Trainer Amy Murphy advised on Sunday that Kalashnikov would miss Saturday’s £160,000 BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham in favour of a £50k handicap at Newbury later in the month where her stable star would likely face a small field. The sponsors are now betting each […]
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Venetia Williams said over the weekend that top-weight Aso was an unlikely runner in the BetVictor Gold Cup on Saturday and the weights will rise for the feature race at Cheltenham’s three-day November meeting. We will know more about the shape of the race when […]
Doncaster were forced to cancel today’s last meeting of the flat turf season on account of waterlogging but no such worries at Aintree and Wincanton who both stage top-class jumps cards. The ground was described as soft – good to soft in places – at […]
Our first foray over fences for the 20-19/20 season ended with a couple of frustrating second places. Let’s hope we can go a couple of places better with this weekend’s pair. Both run at Wincanton, where several take my eye tomorrow. First up, in the […]
Colin Tizzard’s White Moon was the big mover on Thursday morning for the Badger Beers Silver Trophy Chase at Wincanton on Saturday. The grey fell at the last at the track last month with the race, seemingly, at his mercy although he is 5lbs higher […]
The weights came out yesterday for the BetVictor Gold Cup to be run at Cheltenham on Saturday week and Colin Tizzard’s Slate House has been given a weight of 10st 5lbs. He looks a worthy market leader at 6/1 with BetVictor. If Venetia Williams saddles […]
Will Ballyoptic continue resurgence? Ballyoptic continued his bright start to the National Hunt season with his second victory on the bounce, winning the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby Racecourse. The Irish thoroughbred had ended the previous campaign on a low note, but has bounced back […]
The November Handicap at Doncaster on Saturday is the last big race of the flat season and Peter Chapple-Hyam’s Deja is the 5/1 market leader at BetVictor although the early and significant market mover has been Collide (14s into 7/1 at BetVictor) for Hugo Palmer […]
Nicky Henderson reports Santini – runner up in the RSA Chase after an interrupted preparation on his last start – will make his seasonal reappearance at Sandown on Sunday in their Intermediate chase. Santini is 8/1 for the Gold Cup back at Cheltenham in March […]