Bite Barks Loudly The Nicky Henderson-trained Might Bite got back on the Festival trail at Doncaster today with an assured 99-length victory in a novices’ chase over an extended three miles. Partnered by Nico de Boinville, the eight-year-old son of Scorpion jumped well in the main in the three-runner race as he seeked to reassert […]
Walter Swinburn, rider of Shergar and one the finest jockeys of his generation, died following an accidental fall from his bathroom window in his home in central London. At an inquest held at Westminster Coroner’s Court into the cause of death, it was revealed that the former jockey suffered a fatal head injury on December […]
Whilst Thistlecrack’s galling defeat to the ill-fated Many Clouds in the Costwold Chase on Cheltenham Festival Trials Day will still linger in the memory of Colin Tizzard and his team, another Gold Cup hope springs eternal at Newbury this weekend as the Welsh Grand National winner Native River represents the team in the Grade Two […]
It never rains but it pours. That must be a saying which perpetually springs to Willie Mullins’ mind in recent months as the Closutton handler’s Cheltenham raid was dealt another significant blow after both Faugheen and Min were ruled out of next month’s Cheltenham Festival due to injury. The duo had earlier missed intended engagements […]