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Kim Bailey: trainer of Pay The Pilot Four of the ten runners boast winning form at Hereford, including the Charlie Longsdon-trained Zestful Hope, who is unbeaten in two starts at the track. The most recent success came by six lengths from Walkinthewoods in November, and he is effectively only 3lb higher when Lilly Pinchin's 3lb claim is taken into…

Trainer Willie Mullins' nine-year-old returned to action with a win on New Year's Day at Tramore. He is one of 17 Irish entries for the Festival feature Dual winner Al Boum Photo heads 41 entries for this year's Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. Willie Mullins' chaser could join Best Mate, Arkle and Cottage Rake as the fourth horse to record a hat-trick…

It's the race that attracts more bets than any other. Who's your money on at the Grand National 2018? Bookmakers are preparing for their busiest day of the year as the Grand National nears. The world's most famous steeplechase will take place at Liverpool's Aintree racecourse today. It attracts more bets than any other race in Britain - and this…

Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore will aim to bounce back from her first defeat at Fairyhouse to win a fourth consecutive Irish Champion Hurdle This year's Dublin Racing Festival looks set to play host to a star-studded line-up after early entries for the two-day Irish calendar highlight at Leopardstown were revealed on Thursday. Eight Grade 1s…

Bought from France where he was a Listed winner on very soft ground, L'Eau Du Sud looks to have been gaining some vital experience in his first couple of starts for Dan Skelton in Britain. He seemed badly in need of the outing first time out, following 230 days off the track, at Haydock in November but stepped forward from that when a good third -…

Trainer Joe Tizzard is excited to see Eldorado Allen take on the Betfair Chase challenge at Haydock Park on Saturday. The 42-year-old handler, who officially took over the training licence from his father Colin at the start of the season, thinks his eight-year-old grey is fit and ready to take on chiefly last year's winner and Boodles Cheltenham…

Nicky Henderson believes Epatante must be treated as "still a possible runner" in the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle - despite her not featuring among the initial entries for the Cheltenham Festival contest. The winner of the Unibet Champion Hurdle in 2020 before placing behind Honeysuckle the following two years, Epatante has been given the option…

Recruited by owner/trainer Syd Hosie for £90000 in November after winning a Castletown-Geoghegan point-to-point the previous month, the five-year-old produced an eye-catching display on his Rules bow. Sent off a 66/1 outsider for the Ballymore Maiden Hurdle over an extended two and a half miles, the son of Getaway made a mockery of those long odds…

Millions tune in to watch the thrilling spectacle of 40 horses galloping in excess of four miles across the famous spruce fences. It's nearly time for the 2018 Randox Health Grand National and racing fans numbered in the thousands will make the annual pilgrimage to Liverpool to see the big race live. As is often the case, Gloucestershire yards are…

TAHMURAS can provide Paul Nicholls with another noivce success at the top level in the Unibet Novices' Tolworth Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) (2.25pm) at Sandown Park on Saturday afternoon. Nicholls claimed the Challow Hurdle with Hermes Allen at Newbury last week and he is heading to the Cheltenham Festival with a big chance. Now Tahmuras can book…

What a week it has been! The racing has been phenomenal, the weather largely clear and most crucially of all, fans were back where they belong on the terraces. Cheltenham felt like it was truly back this week as a result. See you in 2023! It's the seventh Irish-trained winner from seven races on Friday! Mark McDonagh did an excellent job steering…

Dramatic scenes on the track on Arc day at Longchamp on Sunday were not confined to the track. The Captain witnessed an angry outburst from the Wertheimer brothers - owners of the brilliant Goldikova - towards the Racing Post's much respected veteran Paris man Desmond Stoneham. Flashpoint: Alain Wertheimer (in bowler hat), owner of Goldikova, was…

Monmiral: the likely favourite for Paul Nicholls Weighing up Graded novice chases in the middle portion of the season has its unique challenges. Who do you side with: horses who have shown the most promise in their nascent chasing careers or those who have a generally larger body of work over hurdles which may not be as relevant? There is no…

Mares' Hurdle champion Marie's Rock faces a considerable challenge on the first stop towards her Cheltenham Festival defence, but trainer Nicky Henderson hopes the mares' allowance will give her the advantage. The eight-year-old is against geldings in open company for the first time and also lacks the match fitness of all eight rivals, with this…

Jet Powered, second in the ante-post lists for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle in March, continues his education at Newbury on Saturday. Nicky Henderson is keen not to ask too many questions too early of the Joe Donnelly-owned five-year-old, who was a very impressive 11-length winner on his hurdling debut at Newbury in November. He faces 10…

Newbury's Mandarin Chase has unearthed some real talent among staying chasers down the years Considering it has not been part of the Pattern since 1989, the Mandarin holds a strong roll of honour. Its first winner after demotion was Party Politics, with Jodami a couple of years down the line. Over the last 15 years or so it has become one of the…

National Hunt's traditional curtain-raiser to a new year will take place on Sunday as Cheltenham racecourse will host their New Year's Day card, and our man Steve Chambers has taken at the action from Prestbury Park and looks to kick off 2023 with some winning tips... Classy hurdler MONMIRAL was handed an almighty test on chasing debut when he…

Saturday sees the 174th running of the Grand National at Aintree. The Charlie Longsdon-trained Snow Leopardess heads the betting but here we run through the entire field, in order of allotted weight. 1) MINELLA TIMES (Henry de Bromhead) Rating (out of 10) 6, weight 11st 10lbs Created history for Rachael Blackmore last year but he has only run twice…

The four race meetings in England on Wednesday are evenly split between National Hunt and Flat. Action on the Polytrack at Lingfield (1.00-3.45pm) and Kempton (5.00-8.30) bookends the day, with jumps cards from Market Rasen (1.45-4.40) and Wincanton (2.10-5.05) in between. Wednesday's nap is looking to get his hurdles career on the up for Nigel and…

We end 2022 with some competitive National Hunt racing on the ITV screens from Newbury, Warwick and Lingfield and we focus on the Jumps action in our final tipping column for the year and pick out our best bets from Newbury and Warwick... Sam Drinkwater's Gallic Geordie was a winner of this race 12 months ago and will look to retain the crown on…

Dame Du Soir: won at Cheltenham last time Nicky Henderson has saddled seven winners from just 18 runners at Leicester in the last five seasons and bids to improve that 39 per cent strike-rate with recent Southwell winner Ile De Jersey. The four-year-old filly is unlucky not to be unbeaten in two starts over fences as she would have made a…

The crowds are about to descend on Aintree - the Grand National is finally upon us. Bookies will hold their collective breaths at 4.15pm, hoping for one of the outsiders to storm to the front and be first past the post. All of the best jockeys have a horse. The departing AP McCoy is on the favourite, Shutthefrontdoor, while Ruby Walsh will be…

Broomfield Burg and JPR One are fancied for Betfair Hurdle glory. Clan Des Obeaux, part-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, is one of several Paul Nicholls runners on the Newbury card Broomfield Burg (left) is favourite for the Betfair Hurdle Favourite Broomfield Burg bids to roll back the years for JP McManus and Nicky Henderson in the Betfair Hurdle…

The memories of Cheltenham Festival are fading and it's all systems go for the Grand National at Aintree. The Scottish National takes place at Ayr before that and we'll be building up to next month's action every day. Market Rasen's feature at 3:20 saw One True King hold off the persistent threat of Royal Pretender as the pair gave us a finish…

Chris Hill brings us his round-up of the news from the bloodstock scene following a good weekend for Willie Mullins. With the Cheltenham Festival just over six weeks away, Willie Mullins' domination of the 2015-16 British and Irish jumps season showed no sign of relenting last week with the eight-time Irish champion trainer saddling all three…

Join our channel for our exclusive free betting tips, picks and offers. The Welsh Grand National is another big festive horse race to look forward to, but what are the main 2022 Welsh Grand National trends to look for ahead of the big Chepstow race? For example, 80% of the last 20 Welsh Grand National winners carried 11st or less in weight - you…

The Randox Grand National is underway and racegoers have returned to the world's greatest steeplechase for the first time in three years. Punters have not been at Aintree to cheer on the Grand National runners since 2019, after the race meet was cancelled in 2020 and held behind closed doors last year. They braved rain and chilly temperatures on…

The Scottish Grand National is back again this weekend and, coming a week ahead of the Aintree Grand National this year, it is sure to be a belter. Ayr racecourse's showpiece event is the major staying chase of the Scottish racing season and was won last year by Mighty Thunder who is trained at Lucinda Russells' Kinross base. The home contingent…

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…

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Well two for Paul Nicholls and with neither Nicky Henderson or the Ditcheat maestro having runners in the feature - he looks firm favourite to take a 13th Trainers' Championship. We had a winner for Ireland - one for Scotland - and one for Wales... Make sure you join Andy Jones and myself for all of the action tomorrow from 10am. The feature race…

Since joining Fergal O'Brien the nine-year-old has run three times at Prestbury Park, scoring twice - including over the course and distance - and finishing a gallant third at the track in his most recent appearance during October's Showcase meeting. Having skipped the November meeting, he returns from a 48-day break off the same mark looking to…

2022-12-08Friday racing tips for Cheltenham, Doncaster, Southwell, Wolverhampton, Dundalk and Bangor Here's a quick bit of detail on our key selections for Friday's action, you can find the full list of tips for every race across all the tracks at the bottom of the page. Bungley appeals most at Southwell in the second division of the Spreadex…

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…

The bookmakers reckon the Unibet Champion Hurdle crown may as well be gift-wrapped and popped underneath Constitution Hill's Christmas tree. Last season's runaway Supreme Novices' Hurdle winner was similarly jaw-dropping on his return at Newcastle last month and that, coupled with Honeysuckle fluffing her lines at Fairyhouse on Sunday, means that…

Of course, this whole article depends on the weather Gods playing ball. It's going to be cold later this week and some more meetings could fall by the wayside. Fingers are firmly crossed for Cheltenham and Doncaster, who have made provisions in the way of frost covers and fleecing. Both racetracks are due to race on both Friday and Saturday and…

It was a whirlwind half hour for Christian Williams as he followed up his Eider Chase success at Newcastle with a one-two in the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase at Kempton. Before that, though, Knight Salute impressively maintained his unbeaten record over hurdles when justifying 15-8 favouritism in the Coral Adonis Juvenile Hurdle, his third Grade 2…

Well, time to round up our live coverage from an epic four days. From the moment Constitution Hill romped home to huge cheers in the opening race on Tuesday, the action and atmosphere have both been electric. It's been a pleasure keeping you all updated and thank you so much for following. It has been a Festival for the ages. Last year, crowds…

Chris Wilson looks ahead to the International Meeting and shares five names to note on an exciting card from the home of jumps racing this Saturday, live on Racing TV. Fingers crossed the weather doesn't get in the way! Winter is officially here - but jumps fans should not crack open the mulled wine just yet. Cheltenham's executive will no doubt be…

Grand National hero Noble Yeats made a spectacular return to Aintree in claiming the Boylesports Many Clouds Chase. Emmet Mullins' Irish raider was a 50-1 outsider in April when he provided amateur Sam Waley-Cohen with a fairytale farewell to the saddle and also became the first seven-year-old since Bogskar in 1940 to win the world's most famous…

I served a couple of days' suspension on Monday and Wednesday this week which was frustrating as the horses have been in great form on the track and I've got some cracking chances this weekend too with a bit of luck. Looking back on Carlisle last Sunday, Zambella was brilliant in the Listed mares' chase, making most of the running and eventually…

It's the first day of the November Meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse, Countryside Day. The card, on ITV Racing, features the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (2.55) Class act My Drogo faces two opponents as he bids to race into contention for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival. Dan Skelton's Grade 1-winning novice hurdler is up against Gin On Lime and…

The Grand National Festival ends with the world-famous steeplechase today. The three-day race meeting at Aintree began on Thursday, continued on Friday with Ladies Day and will culminate for another year today. Come 5.15 pm on Saturday there will be 70000 on the racecourse for the Grand National and 500 million people watching the racing across the…

Get ready to place your bets and cheer your horses home - the 2022 Cheltenham Festival is here. Fans return to the four-day meeting after missing out last year, with sales hitting record levels. Over 60000 people will watch the thrilling sporting action from the grandstands during the week. The feature Gold Cup, sponsored by Boodles, is wide open…

With 40 runners going to post, there is plenty of each-way value to be had on the betting front in the Grand National. Favourites don't often win the Aintree highlight With 30 fences to be jumped over four-and-a-quarter miles, it is no surprise the Grand National produces some shock results. Over the years, there have been five 100-1 winners of the…

One of the biggest race meeting in the British sporting calendar is returning to Ayr Racecourse this weekend. Action at the Scottish Grand National in 2012 Last year local hero Mighty Th under, trained by Kinross-based Lucinda Russell, was first over the line in the Scottish Grand National - the first home-grown winner in a decade. It completed an…

And with George's son, Noel, soon to take out a trainer's licence across the English Channel, the pair hope to continue tapping into a lucrative market. Il Est Francais, owned by Richard Kelvin-Hughes in partnership with Haras De Saint-Voir owner Nicolas de Lageneste, who bred the horse, had finished second in a top-class bumper last November and…

The 36-year-old, who trains in partnership with Josh Guerriero, spent much of his youth growing up at the world famous track with his father Lord Daresbury, Chairman of the Merseyside venue between 1989 and 2014. Having watched some of the modern day greats grace the track during his childhood Greenall now hopes he can celebrate a winner over the…

CLOTH CAP can enhance his Randox Grand National credentials with victory in the Virgin Bet Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (3.37pm) at Doncaster on Saturday afternoon. After some of the Grand National hopefuls from Ireland put down their case last weekend with Any Second Now narrowly beating Escaria Ten in the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse, some…