#Tallow For Coal

Paisley Park is absolutely flying at the moment and he was brilliant in his win at Kempton, where I thought he might struggle. The Stayers' looks wide-open, and he's an interesting player at a double-figure price, despite his advancing years. I think that the strength of the Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown was questionable. Home By The Lee, of…

Newbury's Mandarin Chase has unearthed some real talent among staying chasers down the years Considering it has not been part of the Pattern since 1989, the Mandarin holds a strong roll of honour. Its first winner after demotion was Party Politics, with Jodami a couple of years down the line. Over the last 15 years or so it has become one of the…

Newbury's Challow Novices' Hurdle (1500) is the highlight of Saturday's racing, but I'm sure we'll find some other winners to get those champagne corks popping later on in the evening. First let's have a quick list of Saturday's selections, you can find more detail on our highlighted horses further down the page. Happy New Year and the best of luck…

A few of these are struggling for form including Casa Tall, Courtland, Not Available and Mongol Emperor but Only Money won twice in the autumn and has placed in both starts since. GALLIC GEORDIE was closing on the leaders when slipping and falling two out at Lingfield 10 days ago and is handicapped to close in this, though Gamaret is a fascinating…

We end 2022 with some competitive National Hunt racing on the ITV screens from Newbury, Warwick and Lingfield and we focus on the Jumps action in our final tipping column for the year and pick out our best bets from Newbury and Warwick... Sam Drinkwater's Gallic Geordie was a winner of this race 12 months ago and will look to retain the crown on…

Gary Nutting is backing Venetia Williams to end her dry spell in the race of the day at Lingfield as the rain comes. Lingfield Park is the only UK track to host three different disciplines (all-weather, turf Flat and jumps) and Sky Sports Racing cameras are back there on Tuesday. Highlight of the seven-race jumps card is the Thorley Taverns…