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Traditionalists rail at the ‘Plastic National’ but a third of all British adults will have a bet on the world’s most famous race

A new initiative has been launched that intensifies anti-doping efforts in horseracing

In 2018, Robert Wickens faced one of the few worst-case scenarios in racing. While competing at Pocono, his No. 6 Lucas Oil Arrow IndyCar hit another car (Ryan Hunter-Reay), resulting in a brutal crash that red-flagged the race. Wickens surprisingly survived the incident, but his injuries would leave him paralyzed.…

The jockey Callum Shepherd got the result he was looking for as his appeal against an 18-day ban for failing to ride out to the line at Kempton last month was allowed

Happy Helen, Hallowed Rose, Bala Brook and Cuzzicombe all died during a seven-race card at Newton Abbot Racecourse last month but the British Horseracing Authority have determined there was no external factor linking them

Wickens – who suffered a serious spinal cord injury in an IndyCar crash at Pocono in 2018 that left him paraplegic – was making his debut in the series, sharing a Target SRL-entered Hyundai Elantra N with his fellow Canadian co-driver Mark Wilkins.

Wickens – who suffered a serious spinal cord injury in an IndyCar crash at Pocono in 2018 that left him paraplegic – was making his debut in the series, sharing a Target SRL-entered Hyundai Elantra N with his fellow Canadian co-driver Mark Wilkins.

Racing’s ruling body may lack the funding or the influence to turn good intentions into meaningful action at the Festival

The British Horseracing Authority has suspended swab drug tests on jockeys pending an investigation into the case of Kieran O’Neill, who was stood down before being cleared to resume racing