Photo © Richard DunwoodyIn 2013, on a bit of a whim, Lara Prior-Palmer travelled to Mongolia and became the first woman - and the youngest competitor - to win 'the world’s longest, toughest horse race'. Six years later this niece of Lucinda Green has written an astonishing book about her race: Rough Magic.
Gold Venture weaves to the front with Hollie Doyle in the lighter blue cap (Photo: Denis Murphy - Official Photographer)It was unseasonably damp and cold at Salisbury for their fifth fixture of the season (June 11). 32 millimetres of rain in the 18 hours before racing left the ground soft, heavy in places.
2018: Sea of Class winning the Listed Johnnie Lewis Memorial British EBF Stakes (Photo: Newbury Racecourse)Antonia De Vega, winner of last year’s Group 3 Prestige Stakes, is ready to make her first start of the campaign in what promises to be another informative running of the Listed Johnnie Lewis Memorial British EBF Stakes for fillies at Newbury (June 13).
Tim Price (Photo: ©Libby Law/ESNZ) Tim Price has made it to the top spot in the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Eventing Rankings announced yesterday (June 4).
Oisin Murphy and Pempie (Photo: Denis Murphy - Official Photographer)2018 Salisbury champion jockey Oisin Murphy made a dash across country from a successful afternoon at Goodwood, where he rode a double, to ride Pempie to victory for Andrew Balding, in the closing race on the card - the 10-furlong classified stakes (May 25).
Laura Collett - an early entry for Barbury 2019Entries are open for this year's Barbury International Horse Trials - 4-7 July - Marlborough's local and very famous eventing venue.
Mustashry wins the Al Shaqab Lockinge StakesSir Michael Stoute extended his extraordinary record in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes to eight victories, 33 years after he secured his first, when Mustashry saw off the challenge of superstar filly Laurens to claim a stirring renewal of Newbury’s Flat showpiece on Saturday (May 18). Sir Michael went on to make it a Lockinge Day treble.
Motivate Me ridden by Jack Mitchell leads the way home for Roger Varian in the first division of the Smith & Williamson Novice (Photo: Denis Murphy - official photographer)Salisbury Racecourse hosted its third raceday of the season on Thursday 16th May.
