#Rowland Meyrick

Andy Stephens identifies an 8-1 chance heading for the £75000 Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock on Saturday and has another quartet to monitor. Watch how they all fare on Racing TV 1.30 Haydock: Sky Bet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle Horse: Rare Edition Odds: a general 13-8 Rare Edition's owners seem resigned to their horses costing them…

Twice early in its history the Cheltenham Gold Cup fell foul of the weather, both times in the 1930s. The atrocious winter of 1962/63 abated just in time for Cheltenham to go ahead as normal that March but snow on the final day of the 1978 Festival resulted in that year's Gold Cup, won by Midnight Court, being postponed four weeks until…

Hot favourite Galopin Des Champs headed another bumper entry from Ireland for the Boodles Cheltenham Cup on Tuesday. He is a best-priced 7-4 for the festival highlight on March 17, having won all his four completed chases. The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old was among 13 entries from Ireland in a potential field of 27, for a race that country…

Simply The Betts: can he go one better after finishing second in the race last year? In a normal season, the Paddy Power New Year's Day Handicap Chase would be the most winnable of the major handicap chases around 2m4f at Cheltenham. That was the lesson from findings presented in these pages before the December Gold Cup on December 10, but the fact…

AFTER a few false starts and with the weather causing havoc, the National Hunt finally looks like kicking into top gear over Christmas. And the highlight will be the blockbuster King George on Boxing Day. Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV will have their fair share of the action. But ITV remains the only place to see all the big races without having…

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,…

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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…

Kempton's Ladbrokes King George (3.00) was won by the outsider Frodon, giving trainer Paul Nicholls his 12th success in the race Bryony Frost judged her fractions to perfection as Frodon served up a 20-1 shock in the 2020 Ladbrokes King George VI Chase. The pair have had a tremendous partnership in recent seasons and hit the heights in the festive…

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…

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…

Britain's festive spectacular, the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase (2.30), is one of the highlights of the year and is already shaping up to be a post-Christmas cracker on December 26. The King George has been won by some of jump racing's legends in the past, and we have taken a look at who could join that illustrious roll of honour based on…

Steve Packham (third left): hoping Goshen can gain a first Grade 1 in the Long Walk Hurdle No-one could begrudge Steve Packham a first Grade 1 winner at Kempton on Monday and Goshen's owner believes his fans' favourite will relish a first try over three miles in the Ladbrokes Long Walk Hurdle (12.45). The Gary Moore-trained Goshen looked a Grade 1…

Leopardstown: two days of the track's Christmas festival will be shown on ITV Racing Horse Racing Ireland is looking forward to Irish meetings playing a crucial role in the ITV Racing Christmas Festival, but it is unlikely it will add another fixture to its schedule to make it a week-long spectacular of coverage in the future. The ITV Racing…

One of last season's leading novices, the seven-year-old failed to fire when favourite for the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby on his reappearance, but improved to take third behind Grand National hero Noble Yeats in the Many Clouds Chase at Aintree earlier this month. Ahoy Senor has the option of reverting to handicap company in Wetherby's Rowland…

Michael Buckley, still revelling in the sensational atmosphere he experienced when Constitution Hill shone at Newcastle last month, hopes the Christmas crowd at Kempton can enjoy an equally thrilling treat on Monday when the sport's newest superstar lines up in the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle (1.55). Trained by Buckley's close pal Nicky Henderson,…

Bravemansgame (left) and Hitman: in the running for the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase Sam Twiston-Davies is pinning his hopes of another King George VI Chase (2.30) on the fantastic jumping of Hitman, the horse he rides in the Ladbrokes-sponsored event at Kempton on Monday. Twiston-Davies won the prestigious Grade 1 in 2019 when he rode Clan Des…

Frost and snow has hit hard in Britain and Ireland but over the festive period ITV are planning on covering action from 14 race meetings, featuring 41 races in total, across six joyous days of high-octane racing. From Boxing Day right through to New Year's Day, the Christmas jumpers are out in force and here we highlight the full schedule including…

Despite finishing last of five to Bravemansgame on his return to action in the Charlie Hall at the Yorkshire track, the Lucinda Russell-trained seven-year-old was sent off favourite for the Many Clouds Chase. After running free and making a couple of minor errors early on, Derek Fox's mount warmed to the task and got within three and a half lengths…

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…

KLASSICAL DREAM can triumph in the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (GBB Race) (3.30pm), the feature on the third day of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival. Willie Mullins' eight-year-old could easily bring up a Grade One treble for the Irish trainer in what could be a spectacular afternoon for the County Carlow handler. Klassical Dream has had his problems…

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 King George on Boxing Day will likely be run on soft ground The ground at Kempton remains soft for the start of the course's two-day Christmas festival, headlined by the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase (3.05). Despite a short dry spell the course is expecting a further five to ten millimetres of rainfall from around midday on Thursday, meaning…

Nigel Twiston-Davies has won the Betfair Chase (3.00) four times and another victory in the race for Bristol De Mai would bring the house down. The popular grey is responsible for three of his trainer's successes in Haydock's signature jumps race but was pulled up last season. He is an outsider this time around and is bidding to emulate Kauto Star,…

James Knight, Coral Secret Reprieve was a really popular winner with punters when winning last year's Coral Welsh National (2.50 Chepstow) and I have a feeling he would be a very poor result for us again as he bids for a repeat win in the race. Frank Hickey, Paddy Power Forever Blessed has looked really good in two starts over hurdles and I don't…

The nine-year-old, whose form figures read 11411 in his five previous Wetherby visits, won the Rowland Meyrick at the West Yorkshire track on Boxing Day. He is one of 10 entries for the race, which also include last season's Scottish Grand National winner Win My Wings and Denman Chase hero Eldorado Allen. Good Boy Bobby, owned by Simon Munir and…

The weekend is here again and the racing action continues to step up a gear as we embark on a potential race for the ages at Ascot this afternoon. The jumping at Haydock and Taunton is also of a high standard and Lingfield hosts the middle leg of its three-day inaugural'Winter Million' weekend. Thankfully, Haafapiece rescued a patchy afternoon last…

Cobden, 21, a wise head on young shoulders, had the option of returning to the saddle of last year's winner Clan Des Obeaux. He admitted it was a tough call, but it is worth pointing out that Cobden raised a few eyebrows last year when opting for Clan Des Obeaux over his better fancied stable companion Politologue. Since winning at Ascot in…

Snow Leopardess won the Becher Chase over the National fences earlier in the season Charlie Longsdon's Snow Leopardess is a leading contender for the 2022 Randox Grand National at Aintree on April 9, as the classy grey, who won the Becher Chase earlier in the season, will have a featherweight to carry and is one of the premier British-trained…