There were shocks aplenty on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival with the first six winners returning at SPs of 22/1, 50/1, 8/1, 18/1, 22/1 and 16/1. Some of the biggest equine names in the sport, namely Kopek Des Bordes, Fact To File and Ballyburn all fluffed their lines but Willie Mullins still managed a treble, including two Grade 1 victories for Irancy and Champs Kiely. Stablemate El F...
Well done to those clients who snapped up the 12/1 (William Hill) on offer about Willie Mullins' claiming his second British trainers title in the Aintree Grand National Update. The head of Closutton dominated the final afternoon at Sandown on Saturday sending out a treble, including Graded victories for Gaelic Warrior and Il Etait Temps, and being responsible for the second, third, fourth and fif...
Al Aasy gained his ninth Pattern race victory when coming from the rear to win the Group 3 Gordon Richards Stakes at Sandown on Friday. The William Haggas trained eight year old was in fine form last season winning Group 3 events at Goodwood and Newbury and was making his seasonal return here. Effective over ten and twelve furlongs, Jim Crowley's mount needs to be delivered late and given an excel...
I had my first taste of Flat racing in 2025 at Thirsk on Tuesday evening. The weather was pleasant and it was good to speak to a few subscribers and some owners and trainers. Karl Burke's juveniles have started the new campaign like a house on fire and the Amo Racing owned Jan Steen made it 7 winners from 10 runners with a bloodless success in the five furlongs maiden stakes. Strong in the market,...
Haiti Couleurs became the first British trained winner of the Irish National at Fairyhouse since 2014 when staying on strongly to beat the 13yo Any Second Now, who was filling the runners-up berth for the second consecutive year, by three and a quarter lengths. Racing off a mark of 141, the Dragon Dancer gelding had won the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on his previous start and w...
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The Andrew Balding interview in Talking Trainers continues to churm out the winners with two more successes at Newc...
Readers of Ahead On The Flat can't say they weren't told - James Owen commented on page 106 re Pellitory: "A very nice horse who worked with Wimbledon Hawkeye last year and we think a lot of him. Still weak as a juvenile, he has developed and strengthened during the winter and will be suited by seven furlongs or a mile this season. He likes cut in the ground and the plan is for him to reappear in ...
Field of Gold ended a thirty two year wait for John Gosden as the big grey son of Kingman won the Group 3 Craven Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday. The former champion trainer won the one mile event with Emperor Jones in 1993 but has endured a lean spell since. Last season's Solario Stakes winner had got bogged down in the testing conditions at Longchamp in October and produced a sparkling reappear...
Twelve millimetres of rain fell on the Rowley Mile from midnight on Tuesday changing the ground to good to soft on opening day of the Craven meeting at Newmarket. Almeric provided Andrew Balding with his fifth winner amongst the three year old ranks since Friday when capturing the Listed Feilden Stakes. A winner on slow ground at York last Autumn, the son of Study of Man appreciated the step up to...
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