An Interview with Karen Sharpe: Regional Liaison for the IJF Karen Sharpe works for the Injured Jockeys’ Fund in the role of Regional...

Richard ‘Richie’ McLernon, 35, is from Mallow in County Cork and has many family connections to racing. ‘I was born into a racing family...

We started 2022 in the best way when Judicial Law won over hurdles at Exeter. It was our fiftieth winner of the season but, the middle of...

Wayne Jones describes his childhood as ‘not particularly horsey’ but that did not stop his adolescent dreams of being a jockey. He grew...

Eloise Quayle enjoyed a pony-mad childhood in Morpeth, Northumberland, surrounded by a few ponies, her mum’s ex-racehorse and a horse...

Hannah Dean, nee Worgan, grew up in the Welsh-English border village of Undy, Monmouthshire, alongside ponies and the Pony Club, often...

December had many very busy moments; some were great and others weren’t so great. The weather or traffic, to name a couple of factors,...

Lucinda Russell was a pony-mad child, pony-clubbing and riding eventers and showjumpers. She originally grew up in Edinburgh but the...

Dominic Toole, in his capacity of stable manager, is an integral part of every Derby Day at Epsom Downs and all the Flat and Jump...

Many racegoers have seen pupils let out of their classrooms for a day at the races, often brightly coloured with the old silks they wear....

`November largely consisted of mucking out and then going racing as I was still the temporary head of travelling. The winners always...

For three decades Philip Hobbs has been a top trainer. Based near Minehead in Somerset, the yard had been associated with many Festival...

Gemma McQuillan loves working with racehorses and wouldn’t be happy doing anything else. She was born in Gloucestershire but grew up in...

‘Racing people are wonderful,’ says Derek ‘Dec’ Thompson, the former stable manager at Aintree Racecourse. He has been retired for over...

On 25th September, seven of us sweated our way over, under and through the Inflatable 5K round Cheltenham racecourse. AJ O’Neill, Nick...

There is no lovelier owner then Jayne Brace, who got into racehorse ownership through her family’s involvement in racing over the years....

Cherry Jones grew up amongst horseracing, her parents having had studs at Cokethorpe and later Chaddleworth. Cherry has continued to...

‘So many of the memories we’ve got and the stories we can tell are due to racing,' says owners Geoff and Donna Keeys. They discovered...

September is a peculiar month, sitting at the backend of summer but often too warm to be classed properly as autumnal. The yard was busy...

George McGrath may not have been the most committed jockey, prioritising socialising and partying but was always proactive and forward...