All news by author: Jon Lees

Members of the York weighing room lined up in the parade ring to applaud Paul Hanagan, who is retiring from the saddle aged 42, before his final race

Sweet William had a delayed start to his career when he was injured aged two but is now hot favourite for the richest handicap in Europe

There will 180 members of the RaceShare syndicate are due at York on Saturday to see their horse Scampi challenge for the richest handicap in Europe

Since Regional was bought for just 3,500gns he has won more than £150,000 for his 29-year-old Yorkshire trainer Ed Bethell and now lines up in the Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes

Sire De Grugy, trained by Gary Moore for the Preston family, won 17 times and enjoyed his greatest moment when winning the 2014 Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham

After starring with the bat for England during the Ashes, Jonny Bairstow could own part of a Classic contender after Indian Run's success at York

Paddington, who was bidding for a fifth successive win at Group 1 level, could finish only third at odds of 4-6 behind Mostahdaf in the Juddmonte International

The two-time champion jockey Paul Hanagan revealed he will have his final ride at York on Friday, ending a career in which he has ridden more than 2,000 winners

The shocking details emerged as Chynna Marston, who worked for Sky Racing Australia, and her partner were found guilty of multiple welfare breaches

The four-day Sky Bet Ebor Festival at York Glorious Goodwood opens on the Knavesmire on Wednesday and we have highlighted four of the potential stars of the meeting which will be shown live on ITV

Abel Lezcano looked set to hit the ground at high speed when the equipment broke during a race in Illinois but somehow he clung on and managed to get back into the saddle of Christmas Present

Saffie Osborne, 21. has been the standout jockey of the midweek Racing League, and is hoping to shine on another stage when she takes part in the Shergar Cup at Ascot

The first race at Brighton was started without stalls after the handlers got stuck in traffic and was run in thick fog which made visibility virtually impossible

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jye McNeil was walking the track at Bendigo when he was dive bombed by a member of a flock of plovers

Michael Buckley said the outstanding Champion Hurdle winner must show he can stay 3m for a switch to chasing to be considered for the Nicky Henderson-trained star

Little Big Bear was the champion two-year-old of Europe last year, the winner of four of his five starts, and was among the leading sprinters this season

Adrian Maguire was one of the top jump jockeys of his era who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1992 but now works away from the limelight for Aidan O’Brien

Andrew Jones, boss of Racing Victoria, believes that radical new ideas need to be considered to attract a younger fanbase to the sport

Robbie Geoghegan completed a race at Galway on his mount Sole Pretender who had suffered an injury which ultimately proved fatal

After success at Royal Ascot, last year's Triumph Hurdle winner Vauban ensured he qualified for Australia’s most famous horse race with victory at Naas

Ed Barrett, who suffered life-changing injuries in a fall eight years ago, has completed his latest challenge by scaling Wales’s highest peak for charity

Maple Leaf Mel, owned by legendary NFL coach Bill Parcells, was heading to her sixth straight win when she suffered a fatal injury in an incident which has shaken the US racing community

Annabelle Hadden-Wight won the Magnolia Cup having spent months in a wheelchair after contracting meningitis on a birthday trip to the Philippines

Sir Carl Davis wrote the haunting music for the film Champions, based on the true story of jockey Bob Champion’s recovery from cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

Punters on social media had little doubt who was at fault as star filly Blue Rose Cen suffered her first defeat of the year.