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Brian Hughes lost his title of Champion Jockey over jumps in the UK to Harry Skelton last season. The feat on Skelton’s part was even more impressive because most of the mounts he got the leg-up on came for his trainer brother Dan at the family stables in the West Midlands area of England.

When wagering on horse racing jockeys with the amWager Promo code, Graham Lee is among the best racers to put your money on. The Grand National-winning rider focuses on Flat races these days, although his influence was recognized following his triumph with Travel Lightly when competing in the mares’ contest.

In all likelihood, Verry Elleegant, the superstar Australian mare, won’t return to her native country to contest the Melbourne Cup this year. The 2021 winner of the “race that stops a nation” is off to Europe to campaign for some of the biggest prizes in the Northern Hemisphere in the coming months. So it seems that Australia’s loss is Europe’s gain, but the move, including a split from trainer Chris Waller, raises more questions than answers.

The prestigious five-day Royal Ascot meeting always produces plenty of feelgood stories and this year’s edition did not disappoint in that respect.

The Dubai World Cup is coming up! Later this week, on Saturday, March 26th, the Dubai World Cup will take place at the Meydan racecourse, which is also home to twenty-two meetings including the Dubai World Cup Carnival which runs from January to March.

The Kentucky Derby is the longest-running sporting event in the United States, with the iconic race first staged back in 1875. Today, according to the horse betting specialists, the Derby is also one of the world’s biggest betting events in the USA. Last year $155.4 million was bet on the 2021 event.

The esteemed St. Leger Festival kicked off on September 8th with an exciting card race. The exciting event gave horse racing betting enthusiasts a great opportunity to check out numerous Paddy Power offers for Grand National to choose from. Wren’s Breath was the most exciting runner. Last year, De Bromhead put in dominant performances in the most important National Hunt meetings. For example, he won the Gold Cup at Cheltenham and handed the first two home in the Grand National. Besides that, he also won the Champion Chase and Champion Hurdle during the meeting in March. 

2021 has already been a massive year for the horse racing industry. Across the world, from the United Kingdom to Japan to Canada, we have seen several events take place. It is hard to believe the horse racing calendar continues into the fall, considering how busy it has already been. For instance, the Santa Anita Derby was in April, while the Royal Ascot consumed our attention in June, followed by the Whitney Stakes in August.
Alas, though, the show goes on — and we are not complaining. Here are what horse racing events worldwide you can expect to take place in the fall.

Horse racing is one of the oldest sports in the world. Even in the days of the Roman Empire, people would race horses and chariots around grand tracks in massive amphitheatres.  And although much time has passed since those days, horse racing is still a very popular sport to this very day.

A century-old sport, horse racing attracts millions of fans and punters worldwide. Besides the incredible wagering opportunities it offers through AmWager and other online bookies, it attracts millions of dollars in investments...

As horseracing fans continue getting ready to bet on Cheltenham races, the hopes of allowing people to attend the festival are diminishing by the day. The operator is expected to mark the beginning of the Cheltenham Festival with an assortment of excellent promotions.

Horse racing had some memorable moments in 2020 despite the year being tough. Tracks were shut down, schedules scrambled, and stands remained empty. But horse racing provided its fans with the much-needed distraction with some memorable moments. Punters still visited cheltenhamguide.com for horse racing advice and betting tips. Read further to discover some of the most memorable moments in horse racing in 2020.

As we bring in the New Year, one of the most exciting horse racing festivals is fast approaching. The Cheltenham Festival takes place over four days in March, is hugely popular around the world, and is one of the United Kingdom’s largest single betting occasions.

It’s hard not to watch Frodon and jockey Bryony Frost without raising a smile. The pair offer a unique bond between horse and rider, which manifests more clearly than perhaps any partnership in horse racing’s recent history. And it’s a combination which is not only endearing to watch, but massively successful. The latest feather in the cap of Frost and her horse was victory in the King George VI Chase in December, one of the showpiece occasions on the jump racing calendar.

ocated in the cloudy and temperate town of Wetherby, the eponymous racecourse has seen a passionate history of horse racing. Since its inception in 1969, the Wetherby Racecourse has emerged as one of Yorkshire’s premier winter tracks. It would be remiss not to mention that the undulating track is shaped like a smooth oval – something both star jockeys and trainers adore. 

A crowd of just 4,000 hardy racegoers gathered at Flemington to watch Archer surge to victory in the inaugural Melbourne Cup back in 1861. The race has enjoyed an inexorable rise to prominence since then, and it is now enjoyed by more than 650 million viewers across the globe each year. What exactly makes the Melbourne Cup the most popular thoroughbred race in the world?