{"id":134374,"date":"2025-05-26T22:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134374\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T22:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T22:44:11","slug":"sporting-life-racing-club-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134374\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Life Racing Club update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trainer Richard Fahey is looking forward to the rest of the season with the four Sporting Life Racing Club horses following a productive spring.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy few weeks for the Club, with three-year-old <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/profiles\/horse\/1141906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Far Ahead<\/a><\/strong> becoming our second winner of the season when scoring on seasonal debut at Catterick.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s now eligible for handicaps and has been given an opening mark of 83 following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/results\/2025-05-12\/catterick\/857025\/racing-welfare-supporting-mental-health-awareness-restricted-novice-stakes-gbb-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a clearcut success over seven furlongs<\/a> on May 12.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/profiles\/horse\/1126812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musical Touch<\/a><\/strong>, who got the Club off to the perfect start when winning on his return to action at Thirsk, pleased his trainer when fifth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/racecards\/2025-05-16\/york\/racecard\/857722\/yorkshire-equine-practice-handicap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yorkshire Equine Practice Handicap<\/a>, the final race of the Dante Festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/profiles\/horse\/1182557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boy Named Sioux<\/a> is having a quiet few days ahead of what will be his second outing in public, while fellow juvenile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/profiles\/horse\/1183166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting Light<\/a> was fourth at Pontefract on debut before finishing sixth of 13 at Doncaster recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s still plenty of fun to be had with them all,&#8221; said Fahey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re all fit and healthy, Boy Named Sioux just has a little bit of a common cold but nothing serious, it&#8217;s like humans and if you carry on with them then it can knock them back, so he&#8217;s just having a few easy days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/news\/join-the-sporting-life-racing-club-for-the-2025-flat-season\/224657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting Life Racing Club: Join NOW For Free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday May 18, we had around 40 Sporting Life Club members join us on a stable tour of Fahey&#8217;s Musley Bank stables.<\/p>\n<p>They all got to meet and take photos with Musical Touch and Far Ahead, who obliged by being on their best behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>After a tour of the boxes, stable staff explained training regimes, feed and life at the yard, giving everyone the full ownership experience and the opportunity to see how a racing stable works day-to-day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out what else is included in the completely free Sporting Life Racing Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weekly updates from Richard Fahey and the team on their training, development and potential race targets<\/li>\n<li>Enter the ballot for Owners\u2019 Badges when our horses are running<\/li>\n<li>Meet the horses with regular stable visits throughout the season, getting to know our stars and the team that supports them<\/li>\n<li>Join our Owners\u2019 Group and get the latest news from the yard via our Whatsapp channel, exclusive to members<\/li>\n<li>Ticket giveaways for race days throughout the Flat season<\/li>\n<li>Access to preview livestreams with big names before some major meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/racing\/news\/join-the-sporting-life-racing-club-for-the-2025-flat-season\/224657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting Life Racing Club: Join NOW For Free<\/a>Safer gambling<\/p>\n<p>We are committed in our support of safer gambling. 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