#Coole Cody

Annsam - 1pt Win - 4/1 (William Hill) singleSelection My first selection today is Annsam in the 1:30 Kempton. This horse ran a cracker in the Coral Gold Cup considering he was hampered by the loose horse at one stage and he also jumped out to the right around Newbury which is a left-handed track. Returned to a right-handed track, I feel he can find…

Pic D'Orhy (Harry Cobden) landed the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon last month As I scan the field for the Silviniaco Conti, one question keeps coming to mind: what on earth are you doing here? That is no slight on the quality of the runners, of whom four have won at this Grade 2 level and the other two have won Grade 3s. It is more to do with…

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…

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,…

Pasvolsky: one of four last-time-out winners among the nine runners This is a good-quality contest but features a bunch of classy'nearly' horses who have flattered to deceive. Take Beakstown as an example. He has come up against smart opponents like Sam Spinner, Champ, Mister Fisher and Imperial Aura in chases and run well in their company, but how…

The entries for the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup have this week been announced, with A Plus Tard in the mix to defend his crown for Henry De Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore. Last year, Blackmore and the then seven year old were favourites going into the race and won in stunning fashion with 2021 winner Minella Indo second and Protektorat third. The duo…

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…

Kempton's Ladbrokes King George (3.00) was won by the outsider Frodon, giving trainer Paul Nicholls his 12th success in the race Bryony Frost judged her fractions to perfection as Frodon served up a 20-1 shock in the 2020 Ladbrokes King George VI Chase. The pair have had a tremendous partnership in recent seasons and hit the heights in the festive…

STOLEN SILVER still looked to have running in him when unseating at the third last in the Paddy Power Gold Cup last month and is given another chance as he still looks on a decent mark based on his Silver Trophy win here in the spring. Il Ridoto shaped well in fourth in the Paddy Power and Paul Nicholls has a good record in this race so he's an…

NOTHING would give me more pleasure than to pull Paddy's pants down by finding you the winner of today's Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase. Cheltenham's feature race, live on ITV, is the first really big clash of the new jumps season. The two-and-a-half-mile thriller encourages a mix of speed-jumping and stamina, which is why the event has…

Reigning champion Minella Indo will be hoping to make it successive Gold Cup wins toward the end of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival, but will face plenty of competition from the likes of last year's National Hunt Chase winner Galvin and previous two-time winner of this race Al Boum Photo. That all comes after four full days of racing though, with…

Cheltenham's popular New Year's Day fixture is set to continue that theme under coronavirus precautions. Around 30000 fans are expected to enjoy their first day at the races of 2022 on Friday. Racegoers will be permitted entry to the course with a vaccine pass or proof of a negative lateral flow test. The crowd, one of the biggest outside of the…

Champ is ante-post favourite for the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival 2022. Chantry House, Pied Piper and Hillcrest are other leading contenders for Saturday's racing Champ (right) is one of the favourites for the Cheltenham Festival Cheltenham Festival favourite Champ is the star on show as horses trial for the big meeting at the…

SATURDAY of the Paddy Power meeting is always a massive day with the Paddy Power Gold Cup the highlight. I only managed to win it once, but that was on Cyfor Malta in 2002, four years after he'd won it for the first time under AP McCoy. Only five horses have won it twice and he is one of them. He was a classy horse and even though I'm not sure…

BLOODSTOCK agent and ace talent spotter Tom Malone spent £5200 at the Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Summer Sale six years ago on the five-year-old Coole Cody, who had earlier won a point-to-point at Kildorrery by 20 lengths from one other finisher. He could hardly have envisaged that his cheap purchase, bred by Timmy Considine, would go on to win four…

Kapcorse: Harry Cobden sported Sir Peter O'Sullevan silks when successful in this race last year Perhaps the name most synonymous with the Coral Gold Cup undercard in recent years is dual Sir Peter O'Sullevan Memorial winner Kapcorse, and bookmakers are giving him more respect than is typically the case. The early favourite has contested three of…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Saturday's big race confident of finding the winner. Read on for his runner-by-runner guide and find his big pick below. MISTER FISHER 2 FISHER off hook. Was pulled up in this two years ago before bouncing back to win the Peterborough Chase here over two miles. He's been up and down since then thanks to his iffy jumping and was…

Many a true word is said in jest as the saying goes and I was reminded of that maxim when reading a tweet early last week that said there would be more Festival clues at Fairyhouse last Tuesday than there had been at Cheltenham the previous weekend. Given the star entries at Ascot's upcoming weekend fixture, I doubt the poster also had it in the…

Several of the principals in last month's Paddy Power Gold Cup, won by Midnight Shadow (second right), are set to clash again Saturday's big race is the newly named Racing Post Gold Cup at Cheltenham. The long-established feature has been won by some of jump racing's greats including Flyingbolt and Pendil, as well as popular performers such as…

With the weekend's Premier League schedule ravaged because of Covid-19 outbreaks at a number of clubs, the betting focus switches to an excellent card for the second day of the Christmas Racing Weekend meeting at Ascot. The feature race is the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle (2.25pm). A high-class field of eight goes to post despite the withdrawal…

Ascot's card was decimated by non-runners Racegoers at Ascot were due to see Constitution Hill, Edwardstone and L'Homme Presse, but instead missed out on seeing any of the Cheltenham Festival-winning trio - and even had to watch a walkover. Quick ground was the reason all three were declared non-runners, with the absence of Constitution Hill…

L'Homme Presse takes what connections hope will be the first step towards a Gold Cup challenge in the Chanelle Pharma 1965 Chase at Ascot. The seven-year-old, trained by Venetia Williams, was an impressive winner of the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham in March and connections believe he will continue to progress and make up into a blue riband…

The highlight of Saturday's racing is the Grade 1 Betfair Chase (1500) from Haydock, and there's plenty of other intersting races, including some Grade 2s, to get your teeth stuck into. First a quick run through of our selections, you can find more detail on each of our selections further down the page. Selections: 13:50 (Haydock) Hitman 14:05…

Its been a pretty hectic month for Paddy what with his Pick 5 giveaways and pay out on Jonbon to win the Arkle Chase at the Cheltenham Festival - but is he finished? No he's not. Because the big man is front-and-centre again at Cheltenham on Saturday as the main sponsor of the feature race, the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Woof! And a card of such…

The Paddy Power Gold Cup is the feature race on day two of Cheltenham's November Meeting. It is a premier handicap contest that takes place on the old course over a distance of 2m 4f. Fifteen runners have been declared for this renewal, including 2020 winner Coole Cody, last season's Silviniaco Conti Chase winner Mister Fisher and Cheltenham…

It's the middle afternoon of three at Cheltenham's November Meeting on Saturday and the card is headlined by the Paddy Power Gold Cup at 2.20pm. The meeting also features high-quality Grade 2 trials for the Triumph Hurdle and the Arkle alongside a Listed bumper. They race from 12.35-4.05pm in the Cotswolds and our racing expert has selections for…

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has his team in red-hot form and boasts plenty of good chances for Saturday's card at Cheltenham. Prior to Friday's action, a whopping 20 of the trainer's last 43 runners (47 per cent strike-rate) have won and the Ditcheat maestro has five runners at Cheltenham on Saturday. Monmiral, a Grade 1 winner as a juvenile and…

The November meeting at Cheltenham between Friday 11 and Sunday 13th hosts a spectacular jumps weekend. And Parimatch are offering new customers a huge £30 in free bets PLUS a £5 slot bonus!. Friday's card is a great kick-starter to the weekend races with the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle, a Grade 2 over 2m5f featuring promising hurdlers Collectors…

David Pipe seems fairly sweet on Umbrigado (left) The fingerprints of the Pipe family are all over the Paddy Power Gold Cup and there is hope Saturday's showpiece at Cheltenham (2.20) can find its way back to their Devon yard. Legendary trainer Martin Pipe won the race a record eight times before handing the licence to his son David, who struck in…

Entries have been revealed today for the £160000 Paddy Power Gold, the highlight of The November Meeting at Cheltenham (Saturday 12th November). Staged over two and a half miles, the Premier Handicap Chase was inaugurated in 1960 and is the first big race of the Jump season. Sponsor Paddy Power has three 7-1 co-favourites - French Dynamite (Mouse…

TWO FOR GOLD: Took well to these fences for a long way in the Randox Grand National before the petrol tank gradually emptied from the second Canal Turn. This is a more suitable trip and he's no forlorn hope despite top weight. LIFETIME AMBITION: Useful novice last season and chased home Capodanno in Grade One at Punchestown on final start. 151…

Friday horseracing tips feature selections from Fakenham and Uttoxeter. 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. Now aiming for a five-timer going back to April and has progressed in each race nicely to some tough opponents like Farouk De Cheneau last…

Vintage Clouds still has just the one win at Cheltenham to his name, but it would be fair to say that he thoroughly deserved his victory in the Ultima Handicap Chase at last year's Festival, a race in which he has been a standing dish in recent editions. Vintage Clouds fell two out on his first appearance in the Ultima in 2017 when still in touch…