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Shark Hanlon has never been one to shy away from the big occasion and believes it will take a "fair one" to beat bet365 Gold Cup winner Hewick in next week's Galway Plate. The trainer is readying the seven-year-old for a tilt at the €270000 contest on Wednesday, July 27 (6.40) on his first start over fences since a dominant display on the final day…

Timeform provide a tip for each of the eight meetings due to take place in Britain and Ireland on New Year's Day. Weveallbeencaught - 12:10 Cheltenham Having been pitched in deep on hurdles debut at this venue, Weveallbeencaught emerged with a lot of credit when third in the Hyde Novices' Hurdle in November and sure to progress, he looks the way to…

Mortlach is 4-10 over fences but much more exposed than most of these and appears to have had limitations exposed lately. Beauport looked a smart recruit when beating experienced opposition at Carlisle but then failed to land the odds at Haydock. Thunder Rock is 2-2 over fences, however, but is elevated from handicap company along with Harper's…

Thyme Hill is fancied to finally land a big Cheltenham win in the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle. Philip Hobbs' runner, 5-1 with bookies Betfred, has past champions to see off in Thursday's feature. Over 60000 people will be at the track on St Patrick's Day, all hoping to find some winners. Unlike 2021, when Ireland dominated, the British runners are…

Mighty Potter ridden by Jack Kennedy jumping the last to win at Down Royal This is a Drinmore drenched in quality. Only Gaillard Du Mesnil is a maiden over fences but that doesn't do him justice as the choice of Paul Townend was third to L'Homme Presse in the Brown Advisory and filled the same position in the Irish Grand National at this venue last…

Subsequent Gold Cup hero Don Cossack (2013), Delta Work (2018) and Envoi Allen (2020) are among the Cullentra handler's previous winners of the Grade One contest and this year he saddles two Grade One-winning hurdlers who are one from one over fences. Three Stripe Life, whose top-level success was achieved at Aintree in the spring, made a smart…

Honeysuckle: heads a quality field as she bids for a fourth consecutive Hatton's Grace Hurdle Honeysuckle will face seven opponents when she bids to eclipse Limestone Lad, Apple's Jade and Solerina to become the first four-time winner of the Bar One Racing Hatton's Grace Hurdle (2.30) at Fairyhouse on Sunday. Henry de Bromhead's star mare will make…

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…

Following on from a fantastic afternoon at Haydock and Ascot on Saturday, ITV viewers have seven more live races to enjoy on Sunday. The bulk of the action comes from Punchestown, where the Morgiana Hurdle headlines the action. We'll also head to Exeter for a trio of decent handicaps. Clearly, this is not the highest-quality renewal of the Florida…

Minella Crooner: makes his chasing debut at Punchestown on Sunday Weather watching was the overarching theme of Saturday's high-profile action at Ascot, and more of the same is likely when it comes to the participation of exciting novice Thedevilscoachman in this Grade 2. Noel Meade has indicated last season's Boyne Hurdle winner is unlikely to run…

Willie Mullins takes this Morgiana Hurdle business seriously. We know that he does, because he has won it 11 times in total, and 10 times since 2011. His one lapse in the last 11 years was in 2020, when Abacadabras beat Saint Roi by a neck. If you had to nominate a point in the season, a weekend in the season, at which the Willie Mullins wheel…

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…

Finished second in the Galway Plate last year, just a length behind his stable companion Royal Rendezvous. He is 3lb higher now than he was then, but he is a classy chaser, he is four for four this season, and he warmed up for this nicely with an impressive victory at Tramore last time. We haven't seen him since he finished third behind Blue Lord…

The Galway Plate (18:40) on Wednesday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Wednesday evening's Galway Plate (18:40), a handicap chase over an extended two and three quarter miles, is the big race of the whole week at Galway, with a fiercely competitive edition in prospect.…

The presence of Bob Olinger and Galopin Des Champs has produced some Cheltenham Festival history as Thursday's four-runner Turners Novices' Chase (1.30) will be the first all-Irish race at the meeting. It is the smallest field at jump racing's showpiece event in almost 30 years and the race's lowest field since introduced in 2011. There were 16…

While the eyes of British fans will be fixed on Glorious Goodwood next week, Irish eyes look towards Galway, as their popular summer Festival gets underway on Monday. The feature race during this seven-day meeting is the Galway Plate, a handicap chase that has been won by legends like Tipperary Boy and Derrinstown during its 150-year history. We've…

Bet365 Gold Cup and Galway Plate hero Hewick goes in search of another huge prize in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel. The seven-year-old has enjoyed a fantastic year for trainer Shark Hanlon, with his victory on the final day of the British season at Sandown followed by an even more lucrative success at Ballybrit in July. An 8lb hike for…

SUN Racing hops over to Ireland for a close look at the Guinness Kerry Grand National at Listowel on Wednesday. The betting bonanza takes place over three miles and will be run at 4.20pm. Here, we go through all the runners and riders with a verdict on each - and reveal our tip at the bottom. Hewick Jockey: Reserve Cost just €850, won Galway Plate,…

There are six race meetings across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, with perhaps the pick of the bunch being the jumps card at Listowel (2.00-5.30), which hosts the Kerry National. The first action is from the day's other National Hunt card at Perth (1.00-4.30), while they race on the Flat at Redcar (1.43-5.38), Goodwood (1.50-5.20), Kempton…

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Lord Lariat: Irish Grand National winner set to contest the Guinness Kerry National next week The stablemates who caused massive shocks in the last two Irish Grand Nationals are set to take each other on in next week's Guinness Kerry National (4.20 Wednesday) after trainer Dermot McLoughlin confirmed both Lord Lariat and Freewheelin Dylan are on…