#Rehearsal Chase

Sheikh Mohammed winning the Champion Hurdle with a horse who'd been first past the post in the Gold Cup at Ascot... Barry Hills and Robert Sangster combining to land the Stayers' Hurdle... Saeed Manana's silks carried to victory in the Sun Alliance Hurdle and a Gold Cup that caused such a rumpus it ended with a Jockey Club Enquiry at Portman Square…

By Andrew Asquith, Friday 06 January 2023 Posted in: Cheltenham Festival Tips Andrew Asquith looks ahead to the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup and picks out his best ante-post bet. A quick glance at the ante-post betting market for the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup shows what a cracking renewal this year's race could be with the first seven or eight in the…

BETFAIR CHASE winner Protektorat has been ruled out of the King George - but their is a new favourite for the big race. The bookies have reported an avalanche of cash for L'Homme Presse who has now leapfrogged Bravemansgame at the top of the betting. Venetia Williams' top-class seven-year-old is 7-4 (from 2-1) with Coral, while Paul Nicholls'…

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…

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…

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Chantry House: drops in class for the Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase Into Overdrive started the season as perhaps the most exciting prospect ever to emerge from Mark Walford's underrated North Yorkshire yard. In two runs this year he has only advanced his peak Racing Post Rating by 1lb, but he has enhanced his reputation considerably and the…

Into Overdrive: Showed he is still on the up by winning the William Hill Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase Monday: Wetherby Family is everything at Christmas time and few will have enjoyed the festivities more than the Hamiltons, who landed a memorable triumph in the William Hill Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase. Michael Hamilton, a clerk of the scales,…

2022-12-24Boxing Day racing at Wetherby: Andy Gibson previews the Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase One can comprehend why the Dan Skelton-trained Shan Blue has opened as the early favourite for this Class 1 handicap chase. That's not to say that the market is necessarily correct, but his performance over course and distance in the 2021 Charlie Hall…

There's four Grade 1s to feast upon this Monday, as the rearranged Long Walk Hurdle (1245), the Kauto Star Novices Chase (1320), the Christmas Hurdle (1355) and the showpiece King George VI (1430) will all be settled at Kempton. There's also some Grade 3 action from Wetherby in the form of the highly popular Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase…

PAConstitution Hill is set to face just four rivals when he puts his unbeaten record and huge reputation on the line in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton. # Preview Constitution Hill, Facile Vega, A Plus Tard - A star-studded cast for Christmas festivals Donn McClean looks ahead to the coming days' racing for The42. Donn McClean MANY STARS OF the…

A scroll through Twitter on the evening of December 26 in recent years has tended to reveal Paul Nicholls celebrating King George success with a McDonald's on the way back from Kempton. The Ditcheat maestro, who is seeking a record-extending 13th win in the race, could well be lovin' it again on Monday with Bravemansgame and Hitman among the main…

Bravemansgame and L'Homme Presse feature among a final field of nine horses declared for the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton. Paul Nicholls has long since considered the Boxing Day showpiece as a tailor-made target for Bravemansgame, who was a brilliant winner of the Kauto Star Novices' Chase on this day last season. The seven-year-old…

Sky Sports Racing presenter Alex Hammond is back with her Christmas blog, taking aim at the King George, Long Walk Hurdle and the Welsh Grand National. Amongst all the rushing around for Christmas in the Hammond house, there is some serious racing to look forward to over the festive period, it's no wonder my house guests choose to leave on Boxing…

Regarded by Gordon Elliott as the best he had trained, Don Cossack looked an exceptional prospect in bumpers, but he spent a couple of seasons in the wilderness, failing to meet expectations over hurdles or in his novice chase campaign, occasionally looking a bit weak in the finish. There can be no faulting his record over his final two campaigns,…

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…

IT IS brilliant when a horse lives up to the hype and CONSTITUTION HILL more than justified his billing as champion hurdler in waiting. He boosted the Newcastle gate to an 11-year high too - if you run them, they will come. Any Grade 1 victory on the bridle by 12 lengths will make headlines but he destroyed former Champion Hurdler EPATANTE which…

The fast-improving seven-year-old signed off last season with three successive handicap chase victories, the last of them coming in novice company over three miles at Perth. The Mark Walford-trained gelding opened this season in similar fashion when taking a competitive handicap at Wetherby over and extended two miles and three furlongs. But it was…

Gold Cup and Grand National winner Barry Geraghty couldn't hide his excitement when discussing Constitution Hill's breathtaking victory in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle last weekend. Geraghty, a former stable jockey to Nicky Henderson, knows the star hurdler better than most having prepared the horse at his home before being sold to owner Michael…

2022-11-29King George VI path clears for Bravemansgame as Galopin Des Champs withdraws The Willie Mullins-trained Galopin Des Champs, an unlucky last-fence faller at the Cheltenham Festival back in March, had been the subject of support earlier in the month, despite his trainer stating it was an unlikely option for his charge. Galopin Des Champs,…

Le Milos and Harry Skelton take the last in the Coral Gold Cup from stablemates Remastered (left) and Gericault Roque The breathy sound that greeted Constitution Hill's thumping victory over Epatante and co in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle was partly awestruck gasp but mainly a collective sigh of relief that this wondrous talent is just as good as…

For once, you couldn't blame Matt Chapman's enthusiasm. "Nicky, you were rated 6lb below Istabraq going into that, have we seen, arguably, the greatest hurdler of the modern era just now?" Nicky Henderson, watery eyed at Newbury, 300 miles away from the scene of the Betfair Fighting Fifth, tried his best to play it cool. "Now now, hang on a minute,…

Ross Millar looks back on a memorable Saturday headlined by some star performances, not least from the brilliant Constitution Hill at Newcastle. Our columnist also shares his Mondays tips for Catterick, live on Racing TV. What a difference a week makes. Last week we were all left frustrated as quick ground delayed the return of both Constitution…

Last week I was waxing lyrical about the autumnal conditions and how we should all be embracing the end of summer. Well, that didn't age particularly well, did it? As a result, you may have to forgive me if I repeat myself at times this week. Ascot staged their November meeting last weekend, and whilst it was November in name, it was not in nature.…

Fighting Fifth Hurdle: takes place this Saturday at Newcastle Newcastle is optimistic conditions will be on the slower side for its flagship jumps meeting on Saturday raising hopes that two of racing's most exciting stars, Constitution Hill and L'Homme Presse, may run a week on from their late withdrawals on a decimated Ascot card. Constitution…

1pt win Call Of The Wild in 2.05 Ascot at 11/2 (General) 1pt win Good Boy Bobby in 3.15 Ascot at 16/1 (General) 1pt win Camulus in 4.25 Ascot at 15/2 (Hills) Saturday's Bateaux London Gold Cup Handicap Chase at Ascot has attracted a competitive field in which there are several leading contenders, but the top weighted GOOD BOY BOBBY could prove the…

The popular gelding, who is co-trained by Gary Rutherford, was last seen finishing third behind Chantry house in the Grade Two Cotswold Chase in late January. Prior to that the nine-year-old was the winner of the Listed Rehearsal Chase at Newcastle in November, a long-awaited success after a string of placed efforts in graded events the season…

Saturday's fixture at Ascot was hit by high-profile non runners as the ground dried out by the hour. Despite over 30 millimetres of rain at Newbury last week, the ground is currently good, and clerk of the course Keith Ottesen admits he and his team are in for a challenging week. "Because of the drought in the summer there is still a moisture…

L'Homme Presse takes what connections hope will be the first step towards a Gold Cup challenge in the Chanelle Pharma 1965 Chase at Ascot. The seven-year-old, trained by Venetia Williams, was an impressive winner of the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham in March and connections believe he will continue to progress and make up into a blue riband…

Chantry House: one of five declarations for the Cotswold Chase Chantry House will sport cheekpieces for the first time in Saturday's Cotswold Chase (2.30) but does not take on talented novice Ahoy Senor in the Grade 2 event. Ahoy Senor had the option of entering open company at the weekend but instead is likely to contest the Towton Novices' Chase…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage This Wednesday, 14 September, the horse racing NAP of the Day, according to SportsLens experts, is Gold Des Bois. He contests the 2m 1f handicap chase at Kelso this evening (5:45). Iain Jardine's runner looks very well-handicapped and appeals at terrific 13/8 odds here. Beginning a new National…