Category: UK Racing

Fine FormNew Order WA – 4.30faces his easiest task for some time and can get back to winning ways in the JCB Handicap Chase at Warwick.Without a success this season, the only time he has finished outside the first three was on his seasonal return at Bangor when the ground was too soft.Admittedly he was…

Four selections in the Lincoln at Doncaster.I must admit, I’m so ready for the Flat season to begin. It’s one of my favourite weeks of the year, the lead up to the Lincoln, with an air of excitement of what’s to come this season, and Doncaster’s card on Saturday looks a cracker.There is also some…

Group 1 winners Docklands and Qirat feature among 12 entries for the Doncaster Mile on Saturday.Docklands, who won the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, had been pencilled in for a trip to Dubai but trainer Harry Eustace explained that connections had had to rethink their plans but that the six-year-old was in good form.Qirat…

Fine FormConstitution Hill KM – 7.30can make another giant step forward in his new career on the Flat in the Virgin Bet Novice Stakes at Kempton.The nine-year-old sparkled at Southwell last month when running on the level for the first time in the hands of champion jockey Oisin Murphy, claiming a comfortable nine-and-a-half length win.That…

Adam Nicol is considering the Randox Grand National meeting at Aintree for Minella Study, before a possible Flat campaign this summer.The JCB Triumph Hurdle third ran a gallant race at the Cheltenham Festival on his first start in three months and he is fresh enough for the spring.The Grade 1 Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle…

Fine FormOisin Murphy does not team up with James Fanshawe on a regular basis, but when he does it is usually worth nothing, which makesEstissa WL – 4.15of particular interest at Wolverhampton.The multiple champion jockey has a near one in four strike-rate for Fanshawe over the years, and when you look at the breeding of…

Fine FormCame From Nowhere NB – 2.00sets a very high standard for his rivals to aim at in the BetVictor Novices’ Hurdle at Newbury.Trained by Jeremy Scott, the lightly-raced seven-year-old drops back to novice company having won a competitive handicap last time out.He had only won an ordinary event at Hereford prior to heading to…

Ryanair Chase winner Heart Wood could double up with Grand National meeting success after connections confirmed Merseyside will be the next port of call for the Henry de Bromhead star.The eight-year-old produced one of the performances of the week at the Cheltenham Festival when beating Jonbon by 10 lengths to clinch the extended two-and-a-half-mile Grade…

Today selectionsSIEGE OF ACRES – 16:40 Sedgefield (NAP)SIEGE OF ACRES might well have gone close to winning had he not made such a mistake five fences from the finish on chasing debut at Musselburgh last month, but the experience won’t be lost on him and it’s not hard to see a far more polished performance…

Fine FormThree Pikes LU – 3.20can make the drop back in trip count in the Omnia Art Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow.The six-year-old has never been outside the first three since switching to hurdles, after breaking is maiden in a bumper at Newton Abbot in his first run for Henry Oliver after moving from Tom George.He…