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Her Majesty shares her own experience of assault in a discussion with John and Amy Hunt about violence against women....

A massive day of action at Cheltenham this New Year’s Day as we begin 2026 with the ITV cameras taking in four races at the home of National Hunt racing, of which we've got the key trends for. As always, here at Geegeez we are on hand with a look...

Latest Features Racing Bulletin for 30/12/2025 Cheltenham TV Trends on New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1st Jan 2026) Monday Musings: On Legacies… Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day....

Newsboy fancies an Ed Walker youngster to follow up on a Lingfield Park success earlier this month and he also rates a chaser at Uttoxeter who is bidding to score a repeat win...

Will Biddick, Britain’s most successful point-to-point rider, announced his retirement on the same day that his protege No Drama This End triumphed at Newbury...

Willie Mullins is taking the positives out of Galopin Des Champs' comeback defeat in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown....

Latest Features Cheltenham TV Trends on New Year’s Day (Thursday, 1st Jan 2026) Monday Musings: On Legacies… Racing Bulletin for 29/12/2025 Today's Racing Click on course names to view our course guides. Click on race times to access that racecard. Times highlighted in yellow are free races of the day....

Harry Redknapp previously managed West Ham between 1994 and 2001 but he has no interest in pursuing a return to the Premier League side - because he wants to keep going to the races...

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum had been a prominent figure in British racing since winning the 1998 Derby with High-Rise and owned a number of other stars including Postponed and Rosallion...

Gordon Elliott played down his chances of being crowned champion trainer for the first time after rounding off a fantastic festive period with four more winners on the final day of Leopardstown's Christmas Festival....

The grey, whose dramatic fall at Leopardstown in February was blamed on a flock of the birds, won the December Hurdle in decisive fashion on her return to the track...

Lossiemouth takes the final Grade One win of the year, holding off 2024 winner Brighterdaysahead in the December Hurdle at Leopardstown....

Masquerade Ball, beaten a head by Calandagan, could have a rematch with the French champion in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July...

Punters are set to flock to the east coast course to kick off the year in style...

Lossiemouth repelled the strong challenge of the returning Brighterdaysahead to claim top honours in the December Hurdle at Leopardstown....

Act Of Innocence, who was sent to rival Nicky Henderson, was the 2-7 favourite at Newbury but was run down by the Ditcheat trainer’s debutant Minella Yoga...

Newsboy fancies his nap, Nazare, to win at Haydock and also hopes Snaafy can score at Wolverhampton and complete his Daily Double...

Professor Caroline Tisdall was floored by top novice chase prospect Final Demand when she went to greet him after his latest win at Limerick on Sunday...

Gordon Elliott would be "shocked" if Romeo Coolio ran in the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival in March, unless the ground was soft....

Newsboy fancies an Olly Murphy handicap hurdler to deliver a third win on the bounce at Newbury and he expects Paul Nicholls to score Grade 1 glory in the feature Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle...

Affordale Fury's strong finish delivers a first Grade One winner for County Down owner Philip Polly in a thrilling Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday....

Affordale Fury rallied to great effect to land Grade One honours in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown as a well-backed 7-1 shot....

Teahupoo stamped his authority on the staying division with a dominant performance in the Grade One Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown....

The sight of four terrific steeplechasers flying over the last fence all in with a shout in an illustrious like the King George VI Chase is a sight to behold....

As the racing year draws to a close, we've seen the longest-priced British winner and the joint-second longest-priced Irish winner returned in recent weeks, but 2025 has been littered with shock results....

As is now tradition, we have captured the top 10 stories on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app for each month, to give you a sense of what made you click this year....

Haiti Couleurs was the toast of Chepstow after producing a magnificent front-running display to add the Coral Welsh Grand National to the Irish equivalent he won earlier in the year....

Sean Bowen delivers a home victory aboard Haiti Couleurs to win the 2025 Welsh Grand National at Chepstow....

Trainer Gordon Elliott takes two Grade One wins on the second day of racing at the Leopardstown Christmas Festival as jockey Sam Ewing takes secures victories in two of the major races of the day....

Outside Favori De Champdou battled back to beat stablemate Search for Glory to win the Paddy Power Chase on a day dominated by Gordon Elliott at Leopardstown....

You can get your hands on a pair of free horse racing tickets worth up to £58 to winter racing in 2026...

A vintage renewal of the King George at Kempton earlier today, with The Jukebox Man (7/1), owned by Harry Redknapp, beating Banbridge (16/1) and Gaelic Warrior (9/4jf) a nose and a nose, and Jango Baie (9/4jf) half a length away in fourth.   19 runners declared for tomorrow's Welsh Grand National (2.50...

Paul Kavanagh, from County Galway in Ireland, was a conditional jockey and had been part of Enda Bolger's yard for the last two years....

Harry Redknapp's The Jukebox Man rallies at the last to clinch a thrilling victory in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park....

DOMINIC KING AT KEMPTON: In one of the most thrilling finishes ever seen at Kempton Park, the kind that invoked yelps, gasps and a noise to raise the roof, Redknapp's pride and joy came out on top...

Romeo Coolio produces a strong finish to win the Grade One Novice Chase on the opening day of the Christmas Festival at Leopardstown....

DOMINIC KING: Harry Redknapp shouldn't have a care in the world, given where we are, but he wants to give a warning before we venture any further....

Bronte Simpson has been remembered as a popular member of Australian horse racing's 'family' after her death on Monday....

Perhaps it is the secrecy of it all that has shocked people the most....

Last Sunday afternoon, while watching 'The Grinch' on telly, I was suddenly distracted by a story in the Racing Post about an anonymous punter who walked into a Ladbrokes shop and collected £60 on a bet placed on Denman to win the 2009 Hennessy Gold Cup.  The punter in question discovered the...

While the horse's name suggests an event that occurs twice every year, Equinoctial held a record that stood for 35 years and 27 days until Thursday this week. Trained by Norman Miller and ridden by Andrew Heywood, the five-year-old bay gelding broke his duck in The Grants Whisky Novices Handicap Hurdle...

Ascot Racecourse has released its annual Ascot Racecourse Supports highlights video, celebrating a year of charitable and community activity delivered throughout 2025. Alongside the video, the 2025 highlights infographic brings together key moments, partnerships and initiatives from across Ascot Racecourse Supports. The post Ascot Racecourse Supports celebrates charity and community work...

Christmas is one of the busiest periods of the year for horse racing workers....

It has been the year for shocks on racecourses but the biggest of all arrived at Exeter yesterday when Blowers became the longest priced winner in British racing history....

Blowers becomes the longest-priced winner in UK racing history by taking the opener at Exeter on Thursday at odds of 300-1....

The organisers of the London International Horse Show are excited to announce The Tuffa Boots Jockeys Challenge, in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund, will return on the evening of Monday 22 December as the grand finale to an action-packed week of equestrian entertainment. This much-anticipated event will see two...

I’m Rachel Jones, General Manager at the Jockeys Employment Training Scheme (JETS). Prior to this role, I worked in the utilities industry as a Learning & Development Manager, with most of my career focused on career development. Racing has always been a passion of mine since I started working for...

Glengouly won Saturday’s big race at Cheltenham, which was run in support of the Hunt Family Fund....

Eleven declared for tomorrow's December Gold Cup, to be run this year as The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup in support of the fund set up by BBC racing commentator John Hunt and his daughter Amy in memory of Carol, John's wife, and daughters Hannah and Louise.  The going in...

Like Shaky, there are times when I wish every day was Christmas: Room is swaying, records playing, all the old songs we love to hear......

Leading jockey Declan Bates has confirmed his condition following a horror race fall at Ballarat, north-west of Melbourne, on December 8....

Enjoy Racing to School’s festive newsletter below. Reflecting on a record-breaking 2025 This year, we were proud to support the learning of over 17,500 young people across 471 events, marking another record year of participation for the charity. It was also a year of significant programme milestones, reflecting the continued...

Racing Together is pleased to announce Lisa Wainwright MBE, CEO of the Sport and Recreation Alliance as keynote speaker for Racing Together Industry Day. The full day event dedicated to community engagement and social impact is kindly sponsored again by Gallagher, and supported by the Horseracing Betting Levy Board, the...

The shortlists have been announced today for the 2026 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, sponsored by Godolphin. Following an extensive and highly competitive round of judging, the expert panel has agreed a shortlist of 10 in each of the six award categories. The 60 individuals from across British racing and breeding now enter the second...

Cheltenham Racecourse announces today that the December Gold Cup, the £125,000 Premier Handicap Chase staged on day two of The Christmas Meeting (Saturday 13th December), will be staged as the Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup this season. The Hunt Family Fund was established by racing commentator John...

There are plenty of options for a staying chaser this weekend: the London National (3.35 Sandown Saturday); the Welsh Grand National Trial (1.36 Chepstow Saturday); the Becher (2.40 Aintree Saturday); and the Scottish Borders National (2.00 Kelso Sunday). Earlier this afternoon Art Decco won the Hawke Barn Wedding & Special...

Kelso on Sunday: Rug yourself up in a decent waterproof coat, grab a hot port from the Chicken Hutch Bar, and enjoy…...

For most racegoers that walk through the gates of Sandown Park the only thing that would catch their gaze from the grandstand is the sight of one of Britain’s finest dual-purpose racecourses.  But located just beyond the railway line that runs along the back of the track is the Lower...

Catterick Racecourse is gearing up for a spectacular festive season, with three National Hunt fixtures set to bring excitement, thrilling racing and Christmas cheer to racegoers on Tuesday 16 December, Sunday 28 December and New Year’s Day. With seasonal entertainment, special giveaways and quality racing on offer, the racecourse is...

Ally Mangan is today announced as the very first winner of The Randox Grand National Festival Women in Business Award. The Randox Grand National Festival Women in Business Award was established to honour the creativity, resilience, and ambition of women-led businesses across the Liverpool City Region and offers one outstanding local...