Trainer Nicky Henderson has a superb record with his Musselburgh runners, so Fred is a strong fancy to further enhance it with victory in the 2m Scottish Supreme Novices' Hurdle on Cheltenham Trials Day there this Sunday (14:15). The Seven Barrows handler has an overall strike rate of just under 28 per cent at the Scottish venue having saddled 12 winners and 10 placed from 43 raiders. ...
Read moreBattleoverdoyen and Faugheen face off in the 2m 5f Grade 1 Flogas Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Dublin Racing Festival day 2 this Sunday (15:00). Both have scored at the highest level over Christmas, but preference is for the former. Battleoverdoyen is trained by Gordon Elliott for Gigginstown House Stud and unbeaten in three starts over fences. As a seven-year-old, he is five ye...
Read moreTrainer Nicky Henderson has a superb record in the Contenders Hurdle and Call Me Lord looks a worthy odds-on favourite to further enhance it with victory in the Listed 2m contest at Sandown on Saturday (13:50). The Seven Barrows handler has won six of the last nine renewals - including three runnings with dual Champion Hurdle winner Buveur D'air. In Call Me Lord, he has a seven-year-o...
Read moreThe big race at Leopardstown on Sunday is the 3m Grade 1 Irish Gold Cup (15:30) and Delta Work is taken to follow-up on his course and distance success at Christmas. Trained by Gordon Elliott, who is still seeking a first winner in this valuable Dublin Racing Festival contest, this seven-year-old is the youngest of nine runners in this year’s renewal. Delta Work has won five of his se...
Read moreHaving scored in fine style last time out, Little Bruce looks a worthy 100/30 favourite with William Hill to make light of a rise in the weights and follow-up in the 4m Edinburgh National Handicap Chase at Musselburgh on Saturday (15:15). This Phil Kirby trained eight-year-old showed progessive form when sent chasing last season, winning twice and finishing a fine second of 11 to Bob Mah...
Read moreIf Derby County are to keep alive even the suggestion that they might make a charge for the playoffs, then tonight’s meeting with Stoke is where they badly need to start showing that they merit a place. Their most recent outing, which took them to Luton Town on Tuesday night, had its highs (Wayne Rooney scoring his first goal for the Rams) and its lows (they lost to the Championship’s worst...
Read moreGood Boy Bobby has some very strong form to his name, so looks the one to be on in the feature race at Sandown on Saturday, the 2m 4f Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices' Chase (14:25). This Nigel Twiston-Davies trained seven-year-old has a tremendous strike rate of 63 per cent having won seven of his 11 starts. He ran a blinder on chasing debut at Carlisle back in October when chinned on th...
Read moreThere are Grade 1 races galore at Leopardstown on Dublin Racing Festival day 1 this Saturday. In the 2m 1f Dublin Chase (13:25), Min looks overpriced to win this event for a third consecutive year. One of three in this race for Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins, the nine-year-old has been cut by bookmakers from a best-price 6/1 in the ante post market. Besides winning the only two...
Read moreThere are 99 2020 Albert Bartlett entries for the 3m Grade 1 novice hurdle test on Gold Cup day - Friday, 13 March - at the Cheltenham Festival this year. Heading the near 100 horses engaged and the betting with the bookies is Philip Hobbs’ rising star Thyme Hill. Winner of the Persian War at Chepstow on reappearance, last year’s Champion Bumper third has since followed-up pwith a hat...
Read moreWe now know the identity of one of the Australian Open Men’s Singles finalists, after Novak Djokovic put a fed-up Roger Federer to the sword in straight sets in Semi-Final 1. In the other half of the draw, where Rafael Nadal and his nineteen career majors were supposed to occupy the box seat, we have a semi-final between two men without a single Grand Slam title between them. What we do kno...
Read moreThe unbeaten Envoi Allen, a short-priced favourite in the ante post betting, features among a whopping 122 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle entries for the 2m 5f Grade 1 at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday, 11 March. Trained by top Irish handler Gordon Elliott, who saddled Samcro to land the spoils in 2018, last year's Grade 1 Champion Bumper hero is unbeaten in seven starts under Rules. ...
Read moreThe feature race at Leopardstown on Saturday is the 2m Grade 1 Irish Champion Hurdle (15:10) and unbeaten mare Honeysuckle is fancied to continue her streak. Trained by Henry De Bromhead, the six-year-old daughter of Sulamani is seven races undefeated, including an Irish point. After bolting up by 15 lengths over Annie Mc at Dromahane, Honeysuckle then made a winning debut under Rules...
Read moreAspire Tower leads 25 2020 Triumph Hurdle entries from Ireland for the Cheltenham Festival’s juveniles only Grade 1 contest on Gold Cup day, Friday, 13 March. The four-year-old division has often been dominated by JP McManus in recent years, but Henry De Bromhead’s Flat recruit heads ante post betting with bookmakers. Odds for Aspire Tower to win at Cheltenham will only shorten if he ...
Read moreAnte post market leaders Shishkin and Abacadabras headline 86 2020 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle entries for the traditional 2m Grade 1 curtain-raiser at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, 10 March. Shishkin hails from the yard of Nicky Henderson, who has a fine record in the race, and shot to the head of bookmaker betting following an impressive 11 length success at Newbury. He had previo...
Read moreBold Plan got no further than the third last time out, but looks worth another chance to show that he is ahead of his mark in the valuable 2m 7f Grade 3 Heroes Handicap Hurdle at Sandown on Saturday (15:00). That tumble came in the similar grade Holloway's Handicap Hurdle at Ascot. After being heavily backed and sent off the 3/1 favourite, the Evan Williams trained six-year-old appear...
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