#Redemption Day

Ruby Walsh has offered his expert insight into the upcoming Cheltenham Festival with the legendary jockey expecting another thrilling week of action in England. Walsh is no stranger to Cheltenham having been the leading jockey 11 times at the Festival, nabbing 59 winners and twice racing to Gold Cup glory. And previewing the races, Walsh is backing…

Only one of Willie Mullins' seven Supreme Novices' Hurdle winners have won this Grade 1 contest en route. That was Appreciate It in 2020, who was sent off 8-11 favourite for the festival opener and Facile Vega is likely to go off at even skimpier odds in March should he make it six from six in impressive fashion here. The five-year-old has been…

The moment that Gold Trip etched its name into racing folklore: Well the Melbourne Cup has been run and won for another year and there was no shortage of drama, emotion and, of course, fashion. Gold Trip won the 162nd edition of the great race, as co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace combined with jockey Mark Zahra to deliver the goods. It…

Ruby Walsh expects three of the Cheltenham Festival'bankers' to win at the March meeting. They are key runners for Nicky Henderson, Henry de Bromhead and Willie Mullins Cheltenham legend Ruby Walsh has nominated Honeysuckle as the horse he'd like to ride if he was still competing. The Champion Hurdle favourite won the 2021 renewal and remains…

11:35 I Am Maximus 12:07 Whiskey Lullaby 12:42 Cayd Boy 13:17 Kansas City Star 13:52 Facile Vega 15:02 Explosive Boy 15:35 Nick Rockett *All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change. I Am Maximus makes his debut for Willie Mullins in a Beginners' Chase since…

Gold Trip has stormed home to win the 2022 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in a gut-busting, furious sprint to the finish line with jockey Mark Zahra delivering a hilarious X-rated spray at his rival jockeys as he crossed the line. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained import ran a close second at the Caulfield Cup and went one better to claim…

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…

The dramatic late falls of Annie Power, in 2015, and Benie Des Dieux, in 2019, reputedly saved bookmakers many millions as both were the last leg of numerous accumulators featuring short-priced runners for punters. This year's meeting once again sees a number of horses chalked up at cramped odds, but will they be bankers or blowouts? Sporting Life…

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…

ANTE-POST punters have been thrown into a state of panic five months before the Cheltenham Festival after another big hope was ruled out. An Tobar, who had been as short as 12-1 for the Ballymore after being backed from 25s, was scratched due to a tendon injury. Purchased by powerful owners Robcour, the Henry de Bromhead-trained An Tobar was one of…

SHISHKIN has everything in his favour to make it a third successive victory at the Cheltenham Festival by capturing today's Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The winner of the Supreme Hurdle two years ago and last year's Arkle Chase at the Festival, SHISHKIN (3.00, nap, ITV) has yet to be beaten in his seven outings over fences.This talented…

We bring you day two of the Punchestown Festival as Allaho waltzes away with the Grade 1 Punchestown Gold Cup (5.55). In a cracker of a race which pits all-conquering Cheltenham Festival winner Allaho thumped Clan Des Obeaux and Al Boum Photo by at least eight lengths leading all the way. This followed Willie Mullins also winning the staying novice…

Big-race fancies Deauville Legend and Without A Fight were out of luck in the Lexus Melbourne Cup but Britain could lay claim to the winner as expat David Eustace and joint-trainer Ciaron Maher landed Australia's greatest race for the first time with topweight Gold Trip. Eustace, whose father James was a trainer in Newmarket and brother Harry…

There are just four weeks left until the Cheltenham Festival in mid-March. On Saturday and Sunday there was another cracking weekend of action, with the main dishes coming in England after the Dublin Racing Festival took centre stage the previous weekend. The leading novice chasers on British soil will fancy their hopes of Cheltenham Festival glory…

As we wait for the National Hunt season get underway, now's the time to get up to speed on all the horses expected to go the distance this year. Whether you're a die-hard at the race course or just want to sound like you know what you're talking about while catching a few races in the pub, the highly-regarded Jumpers to Follow is the book you…

Jump racing kicks off at Chepstow on Friday and Saturday with a fantastic card but as the National Hunt season starts it's always good to have a list of horses who could progress nicely this year. Especially as attention always starts well ahead of Cheltenham Festival, King George VI Chase and all the big meetings jump fans love. There's a plethora…

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…

Jockey Patrick Mullins believes the Clarence House Chase at Ascot could be the perfect setting to finally discover who is king of the two-mile division. Energumene, trained by Mullins' father Willie, and Nicky Henderson's Shishkin could finally meet this month as they put their unbeaten records over fences on the line. The pair had been set to…