Hurricane Fly is hot favourite to retain his crown in the Stan James Champion Hurdle, but how good is the Willie Mullins-trained eight-year-old, and can he hang on to his title?

Kauto Star's turn of foot can prove his trump card against stablemate Denman in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, according to former leading jump jockey Steve Smith Eccles.

Kempton Park will stage a unique race that will bring together some of the greatest National Hunt jockeys of all time on October 21.

Sunday night’s Panorama programme ‘The Corruption of Racing’ has been described as the “tip of the iceberg” and there could be more to come.

Star jockey Frankie Dettori leapt to the defence of British racing in the wake of a BBC Panorama expose which had claimed the sport was “institutionally corrupt”.