Category: National Hunt Racing

Multiple G1 winners Shishkin and Fakir D’Oudairies feature among 13 entries for the G1 Betfair Ascot Chase at Ascot on Saturday, 18th February.   The two-mile, five-furlong highlight has record prize money of £175,000 in 2023, up from £150,000 last year, and is sponsored by Betfair for the 15th consecutive year.   Shishkin’s trainer Nicky […]

ENTRIES REVEALED FOR THE 2023 SKY BET SUPREME NOVICES’ HURDLE, BALLYMORE NOVICES’ HURDLE, JCB TRIUMPH HURDLE AND ALBERT BARTLETT NOVICES’ HURDLE     Tuesday 24th January   Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 87y Tuesday 14th March Absolute Notions (IRE) 5 Robcour Gordon Elliott Ireland Aime Desjy (FR) 8 Roaringwater Syndicate W. P. […]

Paul Nicholls believes Frodon faces a tall order in his bid to become the third dual winner of the Paddy Power Cotswold Chase, however he reports his popular stable stalwart to be ‘fresh and well’ ahead of his return to Cheltenham on Saturday (28th January), which is Festival Trials Day. Although rating the 11 year […]

Trainer John “Shark” Hanlon has revealed he plans to run stable star Hewick and recent recruit Cape Gentleman in this year’s Randox Grand National. The County Carlow handler plans to run Hewick, who won the US Grand National in October last year, in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup on March 17th, before sending him to […]

Trainer Emmet Mullins revealed that Noble Yeats will attempt to become the second dual winner of the Randox Grand National this century, with the Aintree spectacular on Saturday 15th April a definite aim. Mullins is hoping his stable star can emulate the heroics of Tiger Roll in 2018 in 2019 and says he “cannot see […]

The Jockey Club today announces that seven new ordinary members and one new honorary member have been elected.   The seven new ordinary members are: Victoria Dunn – Founder of Streamland Media (formerly The Farm Group), an international company with bases in the US, Canada and Amsterdam, Victoria is currently a racecourse committee member at […]

Stan Sheppard insists it would be great if he could secure trainer Sam Thomas another big race winner aboard Iwilldoit, who he believes could ‘take some stopping’ on his return to action at Warwick on Saturday (14th January) in the Wigley Group Classic Handicap Chase. After partnering Iwiildoit to victory when last sighted in the […]

Ahoy Senor and Bravemansgame are on course to clash for a third time over fences in the £100,000 G2 bet365 Charlie Hall Chase on Saturday, October 29, highlight of Wetherby’s bet365 Charlie Hall Meeting. The duo met twice as novices last season, with Bravemansgame coming out on top in the G1 Kauto Star Novices’ Chase […]

On Saturday 22 October, fourteen amateur riders will take part in the final leg of the Corinthian Challenge Charity Race Series in aid of Irish Injured Jockeys at Leopardstown Racecourse. The charity race will be the final race on the card and will go to post at 5.30pm. This will be the third race of […]

Saint Felicien could be following the Espoir D’Allen route to Champion Hurdle glory by taking in the BetVictor Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas on Sunday. The Gordon Elliott-trained five-year-old is one of 11 entries in the Grade 3 contest, which is a feature of an attractive eight-race programme, along with the Grade 3 Naas Business […]