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 ...

Multiple Classic winning trainer William Haggas, is one of Britain’s most respected trainers and has been sending out winners from his Somerville Lodge base in Newmarket since 1987. He spent time with ...

Dermot Weld is not only one of Ireland’s greatest trainers, with an extraordinary tally of more than 4,200 winners, but he is also one of the most travelled. The son of the late former trainer Charles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The son of serial Irish champion trainer Aidan O’Brien had a short but hugely successful career as a jockey before quitting because of recurring weight issues. At 22, he instantly turned to training ...

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 ...

David Menuisier was born in Lorraine, in North East France. His family bred horses to run on the Flat, as well as over jumps, and he soon got the bug. His parents were well-acquainted with former ...

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 ...

From small beginnings, Karl Burke has developed into one of the top trainers in the north of England with the help of his wife, Elaine. He was initially a journeyman jump jockey who rode in about 750 ...