Royal Ascot crowd numbers down
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Sport: While attendance at Ascot has plummeted, the tweaks to the facilities have gone down well.
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An application for a privately funded visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway is turned down.
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Two-thirds of the public do not want the Queen to make way for Prince Charles in the next few years, a survey suggests.
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Rain and fierce winds have hit Flemington racecourse ahead of this afternoon&#39;s $4.6 million Melbourne Cup. The heavens finally opened after lunch much to the displeasure of the tens of thousands of racegoers at the track.
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Organizers of Wimbledon have salted away  two million pounds ($3.87 million) to cover rain disruptions  after the cost of insuring themselves against the British  weather became too steep, it was revealed Wednesday.
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Australian officials were Wednesday hoping to hold &#39;phantom&#39; horse races, in which spectators and punters would be banned from the track, in a bid to offset losses from the equine influenza outbreak.
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Australia's multi-billion dollar racing industry was plunged into turmoil on Saturday after an outbreak of equine influenza triggered a national lockdown.
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Britain is lurching towards the lowest turnout for a general election since 1918 when troops were returning from the First World War, according to a new poll.
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The British Grand Prix has been dropped from the motor racing calendar for the first time in Formula One history in a row over the multi-million pound deal to promote the Silverstone race, the trackâs ownerâs said today.
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In a move likely to send shockwaves of disgust through British high society, racegoers will be allowed to buy a pass to enter the prestigious Royal Enclosure at Ascot racecourse this year, officials said.
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Racecourse operator Arena Leisure is not sure when it will reopen its flood-damaged Southwell track.
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Leading shares closed lower Tuesday and off session highs as Wall Street was softer with InterContinental Hotels Group down on fading bid rumours, dealers said.
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As Big Ben chimed in 2005 a spectacular firework display dazzled thousands lining the River Thames, but a two-minute silence reminded the crowd of the sombre backdrop to this year's festivities.
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Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) winner Bachelor Duke has been withdrawn from Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Eng-G1) at Ascot after developing slight lameness in a hind leg.
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News reports from Britain say the British Grand Prix race will be dropped from next year&#39;s Formula One calendar, because of a financial dispute between race organizers and Formula One chief Bernie Eccelstone.
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Santa Anita&#39;s opening-day crowd of 31,874 watched Rock Hard Ten win the $250,000 Malibu Stakes in a three-fold example of what horse players call &quot;back class.
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The Coronation Stakes is the feature race on day four of the Royal Ascot meeting.