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Paul Townend is the number one jockey to Willie Mullins and has been hit with a 21-day ban due to dangerous riding, after a strange and bizarre incident when approaching the last fence early yesterday evening at the Punchestown Festival, according to a report on the Telegraph. It was an incident that could end up seriously damaging […]
Cue Card, who was expected to bow out at Sandown next week, has been retired early due to looking lame in his latest workouts. Tizzard’s popular 12-year-old notched up some valuable prizes in his long and lustrous career, which included a number of grade one victories, a King George Chase, a Champion Bumper winner, three Betfair Chases and […]
Saint Are’s trainer, Tom George, has confirmed that his 12-year-old will now enjoy a well-earned retirement. The Grand National regular ran into some trouble on Saturday afternoon and took a crashing fall when attempting to jump the The Chair. However, to George’s sheer joy, Saint Are returned home the following morning in great spirits after […]
Jockey Danny Cook has responded to the warning Aintree stewards gave him after the Grand National, insisting he was ‘only trying to help.’ Cook did admit that he was probably in the wrong to be getting involved in the race, however, insisted he was only trying to help his colleagues bypass the jump on the second […]
Davy Russell had dreamed about winning the Grand National all of his life, and yesterday that dream finally came true. Russell was victorious in the glorious Merseyside sunshine, on board the nation’s favourite horse, the exceptional Tiger Roll. It came as no surprise considering the form Russell has been in this season, especially the past few […]
It has this morning been confirmed on the At The Races Twitter page that Walk In The Mill and Regal Encore have been withdrawn from today’s Randox Health Grand National. The eight-year-old Walk In The Mill was pulled up in his last race in a Grade Two contest at Haydock. Twitter: Two are out of […]
It was a rather successful day for the Seven Barrows handler Nicky Henderson, as he notched up an impressive hat-trick on Day 1 of the Aintree Festival. We Have A Dream kicked things off in sublime style after he demolished his rivals in the Juvenile Hurdle, making it an impressive five wins on the bounce in […]
Trainer Nicky Henderson has stated that Might Bite is ready to do himself justice at Aintree tomorrow. Might Bite was sent off as favourite in the Cheltenham Gold Cup last month, but on the day he was out-classed by the highly impressive Native River. But Henderson believes he has a huge chance of the landing the […]
Nicky Henderson’s pair, Apple’s Shakira and We Have A Dream are set to lock horns in a mouth-watering clash tomorrow to kick-start the Aintree three day festival in Merseyside. The pair are among ten declarations for the Grade 1 Doom Bar Anniversary Juvenile Hurdle tomorrow afternoon. Apple’s Shakira will be looking for redemption after his bubble was […]
Trainer Paul Nicholls has today confirmed that Silviniaco Conti has died following a incident while team chasing on Sunday morning. The classy chaser won over £1 million in prize money throughout his luxurious racing career, picking up some major honours in the process. Paul Nicholls said via his Betfair column: He was a brilliant horse […]
Irish trainer Willie Mullins has confirmed that Douvan & Un De Sceaux will spearhead his challenge at the Punchestown Festival. The eight-year-old Douvan was seemingly running a very good race in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, but took a crashing fall at the fourth last. On his chances, Mullins said via […]
Trainer Nicky Henderson has today confirmed that Buveur D’Air will miss the Aintree Festival this weekend. The 7-year-old was set to run in the Betway Aintree Hurdle, a race where he would be defending his crown from last year’s meet. Unfortunately, the horse won’t get the chance, due to major concerns regarding his welfare. Henderson […]