Chester Racecourse
Azmeel will go to Epsom as a live outsider but his success on the Roodee suggests Chabal is a Classic contender too.
Flat racing is often accused of lacking the "narrative" of National Hunt, but the Dee Stakes here today...
John Gosden rounded off an excellent May meeting when he saddled Azmeel to a convincing victory from Dancing David and Rasmy in the Addleshaw Goddard Dee Stakes at Chester yesterday.
Azmeel followed up earlier Gosden-trained victories for...
It's a long way from Carlisle to Epsom, both by miles and calibre of horse, but Mark Tompkins will endeavour to bridge the gap after Ted Spread's battling victory in the MBNA Chester Vase.
The Newmarket trainer bought Ted Spread's mother out of a...
As a rule, the racing community would be deemed too insular, too set in its ways, to offer much in the way of useful counsel to society at large. On the eve of polling, however, came a reminder that the Turf does have its enlightened...
Ted Spread, ridden by Darryll Holland, held off Icon Dream to win the Chester Vase by a head in a thrilling finish.
The 8-1 chance led for most of the Derby trial race with Jamie Spencer riding Icon Dream to second and...
Nothing rouses the Roodeye like the totesport.com Chester Cup, and a stirring renewal yesterday brought warmth to a chilly opening day at the popular May meeting.
Mamlook and Tastahil fought like a pair of alley cats in the prestigious...
He may play Cupid to lovelorn singles on hit dating show Take Me Out, but comedian Paddy McGuinness needs no help himself in the love department.
The TV presenter, 36, was spotted keeping a tight hold of his stunning fiancée Christine Martin,...
Favourite Mamlook won the Chester Cup for trainer David Pipe after edging out Tastahil in a thrilling photo finish.
The high-class hurdler, a 7-1 chance, showed his class on the Flat with victory by a head in the staying handicap for rider...
Julius Geezer made the most of a plum draw to win Wednesday's Lily Agnes Stakes at Chester, a race sponsored by the trainer's business partners, the footballer Michael Owen and Betfair founder Andrew Black.
But Dascombe admitted that the yard...
Richard Hughes is a National Hunt jockey by breeding, whose father Dessie has won at Cheltenham both as a rider and a trainer, and he had jump racing to thank for his narrow victory on the dual-purpose Mamlook in the Chester Cup.
Hughes was at the...
