Horse Racing

John ‘Shark’ Hanlon has been hit with a ban

Horse trainer banned for transporting dead horse

Lauren Keen-Hawkins suffered a serious head injury at Worcester racecourse.

Amateur jockey in 'critical care' following head injury

Tyson Fury is hosting an 'Echoes of Elements' dinner and Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis will also feature. Credit: Getty

An Evening with Tyson Fury featuring Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis

Jockey Jordan Williams has been banned for six months.

Jockey receives six month ban after failed drugs test

Grand National 2024 winner, finish order and number of horse deaths

2024 Grand National favourites

The prices at the Aintree bars for the Grand National 2024 have been revealed. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bar prices at Grand National revealed

Stefano Cherchi was best known in the UK for riding various winners under trainer Marco Botti

Sportsman dies at 23

Footballer banned after investigation

The Cheltenham Festival's 2024 Cross Country Chase has been cancelled following terrain inspections this morning which deemed the ground waterlogged. (Credit: Getty Images)

Cheltenham race cancelled after downpour

Jockey Paul Townend (left) celebrates on State Man after winning the Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy on day one of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Weather forecast for Cheltenham Festival released

Sir Alex Ferguson is a Cheltenham regular.

Sir Alex Ferguson's six horses competing at Cheltenham Festival

When is the Cheltenham Festival? Ticket info, race dates and racecards

Fakenham racing has been abandoned due to accessibility issues by the emergency vehicle

Horce racing abandoned after ambulance unable to access site

The annual Welsh Grand National takes place on December 27. Picture: Getty Images

Welsh Grand National: Runner and riders confirmed with odds

Porchey was the late Queen Elizabeth 11's racing manager. Here is British peer Henry Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon (Lord Porchester), the Queen's racing manager, British peer Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort, the Queen's Master of the Horse, riding alongside British Royal Queen Elizabeth II horseriding in Ascot, Berkshire, England, 16th June 1960. The group were riding during the week of the Royal Ascot race meeting. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Porchey in The Crown, what was his relationshp like with the Queen?

Freddie Nicholson, 29, started putting money on football matches and horse racing as soon as he hit 18.

Man calls for sports online gambling ban after racking up huge debts

“I know it for what it is now. You’ll never really win.”

Sophie Wills

Win a stay in the Horsebox Hotel. From l-r, Andrew Gibson and Angus O'Donnell from MND Assocation and Jamie Jones-Buchanan

Fancy being centre of attention in 'horsebox hotel' at St Leger?

Triple Time (Neil Callan) beats Inspiral (Frankie Dettor) to win the Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot - and both could go for the Sussex Stakes in August at Goodwood | Picture: Malcolm Wells

Royal Ascot 2023: Day four race cards, runners and riders and tips

King Charles cheers on his horse Desert Hero (Pic:Getty)

Why was King Charles in tears at Royal Ascot 2023?

Royal Ascot takes place this week (Image: Getty Images)

Royal Ascot 2023: Day three race cards, runners and riders and tips

Baaeed's 10-race winning streak is over. Picture: Getty Images

Royal Ascot 2023: Day two race cards, runners and riders & latest tips

Pollen levels for Royal Ascot are very high this week (Image: Getty Images)

Royal Ascot hit by pollen bomb with racegoers warned of red alert

And they're off for the greatest Flat race meeting of the year. Royal Ascot features 35 races over five glorious days. Check out our guide to 12 of the best horses set to run at the meeting.

Royal Ascot 2023: Race cards, runners and riders and latest tips

It loos to be a largely dry week at Royal Ascot (Image: Getty Images)

Day-by-day Met Office weather prediction for Royal Ascot

Royal Ascot takes place this week (Image: Getty Images)

Royal Ascot dress code explained and the items attendees cannot wear

Baaeed's 10-race winning streak is over. Picture: Getty Images

ITV announce broadcast plans for Royal Ascot 2023 - how to watch

Protester who ran onto the course at Epsom Downs

Protester who ran onto Epsom Derby course arrested

Animal Rising previously disrupted the Grand National in April

Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Epsom racecourse are on high alert for activists ahead of Derby Day

How much winner of the Epsom Derby will take home in 2023

Zara Tindall and her mother Princess Anne could be set to attend the Epsom Derby 2023. Photographs by Getty

Which royals could attend the Epsom Derby amid potential protests?

Ryan Moore rides Tuesday (R) to victory over Frankie Dettori and Emily Upjohn (L) in the Oaks last month. Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images

How to watch the Epsom Derby on TV in 2023

Grand National confirms three horses died during Aintree festival

Corach Rambler ridden by Derek Fox wins the Grand National. Picture: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Corach Rambler wins Grand National after storming finish

Aidan Coleman rides Sam Brown over the last to win the Betway Handicap Steeple Chase at Aintree Racecourse. Picture: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

How many fences in the Grand National? Jumps explained

Corach Rambler at the Cheltenhem Festival in March 2023

How to watch Grand National 2023 - Aintree races schedule

Grand National 2023 prize money: how much does winner get?

Grand National front runner Corach Rambler at Cheltenham

Grand National 2023: full list of runners for Aintree SteepleChase

Grand National 2023 is taking centre stage this week.

NAPs to furlongs: the terms you need to know ahead of Grand National

Cheltenham Day Four review: Galopin Des Champs lifts the Gold Cup

Cheltenham Day Four race cards, tips & results including the Gold Cup

Cheltenham Festival is once again almost upon us.

Cheltenham Festival Day Three: Racecards, tips and latest results

Cheltenham Festival Day One: Constitution Hill shines once again

St Patrick’s Thursday at Cheltenham Festival 2018

Cheltenham Festival 2023: dates, tips and Gold Cup race

King Charles III (Photo by Jane Barlow-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Could King Charles be ‘set’ to attend Cheltenham 2023 after 17 years?

Prince Harry at a polo charity match in Italy in 2019. Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images). Prince Harry and the royal family have a long history connected to the world of horses so it is not surprising that is has been revealed that he lost his virginity to a former stables girl, Sasha Walpole.

Royals and horses: Sasha Walpole says she took Harry's viriginity

Zara and Mike Tindall met each other in Australia in 2003 (Pic:Kirsty O'Connor - Pool/Getty Images)

What are Zara and Mike Tindall doing in Australia?

Epsom Bound: Dante winner Desert Crown with jockey Richard Kingscote, left, and trainer Sir Michael Stoute at York.

Epsom Derby 2022: TV channel, time, runners, riders and odds

Lester Piggott, one of the greatest jockeys of all time, has died at the age of 86. (Getty Images)

Lester Piggott: nine-time Derby-winning jockey dies aged 86

Noble Yeats leads the way in steeplechase 2022.

‘Unacceptable’: charities react to horse fatalities at Grand National

Rachael Blackmore.

Grand National 2022 runners: The horses running in the Grand National

Rachel Blackmore is at the Grand National once again.

What horse is Rachael Blackmore riding at Grand National 2022?

The Grand National takes centre stage again this week.

Grand National 2022 tips: 6 expert betting tips on horses to back

Grand National.

Grand National sweepstake kit 2022: Download free print out

The Grand National.

Grand National 2022: Latest odds and bookies’ special offers

Jockeys, owners, and trainers stand in the parade ring, before the first race on the third day of the Grand National Horse Racing meeting at Aintree Racecourse in 2021. Photo: AP Photo/Scott Heppell, Pool, File.

Grand National day 2 runners: horses, times, odds, betting and tips

Tiger Roll at 2018 Grand National festival

When is iconic Grand National, how to watch and race schedules

Jockey Rachael Blackmore kisses the Gold Cup as she celebrates after winning the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase with A Plus Tard during day four of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Cheltenham Festival Day Four: Review and Results