North Notts born jockey, Hayley Turner, two months shy of her 41 birthday, has become the first British, female jockey, to reach the milestone of 1000 wins on the flat; another first in what has been a long and distinguished career on horseback. Born within shouting distance of Nottingham Racecourse, in the early eighties, Ms….
Yesterday I found myself as a late substitute, asked to be part of an all paid for table at Nottingham Racecourse for Construction Day, and an event which was made for mingling with a number of local companies’ bosses swapping business cards with one another. As Editor of Nottingham Sport, I felt pretty useless in…
Quite poignant, perhaps, following the sad passing of Her Majesty the Queen, a long lover herself of the grand sport of horse racing, and one that owned hundreds of horses, winning thousands of races. This weekend, and for the next week, race venues across the Midlands will open their stables, for free, to everyone, as…
A perfect summers day at Nottingham Racecourse gave us a fantastic and competitive action-packed meeting on a good-to-soft course today which will now likely dry out and whet the appetite further ahead of Friday’s Colwick Cup Day, one of the biggest racing days in the city which is often and will again this year be…
It felt like an on-track family fun day in what was a superb day for family affairs underneath the sunny Nottinghamshire skies at Southwell today as we saw fathers, sons, brothers, and spouses all victorious in a fantastic afternoon of racing over the jumps. The day started off how it ended, with winning relations as…
More flat racing today at Southwell Racecourse and in slightly warmer conditions than there was on Tuesday afternoon too, as French jockey Pierre-Louis Jamin came home first in the first race of the day on Shallow Hal a 5/1 shot trained by Karl Burke. The Class 3, 6 furlong and 16 yard race, the Play…
The team at Southwell Racecourse worked tirelessly over the weekend to get on today’s frosty event at the All Weather Nottinghamshire track with Clerk of the Course, Paul Barker, telling Sky Sports At The Races channel that his men with tractors in force “started preparing at short notice on Saturday evening, working from 8 o’clock…
There were eight more races at Southwell today in the flat on the all weather as it was double delight for jockeys Silvestre Da Silva and Ben Curtis who rode to victory in exactly half of the behind closed doors encounters with Da Silva following up his early win on Sky Power to take the…
It was another victory at Southwell for Trainer Michael Appleby and his horse Grimsthorpe Castle owned by Matthew Taylor, who for the second week in succession came home first in the 1m3f 23y C6 race, the first race of the day, ridden this time by jockey Andrew Mullen after Ben Curtis rode him home to…
The government has announced a £300m rescue package for sports in the UK to share during the winter which will help protect the immediate future of some of our countries (and counties) clubs, venues and athletes as they aim to press through hard times in competition whilst supporters are told to stay away. Rugby Union…
It’s been a busy November for Southwell Racecourse who today held its fifth event of the month already and it was a happy day for jockey Ben Curtis who rode three winners on the all weather track with back-to-back wins for Grimsthorpe Castle and Luscifer before crowning off with a win on Kaafy. The first…
It was a fantastic day for Ben Curtis as he rode three horses to victory at Nottingham today whilst David Pipe celebrated yet another win with the fantastic Main Fact who made it eight wins on the bounce. The last race of the year was held at Nottingham Racecourse this afternoon with an eight race…
Nottingham Racecourse is to see a return to action this weekend as Sunday 27th September will house the first meeting of the year at the Colwick based course all be it behind closed doors due to Coronavirus measures. The course owners, the Jockey Club state “Due to the ongoing public health situation all previously scheduled…
In only Southwell’s second meeting behind closed doors post lockdown, there were wins for trainers JonJo O’Neill and Paul Nicholls amongst others as Rhythm Is A Dancer came home to take glory in the 14:55 following a third place finish two weeks ago at the same venue to this time take the Brand Activation At…
It was a super day for National Hunt fans, jockeys, trainers, owners and horses as Southwell Races opened its otherwise closed doors for the first jump meeting of the new season. It was an even better day however for Olly Murphy who had four successive wins. Nine races aired on Sky TV in a packed…
Southwell Racecourse will host its first event today post lockdown with a whopping nine races on the cards starting at 12pm midday live on Sky Sports Racing. After months of closure, the new Jump season will start proceedings for Southwell all be it behind closed doors with a huge card including over 100 runners with…
At Nottingham Sport we’ve been doing a little bit of research to hopefully ease any concern on what the next few weeks might have in store for us. No toilet roll or bread perhaps but it can certainly be used as a time to reflect how valuable life just is. As we hear the news…
Shantou Vou held off Exelerator Express to win for the second time in four months at a sunny but snappy Southwell Racecourse this afternoon in what looks to be the last race meet before doors close. The 5 year old Gelding ridden by Daryl Jacob and trained by Harry Whittingham won the 2m 4f 88y…
Following a number of major sporting competitions being shut down prior to this weekend due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus we were left with non-league football to fly the flag for sport and one of the biggest attended sporting events in the country on Saturday was at Notts County as they beat Eastleigh…
Southwell Racecourse as always beat the weather yesterday to stage their first evening races of the month with Hareem Queen taking the biggest prize of the night to win the 18:10 4f 214y Betway Supporting Responsible Gambling Class 4 Handicap. The horse trained by KR Burke and ridden by PJ McDonald went slightly right at…
