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Trainer Paul Henderson is set to saddle Doitforthevillage in Saturday’s Crest Nicholson Handicap Chase, one of seven races on a stellar card at Cheltenham racecourse for Festival Trials Day. The nine-year-old has been in cracking form this season and gained a deserved victory at Prestbury Park in December when gamely landing the BetVictor Handicap Chase […]
Irish Grand National winner Our Duke is edging closer to a comeback run with connections keen to give the top-class chaser a racecourse school in the near future. The eight-year-old son of Oscar won once in three starts over hurdles, but established himself as a chaser of the highest quality with victory in the Irish […]
Two-time Grade One winner Death Duty, one of the leading lights of the novice chase battalion, has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a hind joint injury. A top-class novice hurdler, the seven-year-old son of Shantou won four of his six starts over timber, which included Grade One success in […]
Colin Tizzard’s star chaser Thistlecrack has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a stress fracture in a bitter blow for Tizzard and National Hunt racing fans alike. The 10-year-old son of Kayf Tara missed last year’s Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup due to a tendon injury and tragedy has once again […]
The Nicky Henderson-trained We Have A Dream plundered Grade One honours in a cracking renewal of the Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle. The 8/11 favourite travelled sweetly throughout the two-mile contest under Daryl Jacob and engaged in a pulsating battle with the Gary Moore-trained Sussex Ranger in the home straight. The pair jumped the […]
Willie Mullins looks to have another exciting novice hurdler on his hands as 8/15 favourite Next Destination kept on tenaciously to land the G1 Lawlor’s of Naas Novice Hurdle. Fourth to the ill-fated Fayonagh in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival in March, the six-year-old son of Dubai Destination is now unbeaten in […]
Fergal O’Brien’s classy mare Cap Soleil is likely to contest the Trull House Stud Mares Novice Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March with connections keen to give the five-year-old daughter of Kapgarde a break before The Festival. A talented bumper performer, Cap Soleil won all three of her starts in bumper company, culminating with […]
One of the leading lights of National Hunt racing, the Willie Mullins-trained Faugheen, may potentially reappear in the Irish Champion Hurdle as connections remain puzzled by the 10-year-old. The eight-time Grade One winner reappeared after almost 10 months off to land the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown in November but never travelled with any real zest […]
Noel Fehily and Tom George tasted Grade One success following Summerville Boy’s dominant display in the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown. In attritional conditions, the six-year-old son of Sandmason kept on resolutely up the punishing Sandown hill in a race run at a fast pace. George’s charge was always well positioned, jumped slickly and quickened up […]
Following a Christmas period which saw a new Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite emerge and others fall by the wayside, Colin Tizzard’s Native River, third in the Blue Riband event last year, has somewhat gone under the radar. The classy eight-year-old son of Indian River established himself as a live Gold Cup contender with a stellar […]
Connections of Defi Du Seuil have yet to decide where Philip Hobbs’ charge will run next after a disappointing return to action in the G2 Coral Hurdle at Ascot in November. The five-year-old son of Voix Du Nord took all before him in his juvenile campaign, notching up impressive victories in both the G1 JCB […]
Warren Greatrex is confident of a bold show from the talented Western Ryder in Saturday’s Grade One Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown Park. A talented bumper performer, the six-year-old son of Westerner was fifth to the ill-fated Fayonagh in the Champion Bumper at this year’s Cheltenham Festival before chasing home the quirky but classy Lalor in […]