#North Yorkshire

After two days of brilliant racing in Liverpool, amid the fancy hats and the tossed bet slips, it all comes down to this: day at Aintree. The flagship race, a four-mile steeplechase, leads the attractions on Saturday, the big one at 5:15. But there's plenty of other racing before that. And after a thrilling Thursday and a fantastic Friday, you can…

Colin Tizzard can sign off in style with a win for Eldorado Allen in the Betway Bowl (2.55). The top trainer is soon to hand over the reins to his son Joe and the grey has a fine chance of victory at Aintree. He stayed on determinedly behind star chaser Allaho in Cheltenham's Ryanair Chase last month and is in an upward curve. Earlier, Pied Piper…

The nine-year-old won six successive races over obstacles between November 2020 and December 2021, but has since endured a spell in the doldrums. However, having been pulled up on four successive occasions, Bushypark hinted at a return to form when runner-up as a 50/1 shot over hurdles at Newcastle last weekend and he was the 2/1 favourite turned…

Newcastle's Flat card features a conditions race over a mile and a quarter with some smart older performers entered up. They include the John & Thady Gosden pair Harrovian and Forest of Dean who finished third and fifth respectively in a listed race at Lingfield in November which has thrown up some winners since. This looks a bit less competitive,…

Mark Johnston with his son Charlie: together the pair have trained 176 winners in Britain Charlie Johnston is set to have runners in his own name from next week with his father Mark, the winningmost trainer in the history of British racing, relinquishing his role in the joint training partnership. Mark Johnston, 63, became the first, and only,…

Born in Glasgow on October 10, 1959, Johnston became interested in racing through his father, who had been a groom in the army and owned horses. Johnston - who will no longer have a joint-licence in partnership with his son, Charlie - was intent on becoming a trainer from the age of 14, but after being educated at Callender High School, his parents…

A BIZARRE bidding war has erupted for a horse trainer's famous last tooth - as it'went into retirement' after 91 years. Legendary horseman Mick Easterby, 91, has put his tooth up for auction after it finally fell out on Wednesday. Now punters can own a unique slice of history by stumping up the cash for the unusual artefact, with all proceeds going…

Chantry House: drops in class for the Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase Into Overdrive started the season as perhaps the most exciting prospect ever to emerge from Mark Walford's underrated North Yorkshire yard. In two runs this year he has only advanced his peak Racing Post Rating by 1lb, but he has enhanced his reputation considerably and the…

John and Kitty Fairley, owners of Highfield Princess, receive the Yorkshire Horse of the Year Award from Eleanor Tomlinson Highfield Princess, who won Group 1s in three different countries in the space of 35 days across August and September, was crowned the Yorkshire Horse of the Year at the Go Racing In Yorkshire Awards on Thursday. The John…

THE Ayr Gold Cup is Scotland's richest Flat race and one of the biggest betting heats of the season. The overall pot is £150000, with the winner netting over £75000 for connections. The value of the six furlong race attracts horses from some of England and Scotland's top yards. Great Ambassador won the Garrowby Stakes at York earlier this month and…

Doncaster, Kempton and Kelso host the ITV racing fixtures on Saturday, March 26. The Lincoln is the feature race on Town Moor, where William Haggas chases another victory with Mujtaba Modern News (right) is one of the key runners in the Lincoln ANOTHER BATT is taken to spring a shock in the SBK Lincoln Handicap (3.35) as curtain goes up on the 2022…

Baaeed headlines an all-star cast for Qipco British Champions Day as the world's best turf horse bows out in the feature Champion Stakes (4.00). William Haggas' star is a red-hot 1-5 favourite for the ten-furlong contest but the presence of last year's Derby and King George winner Adayar means that the champion will need to be on his A-game if he…

Israr looks to cap a fine season and complete a Doncaster double when he heads the 22 that go to post for the BetGoodwin November Handicap. John and Thady Gosden's charge has been the most consistent of performers this term, winning Newbury's London Gold Cup over 10 furlongs before moving up to a mile and a half. He followed that up with a third in…

Karl Burke feels Dramatised is returning to the boil at just the right time ahead of her bid for Breeders' Cup glory at Keeneland on Friday. The Showcasing filly justified her trainer's confidence with a sparkling debut at Newmarket in the spring and doubled her tally in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot in June. The wheels came off slightly at York in…

Karl Burke feels Dramatised is returning to the boil at just the right time ahead of her bid for Breeders' Cup glory at Keeneland on Friday. The Showcasing filly justified her trainer's confidence with a sparkling debut at Newmarket in the spring and doubled her tally in the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot in June. The wheels came off slightly at York in…

Members of the Philip Kirby Racing Club were in full voice at Huntingdon today with one claiming their screams of joy could be heard in Peterborough after Martalindy sprung a 50/1 shock in the Follow Racing TV On Twitter Mares' Maiden Hurdle. All eyes entering the extended two miles and three furlongs contest were centred on Listed bumper winner…

Fans' Favourites is a weekly feature in the Racing Post Weekender in which we talk to those closest to racing's most popular horses and find out why they tug on our heartstrings. This week's subject: Attraction The best racehorses in history are born with a touch of brilliance about them. Most of the time. Occasionally, however, the brilliance is…

I'm sitting writing to you from North Yorkshire. I'm on my travels for Sky Sports Racing and have tied it in with a trip to visit my good friends, Jedd and Andrea O'Keeffe, who train racehorses on the edge of Middleham. As I type, I can hear the morning routines of a racing yard as the horses are fed before dawn, it's a comforting and familiar…

The line-up for the race is headed by the reigning Grand National champion, Sam Waley-Cohen, who won the Aintree marathon aboard Noble Yeats this April in what was his last ride under rules before retiring. The one-mile Leger Legends, run to raise funds for the National Horseracing College and Jack Berry House, will see the rider back on the…