#Jonathan Burke

Cobblers Dream: seeking to be the first back-to-back winner of the Lanzarote Cobblers Dream will bid to become the first dual winner of the Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle as he takes on 19 rivals at Kempton on Saturday. The Charles Byrnes-trained Green Glory and Persian War runner-up Outlaw Peter head the market at 5-1 but Ben Case hopes Cobblers…

Love Envoi was an ultra-impressive winner of the Listed Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Mares' Hurdle at Sandown and propelled herself towards the head of the market for the David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham. The Harry Fry -trained seven-year-old travelled supremely well throughout in the two-and-a-half-mile contest and pulled herself to the…

Full replay: Wishing And Hoping triumphs in £100000 prize The most valuable race at Sandown Park today was the £100000 Unibet Veterans' Handicap Chase Final, which saw a 50-1 shock result courtesy of Wishing And Hoping. One of four 13 year olds in the 18-runner field, Wishing And Hoping was always at the head of affairs under regular partner Alex…

Tahmuras gave Paul Nicholls a fifth Unibet Tolworth Novices' Hurdle in sauntering to an easy success at Sandown. A stylish winner of a Listed contest at Haydock on his previous run, Harry Cobden's mount travelled supremely well throughout in the two-mile contest, and was content to allow Colonel Harry to make the running under Gavin Sheehan. Though…

Love Envoi was an ultra-impressive winner of the Listed Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Mares' Hurdle at Sandown and propelled herself towards the head of the market for the David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham. The Harry Fry-trained seven-year-old travelled supremely well throughout in the two-and-a-half-mile contest and pulled herself to the…

Inspiratrice: a 200-1 winner at Taunton on Friday Friday: Taunton Three days after enjoying the biggest success of her career in the Welsh Grand National, trainer Nicky Martin struck again as Inspiratrice laughed at her 200-1 odds by landing the juvenile hurdle. Martin wasn't in attendance for The Two Amigos' brave success at Chepstow due to a…

The world's most prestigious horse race returns to our screens on Saturday evening as the eagerly-anticipated Grand National takes place at Aintree. With the cancellation of last year's race due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, it has been a full two years since race fans were able to watch the most anticipated race of the year. Last…

Tighthead props don't usually make for good jockeys. Henry de Bromhead was no exception. "I rode, I did hunting and pony club stuff, but I was probably poor-to-moderate as a rider," he says. Training horses is a different matter, however. Last March he secured his place in the Cheltenham pantheon by taking an unprecedented triple crown of Champion…

Having only found the mighty Jonbon too good last time out in the Grade One Close Brothers Henry VIII Novices' Chase at Sandown Park, Boothill came home the ultimately comfortable winner of the Grade Two Ladbrokes Wayward Lad Novices' Chase over two miles at Kempton Park on Tuesday, day two of the Ladbrokes Christmas Festival. With 13-8 Favourite…

Having only found the mighty Jonbon too good last time out in the Grade One Close Brothers Henry VIII Novices' Chase at Sandown Park, Boothill came home the ultimately comfortable winner of the Grade Two Ladbrokes Wayward Lad Novices' Chase. With 13/8 favourite Lac De Constance unseating Harry Skelton at the eighth fence, Boothill made smooth…

The Ladbrokes Christmas Festival is upon us once again. Horse racing fans will look toward the two biggest races on Boxing Day (Monday). Below, we will discuss the Ladbrokes Trophy 2022 entries confirmed. There are several horse races taking part during Boxing Day with two of them being Grade 1 races. The biggest race of the day is King George VI…

Kempton hosts an absolutely cracking card on St Stephen's Day as some of the UK's best National Hunt horses do battle. The King George is the feature race of the day at 2.30pm, but it's a cracking support card too with old rivals Champ and Paisley Park set to do battle again in the rearranged Long Walk hurdle before Champion Hurdle favourite…

Love Envoi did plenty wrong but still managed to gain a fourth successive victory in taking the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Jane Seymour Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Sandown. Love Envoi strikes again for trainer Harry Fry and jockey Jonathan Burke in the Noel Fehily Racing silks Harry Fry's six-year old relishes deep winter ground and…

Tighthead props don't usually make for good jockeys. Henry De Bromhead was no exception. "I rode, I did hunting and pony club stuff, but I was probably poor-to-moderate as a rider," he says. Training horses is a different matter, however. Last March he secured his place in the Cheltenham pantheon by taking an unprecedented triple crown of Champion…

Il Ridoto became favourite for Saturday's AIS December Gold Cup (1.50) at Cheltenham after ante-post market leader Midnight River was taken out by in-form trainer Dan Skelton due to the ground. Midnight River looked set to try to continue the yard's remarkable run of Saturday success following big-race victories with Protektorat in the Betfair…

Nigel Twiston-Davies has leading hope I Like To Move It in Saturday's Unibet International Hurdle, but he also has a couple of decent chances on Friday in the same Anne-Marie and Jamie Shepperd colours as the Greatwood Hurdle winner. Master Chewy was bought for £300000 by Twiston-Davies's son Willy at Cheltenham last November and he returns to the…

Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens' daily morning email and presented online as a sample. Here he catches up with Tote chief executive Alex Frost, who tells him all about star filly Queens Gamble, her background and the lives of those she and her relatives have impacted. S ubscribers can get more great insight from Martin every Monday to…

Attempting to land the Fighting Fifth Hurdle for a second successive year after dead-heating last term, Not So Sleepy was third to Nicky Henderson's Champion Hurdle favourite, some 14 and a half lengths behind. Trainer Hughie Morrison was satisfied with the 10-year-old's display, although questioned the wisdom of taking on the impressive winner…

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…

Sent off at 5/1, Jamie Snowden's charge made a few mistakes and was off the bridle at the top of the hill. At that stage the eventual runner-up was tracking Storm Control and swept past that rival turning for home. However the winner was beginning to find his stride under Jonathan Burke and he was the only danger after the last. For much of the…

Who turned off the taps? The weather is certainly causing plenty of headaches for clerks of the course and trainers alike. Having lost half of Sandown's card last Sunday to saturated ground, we have then seen Cheltenham's November Meeting dented by a host of non-runners due to the unseasonally good ground. Thankfully, it didn't stop the Paddy Power…

channel for our exclusive free betting tips, picks and offers. This Sunday, 13 November, the horse racing NAP of the Day, according to SportsLens experts, is GIN COCO. He runs in the Greatwood Hurdle (2:55) at Cheltenham, one of the big races on the day. This Harry Fry runner appeals at a nice 4/1 price. The Harry Fry horse racing stable look to…

Having enjoyed success on Ga Law in the feature Paddy Power Gold Cup, jockey Jonathan Burke enjoyed day two of The November Meeting in 2022 would be one to remember when Queens Gamble (9/4 Favourite) came home the impressive winner of the concluding Listed Stirrups Restaurant And Cocktail Bar Evesham Mares' Open National Hunt Flat Race. Trained by…

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…