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A busy period at Haydock Park races continues with the Temple Stakes card on Saturday, 24 May completing a three-day fixture on Merseyside. Two Group 2 sprints take centre stage as speedy horses have their final prep runs before Royal Ascot next month. Supporting the Temple Stakes over the flying five furlongs and Sandy Lane …

Three different tracks feature in the ITV Racing 10 May broadcast with action from Lingfield, Ascot and Haydock live on terrestrial television this Saturday. A disappointing turnout of just three fillies in the Oaks Trial is offset by bigger fields for the Victoria Cup and Swinton Handicap Hurdle. Lingfield’s Derby Trial at least has more …

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 …