#Betway Bowl

Colin Tizzard can sign off in style with a win for Eldorado Allen in the Betway Bowl (2.55). The top trainer is soon to hand over the reins to his son Joe and the grey has a fine chance of victory at Aintree. He stayed on determinedly behind star chaser Allaho in Cheltenham's Ryanair Chase last month and is in an upward curve. Earlier, Pied Piper…

Clan Des Obeaux will face eight rivals as he goes for back-to-back victories in the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup, the highlight on day two of the Festival meeting. Paul Nicholls' charge kept on strongly to outgun Al Boum Photo in the hands of Sam Twiston-Davies 12 months ago, but it is Harry Cobden who rides the 10-year-old time around. Having…

As is Boxing Day tradition, horse racing returns to Kempton and the spectacle that everyone is looking forward to is the King George VI National Hunt chase. With this deemed as the festive horse race that gets people up and down the country invested in a Christmas flutter, here is a run down of this year's nine runners. L'Homme Presse…

The festive season is one of the busiest periods of the year for horse racing, with 11 meetings taking place between Ireland and the UK on St Stephen's Day alone. Leopardstown and Limerick both host four-day meetings, with Grade 1 races among the action at both tracks, while Down Royal also stages a card on December 26. Across the water, races like…

Paul Nicholls: champion trainer for the 13th time at the weekend Paul Nicholls, the titan of jumps racing who sealed his 13th training title at the weekend, is set to have an interest on the Flat this summer via a Charlie Hills-trained juvenile called Paddy's Day. The Somerset-based Nicholls was in rampant form at Sandown on Saturday, ending a fine…

THE 11/2 shot Party Business has started the party early by winning the Handicap Hurdle on Grand National day. Party Business finished ahead of Ilikedwayurthinkin with the pair in an incredible battle in the opening race at Aintree. 1 Party Business (11/2) 2 Ilikedwayurthinkin 3 Mill Green 4 Beauport 5 Coeur Serein Thursday April 7 1.45pm: The SSS…

Gold Cup third Protektorat meets the last two winners of the Betway Bowl on day one of the Grand National meeting. Dan Skelton's chaser, the best of the British runners in the Cheltenham Festival feature, is up against Clan Des Obeaux and Kemboy. The pair have flourished in the Grade 1 Aintree contest, run over conventional fences at a distance of…

Wetherby is the stage on Saturday for a classy jumps card in Britain and the West Yorkshire venue will be hosting its marquee event, the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase, at 3.05pm. A Grade 2 contest, the Charlie Hall is often the first stop-off point for some of the finest staying chasers in the land. Silviniaco Conti, Cue Card, Bristol De Mai and…

CONFLATED has the ability to crush the hopes of two past winners of today's Betway Bowl Chase by taking the Aintree prize. Both Clan Des Obeaux, winner of last year's contest, and Kemboy, successful in the 2019 race, have disappointed this season, suggesting they are now on the decline. In contrast CONFLATED (2.55, nap, ITV) has stepped up to the…

It's not news, but it's still worthwhile noting the Willie Mullins Punchestown thing, because the degree to which the champion trainer dominates the Punchestown Festival these days is unprecedented. Think Dermot Weld in his pomp at Galway, think Martin Pipe at Cheltenham's November meeting and multiply it by something large enough. Willie Mullins…

Jockey Daryl Jacob believes three-time winner Bristol De Mai still has "a great chance" of landing a record-equalling fourth victory in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on Saturday. Nigel Twiston-Davies' popular grey is now an 11-year-old and turns 12 on January 1 but his regular rider Jacob thinks he can still run a big race against last year's…

The Betfair Chase seems to attract more chat than most when it comes to high-profile small-field horse races. It's far from being alone in the genre but here we have a race where the entry stage is now being debated. Would switching from an early-closing race to the usual six-day entry make any difference to field sizes for the first Grade One of…

Tiger Roll: popular gelding did not run in the National last year Michael O'Leary's decision to withdraw Tiger Roll from this year's Randox Grand National has dismayed British and Irish horseracing fans, with 90 per cent of those taking part in a poll wanting to see the 12-year-old try to emulate Red Rum at Aintree in April. O'Leary said on Sunday…

2022-11-04Saturday ITV racing tips: Best bets for Aintree, Wincanton, Doncaster and Down Royal A bumper day of action this Saturday for the cameras to feast upon, with Aintree, Doncaster, Wincanton and a Grade 1 at Down Royal all in the spotlight as the National Hunt season starts to muscle its way back into view. First a quick list of our…

Dan Skelton is happy to let Protektorat again take on Cheltenham Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on November 19. Skelton's seven-year-old finished third, more than 17 lengths adrift of Henry de Bromhead's Gold star in the Cheltenham Festival feature in March, before he disappointed when only fourth in the Betway Bowl…

Aintree returns on Thursday with some fantastic racing as something of a curtain-raiser for the Grand National on Saturday. New customers who sign up to Paddy Power can get £60 in free bets when placing £10 on the 1.45 at Aintree on Thursday. New customer offer. Place a single £10 (or £5 each-way) bet on the 13.45 race at Aintree, win or each-way…

Paul Nicholls might have turned 60 this year but his hunger for success remains as strong as ever as he bids to defend his Jump Trainers' Championship and claim a 14th title. The Ditcheat handler is confident he has another "great team" on his hands for his 32nd season as a licence holder and is excited to unleash an intriguing mix of established…