Long recognised as Europe’s mile championship, 1,600 metre races come no bigger than this anywhere on the international stage. With £1.15 million in prize money, the race has entered a different ...

Following on from iconic races like the Cazoo Derby and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (sponsored by QIPCO), this is the final, pulsating showdown in the QIPCO British Champions Series Middle ...

One of racing’s most colourful characters. A gifted trainer, first and foremost, but he is also one of the sport’s great historians and a wonderful storyteller who, if he ever chose to, could make a ...

Roger Varian began training a decade ago and has surpassed 1,000th winners in Britain. He had a wonderful tutor in the late Michael Jarvis and his strike-rage has ranged between 17 per cent and 22 per ...

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 ...

James Fanshawe has been sending out winners for 30 years and trains at the famous Pegasus Stables in Newmarket, ably helped by his wife, Jacko. The yard was built in 1884 by legendary champion jockey ...

Racing runs in the blood of Francis-Henri Graffard as his grandfather was National Hunt breeder Dr Henri Champliau. Since beginning training at Chantilly, in October 2011, he has established himself ...