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Martin Dwyer Banned For 2 Months By Royal Western India Turf Club

Jockey Martin Dwyer is "in a state of shock" over being banned for two months by the Indian racing authorities.

The charge, preventing a mount from running on its merits, means a suspension running from April 6 to May 31.

Dwyer told BBC Sport: "This is unbelievable, and I'm shocked and a bit numb about it all. I'm trying to get my head round it, but I will appeal against this decision, and will do everything I can to clear my name

Southwell Announces An Extra Fixture This Weekend

Southwell is to stage an additional all weather Flat fixture on Saturday.

The British Horseracing Authority and the Levy Board have sanctioned a seven-race card because of an unfavourable weather forecast that could threaten racing on turf.

The main meeting on Saturday is at Doncaster featuring the William Hill Lincoln, the first big race of the new turf Flat season.

Races at Southwell will close at noon on Thursda

Prize Money Boost For Sandown Season Finale

Good news for the horse racing industry as Prize money for the Bet365 `Ultimate Celebration` meeting, which signifies the end of the National Hunt season, will be increased by 15% from £555,000 to £637,000 for 2013. The meeting takes place at Sandown Park on April 26 and 27 and is a mixed Flat and jumps meeting. Channel 4 will be televising meeting, with four races per day, including the highlight race of the card on Saturday, the £150,000 Bet365 Gold

Bryan Cooper Dream Week Continues With Double At Wexford

Jockey Bryan Cooper completed one of best weeks in his career by landing a double at Wexford on Sunday.

Cooper rode three winners at the Cheltenham Festival and was back tio winning ways closer to home.

Gates Of Rome came in at 5-2 for his first in the St Patrick`s Day Hurdle, winning comfortably from Salesin back in second.

Winning trainer Colm Murphy said: "He deserved that as he was unlucky to come up against a

Our Conor Post The Performance Of The Week So Far At Cheltenham

Our Conor put up a mighty performance in running away with the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham today. Never out of the first two, Dessie Hughes' youngster stretched his 100% record over jumps to four with an easy win. The 4/1 shot, ridden by Bryan Cooper, found a load at the second-last to win unchallenged by 15 lengths from Far West (4/1) with Sametegal (33/1) a further two and a quarter lengths away in third. Once Our Conor opened up, he le

Same Difference Wins The Kim Muir Challenge Cup

Same Difference went off at 16-1 and stayed on better than 11-2 favourite Super Duty in an exciting finish to the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase. In a first-time visor, the Nigel Twiston-Davies horse crept into the race under a patient ride from Ryan Hatch as Super Duty and Becauseicouldntsee battled for the lead. When the latter weakened having travelled well, the only remaining threat emerged from Romanesco (8/1) who had been h

Salsify Wins The Foxhunter Chase In Fortuitous fashion

Salsify was lucky to retain the CGA Foxhunter Chase as the fairly comfortable leader Oscar Delta sensationally snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Oscar Delta was leading on the run-in and showing no signs of stopping with Salsify trying hard close in, but he jinked at the intersection where the runners had previously set out for another circuit and unseated his 18-year-old rider Jane Mangan. With the pair having been clear, the incident left

Carrickboy Upsets The Odds In The Byrne Group Plate

Carrickboy came in at a massive 50/1 made all to win the Byrne Gold Plate for Venetia Williams and Liam Treadwell in a fantastic performance for the Grand National winning team of Miss V Williams and Liam Treadwell. The nine-year-old had been pulled up on his last start at Wincanton but came back meaning business to see off his rivals under a bold front-running ride finding more and more throughout the race. Despite a large field, the Grade 3 contest wa

JT McNamara Undergoes Surgery After Fall At Cheltenham Festival

JT McNamara has undergone surgery today on the serious neck injury he sustained in a fall at Cheltenham on Thursday.

The 37-year-old was injured in a horrible looking first fence fall from Galaxy Rock in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup.

McNamara was airlifted to hospital after being treated by the on-course medics.

Conscious following the fall according to officials at the track, he was put in an induced co

Injury Forces Davy Russell Out Of Cheltenham Festival

Davy Russell will sadly miss the ride aboard Sir Des Champs in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup after suffering a suspected punctured lung.

Russell fell badly from Un Beau Matin at the final flight in the Coral Cup but wastook up his first two rides on Thursday.

But after finishing unplaced on both Argocat in the Jewson Novices' Chase and Stonemaster in the Pertemps Final, Russell was ruled out for the rest of the meeting after a

Cheltenham Festival Day 1 Review

The thousands who braved the cold afternoon at cheltenham were treated to a spectacular day of racing where the bookies took a beating and Ruby Walsh rode a fantastis treble, one leg of which on Hurricane Fly became the first horse since 1975 to regain the Champion Hurdle in the day's feature race

Ruby Walsh said afterwards of Hurricane Fly:"He pinged the last and I'm glad he got it back to show everyone he's a true champion hurdler."

Cheltenham Festival Ground News

The going at Cheltenham is Good to Soft on both the Chase and Hurdles Courses, and Good to Soft, Soft in Places on the Cross Country Course, after four millimetres of rain on Thursday.

Simon Claisse, Cheltenham's Clerk of the Course, said: "We have had four millimetres of rain today and we are now expecting up to 10 millimetres before The Festival.

"There is no change from the forecast yesterday in that it will be frosty on Monda

Simonsig Favourite For The Arkle

Clear favourite Simonsig is amongst the 12 rivals gunning for Tuesday`s Racing Post Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham.

Nicky Henderson has much confidence in his grey who is unbeaten in two starts over fences although the Lambourn trainer has hedged his bets by leaving Jewson Novices' Chase favourite Captain Conan in the field just in case of any late mishaps.

Donald McCain`s Overturn, runner-up in last season`s Champion Hurdle and unb

Steve Drowne Makes Return To Racing

Steve Drowne was happy to be back in the saddle after a year out when finishing fourth on Douglas Pasha at Lingfield. The experienced Flat jockey made a low-key return for trainer Richard Hannon in the Play Golf At Lingfield Park Resort Maiden Stakes. Drowne suffered a mysterious blackout last March but succeeded in his battle to ride again. He was passed by the British Horseracing Authority's chief medical officer Dr Turner and allowed to resu

Robert Thornton Ruled Out With Injury

Robert Thornton looks set to miss the rest of the season due to injury. Thornton suffered a heavy fall from Our Phylli Vera for Alan King at Southwell on Monday, initialy his injuries were not thought to be serious and he was expected to be in action at Exeter the following day. However, he did not take up his one ride at the Devon track and has since undergone tests, which revealed a more serious problem. Thornton tweeted: "Few tests yesterday, n

Richard Hughes Applies For Jumps Licence In Time For Cheltenham Festival

Champion Flat jockey Richard Hughes will look to add victory at the Cheltenham Festival to his CV next week. Hughes, who will be at the meeting helping with his father Irish trainer Dessie's runners whatever, has applied for a jumps licence and hopes to ride at the event. He would like to ride the unbeaten Sgt Reckless for trainer Mick Channon in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper. Hughes said: "I've got a good ride, hopefully. He looks pretty good.

Sam Thomas Comes Through Crunching Fall At Exeter Without Serious Injury

Sam Thomas has escaped serious injury despite a nasty looking fall in the first race at Exeter on Tuesday. The Gold Cup-winning jockey fell from The Prime Viper at the first fence of the British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing EBF Mares' "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle. Thomas went to hospital for X-rays on his chest, but Sam Stronge, his agent, reports his client has not sustained any lasting damage. Stronge said: "He's sore, but he's

Richard Hughes Eyes Another Jockey Championship

Hughes won the title for the first time in his career last year in what turned out to be something of a cakewalk, and he reached this total despite having missed nearly the first month of the season after receiving a lengthy ban in India.

After twice narrowly missing out to Paul Hanagan, Hughes' association with Richard Hannon eventually paid off.

The Irishman would also love to be crowned champion again to prove it was not a on

Ground Concerns For At Fishers Cross

Trainer Rebecca Curtis has issued a warning to potential backers of At Fishers Cross ahead of his run in the Albert Bartlett Novices1` Hurdle at Cheltenham on Friday week. Winner of all four of his starts this season including the besting of The New One at Cheltenham on trials day, At fishers cross looks like a good shout for the race.. However, all his winning form has come with plenty of cut in the ground and Curtis would still prefer to see plent

Ketenko Recovery On Track

Katenko is making good progress after having to undergo an emergency colic operation on Friday evening according to Venetia Williams. Hugely impressive handicap victories at Sandown and Cheltenham had connections looking forward to an entry in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but a fortnight before the big race, the seven-year-old has been struck down by illness. The French import will sit ou rest of the season and his trainer is hoping her stable star makes a

Jessica Harringot Admits Easing Of Pressure In Supreme Novices

Jessica Harrington has said the fact Jezki is no longer favourite for the William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle has taken some of the pressure off as Cheltenham gets ever closer. Unbeaten in four starts over hurdles, the five-year-old has won the previous two starts at Grade One level. Jezki heads to the Festival off the back of a three-month break and looks to have a great chance in the race. "Jezki hasn't run since Christmas and hopefully we

Ballabriggs Looks To Regain Grand National Crown

Donald McCain is hopeful as Ballabriggs return to Aintree next month following an good run in defeat at Kelso on Saturday. Entering the Premier Chase for the third year in a row, the 2011 Grand National hero travelled well throughout and stayed on despite tiring on the run-in to finish third under Jason Maguire. McCain feels there is room for improvement ahead of the 12-year-old's return to Merseyside on April 6. McCain said: "It was grand. Jaso

Kauto Star Wont Make Rio 2016

Horse Racing Legend, Kauto Star looks unlikely to compete in the dressage at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was retired from racing last year and has been retraining in dressage since December "It takes four to five years to bring horses up to Olympic standard," British Eventing chief Yogi Breisner said. "The fact he's starting out at 12 means he's simply going to be too close to retirement age by the time he has

Katenko Withdrawn From Major Fixtures Due To Colic

Katenko has sadly been withdrawn from the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National after undergoing an emergency operation for colic on Friday.

The Venetia Williams-trained seven-year-old had won his last two races leading some experts to tip him as a potential Gold Cup winner.

But he has now been taken out of the biggest race of the Cheltenham Festival which takes place on 15 March.

Katenko will also miss April's G

Tony McCoy Will Pitch For My Tent Or Yours At Cheltenham

Tony McCoy has confirmed he will stick with My Tent Or Yours in the William Hill Supreme Novices`1 Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. McCoy had the choice between My Tent Or Your or partnering fellow JP McManus hurdler Jezki, trained in Ireland by Jessica Harrington. My Tent Or Yours is favourite for the Supreme after winning the Betfair Hurdle comfortably at Newbury for Nicky Henderson. McCoy told The Telegraph: "I ride My Tent Or Yours in the

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Robert Hawker Banned For 12 Days

Amateur jockey Robert Hawker was banned 12 days following his fifth-placed finish aboard Monderon in the second race at Taunton on Thursday.

Hawker was found guilty of 'failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing' in the Alpha Motorability Wheelchair Passenger Transport Novices' Hurdle.

Monderon, a 40/1 shot, was beaten 23 lengths by the winner, Fox Run.

Hawker will b

Record Handicap Entries For The Cheltenham Festival

There are a a record number of entries for the 11 handicaps at this year`s Cheltenham Festival following the announcement of the weights. Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins boasts a strong team for the Festival and he accounts for the joint or sole top-weight in nearly half of the the total 11 handicaps. Following his victory in the Racing Plus Chase on Saturday, Opening Batsman would have to shoulder 12st 6lb if he was to take up his engagement

No Course Watering Required For Cheltenham Festival

Rain is Forecast towards the end of next week which should mean Cheltenham clerk of the course Simon Claisse will not have to water the ground ahead of the Festival. Claisse's recent suggestion that watering could be a possibility, despite the extraordinarily wet winter, was surprising, but he explained that it has been drying out quickly in his part of the Cotswolds. "We've had very little rain in the last couple of weeks, and last Wednesday I said

Upset At Fairyhouse As Waheeb Falls Short

There was a major upset in the first race at Fairyhouse today as 1/4 favourite Waaheb could finish only third of five behind Art Of Logistics. Second to Jezki in a Grade One at Leopardstown, Dermot Weld's inmate was a faller on his next start and came here looking for a confidence booster. However, his jumping was less than foot perfect in the Visit fairyhouse.ie For Special Offers Hurdle, whereas Bryan Cooper was always travelling nicely on the 9/

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Rock On Ruby Wins Listed Hurdle In Tragic Circumstances

Rock On Ruby Wins Listed Hurdle In Tragic Circumstances

Rock On Ruby went on to beat Countrywide Flame after a fatal last-hurdle fall from Darlan just as he was making his challenge.

The race turned completely at the final hurdle with Darlan travelling powerfully behind Rock On Ruby, who had been in front for most of the home straight. Jockey Tony McCoy had been keen to keep Darlan tucked

Nicky Henderson Duo Wont Race Due To Ground

Nicky Henderson Duo Wont Race Due To Ground

Sprinter Sacre and Darlan will both miss their respective races on the final day of Cheltenham's Open meeting today due to the ground being unsuitably soft. After overnight rain, the going was officially described as Soft, Good to soft in places before racing on staurday, but that was changed to Soft, Heavy in places after the Paddy Power Gold Cup

Two Jockeys Suspended Under Britain`s New Whip Rules

Two Jockeys Suspended Under Britain`s New Whip Rules

Two British jockeys received suspensions for excessive use of the whip during races at Salisbury Racecourse in Wiltshire, England, Oct. 10, the first day that stiffer whip use penalties went into effect in that horse racing jurisdiction. According to a ruling by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) stewards, Kieran Fox has been suspended 15 days

Betfred wins auction for Tote with £265m deal

Betfred wins auction for Tote with £265m deal

UK-based bookmaker Betfred has been chosen to buy the Tote after an auction process that began in November. Betfred, which is paying £265m, said it would look at ways of exploiting the public body's commercial potential. Horse racing will receive £90m from the sale and £90m will go to the taxpayer. Betfred will take over the Tote's monopoly on pool

Young gun Adrian Heskin shines in Ballinrobe

Young gun Adrian Heskin shines in Ballinrobe

Adrian Heskin is the man of the moment on the jumps scene and he shone again as Warcraft took the Roundfort Stores Beginners Chase at Ballinrobe. The young jockey, who made big headlines when winning the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown, always had Michael Hourigan's seven-year-old handily placed not far off the leaders in the two-and-three-quarter-mile

Laminitis claims Thoroughbred sire Shinko King

Laminitis claims Thoroughbred sire Shinko King

Group One producing thoroughbred stallion Shinko King has succumbed to lamintis at the age of 21, Shinko King has suffered with lamintis for many years but it was decided to have him euthanised on May 17. An Irish-bred son of Fairy King, Shinko King stood at stud in Japan before coming to New Zealand`s Ashwell Farm in 1998, in 2007 he moved to Henk

Trainer Runs Horse to Exhaustion, Has License Revoked

Trainer Runs Horse to Exhaustion, Has License Revoked

Stewards at Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa, have revoked the license of Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Joseph Louis Nealon, saying the action is necessary to "protect the public's health, safety, and welfare and to protect the public from a person who should not hold a trainer's license." The stewards' ruling came after the Nealon-train

Newbury Racecourse Equestrian Day 2012

Newbury Racecourse Equestrian Day 2012

Following the success of the inaugural Equestrian Day in 2011, Newbury Racecourse have announced the date for this year's event. Please keep Saturday 3rd March 2012 free in your diary and we will update you shortly on things to look forward to during the day!

Saturday 3rd March – Greatwood Charity & Equestrian Raceday
Free Tickets for B

Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation Funds Wobblers Research

Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation Funds Wobblers Research

One of the 17 projects the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation will fund in 2011 includes the continuation of a study at the Gluck Equine Research Center now in its second year. The research project, "Orthopedic and Genetic Roles in Wobbler Syndrome," is led by James MacLeod, VMD, PhD, John S. and Elizabeth A. Knight chair and professor of vete

Ballylinch Stud

Ballylinch Stud

The sales season just gone by has indicated that high quality bloodstock remains a good investment in times of financial uncertainty. New emerging buyers have joined with the existing major players to create a strong market for the most desirable racing prospects.

With this in mind, Ballylinch Stud and its international partners have continu

Edward Gillespie to step down as MD at Cheltenham

Edward Gillespie to step down as MD at Cheltenham

Edward Gillespie is stepping down from his role as managing director of Cheltenham Racecourse, having been MD since 1980.

Gillespie, who will be 60 at the end of July, has been in charge for over 100 festival days since he took over.

`While part of me feels I could carry on for ever, I'm conscious that my sporting heroes have bowed ou

Ante-post favourite Uncle Mo to miss Kentucky Derby

Ante-post favourite Uncle Mo to miss Kentucky Derby

Last year's star two-year-old Uncle Mo has been ruled out of Saturday's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs (2324 BST) with a stomach problem. The powerful colt, who was co-favourite with Florida Derby winner Dialed In, was examined by a vet on Thursday.

But his owner Mike Repole withdrew the horse from the first leg of the Triple Crown on

September Meeting At York Racecourse

September Meeting At York Racecourse

Fun for all on Press Family Raceday: including a new Listed race as part of our seven thoroughbred races plus pony racing, our interactive racing zone, bouncy castle and personal appearances at intervals by children's favourite, Peppa Pig.

There is a special relaxed feel about the only Sunday of York's year; it naturally attracts a family cr

Thats All Folks-tone

Thats All Folks-tone

Folkestone Racecourse in Kent closed on thursday on as happy a note as possible as the final race was won by one of the courses most loyal patrons.

The race went to Mark Goldstein on Quartz Du Montceau who is trained by Diana Grissell whose family have had a long association with the course. The winning owner Steve Hicks, a former jock

















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