The Jessica Harrington-trained Sizing John, winner of Jump racing’s Blue Riband event, the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup, will head to Punchestown as it was announced that the seven-year-old gelding will compete for the Coral Punchestown Gold Cup, April 26. An impressive winner of the Irish Gold Cup in February, the son of Midnight Legend jumped […]
Bob Baffert is confident that his superstar colt Arrogate will handle the dirt track at Meydan ahead of his Dubai World Cup bid on Saturday. Arrogate, who’s around a 1/3 shot to win the Group One race with a total prize fund of over £8 million for the one mile and two furlong contest, has […]
The Jonjo O’Neill-trained Minella Rocco, the general 9/1 favourite for the Randox Health Grand National will not run in the race. A winner at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival, the seven-year-old was a fast-finishing two and three-quarter length second to Sizing John in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham last week, staying on well up […]
The Paul Nicholls-trained Saphir Du Rheu has had a stop-start career over fences but ran a cracker to finish fifth in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival last Friday and now heads for the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree next month. An impressive winner of the 2015 Grade One Betfred Mildmay […]
He is arguably Britain’s hottest jockey at the moment having partnered Buveur D’Air and Special Tiara to victory in the Champion Hurdle and Queen Mother Champion Chase respectively at last week’s Cheltenham Festival and Nigel Twiston-Davies has procured the services of Irish jockey Noel Fehily for Grand National hope Blaklion for the extended four and […]
Alan King looks set to step stable star Yanworth up in trip at Aintree next month after the gelding finished a bitterly disappointing seventh in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last week. The well-backed 2/1 favourite for the two-mile championship hurdling showpiece, Yanworth jumped better at Prestbury Park but was badly outpaced at the business […]
Harry Fry is yet to make a decision on where Neon Wolf, second in the Neptune Investment Management Hurdle at last week’s Cheltenham Festival, will head next. Beaten a head by Willoughby Court in the two and a half mile event, Fry’s charge slightly pecked on landing at the final flight which lost the gelding […]
Colin Tizzard issued a positive bulletin on Gold Cup runners Cue Card and Native River as he suggested both staying chasers could head to Aintree. Native River was a superb third in racing’s blue riband event after leading for most of the way and was just tapped for toe in the closing stages as he […]
The Cheltenham Festival has a canny habit of creating emotional, heart-felt and often feel-good stories and this year’s Festival was no different with Jump racing’s Blue Riband event, the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup creating another great story. Having already tasted victory earlier in the week in the Coral Cup, courtesy of Supasundae, trainer Jessica Harrington, […]
Nicky Henderson took the plaudits on day one of the Cheltenham Festival as he saddled Altior and Buveur D’Air to success in the Arkle Chase and Champion Hurdle respectively. Facile 2016 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Altior was a warm order for the two-mile chase but duly obliged at odds of 2/7 under Nico de Boinville […]
With just two weeks to go till the greatest show on Earth, here is a look at some recent superstars who most certainly earned their place within Cheltenham’s pantheon of greats, lighting up Prestbury Park on many occasions. 1. Kauto Star One of the greatest chasers of all time. Paul Nicholls’ French-bred gelding was a […]
County Meath handler Gavin Cromwell is confident of a bold showing from 10/1 shot Jer’s Girl in the Grade One OLBG Mares’ Hurdle over two-miles and four furlongs at Cheltenham on Tuesday. A dual Grade One winner last year in Ireland, the daughter of Jeremy slammed two decent fields in those races at Fairyhouse and […]