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Renowned Horse Racing Tipster and Journalist Ed Quigley, aka'Longshot Ted' offers up his best bets for Saturday's ITV action, and picks out some of the other horses who have made him sit up and take note, on what should be a cracking weekend of sport. Saturday Advice: BLOOD DESTINY, Fairyhouse 12.27, win Evens - William Hill PAINT THE DREAM,…

We start this weekend's action at Kempton, and I think Chris Honour's Tile Tapper will be able to make amends for his 2 over this course and distance over Christmas. Although a 9yo now, Tile Tapper is still very lightly raced - and he's only had 5 career starts over fences. Following a useful Novice Hurdle campaign he was certainly a slow burner…

There are some surprising names still left in the 28 entries for the Stayers' Hurdle, particularly the name of star 2 mile chasing veteran Chacun Pour Soi for Willie Mullins. The master of Closutton is not averse to making multiple entries for the Festival, and has also thrown in last season's Ballymore hero Sir Gerhard. The betting is wide open…

Ground conditions at both Warwick and Kempton Park are likely to decide the winners of the two big weekend handicaps tomorrow. A month ago, clerks of the course and groundsmen up and down the country feared it might never rain again. Now it seems to pour almost every day and, as a result, it is essential to back horses that revel in the mud. The…

Not sighted since winning the two-runner Grade 2 Jacquart Noel Novices' Chase at Ascot on December 202019, the grey Angels Breath makes his long-awaited return to action in Kempton's Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase on Saturday. Still owned by'Walters Plant Hire & Ronnie Bartlett' but under a new trainer having been switched from Nicky Henderson to Sam…

Cobblers Dream: seeking to be the first back-to-back winner of the Lanzarote Cobblers Dream will bid to become the first dual winner of the Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle as he takes on 19 rivals at Kempton on Saturday. The Charles Byrnes-trained Green Glory and Persian War runner-up Outlaw Peter head the market at 5-1 but Ben Case hopes Cobblers…

Nicky Henderson believes Epatante must be treated as "still a possible runner" in the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle - despite her not featuring among the initial entries for the Cheltenham Festival contest. The winner of the Unibet Champion Hurdle in 2020 before placing behind Honeysuckle the following two years, Epatante has been given the option…

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,…

Shishkin and Energumene produced the race of the season so far at Ascot on Saturday afternoon. The star duo more than lived up to their billing with a frantic and fast-paced battle that was in the balance all the way up to the final 50 yards. Here's our look at the weekend's racing with some possible ante-post considerations for the Cheltenham…

Mick Appleby will bid to begin the new year with a bang when stable star Raasel lines out in the Dubai Dash at Meydan. Appleby will run four horses in total at Meydan over the coming weeks and months, all of whom cost just over £60000 combined, which illustrates the Northern England-based trainer's ability to sniff out a bargain at the sales. In…

Reverting to hurdles having been highly tried as a novice chaser last season, the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old was soon in an early advantage and it was one he would not relinquish. A trait of his time over fences was that he raced keenly, sometimes too keenly for his own good, and while he was racing enthusiastically for Paul Townend, the…

The free-to-play Paddy's Pick 5 returns once again on Saturday. Can you solve the five featured races from Newbury and Sandown? Get your entries in! Another three winners cracked all five legs in Paddy's Pick 5 on Thursday, bringing us up to a total of 156 total winners across each of our free-to-play games since Boxing Day. Not bad! On the final…

Dan Sheridan/INPHOCould State Man give Constitution Hill a race at Cheltenham? # The Challenger Champion Hurdle still a live event with State Man set to give Constitution Hill a crack Johnny Ward reports from another Willie Mullins-dominated final day at Leopardstown. WE HAVE SEEN this week that Willie Mullins saddling the first three home in a…

What a day of horse racing lies ahead at Haydock and Ascot with plenty of top names set to have their rugs removed and unleashed on the course for the first time this season. A Plus Tard, Constitution Hill, L' Homme Presse and Edwardstone were all festival winners last March and will have their seasonal reappearances in front of the ITV cameras on…

ANTE-POST punting - it's a mindfield like no other. Already this season we have season 2022 Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard - who many fancied to do the double - flop in the Betfair Chase. That horror show at Haydock saw his odds go from around 3-1 for a repeat to a distant 12-1. Many thought Cheveley Park Stud's other stable star Allaho was a dead cert…

Hansard on his way to an impressive success in the 2m novice hurdle Sunday: Huntingdon Hot on the heels of Authorised Speed's impressive success at Sandown on Saturday, trainer Gary Moore unleashed another smart hurdler as Hansard made a winning debut over jumps in an intriguing 2m novice hurdle. A bumper winner for Charles Byrnes, Hansard was…

NOW the dust has settled on a wonderful Flat season, National Hunt fans are steadily coming out of hibernation and the magical C word is hot on the lips of punters across the land. For my first ante-post selection I'm keeping it extremely simple, with a horse who will be laid out for this one target all year. Trained by a master of his craft in…

A PLUS TARD can win the Betfair Chase (Registered As The Lancashire Chase) (GBB Race) (3pm) again at Haydock Park on Saturday afternoon. Henry de Bromhead's eight-year-old is the leading staying chaser around and he can take the Grade One feature on Merseyside for a second successive year. Having been second in the Cheltenham Gold Cup to…

Stars are coming out to play on Saturday afternoon and the ITV Racing cameras will be at Ascot and Haydock to see them strutting their stuff. Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard is the main attraction in Haydock's Betfair Chase, while at Ascot fellow Cheltenham Festival scorers Constitution Hill and L'Homme Presse make their seasonal comebacks. Our racing…

Shishkin and Energumene are on course for a mouth-watering rematch at Cheltenham on Wednesday with the pair among eight runners declared for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The top-class duo served up one of the races of the season in January's Clarence House Chase at Ascot when the Nicky Henderson -trained Shishkin narrowly got the better…

Commander Of Fleet: Grade 1-winning novice hurdler in 2019 makes his return at Thurles This has the makings of a trappy affair that could boil down to a Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins duel if ratings are to be taken literally. Stratum has always been a classy operator on the Flat and brings some useful hurdles form to the table. Rated 142 and…

He was beaten at 2/7 in the Royal Lodge here has time but FLYING HONOURS was completely unsuited by how that race developed. He returns to the Rowley Mile for the Zetland Stakes and has at least seven pounds in hand of his nearest rival, while he also has a Timeform'small p', indicating potential improvement. The race developed into a sprint last…

Nostrum: heads seven declarations for the Dewhurst Stakes Impressive Tattersalls Stakes winner Nostrum will bid to maintain his unbeaten record on Saturday when he lines up against six rivals in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained two-year-old was promoted to favouritism for the Newmarket contest after Sakheer was ruled out…

The whole complexion of the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch will change on Thursday morning when Aidan O'Brien opts to either declare - or not - Waterville and Wordsworth. Well, Waterville really. He produced a remarkable performance - under a remarkable Wayne Lordan ride - to win the Irish equivalent of this race last month and picks up just a four…

A pair of individuals who specialise in contrasting areas of expertise brought another incredible week for Irish trainers in Royal Ascot to a breathtaking climax on Saturday. lade Power benefited from a typically no-nonsense Wayne Lordan steer to claim a famous Diamond Jubilee triumph for Eddie Lynam, before Pique Sous excelled under a similarly…