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Friday, 22 March, 2019

Jason WatsonSalisbury 3.10.18 Pic: Edward Whitaker

FOUR THINGS TO WATCH

Jason Watson back in business after injury with two rides at Lingfield

Village Vic: would prove hugely popular winner of the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup

All you need to start your day as Newbury hosts a fine Friday card

Harry Whittington: trainer still retains faith in stable star Saint Calvados

PASSIONATE DEFENCE

Harry Whittington attacks 'madness' of threats to National Hunt Chase

All gold: Native River with owners Anne and Garth Broom and trainer Colin Tizzard on Saturday morning

Aintree could be next for Native River as connections consider blinkers

Declan Lavery: has appealed his ten-day ban from the NH Chase at Cheltenham on Tuesday

'Justice' after Declan Lavery wins appeal against controversial Cheltenham ban

Runners in the Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle race out into the country. The winner was Sire Du Berlais (Barry Geraghty)Cheltenham 14.3.19 Pic: Edward Whitaker

Welfare is crucial and the sport should be pulling in the same direction

Philip Freedman: Harman's new role crucial for British racing's future

Horsemen's Group chairman Freedman calls for unity on welfare issue

Carol Vorderman (centre) and Mindy Hammond (left) celebrate Subway Surf's win

CELEBRITY WINNER

Subway Surf's Chepstow victory adds up for delighted TV star Carol Vorderman

Phillip Makin: rider suffered a broken neck, back, rib and ankle

Phillip Makin joins trainers' roster and confirms retirement from the saddle

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The weight is over: Noel Fehily contemplates the end of a career-long scuffle with the scales

Right time: Noel Fehily rides off into the sunset after final festival strike

POINT-TO-POINT FOCUS

Harry Cobden: how riding in points helped me to become a jockey

PAUL TOWNEND INTERVIEW

'Winning the Gold Cup was better than anything I’d expected. It was awesome'

BETTING BUSINESS NEWS

Operators face mandatory levy if funding for GambleAware misses targets

Dan Skelton, Henry Daly and Jerry McGrath join our expert panel

Ascot: the royal procession arrives in the parade ring in 2018

3: Modern-day Ascot so much more than a regal pedigree

AROUND THE WORLD

The occasional places where man and horse take on mountain, sea, sand and city

4: Churchill Downs, home of America's greatest race and wildest infield

5: Monumental Meydan a precious bequest to international racing

10-6: an Australian jewel and a much-loved neighbour join our list of top tracks

AROUND THE WORLD

Far from the madding crowd: the world's most remote racecourses

20-11: travel the racing globe with part one of our countdown

AROUND THE WORLD

Horseracing with heritage: the world's oldest racecourses

Winx receives the adulation of the crowd after winning the Group 1 George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill

Sydney stars: Winx goes again with The Autumn Sun also starring on stellar card

Wondermare chases 32nd straight win at superb Rosehill meeting

The first of five barrier trials last month which served as as a full dress-rehearsal for the opening meeting at Conghua this Saturday

First meeting at Conghua opens important chapter in Chinese story

Markus Jooste: Cape Town hearing in April

Markus Jooste among those named in fraud report

Newtown Lad: New Age Dawning and Tom Scudamore end on a long losing run for Brocade Racing

CHEPSTOW THURSDAY

Price is right for conditional flying high after confidence-boosting wins

Dan Skelton had the first two winners of the day to improve his record at Leicester this season

LUDLOW THURSDAY

Rock-solid Sofia's all set to play leading role in Skelton double century bid

WHOSHOTTHESHERIFF Ridden by Sean Quinlan (Left) wins at Sedgefield Photograph by Grossick Racing Photography 0771 046 1723

SEDGEFIELD THURSDAY

Sean Quinlan hits the half century aboard Whoshotthesheriff as Kirby doubles up

The progressive Ronald Pump gained his third win in four starts in the 3m handicap hurdle at Cork

Progressive Ronald Pump goes in again for trainer Matthew Smith

Captain Moirette bounds to victory in the novice hurdle under Danny Cook

HAYDOCK WEDNESDAY

Stark contrast as Captain Moirette gives connections an easier ride

CHEPSTOW, WALES - MARCH 20: Daryl Jacob riding Khage clear the last to win The ECIC Novices' Hurdle Race at Chepstow Racecourse on March 20, 2019 in Chepstow, Wales. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

CHEPSTOW WEDNESDAY

O'Neill ends six-year wait for a winner with homebred Onurbike

Shanroe Tic Tec (right) stalked leader Mythical Prince before going on to win by two lengths at Market Rasen

MARKET RASEN WEDNESDAY

Pinchin gets an excellent tune out of Shanroe Tic Tec to complete hat-trick

FOOTBALL POSTCAST

Mark Langdon and Dan Childs with best bets from Euro 2020 qualifying

Bristol De Mai has benefited from a break according to his trainer

'Our whole lives are about winning big races' - Twiston-Davies on the National

Potters Corner and James Bowen beat Ms Parfois in the Midlands National

Watch: Anthony Honeyball on his Aintree ambitions

Steve Palmer with tips for the Valspar and Maybank Championships

Le Breuil (Jamie Codd, purple) survives this blunder to lead home three other finishers in the NH Novices' Chase for amateur riders at Cheltenham on Tuesday

RICHARD FORRISTAL

BHA's utopian bid to eradicate risk in welfare agenda is doomed to fail

Racing has work to do before it can expect more help from government

Seismic fracture over National Hunt Chase just serves to pour fuel on the fire

Drama from first to last in a week that gave so much joy

Brilliant Bryony is our most prized possession but we need more like her

LEE MOTTERSHEAD

Passion for the sport must be heard in one voice if the festival is to flourish

Henry Daly: trainers are best placed to champion welfare

Andrew Gemmell and Emma Lavelle after Paisley Park had won the Stayers HurdleCheltenham 14.3.19 Pic: Edward Whitaker

Cheltenham 2019: Brough Scott reflects on a memorable week at the festival

The best images from a fantastic four days at the 2019 Cheltenham Festival

Wayne Hutchinson on his top greys Dessie and Smad Place, Arsenal and Home Alone

Jordan Smith blows weekend to smithereens with savage Qatar capitulation

Derby winner Masar will receive plenty of attention from the Charlie Appleby team as he did after winning at Epsom.

Godolphin looking to build on last year's outstanding carnival success

Charlie Appleby at Meydan: the turf track is the best in the world

Punting pointers and horses to follow: your ultimate Dubai Carnival guide

Joe Fanning and Mark Johnston: not a recipe for success when they go head to head

True or false: the truth behind popular punting myths

Peter Thomas attempts to separate baseless superstition from winning systems

David Bass warms his hands in the weighing room at Sandown

Keeping the winter chills at bay: how jockeys (and horses) beat the cold

The time for quiet reflection is over: Mike Smith goes wild

THE HIGHEST EARNERS

Which racehorses have won the most money in sporting history?

Flat jockeys earn £120.66 per ride - but how much of that reaches their pocket?

So, how much does a jockey really earn?

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

The art, rules and rudeness of naming racehorses

TO BEARD OR NOT TO BEARD

They've all lost out by a whisker but why do so few jockeys have beards?

Royston Ffrench: set for an operation after a nasty fall

THE JOCKEY DIET

One rasher or two: what do jockeys eat to make the weight?

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Topofthegame (Harry Cobden) wins the RSA Chase Cheltenham 13.3.19 Pic: Edward Whitaker

Brilliant festival soured by BHA's exaggerated reaction to riding in four-miler

Adrimel lands the Goffs UK Aintree Sale four-year-old geldings’ maiden

BALLYARTHUR SUNDAY

Adrimel quick to make winning splash for Ryan

Rose Of Aghaboe (right) and Pa King jump the third-last to win the mares’ maiden

BALLYRAGGET SUNDAY

Rose tough in victory as King reigns with double

Lough Derg Lyric takes the winner of one in good style at Ballyragget

Lough Derg Lyric impresses with exhibition of jumping

Declan Lavery: has appealed his ten-day ban from the NH Chase at Cheltenham on Tuesday

Amateurs painted in unfair light amid National Hunt Chase furore

CHELTENHAM QUIZ

In pictures: test your Cheltenham knowledge with our brain teasers

Cheltenham 13.3.03 Picture: Edward WhitakerBest Mate wins the Gold Cup

COMMENTS IN RUNNING QUIZ

Can you remember the race from the write-up? Test your knowledge here . . .

Don Cossack shows off his style at the Retraining of Racehorses Goffs UK National Championships

LIVE EX-RACEHORSE BLOG

From fancy dress to dressage: check out what these former racehorses are up to

Frankel streaks out in front on the second outing of his career – he wore a Grakle on all his starts

Nosebands, non-runners and new sires: Racing Post experts answer your questions

Found: the Ballydoyle star and Arc winner often ran with her tongue out

From spruce fences to figuring out a Yankee: your questions answered

Frankel (Tom Queally) wins the 2000 GuineasNewmarket Guineas Meeting 30.4.11 Pic:Edward Whitaker

Look back on Frankel's astonishing 2,000 Guineas triumph

28th February 1963: Teams of men clear the snow from Cheltenham racecourse before the venue reopens on March 12th. The work has to be done by hand, since machines would damage the turf. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Recalling the harsh winter of 1963 when racing was forced to shut up shop

BELLEWSTOWN WED 29 JUNE 05 PIC: CAROLINE NORRISBARNEY CURLEY ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF YELLOW SAM COUP AT WITH THE RACECOURSE IN BACKGROUND AND THE BOOKIES RING BELOW HIM

GREAT RACING COUPS

A perfectly executed gamble on Yellow Sam that netted Barney Curley a fortune

Unsinkable Boxer and Tony McCoy March 1998Cheltenham Festival

GREAT RACING COUPS

The biggest ever certainty to race at Cheltenham

Nigel Twiston-Davies: complained after The New One's defeat

David Ashforth's quest to grab a grand at Christmas

A CHRISTMAS TALE

A sting in the tale: concluding part of a short story by David Ashforth

A CHRISTMAS TALE

Mum's the word: episode three of a four-part short story by David Ashforth

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Iain Jardine: targeted on social media

STABLE TOUR EXTRA

Stars aplenty across Britain and Ireland primed to land big jumps prizes

All the latest news on horses it could pay to follow in 2018-19

A delighted Gary Moore after Krugermac had won the 2m 3f NH maiden hurdleAscot 20.11.15 Pic: Edward Whitaker

Dual-purpose ace well on track to break his own winning tally

Henry de Bromhead: came in for special thanks from the Schuster family after they teamed up to record an emotional success with Niccolai at Wexford on Sunday

HENRY DE BROMHEAD

No shortage of quality as De Bromhead gears up for another exciting season

Willie Mullins oversees his string at Closutton with the big winter races fast approaching

WILLIE MULLINS PART 1

Champion strong in all departments as he leads from the front

Ruby Walsh: "Willie doesn’t make a decision until he has to. We usually play it up in the kitchen and Patrick and David [Mullins] will be there as well."

Willie Mullins Part 2

'Melon has come back a lot stronger and we're aiming for the Champion again'

David Pipe, fighting back after worst season of his career

Un Temps Pour Tout back in the fold with Grand National ambitions

Alan King on the gallops at Barbury Castle

Sceau Royal backed up by 'lovely team of younger horses'

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