Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. AIDAN O’Brien has his first runners at Chelmsford on Thursday where U S S Michigan can boost his chances of securing a place in the Kentucky Derby by landing the Woodford Reserve Cardinal Conditions Stakes. The one-mile contest at the Essex track…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. The realities of the first floodlit horse racing on turf in Britain moved a step closer after news that Chelmsford City racecourse intends to revamp their grass track for use from April 2019. The initiative was reported in this column when first mooted…
By Simon Jackson. Chelmsford City Racecourse has announced that they will host their first concert after racing this summer when Madness take to the stage at the Essex track on June 3. Chelmsford hosted their first fully-public race meeting on February 1 after the successful completion of three trial fixtures at the all-weather course in…
By Simon Jackson. Merdon Castle booked his place in the Unibet Three-Year-Old Sprint at the All-Weather Championships Finals with a narrow win at Chelmsford City on Wednesday. The David Elsworth-trained colt overcame a slow start in the five furlong Class 2 to race close to the pace for jockey Liam Keniry, on the second of…
By Simon Jackson. Chelmsford City Racecourse officials have announced that tickets and restaurant bookings will go on sale for upcoming race meetings for the first time at midday on Friday January 16. The news follows the successful completion of a seven-race card in front of invited guests last Sunday that doubled as the first of…
By Simon Jackson. Chelmsford City Racecourse look set to have their official opening on February 1 after the successful completion of a seven-race card in front of invited guests on Sunday. Sunday’s meeting was the first of possibly three ‘trial fixtures’ scheduled at the Essex racecourse which is located five miles north of Chelmsford. The…
By Simon Jackson. Horse racing returns to Essex on Sunday when Chelmsford City Racecourse host their first meeting, following a final inspection by the British Horse Racing Authority (BHA). The all-weather track has been awarded 58 race meetings as part of the 2015 fixture list. The first of them will be for invited guests and…
By Simon Jackson. Horse racing will return to Essex on January 11 following news that Chelmsford City has been awarded 58 race meetings as part of the 2015 fixture list. The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) on Monday confirmed that the track, which is located on the site of the former Great Leighs racecourse, had been…
By Simon Jackson. The Horsemen’s Group chairman Philip Freedman has said that greater competition will benefit all-weather racing after the announcement that Chelmsford City Racecourse has signed-up to the Prize Money Agreement until the end of 2016. The news that Chelmsford City Racecourse, formerly Great Leighs, has signed-up to the Premier Tier Agreement means that the Essex racecourse is now eligible to apply…
By Simon Jackson. The prospect of floodlit horse racing on turf in 2016 has been mooted by a representative of Chelmsford City racecourse which opens next year. The chances of racing returning to Essex became a reality when the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) offered the Essex track 12 start-up fixtures on their all-weather track from…
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