Ten named individuals have been charged with violent disorder, while one has been charged with actual bodily harmA series of dawn arrests in Southampton and Gosport on Thursday has led to 11 people being charged in connection with the mass brawl at Goodwood in May that gripped racing’s headlines for weeks. Sussex police announced through the force’s website on Friday that 10 named individuals have been charged with violent disorder, while one has been charged with actual bodily harm. Related: Elarqam completes hat-trick of Sovereign flops for Sheikh Hamdan Newbury 1.20 Moon King 1.50 Barbarosa (nb) 2.25 Exec Chef 2.55 Saroog 3.30 Swiss Air 4.00 Island Of life 4.35 Alhakmah 5.10 Bayston Hill Continue reading...
News is no surprise for troubled track with an independent streak which sold off many of its best fixtures in 2014It has been announced this morning that Towcester racecourse, one of the least glamorous but most testing of jumps tracks, is being prepared for administration. This can be a surprise to no one, since it has long been reported that the business was losing millions a year and appeared to be propped up only by the wealth of Lord Hesketh and family. Related: Cobalt does not help a racehorse run faster, says trainer Mark Johnston Wolverhampton 1.20 Axe Axelrod 1.50 Power Link 2.20 Lonely Boy 2.50 Glamorous Rocket 3.20 Sister Celine 3.50 Counter Spirit 4.20 Considered Opinion 4.55 Genuine Approval Continue reading...
Worrying evidence was heard last week about medication practices that apparently persisted for years at one stable The extent to which racehorses are medicated is a topic of conversation once more, or should be, following the extraordinary evidence given at a disciplinary hearing on Friday by Robin Bastiman, who trained Borderlescott to win two Nunthorpes a decade ago. Bastiman has since passed on the licence to his daughter, Rebecca, and both are defending themselves against a charge from the British Horseracing Authority that they gave a raceday injection of a substance containing cobalt to one of their runners in 2016. Related: Advertise lives up to the hype with win in Phoenix Stakes for Martyn Meade Related: Advertise lives up to...
The Bastimans are charged as a result of a raised reading for cobalt given by John Caesar after a race he won in 2016New ground will be broken on Friday morning, which brings the first disciplinary hearing involving a British-based trainer charged with giving cobalt to a racehorse. Rebecca Bastiman and her father, Robin, are expected to defend themselves against the charge, which relates to John Caesar, found to have an elevated level of cobalt in the sample taken after his win at Wolverhampton on 8 April 2016, the eve of the Grand National. Related: Accidental Agent can help Eve Johnson Houghton bridge gender gap Yarmouth 1.50 Dusty 2.20 Stakeholder 2.50 Rhigolter Rose 3.20 Oakley Mimosa 3.50 Moretti 4.20 Beauty Filly 4.50 La...
John Best’s improving gelding is a tempting price at 12-1 in the standout race on the first day of the Brighton Festival meetingThe three-day Brighton Festival meeting – or the second leg of Sussex Fortnight if you are an old-timer like me – gets underway on Wednesday afternoon on predictably fast ground given the weather over the past couple of months, and even a concerted programme of watering has only maintained the official going as good-to-firm, firm in places.That is as quick as ground ever tends to get these days, at courses with a watering system at least, and only two of the eight races this afternoon have managed to draw a double-figure field. One of those, though, is the...