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Monday The calm before the storm and with the British jumps season having come to a thrilling climax on Saturday, six Flat meetings across Britain and Ireland start a fascinating week. The pick of the days racing comes from Navan where the Listed Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes (2.25) is the feature of an eight-race card. Ayr hosts the first of its two-day meeting to herald the beginning of its Flat season, Lingfield and Southwell host all-weather afternoon fixtures and Winds...

Wesley Ward speedster Golden Pal ruled out of Royal Ascot Fri 16 Apr 2021 Wesley Ward hopes to have star sprinter Golden Pal back to his best in time for the Coolmore Nunthorpe after being forced to rule him out of an intended appearance at Royal Ascot. Narrowly beaten by The Lir Jet when runner-up in the Norfolk Stakes at the Royal meeting in June, the son of Uncle Mo went one better in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at his trainer’s home track of Keeneland in November. Ward had h...

A racing punter wont rest easy tonight with more than £500,000 on the line Paul Dean placed a £5 accumulator last June, when betting on Royal Ascot By placing the bet so early, he got higher odds than the current bookies prices Now if Envoi Allen wins tomorrow, he could win over half a million pounds Betfair have confirmed that he has been offered £275,000 to cash out 

The National Football League has announced 328 invitations to the 2021 NFL Scouting Combine, and included are four players from Virginia Tech.

Golfers will be walking down fairways and filling score cards in the city this Easter long weekend. Pine Valley Golf Centre opened for business on Tuesday, the first course in the Prince George area to take tee-off times for 2011. “We’re definitely fortunate enough to be opened for (the long weekend), and I know that we’re the only one open now,” Pine Valley general manager Keith Good said Tuesday afternoon. “Whether or not that will be the case this weekend, I don’t know.” Easte...

This years raiseRED dance marathon will look different than this, with mostly virtual events, but the goal is the same: to fight pediatric cancer. raiseRed, UofL’s largest student-run philanthropic organization that raises money to fight pediatric cancer and blood disorders, will look stunningly different this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has gutted the signature 18-hour dance marathon and its emotional, sweat-and-tear-filled fundraising reveal. That’s not to say the show won’t go on, how...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021)  — The rivalry between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville has been a staple of the athletics culture in Kentucky since its beginning. The two schools love to hate one another to the point that some fans won’t even wear the colors of the rival school.  However, there is one thing that both schools have in common: their dedication to bettering the state of Kentucky. That is what the Commonwealth Cup is all about.  Scheduled for Feb. ...

Virginia Tech will be represented by safety Divine Deablo and tailback Khalil Herbert in the 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl.

Royal Ascot’s ‘massive’ seven-race cards welcomed by bookmakers Share April 1, 2021 Royal Ascot has made the decision to expand its race card to seven meetings a day, in a move which has been well received by betting industry figures. The Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes and the Golden Gates Stakes flat races were fixed to the venue’s week long event last year. This was followed by the inclusion of the Buckingham Palace Stakes after the COVID-19 pandemic opened up a space for extra me...

UPDATED 5:48PM, JAN 22 2021 Royal Ascot-winning sprinter Eqtidaar has his first foal on the ground, with the placed Champs Elysees mare Respectable giving birth to a colt on Friday.  Born at Brook Stud in Newmarket, the colt hails from a family that includes Darshaan, Dar Re Mi and European champion juvenile Too Darn Hot. Respectable, a five-year-old who ran second in a Salisbury novice for Ralph Beckett, is out of Dalandra, a Montjeu half-sister to Listed scorer Dalkova.  Dwayne Wo...