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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Football fans are treated to a full midweek fixture slate on Premier League week 21 between Tuesday and Thursday, kicking off with West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo facing another of his former clubs in Nottingham Forest after losing to Wolves last time. On Wednesday, the crux of the action occurs, with eight matches on …
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We’re past the halfway stage of the season now, but Premier League week 20 over the weekend of 3-4 January is the first full set of fixtures where all 20 clubs play in 2026. Just four matches take place on Saturday with Aston Villa licking their wounds after a trouncing at Arsenal. Both sides play …
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The Sandown Park races on Saturday, 3 January see a lot of old favourites take to the Greater London track. That’s because it is the scene of the Veterans’ Final for staying chasers. Supporting that is Listed hurdle for mares and the usual array of handicaps punters know and love from weekend fixtures. Over at …
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The return of Windsor races on New Year’s Day 2026 for the first card on 1 January in almost three decades is something to celebrate. Fellow Berkshire tracks Ascot and Newbury have had their turns to host festive fixtures, but it now comes to the course by the River Thames. Headlining this meeting is the …
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Some 12 top-flight teams will play again before 2025 finishes, as Premier League week 19 straddles both sides of the New Year celebrations. There’ll be no place for sore heads in the camps of the other eight clubs, however, as they face fixtures on 1 January itself. Games in and around New Year is something …
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