Dubh team leaning towards Arkle Chase
Realt Dubh, the most prominent Irish-trained runner in the ante-post market for the Irish Independent Arkle Chase on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, is almost...Doncaster bumper winner to-forego
cheltenham follow up
Alan King's impressive Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Bumper winner Montbazon will not take his chance at Cheltenham 2011 in the Weatherbys Bumper and will instead be... Big Fella runs another solid Grand National trial
Ferdy Murphy's Big Fella Thanks once again delighted connections with a rock solid effort at Newbury on Saturday when staying-on well to finish a close fourth behind... Racing Horse Kauto
could still be king, according to Smith
Kauto Star is the forgotten horse of the 2011 Gold Cup according to his owner Clive Smith.Smith who is fortunate enough to not only own the duel Gold Cup winner, but also the former Champion...
Follow the past masters at Cheltenham
Many of the races as the Cheltenham Festival have dominant trends and patterns attached to them that have
proved very successful to follow over the past few years, but horses can have similar patterns...
Mixed Cheltenham fortunes for
Aintree hopefuls
Thursday's Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival contained a handful
of horses hoping to make the cut for the John Smith's Grand National at...
York - hardy perennials
York is one of the fairest tests of a horse in the country and time and time again certain horses appreciate the
test that they face there especially those campaigned over the shorter trips...
Which was the first true Grand
National?
It was thanks to a Liverpool inn-keeper that the Grand National ever came into existence. William Lynn first
leased the Aintree racecourse in 1829 and administered the flat racing...
The 2009 Grand
National - an upset to end all upsets
The 2009 Grand National will always be remembered for the incredibly long price of its eventual winner, Mon
Mome. The horse joined an exclusive club of five...
The Grand National's Galloping
Granny
For all the Grand National record-breaking heroes whose names go down in the history books, there are far
more unsung heroes whose exploits have gone largely forgotten...
Late developing Bud
planning to blossom in National
By the age of 13 most thoroughbred racehorses are well into their retirement with their racing days nothing
but a dim and distant memory, but the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Hello Bud...
Grand National Icons – Red Rum
Wind the clock back 40 years in Grand National history we find one of the true icons in the history of the
race – Red Rum. His record of being the only horse to have won the great race three times is ...
Cracker joins McManus Team
In a move that has come very much out of the blue it has been confirmed that leading National Hunt owner JP
McManus has purchased the mare Bluesea Cracker to join his other ...
National hope Notre Pere not
without a prayer
He might not be quite the force of old, but if permit holder Barry Potts can reignite the racing passion in
the formerly high-class Notre Pere he could well prove to be...
Arbor to Reign Supreme at Aintree?
Any punters looking for big value with a big chance at this year's Aintree Grand National could do a
lot worse than to take a close look at Arbor Supreme...
Waley-Cohen
produces another superb riding performance
At the start of the 2010/11 National Hunt season the Robert Waley-Cohen owned Long Run was considered by
many as a potential Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, but there could be no...
Dunlop may change plan for Khan
Guineas prep
Ed Dunlop has admitted that he is thinking of revising his original plan for Qipco 2000 Guineas contender
Native Khan with the three-year-old having come to hand rather than quicker than...
Voodoo must pull a
few tricks out of the bag to be genuine Derby contender
With an outstanding pedigree and being handled by a trainer who was very much in the headlines last term (as
a result of Snow Fairy's amazing exploits), there was always going to be a huge...
Punters jumping on Carlton House
bandwagon
The last of the 7/4 available about Investec Derby favourite Carlton House has long gone, and as the public
gamble on The Queen's colt continues 13/8 is the very best price in the ...
Lynam urges caution for Power
King's Stand backers
Edward Lynam, trainer of Saturday's impressive Temple Stakes winner and new King's Stand Stakes favourite
Sole Power, has sounded a note of a caution with regard to the...
Cape
Blanco could tackle Goldikova and Canford Cliffs at Royal Ascot
Last season's Irish Derby and Irish Champion Stakes hero Cape Blanco could drop back in trip at Royal Ascot
in a couple of weeks time and tackle the outstanding milers Goldikova and Canford Cliffs...
Dods targeting King's Stand for
Rain Delayed
On the face of it the Michael Dods-trained Rain Delayed appears a shade out of his depth in taking on some
of the world's top sprinters in the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, but ...
The jockeys to watch at
Royal Ascot
Ever since the renovations to the track and stands at Ascot it has paid to take a close look at the jockeys
that ride well there. The racing at the Berkshire track tends to be ultra-competitive with ...
Brown Panther looks set for great
things
When asked what the handicap performance of the meeting was at Royal Ascot 2011, the answer from analysts
and handicappers alike has been almost unanimous as they have chorused the name...
Bookies at
odds over Canford Cliffs vs Frankel Sussex Stakes Clash
Some stark differences of opinion have emerged in recent days amongst the bookmaking fraternity as to who
will start favourite for the eagerly anticipated clash...
Banimpire may
look for Curragh compensation in Nassau Stakes
Connections of the tough Irish middle-distance filly Banimpire may look for quick compensation for her
short-head defeat by Blue Bunting in Sunday's Darley Irish Oaks by contesting another top grade... |
