Newbury Racecourse

Alex MacIntyre has been appointed the new operations and guest experience director of Newbury Racecourse. Previously, he served for over 13 years at the Saracens Rugby Club. MacIntyre said, "I am hugely excited by the opportunity to join the team at Newbury Racecourse and support the ongoing success and growth of the venue. As the racecourse continues to evolve as one of the UK's premier destinations for racing and events, I'm eager to play a part in building on its strong heritage while helping to drive forward new initiatives that...

This year's renewal of the G2 Mill Reef Stakes will be run in honour of the late Geoff Lewis, whose association with the great Mill Reef was the highlight of the Welshman's hugely successful career in the saddle. Lewis, who died last month at the age of 89, partnered Mill Reef to win 12 of his 14 career starts, notably landing the Derby, Eclipse, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in an outstanding three-year-old campaign in 1971. He later embarked on a training...

Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's homebred 2-year-old colt Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder), who hails from the family of Dubawi, went postward as the 2-1 joint-favourite for Friday's TPT Fire Supports St Michaels Hospice EBF Maiden Stakes at Newbury and returned with a TDN Rising Star rosette after delivering a mightly impressive wide-margin triumph in the straight one-mile test. "His work had been good at home, I thought he'd take a lot of beating coming here today and that was a taking performance," said winning rider Billy Loughnane. "I've sat...

Newbury Racecourse announced on Tuesday the introduction of a £50,000 bonus for any horse who wins a two-year-old race throughout the Flat season at Newbury and subsequently triumphs in the G2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes. In the event that a horse achieves this feat in 2025, £40,000 will be paid to the winning owner and £10,000 to the yard where the horse is trained for the stable staff. The European Pattern Committee revealed in February that the Mill Reef was one of two races in Britain at risk...

The prize-money for the G3 Watership Down Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham Stakes at Newbury has been increased to £100,000 this year. Set for Saturday, Apr. 12, as part of the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials meeting, the seven-furlong contest holds an illustrious roll of honour including Mill Reef, Paco Boy (Ire), Frankel (GB) and Kingman (GB). Sponsored by Watership Down Stud since 2019, the race will receive a £10,000 boost to the total prize fund in 2025. The renewal takes place three weeks prior to the first Classics of...

Eighteen point-to-point graduates feature in the catalogue for the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale, which takes place after racing at Newbury on Saturday, November 30. Inspections will be open on Friday and Saturday, with showing to take place next to the racecourse stables, before the sale gets underway in the Owners and Trainers facility after the last race at 3.35pm. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, "We have had a very good response to the Coral Gold Cup Sale from the point-to-point handlers and have assembled a strong catalogue...

The second edition of the Coral Gold Cup Sale will take place during Newbury's feature meeting on Saturday, November 30, Goffs announced in partnership with the racecourse on Thursday. Of the 18 horses sold at the inaugural sale, 13 achieved a six-figure sum and the average was £119,167. Staged on the same day as the £250,000 Coral Gold Cup, the sale will see changes this year with plans in place to hold it in the pre-parade ring, right opposite the owners and trainers' facility. The horses will also be stabled...

Sir Michael Stoute trainee Anna Swan (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}--Vivionn {GB}, by Dubawi {Ire}), a G1 Fillies' Mile entry who notched an impressive 5 1/2-length win at Great Yarmouth last month, remained on an upward trajectory and made all to post a two-length tally in Friday's Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises British EBF Fillies' Conditions Stakes at Newbury.   🇬🇧 British EBF Fillies' Conditions Stakes @NewburyRacing @BritishEBF Newbury - Classe 2 - 2 ans - 1408m - 4 Pts 🏆Anna Swan 🏇William Buick @WilliamBuickX 📖(Almanzor (Fr) @Haras_d_Etreham - Vivionn (Gb)...

The Isa Salman Al Khalifa-William Haggas axis, fresh from celebrating the victory of Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) in Thursday's G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, added lustre to that success as connections' Jewelry (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}--Simply A Star {Ire}, by Giant's Causeway) made an impressive debut in Friday's Tom Mitchell 70th Birthday Celebration British EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes at Newbury. The 280,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate delivered a decisive closing burst to register a 2 1/2-length win from Toomuchforme (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) in the six-furlong test....

George Waud's Englemere (Ire) (Goken {Fr}--Ascot Family {Ire}, by Desert Style {Ire}), who finished within eight lengths of the winner when 14th in Royal Ascot's G2 Queen Mary Stakes, ran second in a Sandown nursery last month and made the transition back to stakes company a winning one in Friday's Listed Highclere Thoroughbred Racing St Hugh's Stakes at Newbury. The 8-1 chance occupied a position at the tail of the larger far-side pack and remained in rear when the field's two groups merged soon after halfway. Making eyecatching progress into...

The 107th annual general meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA), held on Tuesday, Aug. 13, saw members and trustees gather at Newbury racecourse to discuss the ongoing challenges in British racing's future. Philip Newton, chairman of the association, reiterated that evidence-based strategy as well as incentives and intervention were working, and that the methods were the way forward for a sustainable future. Newton took time to highlight the positive impact of both the Elite Mares' Scheme as well as the Great British Bonus (GBB) Scheme. The latter has paid...

RaceTech, the outside broadcast and technical service provider to British horseracing, have signed a new long-term service agreement with Newbury Racecourse, it was announced on Monday. The new agreement runs for five years and will see RaceTech provide full integrity services such as starting stalls and photo finish technology, as well as racecourse television for all meetings at the Berkshire track. RaceTech will also continue providing the Newbury international world clean feed for Lockinge Day and several existing enhancements such as the touch screen replay service situated in the Newbury...