Situated approximately seven miles southwest of Windor Castle, adjoining Windsor Great Park, Ascot Racecourse has been associated with the British Royal Family for over 300 years. In fact, it was Queen Anne, in 1711, who first recognised the potential of Ascot Heath, or East Cote Heath, as it was originally known, as a horse racing … Read more
Former jockey Brian Rouse, 83, is probably best remembered for his ‘annus mirabilis’ in 1983, when he won both the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and the Hardwick Stakes at Royal Ascot, in the space of four days, on the remarkable mare Stanerra, trained by the late Frank Dunne, and later in the season won the … Read more
Born in Nottingham on January 3, 1983, Hayley Turner rode here first winner, Generate, trained by Mark Polglase, in a lowly apprentices’ handicap at Pontefract on June 4, 2000. However, she first received wider attention when, in 2005, she shared the apprentices’ title with Saleem Golam and became just the fourth female apprentice, after Alex … Read more
No prizes for guessing that the fastest five-furlong course in Britain – in fact, the fastest in the world – is to be found at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, South East England. Starting from a chute, which joins the round course at the top of the home straight, 3½ furlongs from the finish, the … Read more
