#Oliver Sherwood

From Hurricane Fly's fourth consecutive Irish Champion Hurdle victory to The New One brushing aside the opposition in Cheltenham's International Hurdle, it has been an exciting year of racing. As 2014 nears its conclusion racing correspondent Marcus Townend reviews the past 12 months of racing, and picks his best race of each month. JANUARY Paul…

Hundreds of thousands of people will descend on Aintree on Saturday as 39 runners and riders bid to put their name in the Grand National history books. The Oliver Sherwood-trained Many Clouds is expected to go off a well-backed favourite in a bid to claim back-to-back nationals, while Ruby Walsh misses out after suffering a fractured risk.

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…

CHRISTIAN Williams has already won his "home" Grand National in Wales and I'm backing the young Bridgend handler to add the Scottish version to his c.v with KITTY'S LIGHT in Ayr's big race at 3.35. The former Paul Nicholls jockey saddled Potters Corner to win at Chepstow in 2019 and Kitty's Light has been campaigned at the highest chasing level…

Racing bosses who were warned not to run Many Clouds in big races due to health concerns could face prosecution, MailOnline can reveal today. The 2015 Grand National winner died after collapsing due to a suspected heart attack at the Cheltenham Trials yesterday - just minutes after winning the Cotswold Chase. After inflicting a first steeplechase…

The average winner of the opening-day highlight of Cheltenham's December Gold Cup meeting over the last ten years has been a nine-year-old, on their 17th chase start, beating eight rivals. Add in the fact only half went off at single-figure odds for their next race and there are definite trends that do not sit all that comfortably with 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…

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…

If you cast your mind back to the cursed year that was 2020 then you'll remember the Grand National - and Tiger Roll's historic attempt to win the race three years in a row - was scrapped. A Virtual Grand National based on computer simulations was run instead, with Potters Corner emerging as the winner. Let's be honest, it wasn't quite the same…

There are five race meetings across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday, with plenty of midweek action to suit every taste. Action begins on the Flat at Nottingham (1.10-5.15) alongside National Hunt meetings from Wetherby (1.20-4.50) and Punchestown (2.10-5.40) while all-weather racing is at Wolverhampton (2.05-5.00) and Kempton…

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Betfair's in-running market has seen some huge sums traded and lost after the impossible somehow became reality. In our series called Room 1.01, we recall some of racing's most expensive defeats. This week's subject: Seyaady Nobody could have predicted the drama that lay ahead as eight juveniles assembled for the opening race of Carlisle's 2017…