#Richard Newland

From Hurricane Fly's fourth consecutive Irish Champion Hurdle victory to The New One brushing aside the opposition in Cheltenham's International Hurdle, it has been an exciting year of racing. As 2014 nears its conclusion racing correspondent Marcus Townend reviews the past 12 months of racing, and picks his best race of each month. JANUARY Paul…

Our racing tips for Friday feature selections from the cards at Haydock and Taunton. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips on some of the biggest meetings in the UK. Those who have finished just behind Gelino Bello recently have come to win after, with the Paul Nicholls-trained horse going on to…

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…

The memories of Cheltenham Festival are fading and it's all systems go for the Grand National at Aintree. The Scottish National takes place at Ayr before that and we'll be building up to next month's action every day. Market Rasen's feature at 3:20 saw One True King hold off the persistent threat of Royal Pretender as the pair gave us a finish…

He was on track for victory in the world's most famous steeplechase. Across The Bay was leading the field in the 167th Grand National yesterday with two miles to go. But then calamity struck. Spectators gasped as the ten-year-old gelding was knocked off course by a stray runner. Leighton Aspell celebrates on Pineau De Re after winning the 2014…

FAKIR D'OUDAIRES can land a big prize for Ireland in the Grade 1 Marsh Chase. Joseph O'Brien's chaser is as tough as they come and bounded clear by 11 lengths in this race 12 months ago. Returning in his usual consistent manner, JP McManus' seven-year-old recorded a 15-length score at Grade 2 level in November. There was no disgrace in finding…

Gold Cup third Protektorat meets the last two winners of the Betway Bowl on day one of the Grand National meeting. Dan Skelton's chaser, the best of the British runners in the Cheltenham Festival feature, is up against Clan Des Obeaux and Kemboy. The pair have flourished in the Grade 1 Aintree contest, run over conventional fences at a distance of…

It's the first day of the November Meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse, Countryside Day. The card, on ITV Racing, features the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (2.55) Class act My Drogo faces two opponents as he bids to race into contention for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival. Dan Skelton's Grade 1-winning novice hurdler is up against Gin On Lime and…

The 36-year-old, who trains in partnership with Josh Guerriero, spent much of his youth growing up at the world famous track with his father Lord Daresbury, Chairman of the Merseyside venue between 1989 and 2014. Having watched some of the modern day greats grace the track during his childhood Greenall now hopes he can celebrate a winner over the…

At The Races expert Alan Thomson gives his thoughts and a big-race verdict on the Race of the Day at Ascot, an ultra-competitive handicap hurdle. The Sky Sports Racing cameras focus on Ascot's Friday slot and nine runners go to post for the Class 2 Garden For All Seasons Handicap Hurdle (3.15) over two miles. Fancied Herbiers has been declared a…

Henry Daly reiterated that the exciting Hillc rest (Evens Favourite) is the best horse he has ever trained, after he picked up a fourth victory over hurdles with a facile victory in the Grade Two Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle (3m ½f) at Haydock Park this afternoon. That victory means that the seven year old has now won on each of his…

Three more meetings are scheduled across Britain on Tuesday as another Flat-racing venue comes out of hibernation. Pontefract (1.00-4.25) makes a seasonal return and is joined by jumps racing from Southwell (1.40-5.05) and Exeter (1.50-5.20). Tuesday's nap bids to ensure John and Thady Gosden bag the feature prize at Pontefract on day one of the…

The Randox Grand National takes centre stage on the third and final day of the Aintree Festival - and what a race we have in store. The world's greatest steeplechase is woven into the fabric of the sporting year - an occasion when once-a-year punters get to pit their wits against the bookies, while more dedicated racing fans will look at the race…

Grey Diamond (left): bids for more glory at Cheltenham on Friday Punters are well advised to keep Sam Thomas-trained runners on their side for any major handicap over the jumps and the stats reinforce that assertion. The trainer has won with seven of his 19 runners in handicaps worth £40000 or more since October 2021 for an impressive 37 per cent…

The 13:45 at Cheltenham on Friday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. The most valuable handicap on the first day of Cheltenham's November Meeting is the Mucking Brilliant Paddy Power Handicap Chase (13:45) featuring a field of nine over two miles. Several of these hold…

David Pipe seems fairly sweet on Umbrigado (left) The fingerprints of the Pipe family are all over the Paddy Power Gold Cup and there is hope Saturday's showpiece at Cheltenham (2.20) can find its way back to their Devon yard. Legendary trainer Martin Pipe won the race a record eight times before handing the licence to his son David, who struck in…

Monday horse racing tips feature selections from a reduced card, with the jumps at Kempton still remaining. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips across all the racing from the UK. Can make all returning to fences 7lb lower than last attempt last year at Chepstow. Had a pretty good record over…

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…

Friday horseracing tips feature selections from Fakenham and Uttoxeter. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips across all the racing from the UK & Ireland. Now aiming for a five-timer going back to April and has progressed in each race nicely to some tough opponents like Farouk De Cheneau last…

Paul Nicholls, who won a 13th British trainers' title in the spring, has been relatively quiet in the early stages of the season but has made a solid start with his select summer squad. Looking at the data since 1st of May (so as not to include the 2022 Punchestown Festival in the tally), Nicholls has sent out only 68 runners in the jumps sphere -…