Horse Racing in General Reviews

It used to be the cruelest horse race in the world, and very exciting because of that, the horse's welfare the last thing on race goer's and trainers minds, the glory of a national winner everything. Chasers have little stud value and few owners pay for them to sit around in stables once the prize money has stopped. If they don't race ...

Well, have been passionate about horse and really belive he is a great sports rider. I have been attached to hors riding since youth days and involved even today with a website I offer. Really has something for all of us.

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This isn't really one for regular racegoers. I say this to anyone who has a passing interest in racing but has never been to the track, or to a family who fancy a summer evening meeting and are thinking about taking the kids. Horse racing is, to me, the best sport going; once you get hooked there are so many ways to follow it, so many ...

I have enjoyed horseracing since i was very young. Because i live in an area where there are many training stables, i get to meet a lot of people involved with horseracing, and my mother owns several racehorses herself. I can't remember a time before i went racing. There is something for everybody, the pure speed of the sprinters, the ...

I have now been to York races and Ascot twice (each). York was lovely - plenty of grass for picnics and kids to sit on. Baby changing facilities and a nice atmosphere. Racing was as racing is everywhere, although the access to the paddock areas was easier than Ascot - all on one level. Ascot on the other hand - well - what a ...

Well what can i say about the man,hes my all time favourite sportsman,perhaps our younger readers havent heard of him,well he was the top flat jockey in the 60's and 70's and 80's. He was a person who didnt say much but when he was in a race and it was a close finish there was only one winner and that was Lester. He ...

What a shambles! Great for the owner, trainer and jockey of Red Marauder, and I'm sure those who play the same roles in Smarty's life will be pleased too, but I feel so sorry for the 38 horses that threw their riders. I've never really had anything against horse racing per se, but after watching today's Grand National, I ...

Having been to Wetherby Races for the first time on Saturday I had a really enjoyable day. I would recommend it to anyone. I went on an organised trip with 12 other people from work. Getting there took about an hour and a half from Merseyside across the M62 and up the A1. We hired a mini-bus and one of the men from our party did the driving. We ...

Chases...Hurdles...National Hunt Flat Races. Races of anything from 2 miles to 4.5 miles. Races for experienced older animals and 'novices' new to the jumping game. It's this smorgasbord of events that come under the collective banner of Jumps racing, that excites followers of the winter game and polarises opinion on animals ability to ...

Yes I agree that horse racing is one of those sports whereby it can cause great controversy amongst racing/betting fans and animal rights activists. Yes it may seem cruel that these horses are backed and broken and running on the track normally as 2 year olds, and that problems can occur such as splints, strained tendons etc, but you also ...

i could not think of a better way to spend a summers afternoon than to be watching these fantastic creatures of speed performing at the highest levels the atmosphere is got to be experienced by the individual the whole ambiance is truly unbeleivable a lot of people think of it as like you see in the high street betting shops you get all walks of ...

What most people are unaware of when they are watching their chosen horse race around the track, is that many of these animals, have not yet finished growing. Horses used for other purposes, are not even broken for riding until about three or four years old. Even then they are worked gently until they are at least six. The reason? if an animal ...