Can you spot the 999-1 winner that landed punters £14,000 after being totally written off in-running by bookies?

17:30 - Inothewayurthinkin (2/1) Oli Bell: "The Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase is another wide-open race; it's going to be a competitive affair on paper. Extra places are being offered from Sky Bet, so if you like one of the big places then get involved with that. "However, the horse I like is near the top of…

The heavy going is expected to stick around all week Testing conditions will find out plenty of horses at this year's Cheltenham Festival, with the heavy going expected to stick around all week. Punters should first be looking for a horse with good stamina if they expect to be holding onto their money. On day two, the relatively small fields - a…

Exciting prospect Letsbeclearaboutit could hand Gavin Cromwell a first Grade One win over fences in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse. The County Meath handler has Champion Hurdle and Stayers' Hurdle triumphs on his ever-growing CV, but a top-level victory over the larger obstacles has eluded him so far. However, he may have…

Caragh Monaghan rode her first winner as a jockey at Navan on Sunday as St Denis's Well landed a handicap hurdle for local trainer Ian Patrick Donoghue. The 40/1 shot travelled strongly throughout the two-mile contest and won comfortably in the end, coming home four and three-quarter lengths ahead of runner-up Makfils. Monaghan was part of the…

The connections of Flooring Porter were in fine voice as the eight-year-old returned to winning ways at Cheltenham on Saturday. The Gavin Cromwell-trained gelding was handed quotes of 10/1 for the Brown Advisory Chase at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival A large contingent once again travelled to the Cotswolds to roar on Flooring Porter, who won the…

The age-old saying goes that course form is key at Cheltenham, and that was certainly the case on Saturday for the two-time Stayers Hurdle winner Flooring Porter. Having won both the 2022 and 2021 renewal of the Stayers Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, trainer Gavin Cromwell decided to send his stable star over fences this season. This decision…

It has been another busy week in the world of racing. Here we pick out three things we learned. . . In a stunning display on Sunday, Equinox proved himself to be the world's best racehorse with an easy win in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) to claim his fifth Group 1 triumph in succession. Given Japan's obsession with winning the Arc, has there been a more…

Dual Stayers' Hurdle winner Flooring Porter made the perfect start to his new career when making nearly all the running in the William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Novices' Chase at Cheltenham. Turning his hand to chasing relatively late in life as an eight-year-old, connections felt now was the time for the switch given he failed to win a race last…

Gavin Cromwell was pleased to see the'engine is still there' inside dual Stayers' Hurdle winner Flooring Porter, who made an instant impact on his first start over fences in the William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Novices' Chase. While not quite receiving the rapturous reception he received for his two Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle triumphs at the 2021…

My Mate Mozzie and Encanto Bruno both breezed to victory to provide trainer Gavin Cromwell and jockey Keith Donoghue with a double on the opening day of the new season at Cheltenham. Having won a Grade Three over hurdles, as well as being narrowly beaten in the Grade One Royal Bond two years ago and in the Galway Hurdle this summer, My Mate…

Apart from a a short sprinkle of rain, the weather for most of the meeting at Downpatrick Racecourse was sunny with a spattering of clouds and the sizeable crowd had a great day writes Joe Kavanagh. Invictus World trained, at Broughshane by Gerald Quinn and partnered by top local amateur rider Noel McParlan suppled a local winner having been…

The clock is ticking down to this afternoon's 2023 Grand National race and millions of sports fans from around the world will tune in at 5:15pm in less than a couple of hours to watch horse racing's most famous race. Our editors have been checking in with the latest odds for yo. Ain't That A Shame has been backed into favouritism for the 2023 Grand…

Niall "Slippers" Madden Previews Aintree Grand National Day THE Grand National is the big one at Aintree Day 3 on Saturday and indeed as far as the entire Festival is concerned. It's all geared up for this race As I've said before they say that the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation, well my view is that the Grand National is the race…

Racing action continues at Fairyhouse on Easter Sunday after the popular festival kicked off yesterday. Thousands of punters are expected to flock to the famous racecourse. Here is a full list of runners and riders for Sunday's races. 1.

Mighty Potter will face eight rivals in his quest to bounce back from odds-on defeat at the Cheltenham Festival in the WilllowWarm Gold Cup (4.55) on Sunday, with Keith Donoghue set to take the ride. The Gordon Elliott-trained runner was seen as a banker by many for the Turners Novices' Chase at Cheltenham last month but he could finish only third…

13:05 - Fameaftertheglory 14:15 - Queens Brook 17:10 - Speculatrix We kick off the action at Punchestown this Wednesday in the 13:05, the Racing TV Maiden Hurdle. It's a very open contest and a big enough field as well. The horse I'm gonna go for in this race is FAMEAFTERTHEGLORY. This horse is trained by Gavin Cromwell and Donoghue is in the…

It's For Me shot to the head of the betting for the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham with an impressive victory at Navan on Saturday. Making his debut for trainer Willie Mullins, It's For Me was sent off the 4-9 favourite for the Racing Again February 12th (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race after winning his only point-to-point start last year. Ridden…

Letsbeclearaboutit and Keith Donoghue winning the maiden hurdle Monday: Punchestown Gavin Cromwell enjoyed a productive afternoon as he landed a double on the card, headlined by Letsbeclearaboutit winning the 3m½f maiden hurdle. The eight-year-old justified favouritism under Keith Donoghue, pulling 22 lengths clear of Rowdy Romeo in second, and…

Once 5-2 favourite for last year's Derby, High Definition now finds himself among the top six in the betting for this season's Supreme Novices' Hurdle after staying on resolutely to make a winning hurdles debut for Joseph O'Brien. Nearly seven months to the day that he was narrowly denied a Group 1 victory on the Flat by Alenquer in the Tattersalls…

Dusart: three from four over fences last season At Fishers Cross used this race as a springboard to top-level glory a decade ago and this year we might have another Grade 1 horse whose handicap days are numbered in Dusart. This unexposed seven-year-old has lost only twice and both were creditable efforts in defeat at the highest level. Dusart found…

The Jim Strang & Sons Kilsheelan (Peugeot) Hurdle topped the bill on Thursday's card in Clonmel and Floueur turned the race into a procession. Ridden by Davy Russell for trainer Gordon Elliott, who can do little wrong at present, the seven-year-old returned to something like his very best form. Revelling in the testing conditions and, consequently,…

Cougar roars to victory in the first race on Champion Chase Day (JTW Equine Images) By Tom Williams The day started with a well-earned success for the Padraig Roche-trained Cougar, who took the Value Cabs 3yo Hurdle under jockey Mark Walsh in rain softened Antrim soil. Formerly trained by Aidan O'Brien, the J.P McManus owned entire was in a good…

Abacadabras (left): having just his fourth start on Tuesday since April 2021 This really ought to be a straightforward assignment for Abacadabras. Only it isn't. The 2020 Supreme runner-up, who got within a head of Shishkin, won the 2021 Aintree Hurdle and retains a rating of 152. Darver Star is two years older than him, rated 3lb inferior to him…

Disappointed but not completely disillusioned. That was the reaction of Gordon Elliott after dual Grand National hero Tiger Roll trailed home last of the six finishers behind Beacon Edge in the Ladbrokes Ireland Boyne Hurdle at Navan on Sunday. There was no mention of the Grand National from Elliott afterwards - William Hill have pushed him all the…

A supreme English flat race jockey who was to win the Derby no fewer than six times, Steve Donoghue was the equine protagonist of the 1910s and'20s. Born in Aikin Street, Warrington on November 8, 1884, Donoghue (birthname Donohue) was the eldest of five (three sons, two daughters) of steelworker or iron puddler Patrick Donohue and Mary née…