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The big Wincanton races of the season and Badger Beers card are a West Country highlight of the National Hunt code. Saturday, 8 November sees a Premier Handicap chase and two Grade 2 contest take place at the track. Those are the Elite Hurdle and Rising Stars Novices’ Chase. Fields are on the small side, …

In a race as international as the Melbourne Cup of 2025, no single form line can automatically provide answers, but bookmakers both Down Under and closer to home feel the winner could well emerge from October’s Caulfield Cup. That mile-and-a-half Group 1 handicap is one of the ballot exempt contests for the Race That Stops …

National Hunt action returns to Ascot races on Saturday, 1 November with competitive jumps handicaps forming the bulk of the card. Headlining this fixture in Berkshire is the Sodexo Gold Cup over almost three miles and the course’s steeplechase fences. It has Premier Handicap status, alongside an extended two-mile chase, which similarly attracts some regulars …

There is another full slate of Premier League fixtures to look forward to this weekend, including five televised tussles between Saturday and Monday. Last weekend, Liverpool’s title defence was dented again, this time at Brentford, making their live clash with Aston Villa on Saturday all the more crucial. Later the same evening, all eyes will …

The World Championships of thoroughbred horse racing again happen at Del Mar as the Breeders Cup of 2025 takes place in California. Many Anglo-Irish raiders cross the Atlantic with each of the 14 Grade I events over two days on Friday, 31 October and Saturday, 1 November worth $1,000,000 minimum. On the opening day of …

With October’s international break done and dusted, attentions turn again to action in Premier League week 8, where there’s a full slate of fixtures from the English top-flight to look forward to across Saturday, Sunday and Monday. This gameweek begins with Nottingham Forest hosting Chelsea with both managers under presure. Saturday Night Football follows on …

There’s a cracking card at Ascot on Champions Day as the 2025 Flat season draws to its official climax on Saturday, 18 October. Chief among five Group 1s in Berkshire are excellent editions of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and Champion Stakes. Supporting those are three more top-level races in the upgraded Long Distance Cup, …

Three horses travel across the pond from Ireland for the American Grand National of 2025 at Far Hills Racetrack in New Jersey overlooking New York City on Saturday, 18 October. Raiders from the Emerald Isle boast a fine recent record in the 2m 5f Grade 1 contest with Hewick and Jury Duty both successful. Unlike …

Concluding the Future Champions Festival of 2025 at Newmarket races on day 2 of the meeting on Saturday, 11 October is a superb card. The Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, supported by other Pattern races, and the marathon Cesarewitch, makes for an excellent finale. With the Flat now starting to wind down, this is the last …

The last major meeting of the British Flat season at Headquarters sees an intriguing Future Champions Festival 2025 Newmarket races day 1 card headlined by the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile on Friday, 10 October. Supporting that are a couple more juvenile races in the Cornwallis Stakes for sprinters and the fillies only Oh So Sharp. …