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A day
at the Races from British Racecourses, a great day out,
betting, the
Racing Phrase book
A great
day out from the Racing World highlights key and
immanent events
Review of the 2004 Racing Year from Channel4 Racing
with the
2005 Race Calendar
The Basics of Betting from BHB, for the beginner, types of bet,
picking a winner and betting sensibly
New to
Racing? help here from UK Horse Racing;
handicapping explained,
Faq.
Racing
Terminology from Cheltenham Racecourse; get familiar with the
commonly-used terms
Racing terms
covering ground conditions and Irish racing
Glossary from the National Horse Racing Museum;
do you know what "Act in the Dip" means?
Conditions for working in the Industry
from the Home Office - understand the regulations
Starting
Barriers the background from Wikipedia
Thoroughbred
Racing also from Wikipedia sets out the background to horse racing
Racing Colours
Weatherbys The administrator of British Horse Racing
and deals with the registration of racing colours.
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The Stud Book |
To safeguard the pedigrees of
these animals, James Weatherby published the first General Stud Book in
1791 "To rescue the Turf from the increasing evil of false and
inaccurate Pedigrees"
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The Stud Book
Weatherby's; history, naming, registration, Stallions, Links, Books
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Associations
Organisations that control aspects of racing in the UK |
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British Horseracing Board - the governing authority for
horse
racing
in Great Britain.
Beginners Guide to UK racing; race results, racecourse
info, racehorse
ownership etc
The Racecourse Association
The trade association representing the 59 Racecourses in Britain,
with 16 flat only 24 jumps only ;
Racing Phrasebook,
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The Jockey Club
is responsible for the regulation of the
conduct of British racing and supports
the work of the British Horseracing Board, owns and manages 13
racecourses and administers the training facilities in Newmarket;
ride racing rules,
point-to pointing
Jockeys Association of
Great Britain operating to protect the character
and status and interest generally of the Jockey profession; news
archives, awards, interviews, jockeys agents and profiles
National Trainers
Association - the
professional body for licensed racehorse trainers in the UK.
Trainers Directory, 'what we do'
Racetech provides
technical support for horse racing at all racecourses licensed by
The Jockey Club, and the company is currently responsible for the
provision and operation of starting stalls, photofinish, race
timing, camera patrol,public address & radio communication
British
Racing School Courses are run for Apprentice, Conditional and Amateur
jockeys and one to one tuition can be arranged for individuals
Horse Racing Ireland
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News
and Results
news, form, tips, event coverage...Local
Racing
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UK Horse Racing Results
Racing results and fixtures.
Live updated horseracing
results and archived results from each of the UK race courses. Horse
Racing fixtures calendar and a guide to each UK racecourse and main
horseracing events. Today's horseracing results are updated every 30
minutes.
At The Races
comprehensive coverage if the UK scene including
videos, racecards, results, news
and features.
Ananova
Racing results, going
BBC Sport Horse Racing latest horse racing results around the country
Channel 4.com/racing The Morning Line; racing news,
jockey profiles, racing on TV
Flat racing Awards 2006 "Motivator achieved an
outstanding level of racecourse performance and raised the profile
of British racing." The
awards for champion owner, trainer, jockey and apprentice jockey are
based on prize money earned in 2005.
GG.com with
everything you need to follow and bet
on UK horse racing including; news, racecards, free advice from
professional tipsters, access to all the major bookmakers, results,
free alerts
and a
Forum
Horse Racing
Results presents racing results from all UK and Irish
Horse racing fixtures updated throughout the day, information on
betting strategies and an archive of all past UK/Irish races dating
back to September 2004.
MoolarMania
UK horse Racing Blog page with lots of interesting news, free tips &
articles
RaceNews
for a complete listing of all British race courses, dates,
historical information and great photos of the courses like Aintree,
Newmarket and Goodwood just to name a few.
RacingPost
online dedicated sports newspaper for
up to the minute information on racing news and monthly race calendar for
the UK
Racing Information UK
Horse Racing Information and betting advice from a full time pro.
The Racing Pages, covering
all aspects of horse-racing in the UK with emphasis on National Hunt racing.
Local Racing
Go Racing in Yorkshire
covers all the tracks in Yorkshire, with news and fixtures,
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The Racing World UK horse racing
directory
Horse Racing Links Comprehensive links to free horse
racing sites UK, Ireland. Free Tips, Ratings, Video, Radio,
Forums, Downloads.
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Jockeys |
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Tracking
performance of horses, jockeys trainers, owners. Register with the
Racing Post.
Flat Jockeys
biographies, pictures, from Jockey's Room;
gallery,
Top Jockeys.
Jockeys in
the UK and Ireland from the Racing World;
Directory, mainly of BBC Sport pages on UK jockeys, but with other
sites, too
Top Jockeys from British Horse Racing's People in Racing; jumps
and flat
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Trainers |
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UK Horse Racing trainers
from Racing-Index, with links
Racehourse Trainers an
index to the UK and Irelands leading trainers
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UK Horse Racing
Forums
give your opinions or seek advice from your peers |
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Win2Win Racing
Racing news and debate, bets and racing explained, horses to
follow....
The Racing Forum lots of topics active
UK Horse Racing Forum choosing those horses!
Speedmaster Gold
mostly concerned with horse selection
GG.com Forum exchange
views on horse racing and more
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Flat Racing |
Flat racing reaches its peak in the Summer and
Autumn and features The Five UK Classics (2000 Guineas, 1000 Guineas,
Oaks,
Derby and
St Leger) as well as a number of major meetings such
as Royal Ascot featuring some of the world's most valuable
thoroughbreds.
The Racecourse Association
Champion Jockeys over the years from Wikipedia
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English
Classics covers the Five UK classics: the
Derby, Oaks, St
Leger and the 1000 and 2000 guineas, with background information on
each
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1000
Guineas
2000 Guineas |
Both races
are run in May at
Newmarket,
Suffolk over the Rowley Mile Course (named after King Charles II
"Old Rowley" who founded the course in 1660). The 1000 guineas is
the first major flat race of the season.
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Epsom
Oaks |
Run for three
year old fillies in June on the
Epsom Downs, over a
distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs over the same course as the Derby.
Both the Oaks and Derby were introduced by Edward Smith
Stanley, the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1779. The Oaks was named after
his estate. See
Wikipedia and
The Epsom
Course
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Epsom
Derby |
Also run in
June for three-year-old colts and fillies at
Epsom Downs as one part
of the Triple Crown (along with the 2000 Guineas and St Leger
Stakes)
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St
Leger |
A race of just
under 3km for
3-year old colts and fillies run in September at
Doncaster, on the Town
Moor Racecourse - the last of the 5 classics and the final leg of the Triple
Crown. It is the oldest Classic Flat race,
first run in 1776
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Point-to-Pont |
Regarded as
the amateur version of Steeplechasing
Hurdling being the the least severe, using movable
fences.
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Point to Point
official home of Point-to-Pointing on the Internet currently
with
news around the districts
the latest entries, results and fixtures information, but
with plans to expand
Jumping for Fun
fixtures, faq, leading competitors, find meetings, riders and
trainers, Forum
Point to point Forum from Equine World UK
Pointing Yorkshire
Want to know how to go about being part of Point to Pointing in
Yorkshire - this is the only website to visit. Run by
enthusiasts, the site provides all the local info and
season fixtures to enable to attend your local meet.
Racing
Point ezine (-not
update from 2004) from the publishers of Point to Pont magazine;
fixtures, celebrity profiles, stallions, legal notebook,
discussion Forum |
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Steeplechasing |
"Steeplechasing has its roots in "pounding
matches" held in Ireland in the late 17th century; matches held
across haphazardly chosen country until the loser was "pounded" into
the ground by being out-lasted by the winner, or fell. Horses were
typically heavy animals who could handle rough ground, stay, and
jump..". Read on from
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It is
now used to decribe distance
horse
race with diverse fence and ditch obstacles; the most famous
events in the UK are
Cheltenham Gold Cup (Cheltenham,
March), the
Grand National (Aintree,
April), Betfred Gold Cup (Sandown,
April), Hennessey Gold Cup (Newbury,
Nov), King George VI (
Kempton, Boxing Day)
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Background. |
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National Hunt
Championship 2005 Selection |
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Season Review,
Irish celebrations;
Trainers Championship, Champion
Trainer,
Champion Jockey, |
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Guide to the Jump
Season from AtTheRaces.com comprehensive information on all
aspects, including the horses and jockeys to watch, multimedia
coverage reviews.
BBC Sport Horse Racing coverage of National Hunt
Racing with
A-Z National Hunt Glossary Profiles of leading
Jockeys, and leading
Trainers,
National Hunt Racing, background
from
Cheltenham-Festival
National Hunt Glossary from
Winning Post produced by
National Hunt fans
Cheltenham Festival
2005 latest
news, entries and profiles on the main contenders heading to
Cheltenham in March including audio interviews and race footage
Racing Chronicle
National Hunt ezine with highlights of the top events at
Aintree, Cheltenham, Newbury, Sandown Park and Kempton Park
Guide to national Hunt Racing from BBC Sport
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Cheltenham Festival |
Held
in March, this four-day event is the equivalent in
National Hunt Racing to the World Cup in Soccer. There are
over 20 races, including 12 Grade One races with the major
race being the Cheltenham Gold Cup. More from
Wikipedia
Preview
from GG.com |
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Cheltenham
Gold Cup
Cheltenham Run in
March as part of the Cheltenham Festival |
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Background
from Wikipedia
Winners from Thoroughbred Heritage
2006
Coverage
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Sporting Life,
BBC News,
Racing Better,
Sport Telegraph,
Channel4 Racing,
British Horse Racing
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Grand National
Aintree
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This
historic race, dating from 1836, is probably the most
popular race in the UK, both for regular horse race fans and
for those who normally do not show any interest in the
sport. The 4.5 mile course has 16 fences, 14 of them being
jumped twice and includes drop fences, where the
landing side of the fence is lower than the take off side.
For more detail of the background history and past winners,
see
Wikipedia
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Grand National World sets the scene for this great race " The
worlds greatest Steeplechase" and present some key historic
moments;
Pictorial Guide to Aintree
The Grand National
Steeplechase race facts and timeline;
Aintree map
Grand National Betting
A
comprehensive look at the Aintree Grand National - including betting guides,
form and the all the latest news
Grand National
Guide Information
and news on the world famous Grand National. Betting odds,
runners, form, race history and results.
2005 Race Information from
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2006Coverage
get all the news, odds and race coverage for the
UK racing sports servers |
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Racing Better,
Sport Telegraph,
Channel4 Racing,
Sporting
Life
Equine World,
Irish-Racing
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Race Courses
Alphabetical Racecourse List
from Race-courses.co.uk
See also
Wikiepdia
Ascot, Cheltenham, Doncaster, Haydock,
Newbury,
Newmarket,
Sandown Park,
Uttoxeter,
Wetherby,
Wincanton,
Windsor
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Ascot
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Ascot has
connections way back to the early 1700's, when Queen Anne
converted a broad flat field near Eascote 'Eastern
Cottage' (now Ascot), just south of Windsor Castle and held
the first race "Her Majesty's Plate," with a purse of 100
guineas in 1711. It developed into the most popular course in
the time of King George in the 1760's. Significant development
too place in the 19th Century. Since 1945, more races have
been introduced , with
twenty-five days of racing now taking place - sixteen Flat
meetings (May and October), and nine National Hunt meetings
(November to April). The main event is The Royal Meeting,
held in June. It is
currently being refurbished. For details see below
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Royal Ascot |
2006 The
event has returned to Ascot after the 2005 season at York while the
Ascot course was undergoing a major redevelopment. |
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Royal Ascot official
site; Tuesday 20th June is the official reopening of the new
Grandstand and track, following a major redevelopment
programme.
History of Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot
Betting has a lot of useful information to offer.
Coverage by
BBC Sport Racing,
Sky
Sport Racing,
Sporting
Life, Racing UK
RacingPost,
Racing World
William Hill Radio for live coverage
Video
replays from BBC Sport Racing
Live Racing from Racing World
TV Guide
to live racing from RTE Sports
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Newbury
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Celebrated its
Centenary in 2005, though moved to its current site
on the south-east side of Newbury, in 1910. It
has both flat and National Hunt (11 fences on the
inside of the Flat track, two of which are open ditches)
courses, both of which are left-handed and about 1m 7
furlongs long, with some slight undulations on the long
finishing straight. It has over 30 days of quality
racing, of which the Hennessy
Cognac Gold Cup and the Juddmonte Lockinge , Ladies Day
in August are the most prestigious.
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Official
Racecourse Site news,
fixtures,
glossary of racing terms,
getting there, Centenary,
online tickets
Newbury Going Report from TurfTrax
Newbury Racecource from 'Race-Courses'. Course details,
facilities, stats, including best 5 trainers, jockeys,
owners and sires.
Newbury Racecourse from Napit; course layouts,
facilities, ticket prices getting there
Newbury Racecourse from About Britain included
accommodation details
History and background from Wikipedia; notable races,
Newbury.net
for finding out about all the other things!
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Wetherby
map |
Situated alongside the A1 in Wetherby, with a
state-of-the-art Wetherby Millennium Stand was opened in
February 2000, this course is regarded as the
'Cheltenham of the north'. It is a National Hunt course
only with two options - a left-handed oval circuit
of 1m 4 furlongs with with easy bends or an older tight,
left-handed Hurdle Course. Its history goes back at
least to 1891, with an older record of racing at nearby
Clifton Moor in 1683.
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Wetherby
Race Course official Site; owners and trainers
information, race day information, fixtures,
going report,
getting there.
Wetherby Racecourse information
from TurfTrax; diary, going report
Wetherby Racecourse from Napit; course layouts,
facilities, ticket prices getting there
Wetherby Online
for needs other than racing
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Newmarket |
King George II founded meetings at Newmarket as early as
1660 and the Rowley Mile course, home to two of the 5
classic Races (1000 and 2000 Guineas) is named after
him. it is the home of the National Stud and the
National Horse Racing Museum. For more detail see the
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Warwick Racecourse,
Wincanton Racecourse
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Uttoxeter |
Racing in the area of
Stoke on Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme took place as
early as 1720. In the nineteenth century a range of venues
included Lamberts Park Farm, Rocester, Bramshall, Stafford,
Stone and Pottery. By the 1890's only the Bramshall meeting
survived but faded away to be replaced by an ambitious project
at Keele Park, the estate of Ralph Sneyd. Keele Park opened in
1895 but closed by 1906.Following the demise of Keele park a new
racecourse company was established and a course was built at
Uttoxeter beside the river Dove. The first meeting was staged in
May 1907 (Information courtesy of Uttoxeter Race Course;
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Uttoxeter
Racecourse one of 9 courses owned and run by
Northern Racing Group;
fixtures, badges, finding the course, Faq (in hand),
downloads of helpful information,
history.
Uttoxeter Racecouse
from GG.com facilities, profile, finding the
course,
Visiting Uttoxeter - City Visitor help you make the best
possible use of your time - help to plan a visit,
select the restaurants art galleries, race courses!
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Windsor |
operates 28 race meetings between April and December on the only
flat figure-of-8 course in the country; it is a flat course of 1
mile 4½ furlongs (Fontwell has a jumping figure-of-8 course)
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Windsor Racecourse calendar, Faq,
course information
, costs,
finding the course by road,
rail, river or air, owners and trainers facilities.
Weather forecast for Windsor
Official Windsor Site -
find the information you need to complete your day at Windsor
racecourse
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Official site
map official site
Fixtures; first time at Sandown, racecards,
results.....
Sandown Racecourse from Race-course.co.uk. Details of the
course, facilities, enclosures, and top performers at the course
Sandown Racecourse from Napit; also includes flat and jump
course maps and race Fixtures
BetFred
Gold Cup
History
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Cheltenham |
The
course is located on the outskirts of the town in the suburb
of Prestbury,
It is often
called the 'home of National Hunt racing', mostly because it
hosts the important four day
Cheltenham
Festival, featuring the Cheltenham Gold Cup, held in
March of each year.
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Cheltenham Racecourse official site; fixture list, course
details, hall of fame, Faq.......
Visit Cheltenham
find out all the attractions, hotels, restaurants on your visit.
Cheltenham Racecourse from Napit; course information, maps,
fixtures.....
Cheltenham-Festival Details of the Old and New courses,
events,
history, races calendar, live
commentary details ...
History of racing at Cheltenham from 1819
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Doncaster
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The
Town Moor course at Doncaster is about 1 mile 7.5
furlongs and is a fairly flat, left-handed, pear-shaped
track used for both flat and National Hunt racing. The
season kicks off in March with the
Lincoln Handicap, but the
most notable races, including the Group 1 races
St Leger
Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy, are in the later months
of September and October. More from
Wikipedia |
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Doncaster
Racecourse runs the St
Leger as the 5th and final Classic;
location, events
Doncaster main Stand an interactive image from BBC Sport
Visiting?. Get some useful
information from
Visit Doncaster or
Doncaster visitor
Doncaster Racecourse guides from
Napit,
Race-Course UK, |
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Lincoln Handicap
(transferred to Doncaster from Lincoln Racecourse when it
closed in 1964 ) |
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Some
early background from
English Racecourse Gazateer
Coverage by
BBC Sport,
Sky
Sport Racing,
Sporting Life Racing UK
Racing Post,
Racing World
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Betting See also our
main
betting section
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Horse4course-racetips offers horse racing tips and
information pertaining to horse racing in the UK. It also
provides a complete guide to UK racecourses and thoroughbred
racehorses in the UK.
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While
Thoroughbred Racing was established as far back as the Ancient Greeks,
the origins of modern racing developed in the UK with the introduction
of Arab stallions brought back from the Crusades in the 12th Century.
The next significant step towards professional racing was 6 centuries
later with 
