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From Ascot to Cheltenham, Some top races for 2018

Whether you can afford to fly over to the UK to attend a horse racing festival, or you just fancy placing your bets online and watching the action on TV, for many of us, horse racing is a really exciting sport. Below are some of the top events in the British and Irish racing calendar.

8.50AM

Head Turner uses her pace to win Fairyhouse finale

A daughter of High Chaparral out of a Fasliyev mare was always likely to prove suited by a slow pace, and so it proved as Head Turner took the concluding Racing Again February 24th Novice Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse.

5.28PM

HRI welcome Racing UK deal

HRI today gave their support to the deal which will see live coverage of Irish Racing move to Racing UK from next year.

5.05PM

Mares the plan for Apple's Jade

Owner Michael O'Leary insists Apple's Jade \"belongs\" in the OLBG.com Mares' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

7.43PM

Mullins rues missed Gold Cup winner

Willie Mullins was left to rue a missed opportunity in the dramatic Unibet Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown today as the Champion Trainer's Killultagh Vic missed out on winning the Grade 1 feature race.

5.24PM