All news by author: Jon Lees

Reach For The Moon, who was owned by the King and Queen on the Flat, makes his jumps debut at Sedgefield for the Queen and Sir Chips Keswick

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will share Caldwell Potter with three close friends following tragic death of Hermes Allen at weekend

Victor Thompson, one of Britain’s longest serving licence holders having first joined the profession in 1971, was fined £300 after member of public complained to BHA

Dominik Pastuszka, a Polish rider who competed in Italy, never regained consciousness after he sustained head and chest injuries during a race at Pisa

Hardy Eustace, who was trained by the late Dessie Hughes, won three times at the Cheltenham Festival including the Champion Hurdle in 2004 and 2005

Getagin, co-owned by the top golfer, was leading the field in the closing bumper race at Musselburhg with the winning post in sight when he broke down

The horse named Storm Watch was carried 60 miles away when floodwater overwhelmed his owner’s property in Nagambie, Australia in 2022 but was identified by his brandings

The Grand National-winning jockey is seen pictured with legendary jumps trainer Henrietta Knight who paid him a visit in hospital in Middlesbrough

King Charles and Queen Camilla enjoyed their first success at the royal meeting in 2023 when Desert Hero won the King George V Stakes

Grade 1-winning trainer Harris, 64, who saddled more than 50 winners in the last two jumps campaigns, also sent “inappropriate” texts to a child

In an outstanding statement ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, the 17-time champion Irish jump trainer completed an extraordinary month with 37 wins in Ireland and three in Britain

The Oscar-winning actor is part-owner of a two-year-old called Dale who will race for the first time at Kensington in Sydney on Wednesday

The rugby league legend, who suffers from Motor Neurone Disease, will help raise money for other good causes with the Good Racing Company

The ex-jockey, working for Sky Sports Racing at Hereford, went to leg up a jockey on a horse before the third race when he was caught on the head

Ex-cavalryman Jordan Wylie remembered racing enthusiast Lance Corporal Alan Brackenbury after his win with Farceur De Large at Sandown

Andy and Gemma Brown are sending 29 horses to auction next month, including Grade 1 winner Caldwell Potter, saying they are taking a break from racing

Allaho had won two editions of the Ryanair Chase in 2021 and 2022 but will miss the race for the second year in succession after an injury setback

Monkfish had not won since landing the second of two Festival victories in March 2021 but entered Stayers’ Hurdle contention after netting the Galmoy Hurdle

Father Paddy Byrne recommended Hewick during Christmas Eve mass before the jumper claimed a remarkable win in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day

Nico de Boinville, Nicky Henderson’s stable jockey, will now miss the plum ride on another leading Cheltenham Festival candidate Jonbon

Supporters of the popular Northumberland track, including the local MP, rallied behind Hexham after it had its account on the social media platform taken down

Reach For The Moon, a one-time Derby contender for the late Queen Elizabeth II, could run over jumps at Cheltenham for Her Majesty The Queen

Maximum Security won the inaugural running of the Saudi Cup in the colours of Michael Tabor, but the prize-money was withheld after trainer Jason Servis was arrested and then jailed for four years for doping offences

Bob Baffert saddled Medina Spirit to finish first past in the post in the 2021 edition of the US’s most important horse race but the colt then tested positive for a banned substance

Popular trainer Pat Murphy was diagnosed with lung cancer before Christmas and will start radiotherapy treatment in Oxford next week