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Geronimo looks a good shout to win the Coral Scottish Grand National (3.35pm) at Ayr on Saturday afternoon. After last week's historic events with Tiger Roll's second victory in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, Ayr hosts another of the spring's long-distance handicaps. It looks as competitive as last week's action at Aintree,…

Trainer Willie Mullins' nine-year-old returned to action with a win on New Year's Day at Tramore. He is one of 17 Irish entries for the Festival feature Dual winner Al Boum Photo heads 41 entries for this year's Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. Willie Mullins' chaser could join Best Mate, Arkle and Cottage Rake as the fourth horse to record a hat-trick…

METIER (3:15) can prevail in another magnificent renewal of the bet365 Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso. Harry Fry's horse looked a potential superstar when bolting up in last year's Tolworth at Sandown. The gelding's reputation then took a massive hit when he flopped in the Supreme at Cheltenham. No better on his return at Sandown, he showed signs of a…

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…

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…

Let's start with some detail on our top tips for Sunday's action, you can find a full list of selections for every race across all the tracks at the bottom of the page. Don't forget to check out the racecards, results and live odds in the Planet Sport racing live centre. Lady Adare can defy a lengthy absence and return with a victory in the Stables…

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…

Stuart Coltherd (left): successful with Wheelbahri Thursday: Kelso Wheelbahri rounded off the year in style as he kept a determined southern raider at bay to notch his sixth success of 2022. The eight-year-old, trained by Stuart Coltherd, followed up last month's course success with a gutsy front-running display to hold off the favourite Jetoile by…

Racing tips for Thursday come from Kelso and Doncaster with the Christmas Festival continuing at Leopardstown. 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. There were a couple of surprises at Leopardstown on Wednesday's meetings but there might not be in the…

Jungle Prose has thrived since joining Gordon Elliott and has shown marked improvement to rack up a four-timer. She was unable to justify good support on her first start for the yard at Gowran Park in September, but she offered some encouragement and, with cheekpieces added, built on that promise to register a decisive success in a mares' handicap…

CHRISTIAN Williams has already won his "home" Grand National in Wales and I'm backing the young Bridgend handler to add the Scottish version to his c.v with KITTY'S LIGHT in Ayr's big race at 3.35. The former Paul Nicholls jockey saddled Potters Corner to win at Chepstow in 2019 and Kitty's Light has been campaigned at the highest chasing level…

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 Scottish Grand National is back again this weekend and, coming a week ahead of the Aintree Grand National this year, it is sure to be a belter. Ayr racecourse's showpiece event is the major staying chase of the Scottish racing season and was won last year by Mighty Thunder who is trained at Lucinda Russells' Kinross base. The home contingent…

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…

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…

As you might expect of a mare whose 16-race unbeaten record includes 12 Grade 1s, Honeysuckle has achieved much more on the form book than her Hatton's Grace rivals (14:30 Fairyhouse) and is at least 11 lb clear on Timeform's weight-adjusted ratings. Equally predictable, however, is the fact she's a long-odds on favourite. For those looking for one…

Dusart: heads the betting for this novice handicap chase This card features the Grade 2 Future Champions Novices' Chase but the highest-rated novice running at Ayr tackles this handicap instead. The 147-rated Dusart has long had a big reputation at Seven Barrows and rightly so. Simonsig's half-brother was sent off the 5-2 joint-favourite for 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…

The most anticipated meeting in the entire racing calendar, Aintree's 21 races over three days attract hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide and picking a horse out for the main event has become a tradition for many. The Grand National, first held in 1839 and won by Lottery, remains the headline race but the spring festival is packed full of…

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…

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…

Salvino: produced a nice performance when winning at Kelso this month on his second start in a handicap The form of the Coral Gold Cup is expected to work out tremendously as the season unfolds and this handicap hurdle might pay the first compliment to Saturday's running of Newbury's premier jumps prize through Johnson's Blue. David Pipe-trained…

There is just a trio of meetings to take in on Monday in the UK, with National Hunt offerings holding sway. They race at Kempton (12.10-3.25), Ludlow (1.05-3.45) and Musselburgh (12.50-3.35), with 19 races across the tracks on a low-key start to the final full week of November. Monday's nap is going for a quick chasing double as he heads for Ludlow…

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…