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Champion jockey Sean Bowen freely admitted he loved his trips to Fakenham after grabbing a treble at the Norfolk course’s Greene King Raceday, taking his seasonal tally to 121 winners. Bowen completed his double on trainer James Owen’s Zahra Dodville in the Greene King Fillies’ Juvenile Hurdle. It was a first run by the filly […]

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CHAMPION BOWEN ON THE HUNT AGAIN FOR FAKENHAM WINNERS REIGNING National Hunt champion jockey Sean Bowen looks to add to his tally of winners in defence of his crown with fancied rides on Fakenham’s Greene King Raceday on Wednesday (Oct 29). Bowen, who last season clocked up his 1,000th career success with a winner at […]

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FORMER WINNERS HEAD BACK TO FAKENHAM HOPING FOR MORE GLORY TWO winners from Fakenham’s opening National Hunt racing meeting of the season look set to return for the Norfolk course’s Greene King Raceday on Wednesday (October 29). Belle Montrose and Dartmouth Rose both scooped first day of the season honours on October 17 and connections […]

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POWELL AND PINCHIN POWER TO OPENING DAY FAKENHAM DOUBLES Jockey Brendan Powell enjoyed an unexpected double when Fakenham Racecourse opened its 2025/26 season, stepping in for injured colleague Adam Wedge to record two winners. And Lily Pinchin matched that feat with a double for trainer Neil King who landed the coveted Fakenham Double Up £1,000 […]

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LEADING FAKENHAM TRAINER EYES UP FLYING START TO NEW SEASON James Owen, leading trainer at Fakenham last season, kicks off the Norfolk’s racecourse’s 2025/26 campaign on Friday with plenty of chances to again visit the winners’ enclosure. Owen, also highly successful with flat racehorses, won Kentucky Downs’ Nashville Derby after having 10 winners from 33 […]

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FAKENHAM FAVOURITES LOOM LARGE AS NEW SEASON GETS UNDER ORDERS Trainers James Owen and Stuart Edmunds were regularly among the winners during Fakenham’s 2024/25 National Hunt campaign and both have chances of continuing their success when the Norfolk racecourse’s 2025/26 season starts on Friday (October 17). Owen, who won Kentucky Downs’ Nashville Derby and a […]

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With less than 3 weeks to go before the start of another season’s racing at Fakenham, owners and trainers are mapping out plans for the opening fixture on October 17th, and the two to follow before the year end. Those who’ve visited this little outpost of Norfolk will appreciate we are somewhat out on a […]

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Racing fans love a course and distance winner, and those that do it on multiple occasions acquire cult status in their niche following. Bradbury Star was one such at Cheltenham, winning 9 times, including at the highest level, but there are heartwarming stories among our smaller, less reported courses. Let’s relay the story of Fakenham’s […]

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A right royal history of Fakenham Racecourse Fakenham Racecourse is the archetypal late Victorian invention, created by the West Norfolk Hunt in 1905 to replace an existing course at East Winch, near King’s Lynn, begun in 1884, which was prone to waterlogging. So Easter Monday at Fakenham is a standing dish for Norfolk racing enthusiasts, […]

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LUCY LIGHTS UP LADIES DAY AS HURRICANE BAY BREEZES IN TO TAKE TOP HONOURS Trainer Lucy Wadham, so successful at Fakenham, grabbed top honours on the course’s final day of the 2024/5 season, Ladies Day, when Hurricane Bay won the £20,000 feature. Under Tom Cannon, 11/2 chance Hurricane Bay got the better of odds-on favourite […]