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Prize-money for this year's Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot has been slashed by £1.7 million as the figures for the marquee October raceday were announced.

On just his seventh ride on Irish soil since steering Serpentine to Investec Derby glory, Emmet McNamara again proved difficult to peg back from the front, guiding the gutsy Military Style to Tyros Stakes (1400m) victory at Leopardstown on Thursday

UK racetrack Hamilton's eight-race fixture on Friday evening has been cancelled due to a waterlogged track.

UK racecourse Pontefract plans to reinstate minimum prize-money to pre-Covid levels earlier than planned for its meeting on August 14.

Kevin Nabet, one of France's leading jump jockeys, faces a six-month spell out of action after a disciplinary panel found him guilty of assaulting weighing room colleague Baptiste Dubourg at La Teste racecourse

William Hill are to close another 119 betting shops as profits plunged at the bookmaker due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic - the company is to repay £24.5 million in furlough funds to the government following what they described as a "robust recovery"

A survey has been launched in the UK to create a source of information and inspiration for people in the industry, and to showcase the scale and value of racing’s contribution to wider society.

The Silver Flash Stakes has been the stepping stone for some of the most talented fillies to ever come out of Ballydoyle. Love won it last year, Happily in 2017, Oaks heroine Qualify in 2014 and the unbeaten juvenile Maybe in 2011.

One of racing's most significant media figures is stepping down from his position after Racecourse Media Group (RMG) revealed chief executive Richard FitzGerald is leaving the company after 12 years.

Maidens at Leopardstown are not easily won, so for any newcomer to do it by nine lengths is remarkable and that is precisely what Cadillac did.

William Buick has been cut to as short as 3-1 to land his first jockeys' title after his four-timer at Newmarket on Saturday but Oisin Murphy is still favourite to retain his crown.

Changes will ensure clarity for those who enforce and are bound by the Rules - updates primarily relate to circumstances in which the responsible person can avoid a penalty being imposed for a positive sample

Aidan O'Brien has been dealt a blow with the news that Derby third Amhran Na Bhfiann will miss the remainder of this year due to a leg fracture discovered after he finished second in a Naas maiden on Monday night.