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⭐️ All Star Lockinge ⭐️
Ahead of this year's Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes, we're profiling some of the race's finest winners and giving you the chance to vote for your favourite ⚔️
Tune in tomorrow morning for the first of four quarter-finals 🔜
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Brigadier Gerard 🫡
The legendary Brigadier Gerard was a top-rated racehorse who won seventeen of his eighteen races, including the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes 🏆
Who will be crowned winner of the 2024 renewal?
Get your tickets to watch the action live on Sat 18th May ⬇️
Discounted tickets for the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge with Ladies Day end on Friday! 🎟️
Racegoers can look forward to a whole host of entertainment on and off track, head to our website for more details 🏇
Ladies of the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge 💪
Did you know that only five mares have won the Lockinge Stakes in the race's history? The most recent was Rhododendron in 2018, who has since retired as a broodmare and is dam to the superstar Auguste Rodin 🤩
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Good luck to Rosallion in today’s 2000 Guineas! 🤞
We were able to meet the Group 1 superstar at Richard Hannon on Monday. It was great to see him loving his work, his food, and the attention 🤩
There's only one week remaining to secure discounted tickets to our Group 1 raceday, the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge with Ladies Day 💃
Our Hennessy Restaurant has limited space remaining, all other hospitality packages have now sold out 🥂
Discounted tickets end next Friday!
We popped by Carisbrooke Stud a couple of weeks ago and bumped into Annie Mc with her very own big bump 🤰
Annie is a previous Newbury winner, having won our Grade 2 British EBF @betvictor Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle 🥇
We can’t wait to see a baby Annie very soon!
“It’s one of those few times where you think you’re actually changing someone’s life when they have a good horse' ⭐️
The Richard Hannon-trained Witch Hunter is one of 15 runners remaining following the scratching stage of the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes 🏇
Full release ⬇️
'If that occurs in the 2000th of a second, it is recorded as a dead-heat' 🏇💨
1984 saw a dead-heat of the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes as Wassl and Cormorant Wood crossed the line together 🥇
We spoke to on-course judge, David Hicks, who explains how a dead-heat is called!
A field of 15 remain in contention for the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes after the scratching stage ⭐️
The £400,000 Group 1 race takes place on Saturday 18th May 🏆
Full release ⬇️
Rest easy, Shishkin 💛🖤
A very special racehorse who we’ve had the pleasure of knowing 🏇
Our thoughts and sympathies go to all of Shishkin’s connections at this heartbreaking time.
Nicky Henderson
Newbury Racecourse 🤝 Trade Nation
The award-winning online global trading platform Trade Nation are the new sponsors of the London Gold Cup.
The partnership is Trade Nation's first in racing and they'll be on-site at May's Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge 🏇
Full story 👇
Next month's Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge will feature a brand-new Hong Kong Garden courtesy of an expanded partnership with World Pool 🌍
The garden will play host to range of entertainment including live performances from reality TV star Albert Chau 🎤
Full info & tickets ⬇️
Two-Time Lockinge Winners 🏆
#1 - Pall Mall
Pall Mall was bred by Queen Elizabeth II and trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 👑
Pall Mall won the inaugural running of the Lockinge Stakes in 1958. A year later, he won again🥇
Discounted tickets for the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge ⬇️
The Flat season's back at Newbury and the cricket season is underway at Utilita Bowl 🏏
Check out this big T20 giveaway from our friends at Hampshire Cricket 🙌
Enter & more info ⬇️
✌️ Greenham x Lockinge Dream Double ✌️
Frankel defeated Excelebration to win the 2011 Greenham Stakes 🥇
He then made his first appearance of 2012 in the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes, pulling clear to win by five lengths in front of a roaring crowd 🎉
More info & tickets ⬇️
✌️ Greenham x Lockinge Dream Double ✌️
In 2013, Olympic Glory won the Greenham Stakes before returning a year later to contest in the Al Shaqab Racing Lockinge Stakes, winning by two lengths🥇
More info & tickets ⬇️