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Despite getting a few things wrong, Tahmuras made it three from three over hurdles as he stepped up in grade to land the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown. He made mistakes at the last two flights and still looked green as he wandered on the run-in, but he saw the race out well under testing conditions. There is clearly more to come as he gains experience…

PRIME VENTURE gets the vote to rack up back-to-back victories in the Unibet Veterans' Handicap Chase (3.00) at Sandown Park on Saturday. Twelve months ago, Evan Williams' 12-year-old came from the clouds under Adam Wedge to clinch this race by nine lengths. There's little doubt the race was run to suit a hold-up horse that afternoon, but there's…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Saturday's racing confident of finding you a few winners to kickstart the new year. Read on for our man's tips and back a horse by clicking their odds below. Don't forget, he's got a complete runner-by-runner guide to the Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle - and revealed his best Cheltenham Festival ante-post tips. BALLYANDY (3.00 Sandown,…

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…

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…

DUNDALK: 4.15 Hero Of The Hour, 4.45 Dancing Tango, 5.15 Riccardi Medici, 5.45 Blue News, 6.15 Lizzy's Filly, 6.45 Magnanimous Mehmus, 7.15 Ivasecret, 7.45 Maccliff FAIRYHOUSE: 11.35 El Fabiolo, 12.05 Clonbury Bridge, 12.37 Marvel De Cerisy, 1.07 Jazzy Matty, 1.37 Peace Party, 2.07 Kilbree Warrior, 2.37 Memory Of Youth, 3.07 Polly's…

Dusart was sent off favourite for the open 3m handicap hurdle at Cheltenham on Friday, but could finish only sixth behind his stable companion Captain Morgs. Both runners attracted support, but it was Captain Morgs that coped better with the way the race unfolded. The omission of the final hurdle due to the low sun meant the tempo lifted only after…

Get ready to place your bets and cheer your horses home - the 2022 Cheltenham Festival is here. Fans return to the four-day meeting after missing out last year, with sales hitting record levels. Over 60000 people will watch the thrilling sporting action from the grandstands during the week. The feature Gold Cup, sponsored by Boodles, is wide open…

THE Champion Hurdle is one of the big races at Cheltenham Festival. And with it coming up in just a few weeks, the ante post mark is hotting up nicely. Henry de Bromhead won it last year with the unbeaten Honeysuckle. Rachael Blackmore rode the superstar mare to victory by more than six lengths. Here, SunSport looks at the current ante post market…

Rachael Blackmore's mount Honeysuckle is favourite for the feature race on day 1 of Cheltenham Festival 2022. The mighty mare is a short price in the betting with the bookies APPRECIATE IT is fancied to take Honeysuckle's Champion Hurdle (3.30) crown at Cheltenham. Training king Willie Mullins has an outstanding record at getting a horse to peak…

NOTHING would give me more pleasure than to pull Paddy's pants down by finding you the winner of today's Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase. Cheltenham's feature race, live on ITV, is the first really big clash of the new jumps season. The two-and-a-half-mile thriller encourages a mix of speed-jumping and stamina, which is why the event has…

SATURDAY of the Paddy Power meeting is always a massive day with the Paddy Power Gold Cup the highlight. I only managed to win it once, but that was on Cyfor Malta in 2002, four years after he'd won it for the first time under AP McCoy. Only five horses have won it twice and he is one of them. He was a classy horse and even though I'm not sure…

Constitution Hill is in "electric" form ahead of his belated and eagerly-anticipated seasonal debut in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle. The Champion Hurdle favourite has not run since trouncing stablemate Jonbon by 22 lengths in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. Unseasonably quick ground has forced trainer Nicky…

BOOKIES think Constitution Hill will miss this weekend's Fighting Fifth - after the Ascot fiasco. Trainer Nicky Henderson said there was no chance he was going to run his sensational Supreme winner on good ground last weekend. That immediately raised the prospect of a head-to-head with stablemate Epatante at Newcastle this Saturday. But…

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…

Top tipster Simon Rowlands has four bets online for the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, including an each-way selection in the Champion Hurdle. The question of what is the ideal preparation for the Cheltenham Festival is usually confined to the horses, but I find myself wondering whether being battle-hardened or fresh as a daisy…

The furore around the ground at Ascot and the withdrawal of Constitution Hill meant the quality of Boothill's performance in winning the Hurst Park Handicap Chase went under the radar. It shouldn't have done: Boothill, having just his third start over fences, put up a performance that would put him right in the mix for any graded novice chase…

Can the Skeltons land the Scottish Champion Hurdle with West Cork? The Scottish and English Grand National meetings have flip-flopped in the calendar this season and a change in the pattern means Ayr precedes Aintree. The 30-day gap between the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and Scottish Champion Hurdle in 2021 is reduced to 15 days this…

This weekend sees lots of thrilling races at Ascot with some high class and top grade hurdling and chases. The huge anticipation for the feature race on Saturday with the Clarence House Chase is well and truly justified but the battles either side of it are also very promising for punters. We've seen plenty of big races of late produce surprising…

There was no one standout performance over the three days of Cheltenham's November meeting, but for my money, Banbridge is the horse that did the most to stake his claim for top honours. Banbridge is already a Cheltenham Festival winner, having landed the Martin Pipe over hurdles last spring, but physically he's very much a chaser, a rangy gelding…

Joseph O'Brien's charge, who took the Martin Pipe at the Festival in March and landed a novice chase at Gowran on his fencing debut last month, was always travelling and jumping sweetly under J J Slevin. Tommy's Oscar likewise tanked through the race but after momentarily being short of room turning in, it soon became clear he wasn't going to get…

Its been a pretty hectic month for Paddy what with his Pick 5 giveaways and pay out on Jonbon to win the Arkle Chase at the Cheltenham Festival - but is he finished? No he's not. Because the big man is front-and-centre again at Cheltenham on Saturday as the main sponsor of the feature race, the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Woof! And a card of such…

There's another £25000 up for grabs in the Paddy's Pick 5 competition at Cheltenham on Saturday, and Harry Allwood has shared his selections for the five races. It is a shame Grade One winner Monmiral has been taken out, but this still looks an intriuguing contest on paper, despite only six runners going to post. Pentland Hills and TOMMY'S…

Pentland Hills (right) competing in the 2019 International Hurdle Early-season novice chases don't get much better than this. All bar outsider Fusain were rated 140-plus over hurdles and Pentland Hills is a Grade 1 winner in that discipline. Cheltenham is a tough place to jump and only six horses have made a successful debut over fences at the…

First up a quick list of our hot tips for Saturday's action, with the feature race the Grade 2 Paddy Power Gold Cup (1420). You can find more detail on each of our selections further down the page. Selections: 13:45 (Cheltenham) Banbridge 14:20 (Cheltenham) Stolen Silver 14:35 (Lingfield) Judicial 14:55 (Cheltenham) Shearer 15:10 (Lingfield)…

Luccia created a big impression when making a successful bumper debut at Warwick in January and she then posted an even more impressive victory when bolting up in a listed affair at Sandown, putting up the best effort by a mare in the division last season. The ground at Sandown was testing and not many in the field handled the conditions, but it…

With the Breeders' Cup in the rear view mirror, it's mostly about jumps racing for British and Irish bettors. The path inexorably leads toward Cheltenham in March, Aintree in early April, and Punchestown in late April, and there are numerous good races to follow on that path. This weekend sees Graded jumping races at Cheltenham in England and in…

It's the middle afternoon of three at Cheltenham's November Meeting on Saturday and the card is headlined by the Paddy Power Gold Cup at 2.20pm. The meeting also features high-quality Grade 2 trials for the Triumph Hurdle and the Arkle alongside a Listed bumper. They race from 12.35-4.05pm in the Cotswolds and our racing expert has selections for…

We have four bets for Saturday's racing at Cheltenham. It's Paddy Power Gold Cup day at Cheltenham racecourse on Saturday afternoon and four races will take place in front of the ITV racing cameras with the feature contest going off at 14:20. Our in-house tipster Steve Chambers previews the four live races and picks out his best bet for each race…

THE Cheltenham Festival is back in person this week - which is basically Christmas for racing fans across Britain and Ireland. You will no doubt be hearing tips from all corners as to who is likely to win the top prizes on offer at the annual race meet but only a few truly know what they're talking about when it comes to spying a winner or…

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…

channel for our exclusive free betting tips, picks and offers. On Wednesday, 26 October, the horse racing NAP of the Day, according to SportsLens experts, is Sonigino. He's the second leg of a Paul Nicholls double our tipsters like at Chepstow in the 2m handicap hurdle (3:45). Next Best, meanwhile, is Timeforatune in Division I of the 2m novice…

Tommy's Oscar pips Geromino in the opener at Carlisle Thursday: Carlisle The first race of Carlisle's jumps season produced a rarity as a photo-finish was called to the two-runner novice handicap chase with high-class hurdler Tommy's Oscar just edging out Geromino. The race-fit Geromino, sent off the 8-13 favourite, set the tempo under Brian Hughes…

Here's a quick snapshot of our tips for Thursday, you can get a bit more detail on our highlighted horses below that. Planet Sport live race centre, where you can get the latest racecards, results and odds from the three tracks. The card opens with a two-runner race but it is a classy affair with the 155-rated Tommy's Oscar making his debut over…

It's finally here… the eagerly awaited jumps season! We have plenty of fantastic racing to get stuck into between now and Christmas and then it is full steam ahead towards those Spring Festivals that we all love. To kick us off, we have the two-day Jumps Season Opener at Chepstow and here are my selections for the first day. Let's hope we can get…

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…