While riding […]
The brutal unpredictability of sport Horse racing is not about petty politics and in-fighting, but is actually about sport
Sport. The very fine margins. The difference between winning and losing. The moments that define a career. The moments that define a life. There has been an awful lot of talk recently about FOBT’s. About levels of prize money. About fighting in the bars, and fighting on the lawns. About a crisis within BHA Towers. […]
The Iroquois Steeplechase Ascot is caviar and champagne, Nashville is southern fried chicken, coleslaw and Jack D
The second Saturday of May. Percy Warner Park. First race due off at 1.00pm. By which time a huge crowd will have assembled. The infield strewn with vast pick up trucks, parties of young men and Southern Belles dressed to impress, seersucker suits, barbecue smoke hanging lazily in the still humidity. Nashville, Tennessee. The Iroquois […]
Newmarket: the headquarters of British racing How the growth of commercial joint ventures is promoting the sport's financial well-being
How the growth of commercial joint ventures is promoting the sport’s financial well-being. […]
Lingfield Park and the struggle for modern economic prosperity The second in a series of articles on the history of British racecourses
The second in a series of articles on the history of British racecourses. […]
