I feel the season is starting to really get underway and the horses are looking a lot better, a lot of them coming into their coats now having had a little sun on their backs, Richard Fahey is worth noting with his two year olds and i feel David Barron, Kevin Ryan and Tim Easterby’s youngsters are worth looking out for in the north as their horses are looking particularly well. My most recent list and notes below: CRYSTAL HOPE – A very strong 3 year old filly trained by Michael Stoute who won a novice at Sandown over 1m 2f at 14-1, I loved her in the paddock she is a really well built filly who should go on to win more races CALIBURN – A lovely strong 3 year old colt trained by […]
Duel Champion Hurdle winning jockey Noel Fehily will retire from the saddle at Newbury on Saturday. Fehily announced that his retirement was imminent after guiding 50/1 shot Eglantine Du Seuil to victory in the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last week, but he has decided to call time on a brilliant career this weekend at the Berkshire track. Looking further afield and it doesn’t look as if Champion Chaser Altior will step up in trip at Aintree next month and is likely to be kept back for Sandown’s Grade 1 Chase on the final day of the jumps’ season. It is expected, however, that Altior will be aimed at the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day for which he is 4/1 joint favourite at BetVictor alongside the 2018 winner Clan Des Obeaux. Three […]
If you want to witness the Grand National firsthand, and it’s your first time- then this article is for you. Here you will learn: How to prepare (the basics) What to wear (and what to avoid) how to pick a winning horse How to bet Sound’s exciting? Let’ go! How to prepare- The basics you must take care of When going to watch the Grand National, it’s best to come super prepared. First, carry lots of cash with you so you can bet to your hearts content (and also because some bars won’t accept credit cards). Second, If you’re going with friends, it’s best to set a clear rendezvous poin. Otherwise you will miss each other (it gets really corwded there, and fast) Finally, come really early so hopefully you can avoid extremely long queues. […]
Swansea vs Manchester City – Saturday 5.20pm Having strolled through to the Champions League quarter finals with a 7-0 hammering of Schalke, Man City should have similarly little trouble in brushing aside Swansea and keeping their hopes of a historic quadruple alive. The 2011 winners are not infallible, as proven by their shock defeat to Wigan Athletic in last year’s competition, and that can give Swansea fans the briefest glimmer of hope. Pep Guardiola has so far resisted the temptation to heavily rotate his team for FA Cup matches, but such is the strength in depth that the Premier League leaders possess four or five players can drop in and out without affecting their overall quality. One of those players to come in will likely be Gabriel Jesus who has found game time hard to […]
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the feature race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival and the reigning champion Native River will ensure there is no hiding place. The likelihood of soft or perhaps even heavy ground is the key to the chances of the Colin Tizzard-trained chaser who is bidding to become the first horse since Best Mate to win the Blue Riband of jumps racing back-to-back. The great Willie Mullins has never saddled the winner of the big race and he has four representatives led by Irish Gold Cup winner Bellshill, but it is fellow Irish raider Presenting Percy (3.30) who gets the each way vote. The selection has won at the last two Festivals but has not run over fences since running away with the RSA Chase at Cheltenham 12 months […]
Cheltenham Day 1 Recap and Results The waiting is finally over and the first day of the 2019 Cheltenham festival was not short of surprises. In all the seven races, not many favorites were able to finish in the top three positions. It was a good day for the bookmakers and an entertaining set of seven races for the fans. In the day’s feature race (3300m Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy), Apple’s Jade, Buveur D’Air and Laurina, the highlights of the race, disappointed the fans a great deal. This should serve as a warning to all the pundits out there. You should be careful in how you choose your favorites for the remaining races because seemingly, champions should be predicted based on their stats and not necessarily the hype surrounding their names. For the first […]
The ground for Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival looks sure to be soft and quite holding although there are a couple of showers forecast which might help the horses go through the ground. I am writing this preview before the start of Wednesday’s racing and it should be said that the Gordon Elliot yard had a modest first day with fancied pair Apple’s Jade and Hardline particularly disappointing. Elliot had a similarly poor first day in 2017, but finished the meeting as top trainer, which puts it into perspective, but I do suggest we keep an eye on the form of his string ahead of Thursday’s card. The ground is perfect for Vinndication in the opening JLT Chase, but I feel Kim Bailey’s chaser is better going right-handed and if he couldn’t beat Defi […]