#J P McManus

West Wales trainer is preparing two contenders for this weekend's Grand National and hopes the horses' relaxing dips in the waters of her private beach will give them an edge in the famous, gruelling race. Grand National history shows paddling in the sea can help a horse at Aintree with the legendary Red Rum having had regular dips on his local…

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…

Lightning rarely strikes twice when it comes to a mare producing genuinely top-class performers and that's probably even more true over jumps than it is on the Flat. But that doesn't stop owners spending a lot of money in the belief that if it's happened once it can happen again. J. P. McManus' purchase of Jonbon for £570000, a record for a pointer…

The Seven Barrows trainer declared both Shishkin and fellow stable star Jonbon - who runs in other Grade One race on the card, the Close Brothers Henry VIII Novices' Chase - to give racing fans reason to be excited for the weekend. And the six-time Champion Trainer gave positive reports on both, confirming they had schooled impressively this week,…

WILLIE MULLINS will be Galopin down the road to more big-race glory. The Closutton maestro may be knocking on a bit at 66 - but he has no plans to hand over the reigns to his son Patrick just yet. And his team of Galacticos will take some stopping. Such is his squad strength only a couple of star strikers from Britain would even make it into a…

Racing Gav returns after a successful Cheltenham weekend just seven days ago. Can we continue his strong run of from when tipping for Easyodds.com? This Friday Gavin has 6pts to back over the cards at Cheptstow, Catterick and Ascot including a rather tempting 22/1 selection for the racing at Berkshire. Remember, if you like the sound of any of…

Paul Nolan's colt HMS Seahorse looks to have plenty in hand of his rivals on Timeform weight-adjusted ratings in the opening novice hurdle for four-year-olds, even under a penalty. Originally in training with Aidan O'Brien alongside his very smart brother Armory, HMS Seahorse failed to win in five attempts for Ballydoyle. However, having joined…

The Galway Plate (18:40) on Wednesday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Wednesday evening's Galway Plate (18:40), a handicap chase over an extended two and three quarter miles, is the big race of the whole week at Galway, with a fiercely competitive edition in prospect.…

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls outlines his potential Cheltenham Festival runners and their runs in the trials at the weekend. Nicholls has also confirmed that the 2020 King George VI Chase winner Frodon will be off to Leopardstown to take part in the Irish Gold Cup while Clan Des Obeaux is being aimed for the Denman Chase at…