All news by author: Jon Lees

The two-time Champion Chase winner had part of his intestine removed after falling critically ill with colic but has recovered well enough to return to his retirement home with former jockey Mick FitzGerald

After collapsing in his car in 2021 Aidan Macdonald was advised to give up riding but completed an intense period of recuperation to pick up his career again last September

Paul Nicholls's stable jockey Harry Cobden claimed stewards indicated he would have received a 24-day ban for his use of the whip at Cheltenham had the controversial new rules been in force

Racecourse commentator Derek Thompson could not believe what he was seeing as Jack Hyde, ridden by amateur John Reddington, was allowed to steal a 50 length lead at Newcastle and win

Ronan McNally was sentenced by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's referrals committee after an inquiry found he had caused serious damage to racing in Ireland

Champion jumps trainer Paul Nicholls spoke out after learning that stable jockey Harry Cobden and Sean Bowen would each have been banned for 24 days at Cheltenham under the new rules

Heidi Palin, 19, was heading out of the saddle on Bennys King at Hereford but recovered her stirrup to win on the 20-1 shot at Hereford - and her heroics earning plenty of plaudits

Charles Fipke, a multi-millionaire diamond prospector, was stung after getting lost in the Costa Rican jungle where he was trying to take photographs of birds

Sean Quinlan had paid several visits to the stewards room last week and admitted he is struggling to adapt to rules which come into force from February 13

Northern-based jockey Seam Quinlan is hoping Trials Day runner Sounds Russian can bring him a rare success at Cheltenham on Saturday. Ruth Jefferson's horse takes on Gold Cup fancies Protektorat and Noble Yeats

The cult jumper who cost £800 was named champion steeplechaser in the US at a glittering ceremony attended by the Irish trainer in Florida on Thursday

Cheltenham is building a Columbarium Wall where enthusiasts can reserve niches into which urns contained their ashes can be stored after they pass away

British stars Hollie Doyle and Adam Kirby were among the top jockeys who gifted their spare equipment to their less well off counterparts in Nairobi

Trainer Nicky Henderson has thanked the public for their get well messages to the two-time winner of the Champion Chase, who was in a critical condition after falling sick with colic

The King inherited Chalk Stream from the late Queen Elizabeth II who bred the horse and raced him in Britain before sending him to Royal Ascot-wining trainer Chris Waller

Victoria Alonso, who hails from a family with a rich sporting heritage in Spain where cousin Marcos plays for Barcelona, has been invited to ride in the International Jockeys' Challenge

Beep Beep Burrow, who will help raise money for the ex-rugby league star diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019, will make his belated debut at Doncaster on Saturday

The unnamed rider reported experiencing a tingling sensation when mounted in the starting stalls which led to the delay of a race in Emerald racecourse in Queensland

The 13-year-old four-time Cheltenham Festival winner, who retired in 2021, underwent surgery to remove part of his intestine but complications developed

The seven-time Group 1 winner, who is owned by Godolphin, could run in either the Queen Anne or Prince of Wales's Stakes with a Lockinge Stakes a possible warm-up race

South African stewards took a dim view when jockey Aldo Domeyer celebrated victory before the line on Charles Dickens in the Cape Guineas

The world's most famous jockey, who is on a farewell world tour before he retires at the end of the year, has ridden eight winners since he starting riding at the California track on Boxing Day

Jockey Joree Scriver, 21 years of age, suffered multiple fractures in a race fall in New Mexico on New Year's Day, which left her paralysed below the waist

The leading jockey is due to start riding in New South Wales early next month ahead of the lucrative Sydney Autumn Carnival for a visit that could stretch into the middle of April

Danny Brock had been found guilty of corrupt or fraudulent practices in relation to horse racing after passing inside information to individuals who used it to make substantial profits from betting