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A peculiar hush will grip Aintree just before 5.15 on Saturday evening, as the amassed crowds wait keenly for the tape to drop on the 172nd edition of the Grand National. The race that captures the minds of the general populous like no other, it can seem daunting when trying to pick a horse from […]
It’s been a terrific season for Bryony Frost, but the 23-year-old is having to keep her fingers crossed that she’ll get a chance to return to the course before the end of the season. After breaking her collarbone at Southwell a few weeks ago, the Ryanair Chase winner has been forced to watch her colleagues […]
As Tiger Roll stormed through the field to take the 2018 Grand National by a nose from Pleasant Company in the glorious Aintree sun, we were reminded of everything that is good about one of the most anticipated days in the racing calendar. As the enormous field takes on two laps of the historic course […]
The six-day deadline has now passed for the first day of the Cheltenham Festival, and all the big names are still in the running for Prestbury Park glory. The Unibet Champion Hurdle can boast the likes of Apple’s Jade, Laurina, and Buveur D’Air – the Nicky Henderson star going for a third consecutive victory in […]
When the tape comes down at Aintree and the mass, sprawling field of runners charge for the first fence, racing fans across the country are almost overcome with the intoxicating excitement that accompanies the most famous horse race in the world. Described as ‘the ultimate test of horse and rider’, the 2019 Grand National has […]
The Jump season reaches its climax in March with the hotly anticipated Cheltenham Festival. The very best of British and Irish racing will descend on Gloucestershire to try to create history on the hallowed ground of Prestbury Park, where the best and brightest of jumps racing have crafted legacies from the soil on which they […]
Brian Ellison has made a late decision to enter Definitly Red in the Malcolm Jefferson Memorial Chase on Thursday. The now ten-year-old placed sixth in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham last year, and is unbeaten in two starts so far this season. Victories in the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby and Many Clouds Chase at Aintree […]
The British Horseracing Authority have taken the decision to cancel all racing on Thursday following a breakout of equine flu. The decision was made late Wednesday after the Animal Health Trust returned three positive results from vaccinated horses in one particular yard. It was also confirmed by the BHA that the infected horses raced at […]
Charlie Longsdon has options in front of him for Ballydine’s immediate future – and he knows it. Despite failing to record a win in three attempts so far this season, the memory of an impressive victory at Sandown in February lives fresh. The nine-year-old has impressed his trainer in his runs this year, although the […]
Gordon Elliott has continued to insist Apple’s Jade is a long-shot to compete in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham this year, despite entering the 7-year-old in the Leopardstown equivalent of the famous race. Intending to run the mare in the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle at the Dublin Festival next month, many would expect the trainer […]
If you put money on Buveur D’Air to bring home the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day, you must have been feeling reasonably good about your punt. The seven-year-old had not failed to win a race since 2016, and had romped to victory in the same race last year. An ugly race from the […]
Sizing John will be withheld once again next week, as Jessica Harrington decides to err on the side of caution with the 2017 Gold Cup winner. The eight-year-old has raced since last year’s Leopardstown Christmas Chase, where he spluttered to a seventh placed finish, a whole 32 lengths behind eventual winner Road To Respect. Forced […]