After again losing their big day in January to wintry weather, Warwick races on Saturday, 7 February gives the West Midlands track its moment. The abandonment of Sandown on Friday means an extra Grade 2 on the Kingmaker card with the Jane Seymour Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle moving here some 24 hours later. While the feature …
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The Dublin Racing Festival of 2026 at Leopardstown begins on Saturday, 31 January with the Irish Gold Cup card and four Grade 1 events. Among the supporting events to the feature contest are the Irish Arkle and Spring Juvenile Hurdle. There is also a staying novice hurdle, a couple of valuable handicaps and a Grade …
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The Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase over two-and-a-half miles on very testing ground headlines the Sandown Park races on Saturday, 31 January. Storm Chandra has battered the British Isles in recent days, leaving the going at the Greater London track heavy, but that doesn’t discourage some smart Irish horses from coming over. Such was …
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The Great Yorkshire Chase card at Doncaster races is the best day of jumps action from Town Moor throughout the National Hunt season. This year’s edition comes to us in Yorkshire on Saturday, 24 January with two Grade 2 contests supporting the feature Premier Handicap. Everything kicks off in the White Rose county with a …
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Another big midwinter meeting draws to a close on Sunday, 18 January with the Berkshire Winter Million 2026 day 3 card at Windsor. On a bumper card, the Fleur De Lys Chase and rearranged Grade 2 Hampton Novices’ Chase provide the best quality action from the Royal racecourse. Besides a novice hurdle and bumper that …
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The Haydock Park races on Saturday, 17 January see Cheltenham hopefuls race in the last recognised Supreme Trial for the Festival opener in the UK. That is the Grade 2 Rossington Main and some smart novice hurdlers head to Merseyside to show what they can do. Also on this card is the Peter Marsh Chase, …
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Attention switches from Windsor to Ascot for the Berkshire Winter Million 2026 day 2 card on Saturday, 17 January. Both racecourses lie just a few miles apart, but the action goes up even higher in quality thanks to the Grade 1 Clarence House Chase taking centre stage here. Before we see Il Etait Temps and …
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The Berkshire Winter Million of 2026 day 1 card takes place at Royal Windsor Racecourse with the three-day fixture flitting between there and Ascot again this year. An incentive for trainers to run some good horses in midwinter, the meeting continues to grow in stature since the switch from Lingfield Park. Starting on Friday, 16 …
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Three of the nine runners declared for the 3m 5f Classic Chase of 2026 at Warwick on Saturday, 10 January have official ratings of above 150. Framing this Premier Handicap with the welter burden of 12 stone is L’Homme Presse for the Venetia Williams stable, still sitting on a lofty mark of 162 at the …
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A midwinter cold snap leaves the meeting of Kempton races on Saturday, 10 January in doubt. If it can survive frosty conditions and Storm Goretti, then the Grade 2 Silviniaco Conti Chase takes place at the Greater London track. Supported by the big betting race of the fixture, the Lanzarote Hurdle, there are some nice …
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