Category: National Hunt Racing

Emma Lavelle might be starting to select those that are going to represent her at next month’s Cheltenham Festival, but she already has her sights set on an outing at Aintree with Rosalys following her winning debut at Huntingdon today. One of two runners in the race for the Wiltshire trainer, alongside 4-1 Favourite Flight Of […]

Fergal O’Brien praised his team at home before admitting he was ‘over the moon’ with the victory ofMarble Sands, who took his form to new levels in the M1 Agency Sidney Banks Memorial Novices’ Hurdle at Huntingdon today. https://twitter.com/thejockeyclub/status/1623719340225748992?s=46&t=GojF3oK87BrxgdGg97XeJg For the second time this week O’Brien saw one of his inmates floor an odds-on favourite […]

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 […]