#Noble Yeats

Andy Stephens identifies an 8-1 chance heading for the £75000 Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock on Saturday and has another quartet to monitor. Watch how they all fare on Racing TV 1.30 Haydock: Sky Bet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle Horse: Rare Edition Odds: a general 13-8 Rare Edition's owners seem resigned to their horses costing them…

Energumene: is entered into the Clarence House at Ascot on Saturday The week kicks off with two seven-race cards at Fontwell and Hereford. At the former, the Chris Gordon-trained Coolvalla is attempting to complete a four-timer in the £20000 3m2f handicap chase (2.30). Three runners go to post in Hereford's feature race, the 3m1f novice handicap…

7 February 2022 By Roger Kennedy [email protected] Starting on Tuesday, 15 March and continuing till Friday, 18 March, the Cheltenham Festival is almost upon us. If you want to get your ante post bets in, now is likely the best time to start picking your horses for each race. Of course, you will need some information on the favourites to win major…

Willie Mullins' raider was just under three lengths adrift of the winner at the line, but having been ridden with patience in the early salvos, was rattling home at a fair pace under the Irishman, keeping on and reducing the deficit with every stride. Mr Incredible is owned by Paul Byrne, who was the owner of last year's Grand National winner Noble…

Iwilldoit clears the last on the way to victory in the Classic Chase at Warwick Sam Thomas made an early move for training performance of the year when readying stamina-packed stayer Iwilldoit for Classic Chase success on his first start since striking in the 2021 Welsh Grand National. A two-and-three-quarter-length defeat of Ireland's sole runner…

Grand National winner Noble Yeats is heading to Lingfield next weekend before taking aim at the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. Emmet Mullins is committed to attempting an audacious spring double in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup and Randox Grand National with last year's Aintree hero Noble Yeats. The trainer drew comparisons between the…

The 2023 Grand National is just over three months away and there have already been plenty of form pointers for the big race. Last year's winner Noble Yeats is the favourite in the latest Grand National odds after winning two of his three outings this season. However, with the handicapper likely to saddle the eight-year-old with a big weight, he may…

In his last ever race, Sam Waley-Cohen won the 2022 Grand National in stunning fashion after being placed at 50/1 to win. The retiring amateur jockey defied the odds riding Noble Yeats across the line at Aintree. After announcing his retirement from racing on Thursday, the 39-year-old has ended his career in perfect fashion. Any Second Now, the…

1pt win Stattler in Cheltenham Gold Cup at 14/1 (General) I unashamedly find it quite hard to take the plunge when it comes to antepost bets on the Cheltenham Festival. If you believe what you read elsewhere then the real value is only on offer around September/October time the previous year and there is, of course, a modicum of truth in…

By Andrew Asquith, Friday 06 January 2023 Posted in: Cheltenham Festival Tips Andrew Asquith looks ahead to the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup and picks out his best ante-post bet. A quick glance at the ante-post betting market for the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup shows what a cracking renewal this year's race could be with the first seven or eight in the…

A THOROUGHBRED racehorse who drinks Guinness and rocks up at his local is being backed to win the most prestigious jumps race of all. Superstar Hewick has what it takes to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, according to trainer John'Shark' Hanlon. Hewick, an eight-year-old gelding, was bought for just £750 in October 2017. Since then he has gone on to…

BETFAIR CHASE winner Protektorat has been ruled out of the King George - but their is a new favourite for the big race. The bookies have reported an avalanche of cash for L'Homme Presse who has now leapfrogged Bravemansgame at the top of the betting. Venetia Williams' top-class seven-year-old is 7-4 (from 2-1) with Coral, while Paul Nicholls'…

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…

Hot favourite Galopin Des Champs headed another bumper entry from Ireland for the Boodles Cheltenham Cup on Tuesday. He is a best-priced 7-4 for the festival highlight on March 17, having won all his four completed chases. The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old was among 13 entries from Ireland in a potential field of 27, for a race that country…

There are thousands of races in Britain and Ireland each year but it is not always the ones you might expect that prove most popular when it comes to watching the action back. This year's top five most-watched replays on racingpost.com include jump and Flat races, with everything from the Derby to the Irish Arkle covered. With the season's leading…

Last year's equivalent piece saw Ben Linfoot highlight the claims of 33/1 shot Tuesday in the Oaks, who duly obliged at odds of 13/2 at Epsom. That was just one of a number of antepost winners throughout the year, with Matt Brocklebank selecting Desert Crown at 25/1 for the Derby, and tennis expert Andy Schooler picking out Canada for the Davis Cup…

Saturday sees the 174th running of the Grand National at Aintree. The Charlie Longsdon-trained Snow Leopardess heads the betting but here we run through the entire field, in order of allotted weight. 1) MINELLA TIMES (Henry de Bromhead) Rating (out of 10) 6, weight 11st 10lbs Created history for Rachael Blackmore last year but he has only run twice…

Rachael Blackmore will be hoping to write another chapter in her incredible racing career as she gears up for this year's Grand National. The 32-year-old made history last year, becoming the first female to win the world's most notorious steeplechase with Minella Times and the duo are back this year to retain their crown. Fresh from her Cheltenham…

One of last season's leading novices, the seven-year-old failed to fire when favourite for the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby on his reappearance, but improved to take third behind Grand National hero Noble Yeats in the Many Clouds Chase at Aintree earlier this month. Ahoy Senor has the option of reverting to handicap company in Wetherby's Rowland…

The Randox Grand National is underway and racegoers have returned to the world's greatest steeplechase for the first time in three years. Punters have not been at Aintree to cheer on the Grand National runners since 2019, after the race meet was cancelled in 2020 and held behind closed doors last year. They braved rain and chilly temperatures on…

The weights for the 2022 Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse have risen by 5lbs after the top three in the handicap - Galvin, Conflated and Melon - were taken out at the latest scratchings' stage. There are now 78 entries remaining, with Henry De Bromhead's Chris's Dream now topping the weights at 11st10lb, for the Aintree showpiece on…

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Frost and snow has hit hard in Britain and Ireland but over the festive period ITV are planning on covering action from 14 race meetings, featuring 41 races in total, across six joyous days of high-octane racing. From Boxing Day right through to New Year's Day, the Christmas jumpers are out in force and here we highlight the full schedule including…

Well two for Paul Nicholls and with neither Nicky Henderson or the Ditcheat maestro having runners in the feature - he looks firm favourite to take a 13th Trainers' Championship. We had a winner for Ireland - one for Scotland - and one for Wales... Make sure you join Andy Jones and myself for all of the action tomorrow from 10am. The feature race…

A BIG change to Boxing Day's King George race at Kempton has been officially confirmed by ITV. The festive showpiece is the feature race of Kempton's two-day card over the Christmas period. But punters will have to keep an eye on the time this year as the race will be run earlier than usual. In a bid to avoid a clash with the packed Boxing Day…

Robert Waley-Cohen (left): leading owner is adamant Noble Yeats is a Gold Cup contender Robert Waley-Cohen is adamant Noble Yeats is not your average Grand National winner and believes he has a bonafide Gold Cup contender on his hands after Saturday's brilliant win. The Emmet Mullins-trained seven-year-old was cut to a general 10-1 for the Gold…

Blackmore heads to Aintree on a high after winning last week's Cheltenham Gold Cup on A Plus Tard. Trainer Henry de Bromhead plans to run 2021 big race hero Minella Times Jockey Rachael Blackmore made history on Minella Times in the 2021 Grand National at Aintree Rachael Blackmore was the toast of Aintree when she became the first female jockey to…

Grand National hero Noble Yeats made a spectacular return to Aintree in claiming the Boylesports Many Clouds Chase. Emmet Mullins' Irish raider was a 50-1 outsider in April when he provided amateur Sam Waley-Cohen with a fairytale farewell to the saddle and also became the first seven-year-old since Bogskar in 1940 to win the world's most famous…

Edwardstone: last year's Henry VIII Novices' Chase winner returns to Sandown on Saturday in the Tingle Creek Chase The big races come thick and fast in the run-up to Christmas and the best of Saturday's action comes from Aintree and Sandown. Here we look at three of those races and what the results of the last ten years can tell us about what might…

Connections of Ahoy Senor are hopeful last season's top novice chaser will bounce back in the Boylesports Many Clouds Chase at Aintree on Saturday. He returns to the scene of his Grade One Mildmay Novices' Chase success on the back of a disappointing reappearance, when last of five to Bravemansgame in the Charlie Hall at Wetherby in…

Cheltenham Festival-winning mare Love Envoi makes her seasonal reappearance at Sandown on a huge day for her trainer Harry Fry. The Mares' Novice Hurdle winner tackles handicap company for the first time off a mark of 139 in the Betfair Daily Rewards Handicap Hurdle (2.20). The six-year-old won a Grade 2 on her only previous trip to the Esher track…

If the bookmakers are correct, Paul Nicholls has an outstanding chance of claiming a 13th King George VI at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. 13 horses have been declared for the second most prestigious chase in the British Isles. In stature, it is surpassed only by the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The reigning champion trainer is responsible for four of the…

The Grand National Festival ends with the world-famous steeplechase today. The three-day race meeting at Aintree began on Thursday, continued on Friday with Ladies Day and will culminate for another year today. Come 5.15 pm on Saturday there will be 70000 on the racecourse for the Grand National and 500 million people watching the racing across the…

Get ready to place your bets and cheer your horses home - the 2022 Cheltenham Festival is here. Fans return to the four-day meeting after missing out last year, with sales hitting record levels. Over 60000 people will watch the thrilling sporting action from the grandstands during the week. The feature Gold Cup, sponsored by Boodles, is wide open…

THE Cheltenham Festival ante post markets have been in full swing since March. Shrewd punters have been busy plotting and predicting how this year's races will finish. Irish trainers dominated last year and with the likes of Willie Mullins and Henry de Bromhead having such strong yards, it's no surprise many of their superstars lead the way…

The 2022 Grand National will take place this weekend at Merseyside's renowned Aintree Racecourse. Known as the most famous horse racing event of the year, the anticipated occasion will see a stacked field of horses and jockeys take part in the 174th edition of the main race. Both trainers and owners will be looking to make history on the track, but…

The gelded son of Yeats provided Mullins with the biggest success of his training career back in April when defying his 50/1 price tag to give amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen a fairytale send-off on his last ever ride. Noble Yeats has had mixed fortunes in his two starts since that red letter day on Merseyside almost eight months ago, pulling up in…

2022-11-29King George VI path clears for Bravemansgame as Galopin Des Champs withdraws The Willie Mullins-trained Galopin Des Champs, an unlucky last-fence faller at the Cheltenham Festival back in March, had been the subject of support earlier in the month, despite his trainer stating it was an unlikely option for his charge. Galopin Des Champs,…

A week on from Constitution Hill's dazzling display in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle, it is the chasers who are booked for top billing in Britain on Saturday. Here are five who could light up what promises to be a compelling afternoon. 1.30 Aintree: Boylesports Many Clouds Chase. Odds: a general 5-2 One of last season's top staying novice chasers, he…

The six-year-old arrived at Hanlon's yard in Bagenalstown, County Carlow this week, having been purchased for American owners. The former Irish Cesarewitch winner has been bought out of Emmet Mullins' yard with the aim of landing the Aintree spectacular exactly 100 years after new connections' great-grandfather, American businessman and…

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…

Longhouse Poet (near side): last season's Thyestes winner bids to make a winning return at Punchestown Could we be set for clues towards solving the annual Pertemps Final conundrum in the first Irish qualifier of the season? All eyes will be on who can finish in the first four with a view to March, and Gordon Elliott supplied the 1-2-5-6 in last…

The Grand National isn't the most prestigious horse race in the world for nothing. It's an incredibly challenging course, featuring 30 jumps (16 fences, with 14 of those being jumped twice) on the four-mile and two and a half furlong race. But, while safety improvements have been made in recent years, the Grand National remains a challenging task…

Noble Yeats: a 50-1 winner of the Grand National in April Auteuil in mid-October is not renowned as being the sequel to a blockbuster Grand National success, but Emmet Mullins has never been one to stick to scripts so Noble Yeats warms up for a crack at Newbury's Coral Gold Cup next month in the Prix Heros XII (2.50). The Grade 3 chase, over 2m6f,…

Bookmakers seem to run for cover whenever Emmet Mullins and Paul Byrne combine for a top handicap in Britain and the layers are taking no chances with Thousand Tears in the Greatwood. Byrne had a 35 per cent strike-rate over jumps in Britain in the last five seasons before the start of racing on Saturday and Thousand Tears shares a similar profile…

Yesterday Discorama, Solwara One and Elle Est Belle died on the Aintree course, home to the world's most famous steeplechase, which was won by amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen on board 66-1 outsider Noble Yeats. The tragedies have brought the rising death toll from the meeting into renewed focus, with the RSPCA calling for "urgent steps" to be taken…

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…