Entrepreneurs gamble on a government change of heart over betting on horses
The luckier horses at the Beijing Jockey Club stand in their stalls, kicking mud and chewing hay, their racing days likely ended before they even began.

Roberts’ hold is unhealthy, say critics
Photograph: Dan Abraham/racingfotos Sam Stronge, once a client of the jockeys’ agent Dave Roberts but now one of his competitors, said yesterday that Roberts has “a hold on the sport [of National Hunt racing] that will be hard to break”. Echoing a view expressed by Richard Dunwoody, the former champion jockey, in a book published this week, Stronge …

Horse racing: Today’s best bets, the latest news plus our weekly tipping competition
Sound Accord, ridden by Tony McCoy, jumps the last to win at Wincanton where they race this afternoon.

Horse racing: The latest news and best bets in Talking Horses, our daily horse racing blog
Aintree’s famous big green fences are back on our screens this afternoon, in the Grand Sefton and the Becher Chase Photograph: Christopher Thomond By the time you read this, I will be lying on or near a road in the middle of Leeds city centre, having completed my once-a-year brush with the well-tuned athletes of Yorkshire and finished somewhere …

Racing:Time to sheath the knives
THE biggest idiot at New Zealand Cup week might have unwittingly done harness racing a favour.

VIDEO : Top tips for a chilly Happy Valley
Main Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Racing Top tips for Happy Valley, November 18 Although not yet at the top of his form, Collection was bursting with authority as he came clear for his first victory since the Hong Kong Derby, beating the same three horses - Unique Jewellery, Mr Medici and Thumbs Up - who chased him home last March, albeit in a …

Horse racing: Today’s best bets and latest news plus our weekly tipping competition
The abandonment of racing at a waterlogged Hexham means original best bet of the day Jaunty Journey is a non-runner so Bannister Lane , topweight in the staying handicap chase at Market Rasen, gets the vote as the prime punt this afternoon.

Sideswipe: Secret recipe spring roll
The Chinese name reads “secret recipe spring roll”, says Danny Lam. Inventive and often punny names for real businesses: * Tanning salon called “Tanfastic”. * Band called “Free Beer,” as in “tonight only … Free Beer”. * Body waxing enterprise called “The Screaming Peach”. * Thai Restaurants: “Thai Tanic” and “Thaiphoon”. * Jewellery store called …