#Peterborough Chase

Colin Tizzard can sign off in style with a win for Eldorado Allen in the Betway Bowl (2.55). The top trainer is soon to hand over the reins to his son Joe and the grey has a fine chance of victory at Aintree. He stayed on determinedly behind star chaser Allaho in Cheltenham's Ryanair Chase last month and is in an upward curve. Earlier, Pied Piper…

2023-01-13David Maxwell expecting better of Saint Calvados in Silviniaco Conti Chase The Paul Nicholls-trained Grade 2 winner proved much too keen when making his first appearance for Maxwell in the two-runner Chanelle Pharma 1965 Chase at Ascot in November. "The hood will quieten him down and I imagine he'll be less strong with a few more runners…

Pic D'Orhy (Harry Cobden) landed the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon last month As I scan the field for the Silviniaco Conti, one question keeps coming to mind: what on earth are you doing here? That is no slight on the quality of the runners, of whom four have won at this Grade 2 level and the other two have won Grade 3s. It is more to do with…

No Grade 1 action this weekend, but there's three Grade 2s on offer across both racecourses. First up here's a quick run through of our selections for Saturday's action, there's some more detail on our highlighted horses further down the page. Selections: 13:30 (Kempton) Percussion 13:50 (Warwick) Galia Des Liteaux 14:05 (Kempton) Pic D'Orhy 14:25…

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…

Newcastle's Flat card features a conditions race over a mile and a quarter with some smart older performers entered up. They include the John & Thady Gosden pair Harrovian and Forest of Dean who finished third and fifth respectively in a listed race at Lingfield in November which has thrown up some winners since. This looks a bit less competitive,…

Since steering the Paul Nicholls-trained Bravemansgame to glory at the track on Boxing Day in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase the 24 year old has gone on to enjoy back-to-back Grade One victories together with the Ditcheat handler the past two Saturdays. After partnering Hermes Allen to victory in the Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle at Newbury on…

The ITV Racing team will again head to Leopardstown on Thursday, as their Christmas Festival draws to a thrilling conclusion. Along with four races from Leopardstown, ITV viewers have two strong races to take in at Doncaster, including a Listed chase for mares. Mares' Hurdle runner-up, Queens Brook won nicely on her reappearance at Punchestown and…

Success on this day last year fuelled Paul Nicholls' ambition that Bravemansgame could deliver the champion trainer with a 13th victory in the King George and everything so far has gone perfectly to plan. The seven-year-old, who gave Ahoy Senor a significant beating in the Kauto Star over course and distance last season, made a flawless return in…

Leopardstown is once more the mainstay for the ITV Racing team on Thursday, with another brace of Grade 1 races from the Foxrock track on the final afternoon of its Christmas Festival. The Neville Hotels Novices Chase (1.45pm) and the Matheson Hurdle (2.20pm) are the features from Leopardstown, with ITV showing four races from Ireland alongside two…

HITMAN has the King George in his sights. This speed track will be right up his street and he was impressive when scoring at Haydock last time. There's more to come and Paul Nicholls has a cracking record in this race. Stablemate Bravemansgame is right in the hunt but L'Homme Presse looks a bigger threat. He is a proven Grade 1 performer who gave…

First published on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Captain Tim Forster was sitting in his battered Range Rover at the top of the gallops, on the Downs near Letcombe Bassett, waiting for his slowcoach chasers to lumber into view. When the first of them finally did, ears flopping, it was a horse about to run at Sandown's annual military meeting, where…

Owner Johnny de la Hey said he could be tempted by a tilt at the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Christmas after watching Pic D'Orhy make all the running to land the Grade 2 Fitzdares Peterborough Chase. The 2020 Betfair Hurdle winner was twice a Grade 2 winner over fences as a novice last season and connections are hopeful Pic D'Orhy can bridge…

First Flow: makes his seasonal reappearance for Kim Bailey First Flow bids for back-to-back successes in the Grade 2 Fitzdares Peterborough Chase on his first start since chasing home superstars Energumene and Shishkin in the Clarence House at Ascot in January. The ten-year-old bounced back from defeats in the Queen Mother Champion Chase and…

This Sunday, Racing TV brings you the superb card from Fairyhouse where there are three Grade One contests to savour. We will also be covering all the action from Kelso and Huntingdon, with the latter course staging the Grade Two Fitzdares Peterborough Chase. I have four selections, three of them trained by Willie Mullins. 12.25 Fairyhouse: Zarak…

Greaneteen: won the Haldon Gold Cup but can he strike once again in the Tingle Creek? Monday With the exception of Wolverhampton's Saturday evening card, which was restricted to riders who rode fewer than 30 winners in 2021, there had been an absence of all-weather racing in Britain for just over a week as the season took a short break. However,…

After struggling to hold back the tears following the 10 year-old's success in the Grade Two feature 12 months ago, the Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer expects to be in a similar state should he secure the same result on Sunday 4th December in the two and a half-mile contest. First Flow has not been sighted since finishing…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Saturday's big race confident of finding the winner. Read on for his runner-by-runner guide and find his big pick below. MISTER FISHER 2 FISHER off hook. Was pulled up in this two years ago before bouncing back to win the Peterborough Chase here over two miles. He's been up and down since then thanks to his iffy jumping and was…

Willie Mullins takes this Morgiana Hurdle business seriously. We know that he does, because he has won it 11 times in total, and 10 times since 2011. His one lapse in the last 11 years was in 2020, when Abacadabras beat Saint Roi by a neck. If you had to nominate a point in the season, a weekend in the season, at which the Willie Mullins wheel…

The Melling Chase is a Grade 1 chase over 2m 4f that takes place on day two of the Grand National meeting at Aintree. It has been won by the likes of Moscow Flyer, Sprinter Sacre and Don Cossack, so it has a decorated roll of honour. Ten horses have been declared to run in this year's renewal, including last year's winner Fakir D'oudairies. If…

Ballyandy: an encouraging third on his return at Perth The Cross Country Chase which once spearheaded this card is replaced by a veterans' event and we have a former Champion Bumper winner facing a past Welsh National hero in a race packed with old friends. Admittedly, we are winding the clock back to 2016 for Ballyandy's Grade 1 strike and 2018…

Day one of the International Meeting at Cheltenham on Friday features a bumper eight-race card from the Cotswolds with an early start time of 11.30am. That's down to the addition of the Grade 2 Peterborough Chase, which was lost to a waterlogged course at Huntingdon last Sunday, and adds even more quality to Friday's Cheltenham offering. Racing at…

The eight-year-old came from the clouds to win the Ultima at Prestbury Park in March and makes his first start since in a race that features Grand National winner Many Clouds (2014) and Grade One scorers Waiting Patiently (2017) and Lostintranslation (2019) on its roll of honour. Trainer Lucinda Russell admits the two-and-a-half-mile distance is…

A Grade One winner in last season's Clarence House Chase at Ascot, Kim Bailey's charge went on to finish sixth in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham and at Punchestown in the spring. Stepping up to two and a half miles on his seasonal reappearance, First Flow was a 12/1 shot in the hands of David Bass, but bounced back to form in fine…

Gordon Elliott: started Sunday with another two winners, taking his winning run to nine consecutive races Gordon Elliott made history on Saturday with a 37382-1 seven-timer at Navan and picked up where he left off on Sunday by winning the first races at Cork and Punchestown, extending his extraordinary sequence of domination to nine races. Iberique…

The titanic clash between superstar chasers Shishkin and Energumene is on after both horses were declared for Saturday's SBK Clarence House Chase (3.35) at Ascot. Last year's winner First Flow and Amoola Gold were also declared, with Hitman the only absentee. The pair of unbeaten chasers will face off for the first time, having initially been set…