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Racing action returns to the UAE on Thursday when Al Ain stages the opening fixture of the new 2020/21 racing season. Read More

Horses stepped out onto New Zealand s first synthetic surface last week with construction of the Polytrack completed at the Cambridge Jockey Club. Read More

Chris Waller buys three lots for 520,000 guineas on the second day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale headed by the four-year-old Desert Icon at 210,000 guineas - Keats purchased for 200,000 guineas in partnership with Ballymore Stables Australia and Paul Moroney Bloodstock. Read More

The All-Weather Championships move up a gear at Lingfield Park on Thursday, October 29, with two competitive Listed races for fillies and mares. Read More

Presenting Percy, Delta Work and Chris's Dream have all stood their ground for a potentially mouthwatering opening Grade 1 of the jumps season at Down Royal on Saturday. Read More

The ultra well-handicapped Main Fact continued his incredible form by landing a seven-timer at Catterick on Tuesday, and trainer David Pipe says he could go in search of an eighth win on the trot at Newmarket on Friday. Read More

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy celebrated a significant career milestone at Southwell on Tuesday as victory aboard Perfect Sign in the 6f novice stakes gave the rider his 1,000th winner in Britain. Read More

The hardship faced by racecourses in a world without spectators was made plain on Monday, with BHA chief executive Nick Rust warning of a "strong risk" of UK course closures in 2021 and the Racecourse Association's David Armstrong saying financial help would have to arrive before crunch time next spring. Read More

On the same high summer day Dream Of Dreams was landing the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury and Frankie Dettori was wowing the Deauville crowds on Mishriff, Baron Samedi finished eighth of 11 at Tramore off an official handicap mark of 65. Read More

Gear Up will be given the most traditional of Derby preps in the spring by Mark Johnston after returning to winning ways with a power-packed effort under James Doyle to repel the Andre Fabre-trained Botanik in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Read More

Britain's highest rated chaser Cyrname headlines 20 entries for the feature £70,000 G2 bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (3.20pm) at Wetherby on Saturday, day two of the bet365 Charlie Hall Meeting. Read More

Contrail landed the Japanese Triple Crown in Japan but Mighty Heart fell short in Canada in highlights of weekend horse racing while Irish-bred horses flexed their muscles in Australia, sweeping the top four spots in the Cox Plate Read More

Al and Bill Ulwelling s hard luck filly Merveilleux was simply marvelous on Sunday afternoon winning the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, third leg of the Triple Tiara, at Woodbine Racetrack. Read More

Paul Nicholls and Bryony Frost on Sunday shared the view that popular chaser Frodon epitomises jump racing, with the Ditcheat maestro giving the 2019 Ryanair Chase hero each-way claims in the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. Read More

There was a surprise in the Grade 2 Monet's Garden Old Roan Chase at Aintree as 18-1 shot Nuts Well defied top weight and roared to victory under Danny McMenamin, who punched the air with delight crossing the line. Read More

Subjectivist defied a mid-straight drift to land the Prix Royal-Oak under Joe Fanning, earning trainer Mark Johnston his second career Group 1 in France barely 24 hours after Gear Up landed the first across the River Seine at Saint-Cloud. Read More

Belichick, second to Mighty Heart in the Queen s Plate, turned the tables on his stablemate, and trounced his nearest rival by four lengths in the 129th running of the $400,000 Breeders Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. Read More