including a handicap chaser for red-hot Paul Nicholls

MAHLER MISSION can become just the second Irish-trained winner of the Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (2.50pm) since 1980 at Newbury on Saturday afternoon - if the meeting passes a precautionary inspection at 7.30am in the morning. Although Irish raiders have a bad record in the feature at the Berkshire track John…

With due respect to Royal Pagaille and Grand National hero Corach Rambler, the Betfair Chase, the first Grade One contest of the British jumps season, shapes as a match between defending champion Protektorat and Bravemansgame, an impressive winner of last season's King George. The classy duo met in last season's Gold Cup where Bravemansgame crossed…

Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Haydock, Ascot, Lingfield, Huntingdon and Wolverhampton. Haydock Northerner - 12.40 Pay The Piper (nap); 3.35 Famous Bridge (nb). Ascot Lingfield Newmarket - 11.30 Laura's Breeze (nap); 2.53 Folk Star (nb). Huntingdon Wolverhampton Databank JOCKEY TO…

Royale Pagaille is Newsboy's tip to land the Betfair Chase (3.00) at Haydock on Saturday, November 25, while Shishkin is the selection in Ascot's feature race, the Nirvana Spa 1965 Chase (1.30) Royale Pagaille won the Peter Marsh Handicap Chase at Haydock for the second year in a row ROYALE PAGAILLE can cause an upset for in-form Venetia Williams…

Last year's winner Get A Tonic looks to have been saved for a repeat performance off a mark just 4lb higher. Team Skelton may even have been considering loftier aspirations after this mare returned to action at Hadyock in the autumn with a career-best effort when making Botox Has pull out all the stops in the valuable Betfair Exchange (formerly…

Thyme Hill claims Grade 1 glory in the Kauto Star Novices' Chase at Kempton Pressure off, cheekpieces on proved to be the perfect combination for Thyme Hill and he confounded expectations with a dominant victory in the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Kauto Star Novices' Chase. Trainer Philip Hobbs pondered a return to hurdles for Thyme Hill in the immediate…

12:45 Kempton - Artistic Choice 13:05 Chepstow - Broken Halo (each way) 13:20 Kempton - Boothill 13:40 Chepstow - Scriptwriter 13:55 Kempton - Get A Tonic 14:10 Chepstow - Flight Deck (each way) 14:30 Kempton - Nube Negra 14:50 Chepstow - Truckers Lodge (each way) 15:09 Kempton - Kitty's Light (each way) *All prices are bang up to date with our…

Unsplash | Gene Devine Boxing Day will see over 70 races staged across the United Kingdom and Ireland Many of the leading Cheltenham Festival contenders will be back in action If you're looking for the latest horse racing picks and odds, then look no further than Vegas Odds. Jump to: Boxing Day is all about horse racing in the United Kingdom and…

Bravemansgame and L'Homme Presse feature among a final field of nine horses declared for the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton. Paul Nicholls has long since considered the Boxing Day showpiece as a tailor-made target for Bravemansgame, who was a brilliant winner of the Kauto Star Novices' Chase on this day last season. The seven-year-old…

ITV Racing are covering races at Ascot, Haydock and Lingfield on Saturday in a cracking day of racing. Cheltenham Festival favourites Constitution Hill and A Plus Tard are both hoping to kickstart their seasons with victories in the Coral Hurdle and Betfair Chase respectively before going on to bigger and better meetings. The ITV7 jackpot certainly…

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…

Jake Price returns for yet another round of Saturday horse racing betting tips and predictions. This time his selections come from the meets at Ascot and Haydock. This Saturday Jake is tipping 3pts worth of tips spread over three races at Haydock and Ascot including a 1pt tip for a 8/1 selection. If any of these tips take your fancy, then click on…

A PLUS TARD can win the Betfair Chase (Registered As The Lancashire Chase) (GBB Race) (3pm) again at Haydock Park on Saturday afternoon. Henry de Bromhead's eight-year-old is the leading staying chaser around and he can take the Grade One feature on Merseyside for a second successive year. Having been second in the Cheltenham Gold Cup to…

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…

Some real Cheltenham Festival clues will be available on Saturday afternoon as the reigning Cheltenham Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard returns in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park, while current Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill is a warm order for the Coral Hurdle at Ascot. Both will strut their stuff in front of the ITV racing cameras and our…

The highlight of Saturday's racing is the Grade 1 Betfair Chase (1500) from Haydock, and there's plenty of other intersting races, including some Grade 2s, to get your teeth stuck into. First a quick run through of our selections, you can find more detail on each of our selections further down the page. Selections: 13:50 (Haydock) Hitman 14:05…

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…

THE weather has finally taken a turn, so much so that the much awaited seasonal debut of CONSTITUTION HILL will now go ahead in the hurdle at Ascot at 2.40 over just short of two-and-a-half miles. Like me, you will have read all the reports from Seven Barrows about his immense home work and it will be a major shock if the current Champion Hurdle…

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…

Harrogate Advertiser horse racing correspondent Jeff Garlick's latest weekly column. A Plus Tard won the Cheltenham Gold Cup earlier this year. Picture: Getty Images The National Hunt season cranks up another gear on Saturday with the reappearance of the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner A Plus Tard in the Betfair Chase at Haydock. Unfortunately, only…

A Plus Tard and Bravemansgame: among the big-race entries at Haydock and Kempton Weights and entries were revealed on Tuesday for some of jumping's biggest prizes, including the Betfair Chase and Ladbrokes King George VI Chase. Total entries: 36 The key horses: Coole Cody would be a popular winner but Evan Williams may have a more appealing…

With the weekend's Premier League schedule ravaged because of Covid-19 outbreaks at a number of clubs, the betting focus switches to an excellent card for the second day of the Christmas Racing Weekend meeting at Ascot. The feature race is the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle (2.25pm). A high-class field of eight goes to post despite the withdrawal…

Several of the principals in last month's Paddy Power Gold Cup, won by Midnight Shadow (second right), are set to clash again Saturday's big race is the newly named Racing Post Gold Cup at Cheltenham. The long-established feature has been won by some of jump racing's greats including Flyingbolt and Pendil, as well as popular performers such as…

Steve Chambers previews Saturday's Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot, as Thyme Hill and Paisley Park do battle in a Grade 1 thriller, which should be a race that provides vital clues for the Stayers' Hurdle at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival... One of the premier staying hurdles on the National Hunt calendar, the Long Walk Hurdle has a glittering roll of…

Bristol De Mai can maintain his 100% record at Haydock Park and land a third successive victory in the Betfair Chase (3pm) on Saturday. Nigel Twiston-Davies' grey has won four times in four starts at the Merseyside track, including two successes in the Grade One feature in 2017 and 12 months ago. He faces just three rivals this afternoon and…