The 2026 Cheltenham Festival is nearly upon us. Last year I seem to recall the starters having more trouble starting than I used to have wit...

Ten have been declared for the Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase (2.05 Doncaster); the going on Town Moor is now described as soft, heavy in pl...

Fourteen were originally declared for tomorrow's renewal of the Grimthorpe but King Turgeon is now a non-runner, leaving thirteen to fac...

Seventeen have been declared for tomorrow's renewal of the Great Yorkshire Handicap Chase (3.15 Doncaster) - previously known (for a whi...

Ping! Another email from The Times' business editor hits the inbox.  This one informs me that two bookmakers are among the top five taxp...

This year I've asked Santa for a copy of 'From Bicycle to Bentley, A Bookmaker's Story: by Stephen Little', written by Ruper...

Cheltenham passed an inspection at midday today but undergoes a further check at 7.30 tomorrow morning.  With frost covers in place and an o...

Connections of Aye Right (rated 159) and Simply The Betts (rated 157) have chosen to contest tomorrow's Cotswold Chase (2.30 Cheltenham)...

With the Cheltenham Trials adjourned sine die (on the grounds the course is waterlogged, m'lud), the evidence for tomorrow's listed...

The good news: racegoers will be allowed back at certain tracks from Wednesday next week.   The bad news: there will be tiers before Christm...

Eleven have been declared for the Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (3.35) at Doncaster tomorrow but both Definitly Red and Saint Xavier have their ...

Earlier this afternoon I thought Federici looked an interesting each-way play in the Sky Bet Chase (3.15 Doncaster) at odds of 14/1. Last ...

There's top class fare on offer on the second day of the International meeting at Cheltenham tomorrow. Anyone interested in a wager in...

"Alexa, what's going to win this year's Gold Cup?" A copy of 'Cheltenham: The Ultimate Guide 2017' successfully ...

Looking at the runners for tomorrow's Caspian Caviar Gold Cup (Cheltenham 1.50) I'm imbued with a sense of the deja vu. Taquin Du ...

At this time of year Cheltenham, less than a fortnight away, proves something of a distraction and this year the distraction is compounded b...

The official going for tomorrow's Cheltenham card is good to soft yet only one race has more than eight declared, the Caspian Caviar Gol...

It's that time of year. I'm distracted. Earlier today I purchased my copy of RP Weekender's Cheltenham The Ultimate Guide  (ju...

Eleven declared for the 236th running of the St Leger, racing's oldest Classic, although Galileo Rock looks likely to be withdrawn  with...

I always try to conserve funds at this time of year, with Cheltenham just around the corner, so just the one suggestion from tomorrow's ...