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Brian Ellison issued a positive bulletin on Randox Health Grand National hope Definitly Red who has been backed into around the general 9/1 favouritism for the extended four and a quarter-mile contest at Aintree on Saturday. An impressive 14-length winner of the Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster on his last start in March, the progressive eight-year-old […]
Ascot Gold Cup winner Order Of St George is one of a number of older horses staying in training with Ballydoyle handler Aidan O’Brien for this year’s flat season. The imposing five-year-old son of Galileo, who finished third in the Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe behind stable-mates Found and Highland Reel, will bid to emulate […]
Trainer Henry Candy will not make any quick decisions on where his star sprinter Limato will head next after the five-year-old finished a bitterly disappointing 10th in the Al Quoz Sprint on Meydan’s star-studded Dubai World Cup card on Saturday. Limato, known for his liking of fast ground, was always going to struggle at Meydan after […]
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Caravaggio, a clear second favourite for the QIPCO 2000 Guineas, will either head to Newmarket without a prep run or go to France and run in the Poule d’Essai des Poulains. Connections initially looked keen to head to Dundalk on the All-Weather for the Listed Patton Stakes but have now changed their minds. […]
The Gordon Elliott-trained Labaik, an impressive winner of the Grade One Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle on his latest outing, will not be sold at the inaugural Goffs UK Aintree sale this week. The temperamental grey has refused to race four times in the last 12 months, leading connections to ponder selling the horse, bearing […]
Irish handler Noel Meade believes Measureofmydreams and Wounded Warrior hold live chances in the Randox Health Grand National run at 5:15pm at Aintree on Saturday. Meade, no stranger to big-race success, was the beneficiary of a dispute between owners Gigginstown House Stud and Closutton handler Willie Mullins as he was given Measureofmydreams to train after […]
Barry Geraghty has yet to reach a decision on which horse he will ride in Saturday’s Randox Health Grand National as he has a host of horses to pick from in the extended four-and-a-quarter mile contest. Geraghty returned from injury at Fairyhouse on Saturday where he partnered Close Shave, trained by Jessica Harrington, to victory […]
Stayers’ Hurdle third Unowhatimeanharry is not definitely going to Aintree for the Ryanair Stayers Liverpool Hurdle according to trainer Harry Fry. A warm order for the three-mile championship hurdling showpiece at last month’s Cheltenham Festival, the nine-year-old son of Sir Harry Lewis could only fill the minor placings behind Nichols Canyon and Lil Rockerfeller. Fry […]
Veteran trainer George Charlton has decided to call time on the career of popular veteran Knockara Beau, who was retired after being pulled up in the Edinburgh Gin Handicap Hurdle at Kelso. Charlton’s stalwart for nearly a decade, the son of Leading Counsel’s big day in the sun came in the Grade Two Cleeve Hurdle […]
She has looked a very smart mare over hurdles so far this season and the Fergal O’Brien-trained Colin’s Sister is pencilled in for Fairyhouse’s Easter Festival in April. Forced to miss the Cheltenham Festival after suffering a bruised foot, the mare was set ro un in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle but will seek compensation for […]
The Philip Hobbs-trained Defi Du Seuil, oh so impressive when landing the Grade One JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival earlier this month, will head to Aintree for the Doom Bar Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle, which forms part of the Randox Health Grand National Festival. The son of Voix Du Nord, unbeaten in six […]
Gordon Elliott trained the 2007 Grand National winner, Silver Birch, before saddling his first winner in Ireland and he looks to have a good chance of gaining another success in the extended four-and-a-quarter mile contest this year courtesy of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede’s Ucello Conti, a general 20/1 shot for Aintree’s famous race. The […]