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A ‘prominent’ member of the Bin Laden family is reportedly set to become involved in British horseracing after buying seven horses earlier this week. The reported purchases were made under a company registered at Companies House in November 2021, with the business listed as ‘activities of racehorse owners’. The Tattersall […]
CNN — As horse racing’s elite saddle up for the final race of the coveted Triple Crown at New York’s Belmont Stakes, the sport’s top trainers will face off for their share of the $1.5 million purse at the lavish, star-studded event – amid growing scrutiny after a recent spate […]
More than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes its only race course to make space for public housing. The chairman of the Singapore Turf Club, Niam Chiang Meng, said the club was saddened by the decision, […]
CNN — Horse racing regulatory and safety officials as well as representatives from Churchill Downs will gather in an emergency meeting Tuesday following a tragic series of horse deaths at the famed home of the Kentucky Derby over the span of two months. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) […]
Group 1-winning jockey Dean Holland has died after a sickening race fall in country Victoria, leaving the racing world in shock. The 34-year-old was riding Tony McEvoy gelding Headingley in the first race at Donald, 280km north-west of Melbourne, when he was involved in a fall described by onlookers as […]
Whether it was the ponies or politics, Ray Kerrison was, as one former colleague described him Monday, the “quintessential New York columnist.” Kerrison, who wrote for The Post from 1976 to 2013 as both a news columnist and a horse racing columnist, covering 32 Kentucky Derbys and countless other Triple […]
Frankie Dettori announces he will retire at the end of the 2023 season… with the world’s most famous jockey to bring his glittering career to an end at next year’s Breeders’ Cup meeting at Santa Anita in November Frankie Dettori has announced his retirement from horse racing after 35 years […]