Maddy Playle

5 days ago | racingpost.com | Maddy Playle

What's the big story? It's all about variety on Easter Saturday. It's time for the veterans to shine once again at Haydock and there's a £100,000 final (3.15) for some of our old favourites. The race includes three-time Grade 2 winner Eldorado Allen, last year's winner Numitor and regular scorers The Flier Begley, Dubai Days, Glynn and Flic Ou Voyou. Elsewhere, the same prize pot is on offer for the Queen's Cup (3.35) on the Flat at Musselburgh.

6 days ago | racingpost.com | Maddy Playle

Hitched missed out on being crowned All-Weather Horse of the Year but provided trainer David Simcock with ample compensation when landing the Vase Middle Distance Handicap. The five-year-old took his course record to four wins from seven starts in the £65,000 contest and became the second big-priced winner in as many races following Obsidian Knight's 20-1 strike in the opening apprentice handicap for Grace McEntee and Terry Kent.

6 days ago | racingpost.com | Maddy Playle |Phill Anderson

Haydock still produces its fair share of course specialists, despite not providing the jumping test of old, and one who seems to have taken to the track is the Heather Main-trained Numitor, who won this last season and finished a close runner-up on his other outing over course and distance.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Maddy Playle

Popular veteran Dakota Gold began his tenth year in training with a bang by notching a 17th victory in the 6f sprint. The 11-year-old made his debut in 2016 and has been in action every year since for trainer Michael Dods and owners Doug Graham, Ian Davison and Alan Drysdale, scoring five times at Listed level and landing the Group 3 Bengough Stakes in 2020.

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Maddy Playle

A stable employee has been permanently excluded from racing after he was deemed to pose a risk of harm to his young female colleagues. William Frost was referred to the British Horseracing Authority’s independent disciplinary judicial panel charged with breaking the sport’s safeguarding rules. He was found to have engaged in conduct that directly harmed the physical and mental welfare of two victims, having engaged in "non-consensual sexual acts".