Horse Racing

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) says it will conduct enhanced Grand National welfare checks, despite failing in a bid to enforce landmark ‘whip’ regulations. Pre-race day veterinary protocols will begin this week ahead of the 175th running of the Aintree race in Liverpool on April 15.

Flat racing at Haydock Park comes to an end on Friday. Merseyside’s second biggest race course stages race days across the whole year. More crowds flock to National Hunt racing, with many events taking place at the same venues. Here...

Huyton-born jockey Joe Anderson has labelled the 2021/2022 campaign as the best season of his career. Anderson completed the season with 10 winners from a total of 87 rides, an astonishing amount from a man who had not sat on a horse until he was 18.

The final list of horses have been confirmed for Saturday's Grand National, with 2021 champion Minella Times and jockey Rachael Blackmore teaming up again. The pair wrote their names into the history books as Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the illustrious National Hunt race 12 months ago.

All eyes are on the Grand National this Saturday, but how do you pick a winner to bet on? Merseysportlive investigates. Rachel Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the world's most famous race last year.

The excitement builds as the Randox Grand National festival gets underway this afternoon at Aintree. More than 150,000 people are expected to attend the famous Liverpool venue over the next three days after a two-year absence.

Aintree racecourse has been named as the sixth favourite across the UK, Scotland, Ireland and Wales in a study by BoyleSports. With an average monthly search volume of 9,900 and an attendance of around 180,000 in 2019, the Merseyside racecourse is a highly rated location for horse racing fans.

The calm after the Cheltenham storm... but roll on Aintree. As the famous Cheltenham Festival came to a close over a sun-drenched racecourse on Friday, racing fans are feeling the 'holiday blues'.

The showpiece event of the Cheltenham Festival will be upon us this afternoon, in the form of the highly coveted Gold Cup (GC). The most prestigious of National Hunt events will see 13 horses and jockeys of the highest calibre...

William Kinsey owner of Peel Hall in Cheshire spoke to Merseysportlive about the Cheltenham Festival. Kinsey is known for breeding, sourcing and producing star horses for the future. Yesterday one horse he owns Stormy Island finished fourth. He said: “The ground...