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This is where you will find all of Racing Ahead’s horse racing news, tips, exclusive interviews, analysis and columns for Cheltenham Festival, the Grand National, the Epsom Derby Meeting, Glorious Goodwood and Royal Ascot.

VIOLENCE WILL KILL RACING

28 June 2018 0 comments

Matt Mitter sounds a strong warning after witnessing some fisticuffs at Salisbury on a Saturday night VALUE RATER Ihave just […]

THIS BLONDE IS A REAL BOMBSHELL

28 June 2018 0 comments

Andrew Ayres with his latest selection of eye-catchers for the notebook EYE-CATCHERS NEWBURY MAY 18 (GOOD-FIRM) 6f two-year-old maiden (Class […]

MULLINS IS NOT SO FANTASTIC FOR ME

28 June 2018 0 comments

Derek Clitheroe raises some concerns over the way the bookies make their markets for Willie Mullins’ horses TALKING POINT TUESDAY […]

RACING NEEDS MORE REAL CHARACTERS

28 June 2018 0 comments

Chris Connolly bemoans the era of the manufactured sound bite and journalists who sit on the fence OPINION The racing […]

THE FANTASTIC DUELS OF THE FLYING FILLIES

28 June 2018 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers the great Oaks winners Time Charter and Sun Princess YESTERDAY’S HEROES The Epsom Oaks is won by […]

ENDING IN THE SUNSHINE

24 May 2018 0 comments

Scrapper signs off for the season wondering where all the horses are POINT TO POINT LARKHILL APRIL 21ST Every race […]

RASCAL CAN BE IN DERBY MIX

24 May 2018 0 comments

Richie Rich picks out the horses that have impressed him over the past few weeks REFLECTIONS IN RUNNING YOUNG RASCAL […]

MAHLERMADE FOR SUCCESS

24 May 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Grayson starts this month’s selection with a rare Alan King summer jumper OUT IN THE STICKS WARWICK, MAY 7 […]

AURUM HAS ASCOT AURA

24 May 2018 0 comments

Andrew Ayres was impressed by Charlie Appleby’s Newmarket maiden winner PADDOCK PICKS NEWMARKET APRIL 17 (GOOD-SOFT) 7f three-year-old maiden (Class […]

HENRY IS SO MUCH MISSED

24 May 2018 0 comments

Dave Youngman joins the rest of Newmarket in remembrance on the fifth anniversary of the great trainer’s death NEWMARKET REPORT […]

GO KNIGHT TO BEHOLD EACH WAY AT 16/1

24 May 2018 0 comments

Charlie McCann says Saxon Warrior is looking skinny for the Derby and suggests some better value bets CHARLIE MCCANN The […]

PACEMAKERS SHOULD CARRY A WARNING!

24 May 2018 0 comments

Paul Jacobs thinks trainers need to come clean over the front-running roles of some horses PAUL JACOBS It has been […]

STAMP OUT TROUBLE

24 May 2018 0 comments

Rory Paddock says violence at racecourses add further black marks to our beloved sport. OPINION Yobs, thugs, louts, hooligans. Words […]

’BAD’ TRAINERS WORK AS HARD AS GOOD ONES

24 May 2018 0 comments

Keith Knight says that Matt Chapman is not always right HORSERACINGMATTERS.COM Matt Chapman Recently Matt Chapman, on the always excellent […]

O’BRIEN DREAMS ABOUT A NEW NIJINSKY

24 May 2018 0 comments

Jonathan Powell says Ballydoyle are hoping Saxon Warrior can go one better than Camelot JONATHAN POWELL With the extraordinary total […]

GALILEO MADE ME BLINK WITH DISBELIEF

24 May 2018 0 comments

Graham Buddry remembers his first awe-inspiring encounter with the Derby hero and future wonder sire YESTERDAY’S HEROES Due to other […]

HAZAPOUR CAN OUTBATTLE WARRIOR

24 May 2018 0 comments

Tony Keenan has an interesting choice from Ireland for the Epsom Derby IRISH RACING The Irish Flat season has had […]

HAVE A CHEEKY BET ON RASCAL

24 May 2018 0 comments

John Anthony was impressed by William Haggas’ colt at Chester and thinks the Derby is in his grasp EPSOM DERBY […]

DON’T SNUB THE PUNTERS, JOHN

24 May 2018 0 comments

Matt Mitter decries John Gosden’s parade ring absence VALUE RATER Last month I used this column to have a good […]

SUCCESS AS ‘THE KNOCKER’ GETS KNOCKED

24 May 2018 0 comments

Simon Nott spends time on the rails at Exeter TALES FROM THE BETTING RING EXETER 8TH MAY Exeter is a […]

ROYAL ASCOT STAT PACK

24 May 2018 0 comments

ROYAL ASCOT TRENDS GUIDE Malcolm Boyle leafs through the record books to bring us the key pointers for the big […]

THE O’BRIEN LESSER LIGHTS CAN SPARKLE

24 May 2018 0 comments

Andy Newton says the Irish maestro has saddled a 50-1 winner in the Oaks before EPSOM OAKS & DERBY BETTING […]

WELCOME

24 May 2018 0 comments

Epsom weekend and Ascot’s royal meeting. It can’t get much better than that for Flat lovers. The cream of European […]

O’BRIEN’S WARRIOR SPIRIT

24 May 2018 0 comments

2,000 Guineas hero is aimed at first Triple Crown since Nijinsky in 1970 PHOTO SPECIAL AIDAN O’BRIEN has confirmed that […]

Hunt for next year’s Classic winners

24 May 2018 0 comments

Ian Heitman with his latest report on racing’s younger generation TALKING TWO-YEAR-OLDS The Flat season has really got going over […]

DADDY OF ALL SYSTEMS

24 May 2018 0 comments

Eddie names three sires and says follow their progency for winners EDDIEWOOD There is always a reason for investing in […]

OCEAN SET TO CAUSE WAVES

24 May 2018 0 comments

Paul Ferguson selects his leading contenders for June’s leading contests PAUL FERGUSON BIG RACES PREVIEW Lah Ti Dar Last year’s […]

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

24 May 2018 0 comments

Ben Morgan wishes he’d had the bottle to stick with Billesdon Brook – so do we! DIARY OF AN AMATEUR […]

IZZER LANDS AN EARLY DOUBLE

26 April 2018 0 comments

Ian Heitman looks at the first crop of juveniles to hit the track TALKING TWO-YEAR-OLDS There hasn’t been too much […]

A LOW DRAW LOOKS VITAL

26 April 2018 0 comments

Andy Newton picks out the defining trends to help you pick the winner of the Chester Cup CHESTER CUP TRENDS […]

Racing Ahead

VIOLENCE WILL KILL RACING

THIS BLONDE IS A REAL BOMBSHELL

MULLINS IS NOT SO FANTASTIC FOR ME

RACING NEEDS MORE REAL CHARACTERS

THE FANTASTIC DUELS OF THE FLYING FILLIES

ENDING IN THE SUNSHINE

RASCAL CAN BE IN DERBY MIX

MAHLERMADE FOR SUCCESS

AURUM HAS ASCOT AURA

HENRY IS SO MUCH MISSED

GO KNIGHT TO BEHOLD EACH WAY AT 16/1

PACEMAKERS SHOULD CARRY A WARNING!

STAMP OUT TROUBLE

’BAD’ TRAINERS WORK AS HARD AS GOOD ONES

O’BRIEN DREAMS ABOUT A NEW NIJINSKY

GALILEO MADE ME BLINK WITH DISBELIEF

HAZAPOUR CAN OUTBATTLE WARRIOR

HAVE A CHEEKY BET ON RASCAL

DON’T SNUB THE PUNTERS, JOHN

SUCCESS AS ‘THE KNOCKER’ GETS KNOCKED

ROYAL ASCOT STAT PACK

THE O’BRIEN LESSER LIGHTS CAN SPARKLE

WELCOME

O’BRIEN’S WARRIOR SPIRIT

Hunt for next year’s Classic winners

DADDY OF ALL SYSTEMS

OCEAN SET TO CAUSE WAVES

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

IZZER LANDS AN EARLY DOUBLE

A LOW DRAW LOOKS VITAL

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