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Harry Cobden, recently named retained jockey for J P McManus in Britain and Ireland in a role beginning in May, could be the one to follow when Fakenham racecourse stages its Valentines Raceday on Friday (February 13). Cobden was champion jump jockey in season 2023/24 and has five rides at Fakenham, including two for his […]

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THREE winners from Fakenham’s most recent National Hunt meeting in mid-January, are among the initial entries for the north Norfolk course’s Valentines Raceday on Friday (February 13). Belle Montrose, the shock 40/1 winner of the Queen Boudicca Mares’ Chase Final is among the eight entries for the 2.50pm Terry Moyise Memorial Mares’ Chase along with […]

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Forget the towering grandstands of Ascot or the champagne-soaked lawns of Goodwood. If you want to find the true heartbeat of Royal racing, you have to head deep into the Norfolk countryside to a sharp, square mile of turf known as Fakenham. Here, the royal enclosure isn’t a sea of silk top hats and morning […]

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With 10 winners last season, James Owen ended the 2024/25 campaign as the leading trainer at Fakenham. Owen is enjoying another excellent year on the track, with five winners going his way at the Norfolk venue in the latest campaign. Owen will have his eyes set on glory at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival. Here is a […]

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BELLE Montrose, the 40/1 complete outsider of a field of eight, stormed home to win Fakenham’s £50,000 Gamble Plant (Norfolk) Ltd Queen Boudicca Mares’ Chase on Sunday. A winner at the course in October, but disappointing at Huntingdon since, the bottom weight stalked the leaders before being sent to the front by Kevin Brogan to […]

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EIGHT have stood their ground for the £50,000 Gamble Plant (Norfolk) Ltd Queen Boudicca Mares’ Chase, the highlight of what promises to be a spectacular Sunday of National Hunt racing at Fakenham. As well as the £50,000 feature, seven will go in the preceding £25,000 Fakenham Skips Mares’ Hurdle, both races to be shown live […]

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SUNDAY’S Boudicca Finals Day at Fakenham Racecourse promises to be one of the Norfolk venue’s most memorable meetings. It features the £50,000 Gamble Plant (Norfolk) Ltd Queen Boudicca Mares’ Handicap Chase Final and the £25,000 Fakenham Skips Mares’ Handicap Hurdle, both to be televised live on ITV4 to supplement its presentation of Sunday’s Windsor Winter […]

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Friday’s planned Gamble Plant New Years Raceday at Fakenham was called off due to frozen ground. An inspection had been planned for 7.30am on Friday (January 2) but a decision to abandon the meeting was made early with the course not fit for racing following freezing overnight temperatures. “The real thing that got us is […]

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Provided the racecourse survives potentially frosty conditions, its Gamble Plant New Years Raceday on Friday (January 2) looks like providing at least three trainers with real chances of landing Fakenham’s coveted Double Up Bonus. A precautionary inspection takes place at noon on New Year’s Day (Thursday) when hopefully the seven-race Friday card will get the […]