#Michael Scudamore

MAJOR DUNDEE (3.35) can charge to victory for Alan King in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr. The Lanarkshire-born handler loves to target this race and the seven-year-old fits the bill perfectly. The gelding hammered the useful The Golden Rebel on his fencing bow over 2m 5f at Fakenham. The son of Scorpion then relished tackling three miles when…

The crowds are about to descend on Aintree - the Grand National is finally upon us. Bookies will hold their collective breaths at 4.15pm, hoping for one of the outsiders to storm to the front and be first past the post. All of the best jockeys have a horse. The departing AP McCoy is on the favourite, Shutthefrontdoor, while Ruby Walsh will be…

Ivor Herbert, a Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer and one of racing's most distinguished writers, has died at the age of 96. A remarkably versatile man, he trained Linwell to win the Gold Cup in 1957 and then wrote a succession of definitive books about the sport's most famous figures including Arkle, Red Rum and Vincent O'Brien. He collaborated…

Attached stable: Ben Pauling First ride: 2017 First winner: Hoke Colburn, Ludlow (October 2018) Total winners: 70 Best horse ridden: Top Notch Luca Morgan is currently four clear of his closest pursuer in the conditional jockeys' championship having ridden 27 winners in Britain this season. Morgan has really seized the initiative in recent days…

2m4f (2m4f19y) Eileen Peacock Memorial Handicap Chase (Go North Monet's Garden Series Qualifier) (Class 4) (4yo+ 0-120) 1pt Win - Fix It All - 9/2 (General) singleSelection My first selection of the day is Fix It All in the 12:30 Newcastle. Fix It All was a three time winner over in France and came to the UK with a mark of 124. He didn't shine last…

2m1f (2m209y) Boylesports Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Hurdle (Novices' Championship Hurdle Series Qual') (GBB) (Class 3) (4yo+) Pleasant Man - 0.5pt Each Way - 6/1 (General) singleSelection This horse was chucked in the Grade 2 Adonis on debut, which suggests to me that Nicholl's thinks a lot of him. He bled that day, so the run can be…

First Flow: makes his seasonal reappearance for Kim Bailey First Flow bids for back-to-back successes in the Grade 2 Fitzdares Peterborough Chase on his first start since chasing home superstars Energumene and Shishkin in the Clarence House at Ascot in January. The ten-year-old bounced back from defeats in the Queen Mother Champion Chase and…

One of the biggest race meeting in the British sporting calendar is returning to Ayr Racecourse this weekend. Action at the Scottish Grand National in 2012 Last year local hero Mighty Th under, trained by Kinross-based Lucinda Russell, was first over the line in the Scottish Grand National - the first home-grown winner in a decade. It completed an…

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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…

It's finally here… the eagerly awaited jumps season! We have plenty of fantastic racing to get stuck into between now and Christmas and then it is full steam ahead towards those Spring Festivals that we all love. To kick us off, we have the two-day Jumps Season Opener at Chepstow and here are my selections for the first day. Let's hope we can get…