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Grand National winner Liam Treadwell announces retirement
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Grand National winner Liam Treadwell announces retirement

Grand National-winning rider Liam Treadwell has announced his retirement from the sport after a hugely successful career, according to a report on the Racing Post. Treadwell is famous for his Grand National win in 2009 and the 32-year-old knows that winning that race is the best moment of his career. Treadwell retires after achieving 298 […]

Jonbon To Run In Saturday’s Celebration Chase at Sandown
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Jonbon To Run In Saturday’s Celebration Chase at Sandown

Two-time Celebration Chase winner JONBON is a confirmed runner for Saturday’s big Sandown race, as the Nicky Henderson star chaser bids to end the jumps season on a high. Jonbon A Confirmed Celebration Chase Runner On Sandown Jumps Finale Card Racing fans heading to Sandown Park on Saturday will welcome the news that track lover […]

Hemmings buys Grand National hope Vicente
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Hemmings buys Grand National hope Vicente

Hedgehunter, Ballabriggs and Many Clouds carried his famous colours to glory in the Randox Health Grand National and now owner Trevor Hemmings has snapped up another live National contender in the shape of the Paul Nicholls-trained Vicente after purchasing the gelding. Following the death of Many Clouds after he won the BetBright Cotswold Chase at […]

Aintree Thursday: Hunting For Value
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Aintree Thursday: Hunting For Value

Grand National week is here with the big race on Saturday, but before we get there I have picked out some value selections for the first day. A little like Cheltenham, some horses will have multiple entries, so with bookies not yet going non-runner, no bet we take a chance on the selections actually running […]

Fehily rides Blaklion in Grand National
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Fehily rides Blaklion in Grand National

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 […]

Danny’s ante-post focus: Definitly Red worth backing
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Danny’s ante-post focus: Definitly Red worth backing

It’s what you have all been waiting for, the ante-post focus is back! We had a nice winner from it at Cheltenham courtesy of Defi Du Seuil and here is a Grand National focus. Definitly Red 14/1. Brian Ellison’s charge looked every inch the Grand National type when winning the Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster last […]

Noel Meade finds A Genie In Abottle dead in stable
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Noel Meade finds A Genie In Abottle dead in stable

Noel Meade’s Grand National contender A Genie In Abottle was found dead in his stable on Friday, Sportinglife report. The seven-year-old’s cause of death is still unknown by those around him and are hoping to find out in the coming days. A Genie In Abottle was owned by Gigginstown House Stud and was priced as […]

Grand National: Value Selections
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Grand National: Value Selections

As we get closer to the big day, I have two early selections I think will be good value come race time. First off, looking at the two at the head of the betting, Total Recall and Anibale Fly are no doubt two of the classier runners. Both ran well in the Gold Cup with […]

Geraghty yet to reach Grand National decision
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Geraghty yet to reach Grand National decision

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 […]

Our Duke’s Irish Grand National win continues Power’s dream
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Our Duke’s Irish Grand National win continues Power’s dream

I remember interviewing Robbie Power on the first day of this month’s Cheltenham Festival. Talking by the stables where horses including Sizing John were staying during the meeting, we discussed his upcoming rides that week and then went our separate ways. Little did we probably both think that just over a month later, he would […]