All news by author: Jon Lees

The funeral of the 25-year-old amateur rider, who died after suffering multiple injuries when riding in a point-to-point in Kent, will take place in the Somerset village where he worked for Paul Nicholls

Lucinda Russell will become the most successful female trainer in Grand National history if Corach Rambler follows up last year’s victory

The Ballydoyle trainer expressed some regret about not aiming Luxembourg at the £16million Saudi Cup on dirt but could try the surface later in the year

Echo Zulu, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2021, had to be humanely euthanised after suffering a leg injury while recovering from major fracture

Conditional rider Dylan Kitts was warned off this week off after missing numerous deadlines set by the BHA but has now provided the required information

The world’s number one jockey was found to have exceeded US racing's whip limit when winning the £3.2million Breeders’ Cup Turf on Auguste Rodin

The hugely popular rider, brother of Ryan Moore and son of trainer Gary Moore, rode nearly 1,000 winners and enjoyed prolific success on champion Sire De Grugy

Charing in Kent was due to host the first point-to-point meeting since the tragedy on February 25 but it will not go ahead while investigations continue

Craig Kieswetter, man of the match in the 2010 WorldTwenty20 final, co-owns the Mullins-trained Cheltenham Festival prospect Il Etait Temps

Conditional rider Dylan Kitts had been suspended from racing while the BHA looked into his riding of Hillsin who finished third under tender handling last year

Maureen Mullins, the matriarch of the famous racing family, was an ever present at the Cheltenham Festival where they have enjoyed prolific success

Love was in the air on February 14 as champion jockey Jamie Kah revealed she had become engaged to leading rider Ben Melham who she has been dating since March last year

Chelsey Reynolds, 28, is in a critical condition in hospital after an incident at a private training facility south of Adelaide, South Australia

Ramses De Teillee won over £230,000 in prize money during his career, scoring eight times in a 40-race career for trainer David Pipe and has been retired aged 12

Ramiro Restrepo owned 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage and is now embarking on a new adventure with the British-trained Cumulonimbus at St Moritz

Richie McLernon was pinned to the ground after Conkwell Legend fell until David Bass arrived to take control of the potentially dangerous situation

From 28 horses which have run this season in Equishox shoes, co-created by Robert ‘Choc’ Thornton, there have been 12 wins and 23 places, a startling figure for a man who rode over 1,100 winners during his racing career

The status of the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Monbeg Genius had been in question after £75m of assets controlled by Mone and husband Doug Barrowman were frozen.

The two major winners have a gap in their schedule which could enable them to watch the Harry Derham-trained Givemefive who is due to run at Kempton

Nigel Owens meets the 14-time champion jumps trainer Paul Ncholls while making a hilarious new video ahead of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival

The 5.05 race at Newcastle on Thursday cannot go ahead as scheduled because it was due to take place after sunset on a part of the track which is not covered by floodlights

Chart-topper Toby Keith, who died on Monday aged 62, was a student of racehorse pedigrees, breeder and owner who raced hundreds of horses.

Richard ‘Sparky’ Bevis, one of Nigel Twiston-Davies’s key members of staff, suffered life-threatening injuries in January but has now been released from hospital

Welshman Bowen held a 30-winner lead over his rival when he was injured in a fall at Aintree but the gap in the championship race is now down to single figures

Organisers announced the famous horse race will be brought forwards 75 minutes earlier to 4pm after concerns that the long build-up heightened tension as 94 entries were received for the 2024 edition on Tuesday