#Betfair Hurdle

From Hurricane Fly's fourth consecutive Irish Champion Hurdle victory to The New One brushing aside the opposition in Cheltenham's International Hurdle, it has been an exciting year of racing. As 2014 nears its conclusion racing correspondent Marcus Townend reviews the past 12 months of racing, and picks his best race of each month. JANUARY Paul…

Fans are in for a treat on Saturday with some of the sport's stars on show including Cyrname and Paisley Park. Our betting guide highlights favourites worth opposing Wetherby Racecourse Cyrname and Paisley Park are the headline acts on bet365 Charlie Hall Chase day but both ended last season on a low note and redemption is no formality at…

Bought from France where he was a Listed winner on very soft ground, L'Eau Du Sud looks to have been gaining some vital experience in his first couple of starts for Dan Skelton in Britain. He seemed badly in need of the outing first time out, following 230 days off the track, at Haydock in November but stepped forward from that when a good third -…

Newcastle's Flat card features a conditions race over a mile and a quarter with some smart older performers entered up. They include the John & Thady Gosden pair Harrovian and Forest of Dean who finished third and fifth respectively in a listed race at Lingfield in November which has thrown up some winners since. This looks a bit less competitive,…

Since steering the Paul Nicholls-trained Bravemansgame to glory at the track on Boxing Day in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase the 24 year old has gone on to enjoy back-to-back Grade One victories together with the Ditcheat handler the past two Saturdays. After partnering Hermes Allen to victory in the Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle at Newbury on…

Full replay: Wishing And Hoping triumphs in £100000 prize The most valuable race at Sandown Park today was the £100000 Unibet Veterans' Handicap Chase Final, which saw a 50-1 shock result courtesy of Wishing And Hoping. One of four 13 year olds in the 18-runner field, Wishing And Hoping was always at the head of affairs under regular partner Alex…

A winner at Kempton first time out this season, he finished runner-up in the Elite Hurdle at Wincanton before coming home fourth of five to runaway winner Constitution Hill in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day. The evergreen 11-year-old, owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, will build towards the Cheltenham Festival with a possible…

Eight days later than advertised, Newbury's Betfair Hurdle will take place on Sunday afternoon, giving racing fans a nice boost after the original card was lost to freezing temperatures last Saturday. The Betfair Hurdle (3.35pm) is the feature race on "Super Sunday" at Newbury and has attracted a top-class field of 24 runners. Our tipster has a…

A few of these are struggling for form including Casa Tall, Courtland, Not Available and Mongol Emperor but Only Money won twice in the autumn and has placed in both starts since. GALLIC GEORDIE was closing on the leaders when slipping and falling two out at Lingfield 10 days ago and is handicapped to close in this, though Gamaret is a fascinating…

Aidan O'Brien's sole representative at Goodwood, Emily Dickinson, has been the subject of good money today according to bookmaker Star Sports. The firm have taken a £20000 bet on the Irish Oaks fourth, who was narrowly denied on her penultimate start in the Group 3 Stanerra Stakes, and the filly is 2-1 favourite for the Lillie Langtry Stakes…

Those in attendance at Newcastle on Fighting Fifth day witnessed an extraordinary performance from Constitution Hill and Kempton racegoers should brace themselves for another majestic display in the Christmas Hurdle. The spectacular five-year-old's already substantial achievements in the sport are mind-boggling considering his relative inexperience…

Paisley Park won a third Ladbrokes Long Walk Hurdle in the rescheduled 2022 renewal at Kempton. Emma Lavelle's charge wasn't expected to be suited by the switch of venue from Ascot and turning in he was in third as old rival Champ and Goshen duelled up front. However he began to close and once in front going to the last, the race was over. the…

Jockey Adam Wedge will miss the Cheltenham Festival next week after sustaining a fracture to his T12 at Newbury on Friday. Wedge won last year's Stayers' Hurdle on Lisnagar Oscar, and is expected to be replaced by Tom O'Brien on Tuesday's Champion Hurdle hope Silver Streak. Trainer Evan Williams said: "Adam has a fracture to his T12 - he did it at…

Broomfield Burg and JPR One are fancied for Betfair Hurdle glory. Clan Des Obeaux, part-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, is one of several Paul Nicholls runners on the Newbury card Broomfield Burg (left) is favourite for the Betfair Hurdle Favourite Broomfield Burg bids to roll back the years for JP McManus and Nicky Henderson in the Betfair Hurdle…

We posed some questions to ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence research system that has been making headlines all over the world for its incredible ability to give convincing answers to requests on a mind-boggling array of subjects, and we wanted to see what this super AI could do with racing. Open AI, the company that developed Chat GPT, says its…

The bookmakers reckon the Unibet Champion Hurdle crown may as well be gift-wrapped and popped underneath Constitution Hill's Christmas tree. Last season's runaway Supreme Novices' Hurdle winner was similarly jaw-dropping on his return at Newcastle last month and that, coupled with Honeysuckle fluffing her lines at Fairyhouse on Sunday, means that…

Owner Johnny de la Hey said he could be tempted by a tilt at the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Christmas after watching Pic D'Orhy make all the running to land the Grade 2 Fitzdares Peterborough Chase. The 2020 Betfair Hurdle winner was twice a Grade 2 winner over fences as a novice last season and connections are hopeful Pic D'Orhy can bridge…

Rachael Blackmore's mount Honeysuckle is favourite for the feature race on day 1 of Cheltenham Festival 2022. The mighty mare is a short price in the betting with the bookies APPRECIATE IT is fancied to take Honeysuckle's Champion Hurdle (3.30) crown at Cheltenham. Training king Willie Mullins has an outstanding record at getting a horse to peak…

Attempting to land the Fighting Fifth Hurdle for a second successive year after dead-heating last term, Not So Sleepy was third to Nicky Henderson's Champion Hurdle favourite, some 14 and a half lengths behind. Trainer Hughie Morrison was satisfied with the 10-year-old's display, although questioned the wisdom of taking on the impressive winner…

Constitution Hill: big step up on his first run outside novice company Constitution Hill's stunning win in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle had many calling him the best-ever two-mile hurdler and propelled him into the ranks of the greatest based on Racing Post Ratings, which started in 1988. Here is the kind of company he's keeping…

13:55 Newbury - Lord Baddesley 14:57 Doncaster - Big Bad Bear 15:05 Newbury - Remastered 16:20 Wolverhampton - Moving Colours *All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change. Each and every day of the racing year we bring you a bumper NAPs Table to give you the…

Saturday's Coral Gold Cup (3.05), formerly known as the Hennessy Gold Cup and the Ladbrokes Trophy in recent years, is the flagship event of Newbury's jumps calendar - but who is the likeliest winner of the £250000 handicap based on previous trends? High-class horses such as Denman, Bobs Worth and Native River have won this race en route to…

Jake Price returns for yet another round of Saturday horse racing betting tips and predictions. This time his selections come from the meets at Ascot and Haydock. This Saturday Jake is tipping 3pts worth of tips spread over three races at Haydock and Ascot including a 1pt tip for a 8/1 selection. If any of these tips take your fancy, then click on…

Cheltenham Festival preps continue in Britain and Ireland this weekend, albeit with nothing as grand as the Dublin Festival to watch for potential Prestbury Park winners. The main races this weekend are at Newbury in England, where features include the Denman Chase (G2) over just short of three miles, the Game Spirit Chase (G2) for two-mile…

Bookmakers seem to run for cover whenever Emmet Mullins and Paul Byrne combine for a top handicap in Britain and the layers are taking no chances with Thousand Tears in the Greatwood. Byrne had a 35 per cent strike-rate over jumps in Britain in the last five seasons before the start of racing on Saturday and Thousand Tears shares a similar profile…

The Betfair Hurdle is one of the feature races on Super Saturday at Newbury. The Grade 3 handicap takes place over an extended two-mile trip at the Berkshire racecourse. Trainer Nicky Henderson has won this race a record five times and he has two entries this year as he looks to extend his record in the contest. Fourteen runners have been declared,…

First up a quick list of our hot tips for Saturday's action, with the feature race the Grade 2 Paddy Power Gold Cup (1420). You can find more detail on each of our selections further down the page. Selections: 13:45 (Cheltenham) Banbridge 14:20 (Cheltenham) Stolen Silver 14:35 (Lingfield) Judicial 14:55 (Cheltenham) Shearer 15:10 (Lingfield)…

By Graham Clark and Nick Seddon Kieren Buckley did not hold back on the celebrations after enjoying a moment he had dreamt about since starting out riding when tasting victory at Cheltenham for the first time aboard Sweet Will (8-1) in the Markei Insurance Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle today, day one of The November Meeting. Out of luck on…

Kieren Buckley did not hold back on the celebrations after enjoying a moment he had dreamt about since starting out riding when tasting victory at Cheltenham for the first time aboard Sweet Will (8/1) in the Markei Insurance Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle. Out of luck on his 10 previous rides at the track, the 26 year old was not to be denied…

Go for GALVIN in the Cheltenham Gold Cup as the Festival reaches its grand finale. Gordon Elliott, already with a winner of the feature on his CV, looks to have an ideal candidate. The son of Gold Well has stamina in abundance - and scooped the National Hunt Chase prize at last year's meeting. A narrow verdict over A Plus Tard at Leopardstown over…

Sunday's Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (2.55 Cheltenham) is the final highlight of the three-day November meeting, with the gambled-on Thousand Tears the favourite to give trainer Emmet Mullins a second win in the race in the last three runnings. Here we assess his claims, along with four other leading contenders. Form F340U- Strengths Twice a…

Broomfield Burg (left) and Jpr One: leading hopes for the Betfair Hurdle (3.35) at Newbury Saturday's Betfair Hurdle (3.35) is the feature race on a top Newbury card and a total of 14 horses line up for the valuable handicap hurdle.

The Cheltenham Festival accounted for 25 of the top 40 betting races with Ladbrokes Coral It is the week that dwarfs all others in jump racing and, according to the turnover leaderboard for 2018 revealed by Ladbrokes and Coral, the Cheltenham Festival is growing ever-more dominant in the minds of betting shop customers too. In the first list of top…

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has had his say on a promising week of racing which includes the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on Saturday. Nicholls also has a few chances that are being aimed at either Cheltenham Festival in March or at Aintree during the Grand National meeting in April. The road to Cheltenham Festival is almost relentless for some…

Philip Hobbs gave Grade One-winning hurdler Thyme Hill a mark of "eight and a half" out of ten following his decisive success on his debut over fences in the Betway'Future Stars' Silver Bowl Novices' Chase at Exeter. The eight-year-old demonstrated that he could easily be as good over fences as he was hurdles when making his first outing over…

Thursday's horse racing tips feature selections from the jumps at Newbury, Sedgefield and Ludlow. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips across all the racing from the UK & Ireland. The five-year-old gelding by Fame And Glory was odds against last night but has seen continued support into the…

86 - the number of runners Alan King has saddled at the Cheltenham Festival since his last winner Only four British-based trainers - Nicky Henderson (twice), Sue Smith, Jonjo O'Neill and Will Biddick - hit the target at last year's Cheltenham Festival as no fewer than 23 of the 28 races held at the fixture were won by their Irish counterparts. That…

Mike Cattermole puts Chepstow's feature contest, the Silver Trophy Handicap Hurdle live on Sky Sports Racing, under the microscope. The two-day Jumps Season Opener at Chepstow, all live on Sky Sports Racing, is a step in the right direction for proper winter jumping fans. The fixture is now widely regarded as the first taste of top-class National…

Betfair Super Saturday is looming and let's hope a number of British-trained horses can produce top-notch performances as a riposte to a number of dazzling displays by Irish runners at last weekend's Dublin Racing Festival. The most valuable handicap hurdle of the season, the £150000 Betfair Hurdle, takes centre stage and there will be a little…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Cheltenham Festival is billed as best four days of National Hunt (jumps) racing on the planet and the'good news' for horse racing betting fans is that we are now only weeks away. As aways over the four days, which get going on Tuesday 15 March, there will be plenty of Cheltenham Festival…

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We had four meetings to get stuck into this afternoon with the feature card over at Newbury as the Cheltenham Festival countdown continues. Glory And Fortune sprang a 20/1 surprise in the Betair Hurdle while it was a mixed day for Paul Nicholls as Bravemansgame was the first leg of and across-the-cards double for the Ditcheat maestro, but Clan Des…

ONE of the best things about jump racing is the way champions come back year after year to defend their titles. Next month sees three superstars who have tasted Festival glory return with every chance of finishing in the frame. And combining their odds adds up to a tasty bet. A £1 each-way treble would pay £18.72 if they all place and a whopping…

TEMPLEGATE takes on the final day of Cheltenham Festival confident of banging in a few winners to end the week on a high. Our man delivers all his tips below - back a horse by clicking their odds. And while you're here, don't forget to check out the Sun Racing Lucky 15 for Friday and why we fancy this huge outsider. Good luck! CHELTENHAM…