13-01-2019
Newbury Racecourse's meeting on Wednesday (January 16) will be the first overseen by their new Clark of the Course, Keith Ottesen.
Read more09-01-2019
Thirty year-old Guy Simmonds' first stop on his epic solo 2019 journey - by any standards the journey of a lifetime - was Rockley. He came to see para-equestrian dressage rider Alison Fryer.
Read more30-12-2018
Newbury Racecourse's final final fixture of 2018 (December 29) saw a classy Betway Challow Hurdle and two tight finishes. But the day was as much about the people who make horseracing such a popular sport, as about the card of seven races.
Read more23-12-2018
Marlboroughequestrian.news used to have a Horse in the Spotlight feature. Then we changed it to a Horse Profile feature - currently featuring Paisley Park on the strength of his amazing recent victory at Haydock.
Read more19-12-2018 A Correspondent
It will truly be the end of an era at Newbury on Saturday, December 29, Betway Challow Hurdle Day, when Clerk of the Course Richard Osgood officiates at the track for the final time - 99 years after the first member of the Osgood family joined the racecourse staff.
Read more18-12-2018 Russell Smith
Sarah Rippon was full of praise for Sonneofpresenting after her new charge upset odds-on favourite Cousin Pete it the Barbury International Racing Club meeting at Barbury Racecourse (December 16) - a new pre-Christmas date for this innovative fixture.
Read more14-12-2018
At present, Barbury trainer Laura Thomas has twenty horses at her yard, but she is standing back from training pointers to concentrate on pre-training, rehabilitation and box rest for racehorses - mainly for Alan King whose yard is just over the hill.
Read more12-12-2018 A Correspondent & Russell Smith
The Barbury International Racing Club's point-to-point on Sunday (December 16) is its second 2018 appearance. This is because it has moved the fixture from a January to December - to follow on from Cheltenham's two-day International Meeting.
Read more03-12-2018 A Correspondent
It may have rained for much of the afternoon on day two of Newbury's 2018 Ladbrokes Winter Carnival (Saturday, December 1), but the feature race - the £250,000 G3 Ladbrokes Trophy - turned into a Tizzard blizzard - led by Sizing Tennessee.
Read more26-11-2018 A Correspondent
Ante-post favourite Elegant Escape headlines the 23 five-day acceptors for the £250,000 Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury (Saturday, December 1) - the highlight of day two of the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival.
Read moreRacegoers are being given the chance to buy discounted tickets for the Point-to-Point Owners' & Riders' Association meeting at Barbury Racecourse on Sunday, November 26.
The organisers have made two hundred e-tickets available at a price of £8 each - a saving of £2 on the gate price.
To buy tickets go to this web address and enter PPORA1 in the Voucher box and click Add Voucher.
The first of a scheduled six races is 12noon.
