#British Isles

Five meetings take place in four countries on a busy day of horse racing across the British Isles on Tuesday. The action commences at Brighton (1.00-4.10pm), which is one of four Flat cards along with Hamilton in Scotland (2.15-5.20), Roscommon in Ireland (4.40-8.10) and Chepstow in Wales (5.50-8.50). The lone jumps card is at Stratford…

Andy Haden, who has died of leukaemia aged 69, was one of the biggest, toughest and most controversial of All Black forwards, winning 117 caps for New Zealand between 1972 and 1985 (41 in Tests) and captaining his country eight times; but his reputation was overshadowed by accusations of cheating on the field and racist and sexist remarks off…

King George Chase is one of the most iconic races in British steeplechase history. Run over a distance of three miles and five furlongs, this Grade 1 National Hunt race has been held at Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury-on-Thames since its inception in 1937. Over the years, some of the most famous horses in jump racing have won King George, with…

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First published on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Captain Tim Forster was sitting in his battered Range Rover at the top of the gallops, on the Downs near Letcombe Bassett, waiting for his slowcoach chasers to lumber into view. When the first of them finally did, ears flopping, it was a horse about to run at Sandown's annual military meeting, where…

Get all the latest info on Newcastle races today right here. This detailed guide has everything you need to know about the horse racing happening at the track. Check out all the goings on at Newcastle Racecourse today with racecards, tips and results from the latest raceday. Established at Gosforth Park in the early 1880s, Newcastle Racecourse is…

If the bookmakers are correct, Paul Nicholls has an outstanding chance of claiming a 13th King George VI at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. 13 horses have been declared for the second most prestigious chase in the British Isles. In stature, it is surpassed only by the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The reigning champion trainer is responsible for four of the…

Duncan Stone's new book Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket has important lessons for Indian cricket and sports. It does not merely challenge the orthodoxy of English cricket, it demonstrates how the values and belief systems at its heart were developed in order to divide, rather than unite, the English at every level of the…

They are the Wales internationals who spent the autumn on the outside looking in. Many of them may not say it, but all will still crave the opportunity to pull on their country's jersey once again. For a number of those listed below, it's a case of odds-against. But a few just may interest Wayne Pivac for the autumn. We look at the XV of out of…

At some point around 5.45pm on November 19, a trophy bearing the name of Paul Barrière will be lifted high into the floodlit Manchester sky. Barrière, a modest man who at a crucial point in his life depended on secrecy for survival, wouldn't have been happy. The man after whom the Rugby League World Cup is named insisted, during his lifetime, that…

There are six meetings taking place across the British Isles on Monday, four Flat, two National Hunt and at least one in each of the five countries. They race on the level at Hamilton Park (1.05-5.08pm), Ffos Las (1.25-4.55), Down Royal (1.30-5.30) and Newcastle (4.50-8.30), the last being the day's only all-weather meeting. The jump action comes…

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This weekend's horse racing in the British Isles will be overshadowed by the death of Her Majesty The Queen. The late monarch, a passionate breeder and owner for 70 years, left an indelible mark on the sport, and authorities recognized this by canceling Thursday evening and all of Friday's scheduled meetings. A statement from the British Horse…