Admission costs for the Arc have rocketed but given the economic realities of French racing, and how cheap it is the rest of the year, the desire to cash in is understandableOne of the most cherished misconceptions in the racegoing community may have been finally skewered by Tuesday morning’s Racing Post, which reports that the price of general entry to the redeveloped Longchamp for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe next month has been hiked to €75 (£68), from €30 (£27) when the race was staged at Chantilly last year and only €20 (£18) for the final running in front of the huge twin grandstands in 2015. This also compares very poorly to the €8 (£7.20) cost of general entry...
There are four meetings in store for Monday and one jockey’s rides look worth following up in the north eastTony Carroll, whose stable saddled two winners at Brighton on Sunday, is back at the Sussex track on Monday looking for more. Related: George Baker back on his feet after taking horrific tumble on ice Brighton Continue reading...
John Gosden’s well-bred two-year-old was an easy winner of his most recent race and will take a lot of beating at SandownFew races have improved as much in quality as Sandown’s Solario Stakes, a rather unfashionable contest for a number of years which has somehow been won by both Kingman and Masar in the last five renewals. Saturday’s could keep that good run going, as Too Darn Hot (3.35) already figures prominently in the betting on next year’s Derby.John Gosden’s two-year-old is extremely well bred and hosed up in a maiden here last time. He will take a lot of beating. Related: BHA admits mistake in proposing to finish using volunteer stewards Beverley: 1.35 Hawthorn Rose 2.10 Stealth Fighter 2.45...
The way the British Horseracing Authority wants their team of stewards to look at a race will bring them a lot closer to punters and they way they scrutinise the action at the trackI enjoyed listening the other day as a new future for racecourse stewarding was mapped out by Brant Dunshea, chief regulatory officer of the British Horseracing Authority. It seems to me that the way he wants his team of stewards, with its increasing proportion of professionals, to look at a race will bring them a lot closer to punters and they way that we look at a race.“We are empowering our people to scrutinise racing in a different way,” Dunshea said. “The process that we’ll follow will...
Concern has been expressed by the Racing Post’s Ireland editor that Irish racing could be sidelined from January‘Uproar’ is not, I think, too strong a word for what I’ve seen on Racing Twitter on the question of future coverage of Irish racing over the last 12 hours. It came in response to a very strongly worded column by Richard Forristal, the Racing Post’s editor in Ireland, who has the gravest fears about what coverage will look like from January, when Irish racing moves wholesale from At The Races to Racing UK. Related: BHA admits mistake in proposing to finish using volunteer stewards Carlisle 1.40 Iberica Road 2.10 Crazy Tornado 2.40 Suppressor 3.10 Queens Gift 3.40 Dream Poet 4.10 Reinforced 4.45 Flamenco (nap)Musselburgh 1.50...