With the Cheltenham Festival less than three weeks away, the preview nights will be getting into full swing shortly. I am fortunate enough to be on three panels this year starting with the one at the Coniston Hotel, near Skipton in North Yorkshire on Monday 2nd March. I will be alongside Brian Hughes, Henrietta Knight, Michael Shinners, Harry Bannister and Jonathan Doidge. The evening kicks off at...
First Account was highlighted as a horse to follow in the February Update, in addition to featuring in the Handicap Snips section of One Jump Ahead. The former Irish pointer was having his first run for Keith Dalgleish at Musselburgh on Tuesday and the six year old justified strong market support to land the two and a half miles novices' handicap chase. Runner-up on his chasing bow at Hexham earli...
It was an excellent day for the Top 40 Prospects in One Jump Ahead with Sporting John (6/4) and Emitom (7/4) winning impressively at Ascot and Haydock respectively.
Sporting John produced a tremendous performance in the opening novice hurdle at the Berkshire track to extend his unbeaten record to four wins, three of which have been under Rules for Philip Hobbs. Rated 146, the Getaway gelding easi...
Greaneteen was the class act on parade at Fakenham on Friday and Paul Nicholls' ex-French gelding wasn't hard pressed to make it three out of three over fences in the two miles novices' chase. Having already won at Ascot and Musselburgh earlier in the season, the son of Great Pretender readily saw off his two rivals with a fine round of jumping. Harry Cobden's mount crossed the line five lengths i...
I am heading south tomorrow to carry out some interviews for the forthcoming edition of Ahead On The Flat. I am looking forward to my annual trip to Newmarket. I will therefore update the Diary on my return with news on those interviews plus anything else which has happened during my absence. The weights for the Randox Health Grand National are due to be published on Tuesday so fingers cross...
Eight years after Zarkandar won the Betfair Hurdle for Paul Nicholls, it was another ex-French gelding which provided the champion trainer with victory in the two miles handicap at Newbury on Saturday. Pic D'Orhy was a high-class juvenile hurdler in France before being bought last winter. Unplaced in the Triumph Hurdle, the five year old fell on his reappearance at Auteuil in November and then pul...
Shishkin was the headline act on Huntingdon's card on Thursday and the six year old didn't disappoint with another impressive win in the Listed Sidney Banks Memorial Novices' Hurdle. Nicky Henderson's charge had won by eleven lengths on his jumping bow at Newbury last month scoring by eleven lengths over the minimum trip. Stepping up in distance at the Cambridgeshire track, he won by the same marg...
Willie Mullins enjoyed a Grade 1 double on the second day of the Dublin Racing Festival with Faugheen maintaining his unbeaten record over fences in the Flogas Novice Chase. The former Champion Hurdle winner jumped well and, having taken over from longtime leader Battleoverdoyen between the final two fences, stayed on dourly to fend off the challenge of stablemate Easy Game. It was a tremendous pe...
February couldn't have started much worse as far as the Top 40 Prospects were concerned with four losers - two ran very well but the other couple ran shockers.
The Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown kicked off on Saturday with Honeysuckle extending her unbeaten record to eight wins when capturing the Irish Champion Hurdle. Henry De Bromhead's mare looked set for a comfortable win once taking ...
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The 20 page Update has a detailed look at the Cheltenham Festival handicaps with a number of suggestions for races s...
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