The St Leger is the longest in distance and the oldest in years. Open to three-year-old colts and fillies and staged in September at Doncaster over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards (2,920 metres), the ...

The Doncaster Cup is a Group 2 race for three-year-olds and older horses and run over 2 miles and 2 furlongs (3,600 metres), making it a key race in the QIPCO British Champions Series Long Distance ...

Aidan O’Brien has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle for John Magnier since 1996. He has enjoyed spectacular success in the past 25 years. You name it, Aidan O’Brien has won it. Probably more than ...

Multiple Classic-winning trainer Ralph (pronounced ‘Rayf’) Beckett got his first job in racing at a very young age as stable lad to Yorkshire trainer Jimmy Fitzgerald. He went on to spend time with ...

Multiple Classic winning trainer William Haggas, is one of Britain’s most respected trainers and has been sending out winners from his Somerville Lodge base in Newmarket since 1987. He spent time with ...

Haydock Park’s Sprint Cup has its fair share of big racing names associated with it, starting with Robert Sangster. The heir of the Vernon Pools business, and who later became a successful racehorse ...

From small beginnings, Karl Burke has developed into one of the top trainers in the north of England with the help of his wife, Elaine. He was initially a journeyman jump jockey who rode in about 750 ...