Who Are the Best Female Jockeys in Horse Racing?
For many years being a jockey was strictly a male-only profession. Although women were free to spectate or to ride a horse in a casual capacity, they could not compete …
How Many Horses Run in the Grand National & How Many Finish?
There are so many reasons why the Grand National is such a thrilling spectacle, one that manages to wow audiences every April. Not only is it the longest race in …
What Are the Different Courses at Cheltenham?
At most racecourses across the country, there is only one distinct patch of turf that horses compete on. Where a course offers separate hurdles and chase courses, they typically lie …
Will the Cheltenham Festival Add a Fifth Day?
Every year the Cheltenham Festival ends up full to the brim with excited racegoers wanting to see some top-class thoroughbred action. Around 250,000 people enter the doors of National Hunt …
What Are the Biggest Races at the Cheltenham Festival?
For fans of horse racing, there are some meetings and indeed races that stand head and shoulders above the rest. While the Grand National gets a lot of attention from …
What Is a Non Runner in Horse Racing?
Often abbreviated as NR, a non-runner in horse racing refers to a horse that has been withdrawn from a race, usually on the day of the contest or the day …
Highest Odds Grand National Winners
Part of the reason that the Grand National is such a captivating contest is how unpredictable it is. With a huge pack of horses competing on an extremely challenging course …
What Is a Nap in Horse Racing?
In horse racing, a nap does not refer to a jockey or horse having a little snooze before a race, or anything close to that. Instead, it is something you …
What Are the Richest Horse Races in the UK?
Horse racing fans are certainly spoilt for choice here in the UK, with well over 1,000 meetings and 10,000+ individual races held each and every year. And contained within that …
Could Towcester Racecourse Make a Comeback?
There are, at the time of writing at least, 60 racecourses in the UK. As events of 2020 and 2021 have shown us, the world can change very quickly, and …