#Thyme White

Colin Tizzard can sign off in style with a win for Eldorado Allen in the Betway Bowl (2.55). The top trainer is soon to hand over the reins to his son Joe and the grey has a fine chance of victory at Aintree. He stayed on determinedly behind star chaser Allaho in Cheltenham's Ryanair Chase last month and is in an upward curve. Earlier, Pied Piper…

The final preparations are in full swing for the Cheltenham Festival 2020 which runs from March 10th to 13th. Hopes are rising that the coronavirus outbreak will not force a late postponement for the best four days of National Hunt racing anywhere in the world. Trainer Paul Nicholls has not been the leading trainer at the meeting since 2009 and is…

Eight days later than advertised, Newbury's Betfair Hurdle will take place on Sunday afternoon, giving racing fans a nice boost after the original card was lost to freezing temperatures last Saturday. The Betfair Hurdle (3.35pm) is the feature race on "Super Sunday" at Newbury and has attracted a top-class field of 24 runners. Our tipster has a…

Coronavirus fears have not dampened spirits when it comes to Cheltenham Festival and as Day Two gets underway it is all about the outfits as much as the action on the course. It is Ladies' Day in Cheltenham and the racecourse will match the catwalks when it comes to fashion, from tweed to feathers and everything in between. On the course all eyes…

CHELTENHAM GOT off to a flyer yesterday on the opening day and day two promises to produce more of the same. Today punters and racing fans will get to see Sir Gerhard in the The Ballymore Novices Hurdle and Tiger Roll in the Glenfarclas Chase along with many other horses. Paul Nicholls has trained 3000 winners, won the 2012 Grand National, four…

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…

Shishkin bids to give favourite backers the edge on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. The Champion Chase (3.30) favourite has starred for trainer Nicky Henderson, winning twice previously at the meeting. He lines up in the feature with one success for his name over key market rival Energumene. Stablemate Chacun Pour Soi and Nube Negra are others…

The Cheltenham handicaps can be tricky to solve, with some horses starting at huge odds in the betting. Here is a selection to consider, plus contenders for the Mares' Hurdle and Albert Bartlett Action from the 2021 Cheltenham Festival Preparations are almost complete and anticipation is building for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival. Around 250000…

Britain surged into an early advantage on day one but the Irish pinned them back late, with the host nation ahead 4-3 going into day two. The Cheltenham action moves on and Wednesday's feature race is the Queen Mother Champion Chase at 3.30pm where unbeaten chaser Shishkin will attempt to continue what has been a superb start to the meeting for…

Road Warrior is Newsboy's nap selection at Carlisle on Sunday among a host of tips from a busy day of racing with action also taking place at Doncaster and Ascot REBECCA Menzies can keep her stellar season moving forward on Sunday with victory in the Go North Monet's Garden Series Final Handicap Chase at Carlisle. ROAD WARRIOR (3.36, nap) has been…

Saturday's horse racing this weekend is stack with top class racing coming from Haydock and Ascot. Enter RacingGav ready to provide you with the best bets available. Today RacingGav has a big 5pt tip for one horse and 16pts overall for the meetings at Haydock and Ascot. If you like any of these tips, when add them to your betslip by clicking on the…

L'Homme Presse takes what connections hope will be the first step towards a Gold Cup challenge in the Chanelle Pharma 1965 Chase at Ascot. The seven-year-old, trained by Venetia Williams, was an impressive winner of the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham in March and connections believe he will continue to progress and make up into a blue riband…

Stars are coming out to play on Saturday afternoon and the ITV Racing cameras will be at Ascot and Haydock to see them strutting their stuff. Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard is the main attraction in Haydock's Betfair Chase, while at Ascot fellow Cheltenham Festival scorers Constitution Hill and L'Homme Presse make their seasonal comebacks. Our racing…

Saturday racing tips feature selections from Ascot and Haydock including the Betfair Chase and more graded races from the meetings. talkSPORT have gone through the race cards and form so you don't have to, with betting tips from all the racing across the UK! This Oakman Racing Club horse steps up in class after his win at Bangor in late October. He…

Ascot and Haydock host massive meetings this weekend on Saturday with a host of graded and top-class contests featuring some of the top-rated jump horses. talkSPORT have gone through the races, form, cards and more so you don't have to, with betting tips across the meetings. Despite the short price still becomes a great addition to any multiples…

Now, I don't know about you, but I wasn't a fan of the scorching summer. This cool-blooded northerner is as thrilled as every National Hunt trainer in the country that we have now officially moved into autumn and the rain has finally come. I'm rarely happier than when wearing wellington boots and a nice warm/waterproof coat, so the recent weather…

Thyme White: contests the Hurst Park Handicap Chase at Ascot Here we pick out two horses who catch the eye at the early prices. . . Get A Tonic (2.25 Haydock) There are a number of contenders for Saturday's Betfair Exchange Stayers' Handicap Hurdle at Haydock, but I'm backing the Dan Skelton-trained Get A Tonic to come out on top. The six-year-old…

Shishkin and Energumene are on course for a mouth-watering rematch at Cheltenham on Wednesday with the pair among eight runners declared for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The top-class duo served up one of the races of the season in January's Clarence House Chase at Ascot when the Nicky Henderson -trained Shishkin narrowly got the better…

THE nights are drawing in, the winter coats are finally coming out and racing really clicks into gear at the November meeting. It was always a meeting I really enjoyed as the real winter horses come out to play. Cheltenham is a testing track, but on the Old course there's more of a speed element to it. After this weekend everything will be on the…

SHISHKIN has everything in his favour to make it a third successive victory at the Cheltenham Festival by capturing today's Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The winner of the Supreme Hurdle two years ago and last year's Arkle Chase at the Festival, SHISHKIN (3.00, nap, ITV) has yet to be beaten in his seven outings over fences.This talented…

FROM dazzling at Royal Ascot to feeling'outrageously' out of her comfort zone on a breathtaking US tour - Bryony Frost has certainly made the most of her summer in the sun. The trailblazing jockey, 27, has been enjoying her enforced time out of the saddle after breaking her back at the Grand National meeting. A gutted Bryony had to miss the big…

On her first ride for 212 days, she warmed up for the jumps season in booting home the Amanda Perrett-trained four-year-old to a three-quarters of a length victory over the fast-finishing Tralee Hills in the two-mile Wayne Tufnell Alderbook Handicap, a race for professional jump jockeys. Frost, 27, had not ridden in Britain since fracturing a…