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Zoffee returns to the Roodee for the Chester Cup of 2025 seeking a successful defence of the valuable Heritage Handicap for Flat stayers on Friday, 9 May. Hugo Palmer’s veteran, now a nine-year-old, is the elder statesman in the line-up and tries to retain his crown first time out.  A lack of recent run didn’t …

Ten fillies tackle the Rowley Mile for the 1000 Guineas of 2025 on Sunday, 4 May at Newmarket. It’s the last of four races broadcast on ITV from Headquarters on the card as the Guineas Festival comes to a close. Supporting races include the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes for older females and a Heritage Handicap …

As the curtain falls on another Irish jumps season, Punchestown Festival 2025 day 5 on Saturday, 3 May has two Grade 1 races for fans. These are the Mares Champion Hurdle and Champion Four Year Old Hurdle. Both feature races, supported by red-hot handicaps, provide an intriguing finale to the core National Hunt campaign. Ireland …

A field of 11 colts contest the 2000 Guineas of 2025 on Saturday, 3 May as Newmarket reaches the middle of its three-day Festival. Headquarters has something for every Flat horse racing fan from middle-distance handicaps to sprints as well on the card. Supporting races include the Group 3 Palace House Stakes and Suffolk Stakes Heritage …

Top billing on Punchestown Festival 2025 day 4 goes to the track’s Champion Hurdle. On Friday, 2 May, we’ll see a rematch between Constitution Hill and State Man, who both fell in the Cheltenham equivalent won by Golden Ace. Because of these two big guns of hurdling taking tumbles, a pretty large asterisk sits next …

Early May means the Guineas Festival at Newmarket races begins with the three-day fixture starting on Friday. Headquarters has the Grade 2 Jockey Club Stakes acting as its feature contest on the opening day. Supporting that on the Rowley Mile are a couple of Listed races in the King Charles II and Newmarket Stakes, plus …

The Champion Stayers Hurdle headlines the Punchestown Festival 2025 day 3 card with Teahupoo out to retain his crown from 12 months ago. It’s another absorbing card on Thursday, 1 May in Ireland as the end of jumps season extravaganza continues. Elsewhere on the card, the Barberstown Castle Novice Chase is the other Grade 1 …

Although only four runners contest the Gold Cup on Punchestown Festival 2025 day 2, the feature steeplechase promises to be a cracker. As the third of three more Grade 1s on Wednesday, 30 April, another absorbing card of Irish jumps action is in store. Supporting races include the Irish Champion Bumper and a long-distance Champion …

The Punchestown Festival 2025 day 1 card has an epic battle between Cheltenham winners Fact To File and Marine Nationale headlining it in the extended 2m Champion Chase, the third of three Grade 1s on Tuesday, 29 April. It starts hot with a Champion Novice Hurdle and Novice Chase acting as chief supporting races. Willie …

Sometimes, the Sandown Jump Finale is a coronation for the British champion trainer. Not in 2025, however, as Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton go at it hammer and tongs for the title. The Esher venue brings the curtain down on another National Hunt season this Saturday, 26 April. Highlights from this card include the Grade …