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AFFORDABILITY CHECKS

Punters barred from betting shops after failing to meet affordability demands

CROWD FIGURES

Cheltenham chief: there's a desire for people to enjoy sport at its best

DREAMING BIG

Champion Chase dream for Niall Houlihan after Grade 1 breakthrough

FESTIVAL AIMS

'He has a lovely chance' - Nicholls focus turns to March after Saturday treble

WHAT WE LEARNED

Cheltenham Festival markets are wide open and Cobden still the jockey to follow

GO NORTH WEEKEND

Kelso hopeful Go North Weekend can become 'a racing holiday' for jumps fans

BETTING HEAD-TO-HEAD

£725,000 - Star Sports report major bets on Energumene in Clarence House

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Previews

1.50 HEREFORD

Denis O'Regan bidding to make history by completing the set at Hereford

Race Reports

LIMESTONE LAD HURDLE

Echoes In Rain on course for Mares' Hurdle after easy Limestone Lad win

NAAS SUNDAY

Thedevilscoachman awarded Grade 3 novice after lengthy stewards' inquiry

SEDGEFIELD SUNDAY

'It's playing on everyone's minds' - Quinlan critical of new whip rules

FONTWELL SUNDAY

'It's a huge tonic for him' - Gordon owner celebrates first double

SOUTHWELL SUNDAY

Norman Fletcher escapes from rivals to land bumper for canny Twiston-Davies

COTSWOLD CHASE

'Dad would be proud' - Russell dedicates Ahoy Senor's win to late father Peter

KEEPING FAITH

'We're still on for the Gold Cup' - Skelton backing Protektorat to bounce back

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International

DUBAI

'Why not have a go?' - Gordon Elliott on Meydan mission with Coachello

HONG KONG

Golden Sixty wins star-studded Stewards' Cup at Sha Tin

When Horses Raced

MONKSFIELD AND SEA PIGEON

‘Running a Champion Hurdle horse twice in three days? They’d say you were mad’

Comment

LEE MOTTERSHEAD

Punters face Cheltenham Festival misery unless Gambling Commission acts fast

ANOTHER VIEW

I'm just a slightly over-optimistic punter, so please leave me alone

DAVID JENNINGS

Fourteen or more Willie Mullins winners at 20-1? I'm having some of that

CHRIS COOK

I need some top racing more than ever - just to distract from all this chaos

ANOTHER VIEW

£175,000 to £90,000 - but it's hard to quibble with Clarence House prize drop

RICHARD FORRISTAL

Patrick Mullins can see the issue - so when will the sport do something?

POSTCARD FROM NEWMARKET

The hell-raising stable lad who turned his life around after a calling from God

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Interviews

HARRY DERHAM

'You think you're busy as assistant - now I realise I wasn't doing a half-speed'

Racing writer of the year Peter Thomas meets a trainer taking his first steps

ERIC McNAMARA

'I had 60 horses, then the recession hit and I had eight - but we've been lucky'

CHRIS GORDON

'I was on a mission to enjoy life - and enjoy it to the max'

THE BIG READ

Noel Fehily: 'I loved the pressure of a big day - that's what got me going'

PATRICK MULLINS MEETS...

Come inside the Punchestown weigh-room with the man jockeys can't do without

SAM AND JONATHAN ENGLAND

A marriage made in racing: meet the trainer-jockey couple banging in winners

THE BIG READ

Davy Russell: 'I'm a grown man - I've no problem being jocked off at Cheltenham'

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Insight

THE COOK REVIEW

A day to celebrate the power of Scotland as major prizes are won by the north

RACING POST RATINGS

Top chaser still a Gold Cup factor despite Cotswold defeat

LEIGHTON ASPELL

Big guns underestimated Editeur Du Gite and Niall Houlihan in Clarence House

THE BIG READ

It’s official: Ireland is the place for live racing if you want value for money

HOW I BECAME AN OWNER

'We were just behind JP McManus and Dai Walters, so we're up with the big boys!'

JOHNNY DINEEN

He's likely to be an each-way price and is worth a decent bet - I'm very hopeful

DUBAI STABLE TOUR

Saeed bin Suroor: 'He's a very special horse - and still improving with age'

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A Year To Save Racing

POPULARITY

'We are so worried about reputation that we gravitate towards the bland'

POPULARITY

'We are so worried about reputation that we gravitate towards the bland'

AFFORDABILITY CHECKS

'Racing supports a huge number of people and the whole thing could collapse'

STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE

New structure brings new hope - but racing's leaders have an awful lot to fix

Affordability: The Truth

THE IMPACT ON RACING

The £40 million blow: how affordability checks are already hitting horseracing

THE IMPACT ON RACING

The £40 million blow: how affordability checks are already hitting horseracing

THE PUNTERS' VIEW

'I'm very close to giving up' - the punters suffering from affordability checks

THE BACKGROUND

An existential threat - how did affordability checks become such a big issue?

Best of 2022

RUBY WALSH

'I still think it was a stupid question - but I shouldn't have put myself there'

MOST-WATCHED REPLAYS

The races that had Members' Club subscribers clicking the 'replay' button

JOSH MOORE & PHOEBE CRUSE

'A nurse came out and told us there was nothing more they could do for Josh'

CLOSE CALL

Punter cashes out for £57,968 - but could have won £425,000 after final leg wins

OMNIHORSE IN FOCUS

Kia Joorabchian's $1 billion plan to revolutionise racing - but does it add up?

THE BIG READ

Sir Mark Prescott: 'Our car was surrounded by screaming Japanese girls'

RICHARD FORRISTAL

Racing League has to go - and Sean Levey saga was a suitably shambolic end

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Industry News

BETTING WORLD

Trade body hails milestone in standardising markers of harm for online gambling

BETTING WORLD

Mixed signals about impact of World Cup from first trading updates of the year

BETTING WORLD

Three things we learned from bet365's latest financial results

BETTING WORLD

Feeling of deja vu as gambling industry looks forward to 2023

BETTING WORLD

World Pool organisers set sights on 'considerable widening' of customer base

Point-To-Point

GB POINT-TO-POINT

Stud owners making the most of their pointing love affair

IRISH POINT-TO-POINT

End-of-season awards confirmed as ceremony returns to popular Irish hotel

Best of Members' Club

JOHN FRANCOME

'It's one cock-up after another - a big industry being run like it's a gymkhana'

WARREN GREATREX

'There wouldn't be a day I don't think about those boys and their families'

THE OLD-SCHOOL SHOP

'You want a bit of noise, a bit of life - and you have to be fair to punters'

NICKY HENDERSON

'I take flak and it frustrates me - but I'm not going to wreck another horse'

SECRETS OF RACING

Inside Seven Barrows: what's it like being Nicky Henderson's eyes and ears?

JOHN EGAN

'I know I'm better than most of them in the weighing room - without any doubt'

SIR MARK PRESCOTT

'I didn't take too many prisoners - I fired three people the day I started'

PATRICK MULLINS MEETS...

Ruby Walsh: 'I enjoyed the riding at Cheltenham. The rest of it? Not at all'

THE BIG READ

Tom Dascombe: 'They've done me a favour - just in a nasty way'

MILTON HARRIS

'It was relationships, finances... I lost everything because of racing'

LEONNA MAYOR

'People have no idea what my life has been like - I've no reason to be ashamed'

MATT CHAPMAN

'I'm a very proud public schoolboy - but probably not a typical one'

Jumps Stable Tours

STABLE TOUR EXTRA

'We have a Grade 1 winner here - but I'd be disappointed if he wasn't better'

A round-up from Britain and Ireland in the last of our jumps stable tours

JOHN MCCONNELL

'He's been very impressive - we'll have to take a crack at the Champion Bumper'

KIM BAILEY

'I adore him - he's my favourite horse in the yard and I'm very happy with him'

DAVID PIPE

'He was fantastic last season and is better now - all roads lead to Newbury'

DAN SKELTON

'We've got major ambitions and have unfinished business in the Champion Chase'

HENRY DE BROMHEAD A-E

'What he did from the last that day was extraordinary - he's an amazing horse'

HENRY DE BROMHEAD F-O

'She's a legend - and she seems to be every bit as good now as she ever was'

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Racing Explained

IN THE MONEY?

Rich, poor or somewhere in between: how much does a trainer really earn?

IN THE MONEY?

How much does it cost to breed a racehorse?

IN THE MONEY?

So, how much does a jockey really earn?

SPECIAL REPORT

Prize-money: how Britain has been left trailing by the rest of the world

BECOMING A BOOKIE

So you think you want to become a bookmaker?

JOCKEY NUTRITION

Three 500-calorie meals and a 200-calorie snack - but what does a jockey eat?

CAREER EARNINGS

Which racehorses have earned the most money?

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The Big Jump Off

THE BIG MATCH

Constitution Hill v Honeysuckle: 'This clash is what racing is all about'

PRICEWISE

'He just screams Grand National to me' - Tom Segal's ante-post jumps tips

PAUL KEALY

'I'll be surprised if he is as big as 14-1 should he go there' - ante-post picks

PATRICK MULLINS

Autumn in Closutton. So many questions. So few answers. For now . . .

RUBY WALSH

'The pretender against the champion - that's what makes every sport so good'

UPPING THE ANTE

Ante-post expertise: 'He's 20-1 for that, which is twice as big as it should be'

MATT WILLIAMS

'I don't half get up for the big meetings at the big tracks - I get butterflies'

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Betting Masterclasses

SECRETS OF PRICEWISE

High-profile tipster Tom Segal on his approach to punting and being successful

TIME-BASED BETTING

James Willoughby on why speed is of the essence when rating horses

BETTING ON COURSE

Eddie Fremantle: how to get an edge when you're at the races

BETTING WITH STATISTICS

A winning system: using data to your advantage in the battle with the bookies

EXCHANGE BETTING

Still great value on the exchanges - you just might have to work a bit harder

FORM AND RACE-READING

Why there's never been a better time to be a serious student of the form book

THE PROFESSIONAL PUNTER

Betting for a living: a pro punter's insight on how to make gambling pay

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Betting Offers

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

Best betting offers and ante-post tips for Cheltenham Festival 2023

BOOKMAKER REVIEW

Paddy Power free bets and review

BOOKMAKER REVIEW

bet365 free bets and betting review

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

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