#Maiden Hurdles

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…

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…

15:00 Taunton - Forever William 15:20 Ayr - Hashtag Lord 15:35 Taunton - Tintern Abbey 17:30 Wolverhampton - Jupiter Express *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…

12:30 - Tramore - Indulging 13:50 - Catterick - Git Maker 14:55 - Fakenham - Irish Hill 15:15 - Exeter - Ambion Hill *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 inside scoop…

Mr Jack and Niall Houlihan on the way to an emotional victory at Plumpton on Monday Mr Jack's victory in the concluding 2m handicap hurdle provided a poignant success for Andy Irvine, partner of trainer Zoe Davison who died earlier this month after a long battle with cancer. Davison's death on January 3 was preceded by a double for the yard on the…

Tony Martin is one of the shrewdest operators in Ireland and his Brookie remains on a good mark for the novice handicap hurdle at Leopardstown. Off the mark last time in a race he got in as a reserve, Brookie really caught the eye the time before at Tipperary off a mark just 1lb lower than he runs off here, flying home after his rider seemed keen…

Almost Gotaway (5.15, NAP) looks well treated for his debut in the sphere as he faces 10 rivals for the Follow Vickers.Bet On Handicap Hurdle at Ffos Las on Sunday. Nicky Martin's son of Getaway showed ability on his sole outing in a Newton Abbot bumper last year. Moving into maiden hurdles this year, he was a decent third at Exeter and then an…

As British fans eagerly await the start of King George day at Kempton Park, Irish eyes will be fixed on Leopardstown, as their popular Christmas Festival gets underway on Boxing Day. One Grade One race will be run at Leopardstown on Monday, along with a Grade Two, a couple of big handicaps, two maiden hurdles and a classy bumper. Here are our free…

Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott have won the last eight runnings of the Royal Bond between them. Incidentally, the last trainer other than them to get in on the act was Philip Fenton in 2013 with The Tullow Tank, owned by none other than Barry Connell. Nine years later and Connell is trying to win the race as a trainer with the unbeaten and…