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Frank Morby: died at home in Kenya on Friday at the age of 87 1 of 1 UPDATED 4:20PM, MAY 9 2021 Tributes have been paid to jockey Frank Morby, who died last Friday at his home in Kenya at the age of 87.  After a modest five wins as an apprentice to George Colling in the early 1950s, Morby graduated from mostly riding work for Bernard van Cutsem during the 1960s to carve out a race-riding career which yielded 264 winners in Britain, initially with Vernon Cross and later as understudy to Pat Eddery at the all-powerful Lambourn yard of Peter Walwyn.  L...

After a historic run last fall, the Country Club of Greenfield’s Mass Golf Women’s championship team opened its Spring Cup season on Thursday.The six-member squad dropped their opening match to Wahconah Country Club, 47-43, in singles action contested...

2000 Guineas tips: Newmarket and Thirsk preview and best value bets for Saturday May 1 By Matt Brocklebank Racing betting tips: Saturday May 1 1pt win Al Muffrih in 1.50 Newmarket at 20/1 (Hills) 1pt win Tom Collins in 2.40 Thirsk at 8/1 (888Sport) 1pt win Van Gogh in 3.40 Newmarket at 10/1 (General) Saturday’s QIPCO 2000 Guineas is undeniably weaker for the defection of Dewhurst hero St Mark’s Basilica but despite the various form lines and intriguing narratives going on elsewhere, 10-time winning trainer Aidan O’Brien still has a typically strong grip on the first Classic of the seaso...

The Leader Newspaper By Andrew Atkinson Thirsk stage the £50,000 Cliff Stud Thirsk Hunt Cup (2.40) on Saturday, May 1, the most valuable race ever at the Yorkshire track, that includes Sir Michael Stoute entry Astro King and Spring Cup winner Nugget, one of two entries by Richard Hannon. Hugo Palmer trained Acquitted is another entry with strong early-season form, having gone down by a neck in the Spring Mile, a consolation race for the Lincoln, at Doncaster on March 27. The four-year-old won two of his three starts as a juvenile and pushed Palace Pier all the way on his thre...