Solent Gateway News Today

The classiest race this weekend is the Group 1 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury (tomorrow, 3.35 p.m.) in which the French-trained Big Rock and the Newmarket-trained Inspiral are understandably vying for favouritism. They are officially the two top rated horses in the race and they both finished last season on a high: Big Rock won

The news comes as the company posted an operational loss of £4.9m in its latest annual report.

Work has started on the first phase of a multi-million-pound scheme to transform an industrial site overlooking Southampton Water.

Plans to transform part of a large industrial site beside Southampton Water are set to be debated at a public meeting

Plans to transform part of a large industrial site beside Southampton Water are set to be debated at a public meeting

Fresh from plundering many of the major jumping prizes last season, Irish trainer Willie Mullins will head to Royal Ascot next week with plenty of chances in the big staying races on the flat. Predictably, the bookmakers are taking no chances and his most fancied horses for the two Tuesday staying handicaps are short-priced favourites:

ABP has reacted to fresh fears about the future of an environmentally-sensitive site on the western side of Southampton Water

THE parent company of Gourock ferry firm CalMac has offloaded its stake in a southern English operation.

HAMPSHIRE will get a “massive” boost from the new Solent Freeport, with up to £1.75billion pumped into its economy and new jobs appearing…

HAMPSHIRE has been given a multi-million pound boost and a pledge of thousands of high quality jobs with the approval of its Solent Freeport plans.