#Pentland Hills

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…

Jury Duty: Gordon Elliott star has interesting Grand National claims One of the features of the three-day Randox Health Grand National meeting is that so many Cheltenham Festival winners return in a bid to follow up. That means there can be some value to be found with horses at bigger prices. Here are four dark horses who could give the big names…

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…

There's another £25000 up for grabs in the Paddy's Pick 5 competition at Cheltenham on Saturday, and Harry Allwood has shared his selections for the five races. It is a shame Grade One winner Monmiral has been taken out, but this still looks an intriuguing contest on paper, despite only six runners going to post. Pentland Hills and TOMMY'S…

Pentland Hills (right) competing in the 2019 International Hurdle Early-season novice chases don't get much better than this. All bar outsider Fusain were rated 140-plus over hurdles and Pentland Hills is a Grade 1 winner in that discipline. Cheltenham is a tough place to jump and only six horses have made a successful debut over fences at the…

With the Breeders' Cup in the rear view mirror, it's mostly about jumps racing for British and Irish bettors. The path inexorably leads toward Cheltenham in March, Aintree in early April, and Punchestown in late April, and there are numerous good races to follow on that path. This weekend sees Graded jumping races at Cheltenham in England and in…

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…

We have four bets for Saturday's racing at Cheltenham. It's Paddy Power Gold Cup day at Cheltenham racecourse on Saturday afternoon and four races will take place in front of the ITV racing cameras with the feature contest going off at 14:20. Our in-house tipster Steve Chambers previews the four live races and picks out his best bet for each race…

This assignment - in the penultimate Lee Thomas Christy Handicap over a mile and six furlongs - is certainly a world away from his previous run, when ninth behind Epatante in the 2020 Unibet Champion Hurdle, and he was a strongly-fancied favourite off an official mark of 69. Nicky Henderson's charge was certainly made to work, however, and it took…

Cheltenham Festival winner Pentland Hills returns from a lengthy lay-off at Haydock this afternoon. The 2019 Triumph Hurdle hero has not been seen on track since flopping in the following year's Champion Hurdle, with injury problems plaguing his career. But 927 days after his last appearance, Pentland Hills has been declared for the Class 5 Lee…