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Trainer Olly Murphy has yet to reach a decision on which race he will enter Hunters Call in at the Cheltenham Festival. A rookie trainer, Murphy was thrust into the spotlight when Hunters Call won the Racing Welfare Handicap Hurdle at Ascot in December as a 9/1 shot in a field of 17 runners. Murphy […]
Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies has given the ride of Grand National favourite Blaklion to his son Sam ahead of Saturday’s Grand National trial at Haydock. Fancied early for the National, Nigel is hoping the association with Blaklion and Sam Twiston-Davies can be carried through to the race itself at Aintree in April. With a great performance […]
Following the absence of any withdrawals at the final declaration stage, there will be seven runners in Saturday’s Ascot Chase. Heading the field will be the Nicky Henderson-trained Top Notch, as his performance in the Peterborough Chase has left bookies marvelling. The only Grade One race in Britain this February, the chasing pack will be […]
The jockey Sammy Jo Bell has retired from racing, at the age of 27. Relatively under the radar until 2015, Bell shot to prominence after riding two winners in the 2015 Shergar Cup at Ascot. The team competition, named after the 1981 Derby Winner pits various teams against each other, and in 2015 the team […]
Jockey Bryony Frost looks set to receive a distinguished achievement of two Saturday mounts at Ascot this Saturday. The 22-year-old Frost was relatively unknown a year ago, but has exploded onto the racing scene with a string of good Saturday performances, and a Grade One victory to her name. With a packed weekend of racing […]
Politilogue owner John Hales has been speaking of the upcoming contest between his horse and the imperious Altior this weekend in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury. Altior is expected to run, despite being undefeated Hales isn’t ruling out his own mare: He’s been electric this year and I’m looking forward to it, It’s nice […]
Following reports that Nicky Henderson was considering entering Altior at Newbury, the trainer confirmed the horse is all but set to run this weekend. The superb Altior is unbeaten in 11 races over fences, and is yet to make his debut this season after having breathing surgery last year. A quick recovery process seems to […]
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Edwulf won a very exciting Irish Gold Cup by a neck on Sunday. An outsider, Edwulf went off at 33-1, ridden by Derek O’Connor just about held off Outlander in the final stages of the steeplechase. It was a sentimental victory for the horse, as a fall at Cheltenham last year left […]
Trainer Ivan Furtado has been fined £2000 by the British Horseracing Authority after he ran two horses in the wrong races at a meeting at Southwell last month. African Trader and Scribner Creek ran in each other’s races on January 14th, and as such Furtado was held to account for the mistake. African Trader ran […]
Trainer Phil Kirby has expressed his excitement ahead of Lady Buttons’ appearance in Dublin this weekend. The eight-year-old is set to go in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle, with £75,000 of prize money available. With good form in Ireland already this season, Kirby is seeing plenty of reason to bang […]
Trainer Noel Meade has decided not to run Road to Respect from Sunday’s Unibet Irish Gold Cup on Sunday, with a view of sending him straight to Cheltenham for the Gold Cup in March. The horse won the Christmas Chase in December, but the judgement was that the going would be too tough for Road […]
Reports are suggesting trainer Nicky Henderson has been very encouraged by a workout session from Altior over the weekend. The 8-year-old had been out of action since December following breathing surgery, and has not raced this season. Despite this, the horse appeared to be in sparkling form: “He was very, very impressive – brilliant. He […]