Results for "Aintree Grand National"

According to a report on Sky Sports, trainer Willie Mullins has confirmed that Footpad will not participate at Aintree. The six-year-old was expected to race in the Big Buck’s Celebration Manifesto Novices’ Chase over two and a half miles on Thursday but he has been withdrawn by Mullins after scoping unsatisfactorily. Footpad won the Ankle […]

One For Arthur became the first Scottish-trained winner of the Randox Health Grand National since Rubstic in 1979 and just the second overall after the 14/1 shot ran out an impressive winner of the extended four and a quarter-mile £1-million contest. Trained in Fife by Lucinda Russell, who was becoming just the fourth woman to […]

Robbie Power has not always had the cleanest of breaks but he was delivered a superb bit of news last week after it was announced that the Irishman would be retained rider for Alan and Ann Potts. Power partnered Supasundae (Coral Cup) and Gold Cup winner Sizing John to victory at the Cheltenham Festival in […]

The Alan King-trained Yanworth made the decision to head for the G1 Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival look folly as he produced a game display to land the G1 Ryanair Stayers Liverpool Hurdle over three miles at Aintree on Saturday. Ridden by Barry Geraghty, the eight-year-old son of Norse Dancer travelled well throughout the […]

Cheltenham star Penhill will run in the Ladbrokes Stayers’ Hurdle at Punchestown on Thursday. Winning the Sun Bets Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last month, the Willie Mullins’ horse will surely be much fancied for the big race in Kildare. Victorious in the Albert Bartlett at Cheltenham last year as well, the seven-year-old will […]

The 2020 Cheltenham Festival is fast approaching and excitement is reaching fever pitch amongst National Hunt fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The four-day meeting always attracts the best horses in the business for a feast of top-class jump racing action. One of the most interesting elements of Cheltenham is the battle to be […]

Barry Geraghty became the fourth most successful jump jockey in Britain and Ireland after riding a 1,875th winner onboard Birchdale at Cheltenham on Saturday, the Racing Post report. After riding 1,240 winners in Ireland and 635 in Britain, Geraghty has overtaken Richard Dunwoody and only trails Tony McCoy, Richard Johnson and Ruby Walsh in the […]

Connections of Defi Du Seuil have yet to decide where Philip Hobbs’ charge will run next after a disappointing return to action in the G2 Coral Hurdle at Ascot in November. The five-year-old son of Voix Du Nord took all before him in his juvenile campaign, notching up impressive victories in both the G1 JCB […]

County Meath handler Gordon Elliott is readying a strong party for the Punchestown Festival as he attempts to be crowned Ireland’s champion jumps trainer for the first time. The stellar meeting takes places from Tuesday April 25 to Saturday April 29 and Elliott has prepared a sizeable and powerful battalion which look set to plunder […]

See all the main 2026 JP McManus Cheltenham Festival runners as the billionaire owner looks set for another hugely successful week at Prestbury Park.  The famous green and gold hoops of McManus are undoubtedly the most recognisable silks of all time and they will be seen in almost EVERY race at Cheltenham next week, which […]

As the final chance to impress at Cheltenham before the Festival itself in March, the significance of Festival Trials day cannot be understated. From Gold Cup and Stayers’ Hurdle trials to novice events over both sets of obstacles, clues for horse racing fans moving forward can often be found at the one-day meeting. This year’s […]

Warren Greatrex is no stranger to big-race success at the Cheltenham Festival after he saddled Cole Harden to victory in the 2015 Stayers’ Hurdle and he again looks to have a strong battalion readied for this year’s Festival which includes the aforementioned Cole Harden, Western Ryder (Champion Bumper) and Keeper Hill (Neptune). However, Greatrex identified […]