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Entries for the Frankie Dettori Raffle are now open. For the winning racing fan, announced by Dettori on June 1, they will be able to register their own silks for a horse to carry in one Flat race in 2021, with Dettori in the irons. All proceeds from the competition, run by the newly launched Racehorse Lotto and supported by Racing Breaks, will go to the Charities Together COVID-19 Appeal. Tickets are £2 each, with entries limited to UK residents age 18 or older and excluding Northern Ireland. For more...

Trainer Rebecca Menzies is hoping one-eyed filly Rainbow Applause (Ire) (Camacho {GB}) can pick up some prize money for NHS charities when the Flat season eventually gets under way. The County Durham-based handler ran a competition on social media earlier this month to name a 2-year-old daughter of Camacho out of Dubai Sea (Street Sense), drawing more than 1000 entries. The filly was named Rainbow Applause, with any prize-money she earns and any profits made by her owners, the Rainbow Applause NHS Charity Racing Club, to be donated to charities...

'Equestrian Relief', a fundraising effort launched by the team behind Bolesworth and Liverpool International Horse Shows, has raised £250,000 for National Health Service charities. Among the equine-related celebrities assisting the cause, champion jockeys Sir Anthony McCoy and Frankie Dettori, eventing world champions Ros Canter and Zara Tindall, and Olympic gold medallists Carl Hester and Scott Brash. The drive surpassed the £100,000 goal in 10 days. "It has been an overwhelming fortnight--and we are delighted to be in a position to be donating over quarter of a millions pounds to the...