#Racing Welfare

Conditional jockey Charlotte Jones gave up her rides at Sedgefield on Friday after suffering concussion in a fall at Catterick the day before. Jones crashed out at the third hurdle in a 1m7f race at the Yorkshire track on Thursday and the field had to bypass that flight when they came round again as she was still being treated. "She suffered a…

Clonmel: Thursday's meeting hinges on 7.30am inspection Clonmel's meeting on Thursday is subject to an inspection at 7.30am on raceday morning. Conditions are heavy for the seven-race card and were reported as fit for racing on Wednesday morning, but a yellow warning for wind and rain is in place for the area. Clerk of the course Lorcan Wyer said:…

Jockey Hollie Doyle is riding the crest of a wave after her success at Kempton Park. The 24-year-old became the first female jockey to win five races in a row Hollie Doyle pictured at Bath Racecourse in August 2020 ROCK SOUND is fancied to keep Hollie Doyle on a high with a win in the Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap (2.15) at…

Newsboy's nap selection on Sunday is Ford Madox Brown at Chelmsford. Other tips come for Pontefract and Uttoxeter FORD MADOX BROWN (nap) is expected to give his rivals the brush off in the concluding Ministry Of Sound Disco 20th August Handicap (4.30) at Chelmsford City on Sunday. Stuart Williams' son of Oasis Dream bounced back to form with a…

CHELMSFORD: 5.30 Maharajas Express, 6.00 Bonnsie, 6.30 Giant, 7.00 Barging Thru, 7.30 PANDEMIC PRINCESS (NAP), 8.00 Bluebells Boy, 8.30 Three Dragons. KEMPTON: 12.50 Tagabawa, 1.20 Dragonball Prince, 1.50 Mighty River, 2.20 Rooful, 2.50 Covert Mission, 3.20 Uther Pendragon, 3.55 Hot Day. LINGFIELD: 12.30 Range, 1.00 Bobo Mac, 1.30 Furkash, 2.00 Hoe…

Classic winner Hollie Doyle heads to Newcastle on Saturday to partner Group One stars Trueshan and Glen Shiel in the two big races, live on Sky Sports Racing. Although TRUESHAN faces a demanding task under such a massive weight in Saturday's JenningsBet Northumberland Plate (3.30) at Newcastle, it's simply a race he has to run in. Unsuitably fast…

Connections of Baaeed might have shied away from 1m4f in Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but a host of the sport's participants are not daunted by 26.2 miles in the TCS London Marathon, which starts hours before the Longchamp highlight. They include Sophia Upton, the sister of Cheltenham Festival-winning rider Tim Mitchell who now works…

YAGAN can build on a return to winning form to lift the Become A Member At Chelmsford City Racecourse Handicap (8.00). On the back of racking up a hat-trick of handicap successes in the first half of 2021, the Sir Mark Prescott-trained son of Australia drew a blank on his next six attempts. But Yagan was back in business in a handicap over a mile…

Every year there's a frisson of excitement at Cheltenham Festival as racegoers try to guess who is in the Royal Box. Most years there will be at least one member of the Windsor clan cheering on the horses at the four-day festival. So who might it be here this year? If the bookies allowed betting on which royal is most unlikely to there, the Queen…