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Ingrassias enjoying Dandy time

Ingrassias enjoying Dandy time Jacquie and Frank Ingrassia have been together in harness racing for more than 50 years, and the dynamic duo has no desire to slow down any time soon. Jacquie, 75, and Frank, 89, have a stable of six horses based in central New Jersey, with their top horse this season, Dandy, the leader in the Pennsylvania […]

Looking Back At Three Great Breeders Cup Upsets

Looking Back At Three Great Breeders Cup Upsets The Breeders’ Cup is one of the most anticipated events outside of the Triple Crown, and for the third time in its history, it’s due to touch down at Keeneland this year. Inaugurated in 1984, it doesn’t have the history of some of the other thoroughbred events, but it is no less […]

Three of the Greatest Horses in the History of Horse Racing

Three of the Greatest Horses in the History of Horse Racing Since the earliest human societies, humans have built a special relationship with horses. They’ve been with us throughout our history, dating back as early as 5000 BC. Horses have been used as beast of burden, pets, trophies, transport, and even tools of war. And throughout history, they have also […]

September Yearling Sale graduate Thunder Beauty scores Listed Pipalong Stakes

September Yearling Sale graduate Thunder Beauty scores Listed Pipalong Stakes Following on from a Group 2 second at Royal Ascot, Thunder Beauty was the impressive winner of the Listed Pipalong Stakes at Pontefract under a lovely ride from Danny Tudhope for David O’Meara. The daughter of Night Of Thunder was sold for €42,000 by Kildaragh Stud to Howson & Houldsworth […]

Royal Ascot glory for Tattersalls Ireland graduates

Royal Ascot glory for Tattersalls Ireland graduates Claymore strode to victory in the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes on Day three of Royal Ascot. Claymore was Jane Chapple-Hyam’s second winner of the week and stormed home to deny the favourite under Adam Kirby for owner Mrs Mary Slack. The son of New Bay was sold at the Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge […]

Who was the Secretariat?

Who was the Secretariat? Horse racing is one of the most popular sports. With its roots in the ancient world, the sport as we have come to understand it today was created, like many of today’s most popular sports, in Victorian England. For a long time, horse racing was the most popular sport worldwide. Today, however, its popularity has become […]

Melbourne Cup 2021 featured world’s first crypto horse racing sportsbook

Melbourne Cup 2021 featured world’s first crypto horse racing sportsbook Verry Elleegant won the Melbourne Cup 2021 in fantastic style. The New Zealand mare wasn’t the favourite to win the race, but overcame bookies’ top horse, Incentivise, to win the race. What horse racing fans may not have realised in the build-up to the race was the world’s first crypto […]

FOR INCENTIVISE, THE ONLY WAY TO WIN THE MELBOURNE CUP IS TO MAKE HISTORY

FOR INCENTIVISE, THE ONLY WAY TO WIN THE MELBOURNE CUP IS TO MAKE HISTORY Caulfield Cup winner Incentivise will have to make history if he is to win the Melbourne Cup after chief handicapper Greg Carpenter imposed a 1.5kg penalty on him for the race, which should make Melbourne Cup betting offers more interesting. The additional penalty, imposed after his […]

The British horse racing season and calendar

The British horse racing season and calendar keep running as we get into the second week of October. Tuesday will take us to Leicester, as a rare sunny day on the good to soft going track brings us the passion and joy of racing. Fans will be keeping up with the updated numbers and stats on tvg online horse betting, […]

A LONG NIGHT AT KEMPTON PARK

A LONG NIGHT AT KEMPTON PARK The racing continues, and on Wednesday evening, we are at Kempton Park with more relaxed COVID-19 rules. Kempton Park was recently refurbished with 1000 tonnes of specially blended polytrack, which means the track going will be slow for a while as the fibre and wax wear out. So, it will be seven races on […]