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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 […]
Brian Ellison issued a positive bulletin on Randox Health Grand National hope Definitly Red who has been backed into around the general 9/1 favouritism for the extended four and a quarter-mile contest at Aintree on Saturday. An impressive 14-length winner of the Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster on his last start in March, the progressive eight-year-old […]
Irish handler Noel Meade believes Measureofmydreams and Wounded Warrior hold live chances in the Randox Health Grand National run at 5:15pm at Aintree on Saturday. Meade, no stranger to big-race success, was the beneficiary of a dispute between owners Gigginstown House Stud and Closutton handler Willie Mullins as he was given Measureofmydreams to train after […]
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 […]
The Philip Hobbs-trained Defi Du Seuil, oh so impressive when landing the Grade One JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival earlier this month, will head to Aintree for the Doom Bar Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle, which forms part of the Randox Health Grand National Festival. The son of Voix Du Nord, unbeaten in six […]
Gordon Elliott trained the 2007 Grand National winner, Silver Birch, before saddling his first winner in Ireland and he looks to have a good chance of gaining another success in the extended four-and-a-quarter mile contest this year courtesy of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede’s Ucello Conti, a general 20/1 shot for Aintree’s famous race. The […]
Trainer Harry Fry has revealed that Neon Wolf, second in the Neptune Investment Management Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, will head to Punchestown at the end of April for their annual Festival which runs from April 26- April 29, therefore bypassing Aintree’s Randox Health Grand National Festival. Beaten a head by Willoughby Court in the […]
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 […]
Seen by many as one of the greatest jockeys of his generation, Irish rider Davy Russell has been snapped up by British trainer Tom George to ride Saint Are in the Randox Health Grand National, which takes place at Aintree on April 8th. Saint Are, an 11-year-old son of Network, was second to the ill-fated […]
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 […]
Sam Twiston-Davies has made his pick for the Randox Grand National on April 8th, after admitting he had “a few to choose from”. The Paul Nicholls-retained rider has taken his time over his decision on what to ride in the Aintree event. He’s plumped for Saphir De Rheu, for Paul Nicholls, who impressed hugely in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham last […]
The Jonjo O’Neill-trained Minella Rocco, the general 9/1 favourite for the Randox Health Grand National will not run in the race. A winner at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival, the seven-year-old was a fast-finishing two and three-quarter length second to Sizing John in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham last week, staying on well up […]