#Bear Ghylls

Energumene: is entered into the Clarence House at Ascot on Saturday The week kicks off with two seven-race cards at Fontwell and Hereford. At the former, the Chris Gordon-trained Coolvalla is attempting to complete a four-timer in the £20000 3m2f handicap chase (2.30). Three runners go to post in Hereford's feature race, the 3m1f novice handicap…

Inspiratrice: a 200-1 winner at Taunton on Friday Friday: Taunton Three days after enjoying the biggest success of her career in the Welsh Grand National, trainer Nicky Martin struck again as Inspiratrice laughed at her 200-1 odds by landing the juvenile hurdle. Martin wasn't in attendance for The Two Amigos' brave success at Chepstow due to a…

Winning pointer Secret She Keeps left her hurdles form well behind when finishing runner-up in a beginners' chase at Fairyhouse last month, losing out on the nod to a Henry de Bromhead-trained stablemate with the pair well clear. Secret She Keeps didn't need to match that form to get off the mark under Rules at Thurles 12 days later, but she again…

We use the Timeform filter to pick out our two most interesting bets on today's racing. Our Filter tool lets you create your own list of horses to bet on based on the criteria you judge to be most important. Bear Ghylls - 13:23 Uttoxeter ✔ UK jumps racing ✔ Horse is top-rated ✔ Horse is an improver ✔ Horse is a Horse In Focus Bear Ghylls was a…

Fergal O'Brien's Manothepeople, an impressive winner at Chepstow, is one of my Twelve to Follow. [Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images] We all tend to put a value on what we haven't got. Talking to a West Indian friend, Mrs Oakley, a foodie to her core, envied her the fresh pineapple, mangoes and bananas of her Caribbean childhood compared with our post-war…

The eight-year-old came from the clouds to win the Ultima at Prestbury Park in March and makes his first start since in a race that features Grand National winner Many Clouds (2014) and Grade One scorers Waiting Patiently (2017) and Lostintranslation (2019) on its roll of honour. Trainer Lucinda Russell admits the two-and-a-half-mile distance is…

The first day of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival had an unfamiliar feel to it, lacking a capacity crowd for the first time in history, but its famous roar was still heard nationwide thanks to an electrifying opening day that did not disappoint the millions tuning in at home. The action on the track certainly lived up to its billing, as the bookmakers…

IT has been a long old wait for jumps fans - but finally we can say: National Hunt racing is back! Bring on the cold, wet winter days, the agonising final-fence fallers and the customary dash to get the best ante-post prices for Cheltenham. Chepstow will kick the jumps season into full gear on Friday with its two-day season opener. And there's much…