The 2,000 Guineas winner will make his next start in the St James's Palace Stakes at Ascot on the opening day of the royal meeting next week

Kevin Blake, who picked out Lambourn, Lazy Griff and Tennessee Stud 12 months ago, has a runner of his own in the this year’s big race at Epsom

Socks are the pinnacle of lousy gifts—used socks so much the worse—but for these horses and donkeys they’re every child’s dream. That’s because these fancy red socks were donated by the players of the recently-crowned-title-winners, Arsenal FC. The footless socks have been used as dressings for horses and donkeys recovering from surgery and to keep […]

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Aidan O’Brien trains seven of the candidates for the Betfred-sponsored race including big race favourite Benvenuto Cellini, likely mount of Ryan Moore

Marquand, whose jockey wife Hollie Doyle is in hospital after breaking her leg in a race fall, walked back after coming off favourite Al Hudaiba

A wild rescue story with a mystery comes from Stoke-on-Trent, where a pony was found entirely trapped inside a tractor tire. Neither residents nor rescuers had any clue or idea as to what had gone on which saw the pony jailed by the derelict tire, but no one waited around to find out. Residents immediately […]

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WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGE: The shocking discovery was reported by a concerned member of the public

Racing officials are working with Ascot to ensure the arrival of the Royal Family and guests by horse-drawn carriage can go ahead as usual despite introducing a ban on non-thoroughbred horses entering racecourse property

American Peter Brant, co-owner of Chester Vase winner Benvenuto Cellini who is trained by Aidan O’Brien, has transferred most of his US string away from Chad Brown

Diego Lima received a two-day ban for striking Ranting Duke in the York stalls and faces a review of his overall usage by a BHA committee

Paco Lopez was riding Cloud In The Wind at Parx and the market leader looked sure to score for much of the opening race on May 12. However horse and jockey were caught by So Swell

The buzzer rang, the gates opened, and before the first turn, the horse that would help make history at the Kentucky Derby was coming in dead last—not surprising as Golden Tempo had 23-1 odds to win the iconic race. The odds seemed about right, as the horse had been battling a heel condition, but Cherie DeVaux […]

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The Sunday fixture at Plumpton in Sussex was abandoned after a non-thoroughbred horse at a nearby livery yard was confirmed to have contracted equine flu and EHV-4

Benvenuto Cellini was cut to 9-4 favourite for the Epsom Classic after an odds-on success in the Chester Vase for the Ballydoyle trainer

The recent historic win at the Kentucky Derby was also a record maker in a number of other ways. According to NBC Sports, 24.4 million tuned in to the live broadcast of the 2026 Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3rd. The Kentucky Derby remains the longest-running sporting event in United States history and somehow managed […]

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An experienced rancher and his 2 neighbors recently conducted a harrowing rescue of 15 horses from chest-high floodwaters in the dead of night. When a stronger than usual Hawaiian wet season dumped disaster-level rains on Oahu’s normally-tranquil north shore, Tyler Smith was first on the scene. But it was a scene of disaster, and after […]

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After impressively galloping ahead of the rest by six lengths in the 1m1f handicap, the 9-4 favourite slipped in the pull-up area and his rider landed awkwardly. An inspection was held and the final two races were called off

The £525,000 race over a mile was the first Classic of the Flat season. Charlie Appleby was chasing a fourth victory in five years with Distant Storm and King's Trail, while Gstaad and Into The Sky were well backed

In China, whether on Earth or in the Heavens, it’s the Year of the Horse. This year is the 40th anniversary of one of the country’s earliest conservation efforts: the Wild Horse Return Program, which since 1986 has been breeding, relocating, and protecting the famous Przewalski’s horse on the country’s vast grasslands. 2025’s data from […]

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Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls, with parole eligibility after 37 years

Racing plans made by Queen Elizabeth II just days before she died lead to Newmarket victory

3 years ago, the last non-domesticated species of horse was reintroduced into a Spanish woodland in the hopes they would act upon the land as wild equines had done for thousands of years. The Iberian Highlands Rewilding Project (IHRP) is now happy to report that 10 foals have been born since then, as the Przewalski’s […]

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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has issued a reminder for motorists

They may, of course, argue that they are not psychopaths. They may suppose that they are merely on a day out watching horses that have no choice but to run around for the pleasure of humans and occasionally have to be shot for that same pleasure, and it is all good fun. In my opinion […]

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Get on George was tragically put down after being pulled up in the second race of the final day of the Grand National Festival

The full list of horse colours has been confirmed for the Grand National 2026

Every horse number and jockey colour for the Grand National 2026

Jockey Paul Townend had to attend a stewards inquiry into his riding of Gold Dancer, who had to be euthanised after the William Hill Mildmay Novices’ Chase on welfare grounds

An investigation has been launched after a horse died following a fire at a staples in Co Wexford.

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