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KILLER CLOWN can scare a few better-fancied rivals in the Jewson Monet's Garden Old Roan Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (3pm) as racing returns to Aintree Racecourse on Sunday afternoon. Emma Lavelle's seven-year-old may just come out on top for a slight shock win in the Grade Two feature at the home of the Randox Grand National. Last year's…

Saturday was Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham and it certainly threw up some very interesting plotlines with March in mind. The next time the flags are dropped at the Cotswolds venue, it will be for the Festival-opening Supreme Novices' Hurdle on March 15. Here is our latest weekend review with eyes firmly now fixed on the big event. Odds correct…

First up a quick list of our hot tips for Friday's action, with the feature race the Grade 2 Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (1530). You can find more detail on each of our selections further down the page. Selections: 13:10 (Cheltenham) Enki Flacke 13:45 (Cheltenham) The Glancing Queen 14:55 (Cheltenham) Ballyandy 15:30 (Cheltenham)…

State Man: was an impressive winner of the County Hurdle and steps into Grade 1 company There are only six runners but there is no shortage of quality with runaway County Hurdle winner and Champion Hurdle prospect State Man, Aintree Grade 1 winner Three Stripe Life and winning machine Flame Bearer all lining up. State Man heads the market and,…

After a bumpy run through June and July, it looks as if Nestor Cortes has regained his form for the New York Yankees. Cortes has posted a 1.93 ERA and 0.99 WHIP over his last four outings (23¹/₃ innings) and has held opponents to a.188 batting average in that span. The 27-year-old lefty's batted-ball data looks terrific. A master at inducing weak…