Nicky Henderson’s Altior puts his unbeaten 19-race jumps record on the line against Paul Nicholls’ Cyrname at Ascot on Saturday as the trainer steps his stable-star up in trip to an extended 2m 5f for the first time. For the majority of last season Altior […]
The ground is described as soft at Haydock for Saturday’s 3m 2f Grade 1 Betfair Chase which sees Bristol de Mai lock horns with Lostintranslation. The former (6/4 at BetVictor) is unbeaten in four previous runs at Haydock and it is very much a home […]
The further he went the better Thyme Hill looked at Cheltenham on Saturday and if we saw a Cheltenham Festival winner on BetVictor Gold Cup Day I feel it was the Philip Hobbs’ novice hurdler who is 14/1 at BetVictor for the Albert Bartlett (3m) […]
Cheltenham are optimistic that the last couple of days of their November meeting will go ahead as planned with the rain which forced the cancellation of Friday’s card set to abate with just the isolated shower forecast on Saturday and Sunday. Friday’s Grade 2 Novices’ […]
Cheltenham lost Friday’s race-day this week and are playing catch up. The feature race on Saturday is the BetVictor Gold Cup and is where I’ve identified my only selection on the day.. Two of the front three in the betting, Siruh Du Lac and Spiritofthegames, […]
Santini trainer Nicky Henderson has all but ruled the seven-year-old out of December’s King George VI Chase despite his Sandown win. According to the trainer, Santini’s performance “was not earth-shatteringly impressive,” something which leaves him in doubt as it relates to taking on the upcoming […]
The declarations for the BetVictor Gold Cup will be announced this morning and the Nick Williams trained Siruh Du Lac has joined Slate House at the top of the market at 5/1 with the sponsors. We start today’s preview in Ireland given the brilliant Douvan […]
Joseph O’Brien’s Us And Them was nibbled at for Saturday’s BetVictor Gold Cup on Tuesday morning and was cut from 12s to 10/1 with the sponsors after each way – 5 places – support. Birchdale is due to make his eagerly-awaited chase debut on Friday […]
The roll of honour for York’s Juddmonte International contains some of racing’s greatest stars and next week we are in for a real racing treat as the Eclipse first and second Ulysses and Barney Roy go head to head once again. To add a significant […]