Category: UK Racing

Strong Leader is set to captain a stacked Aintree team for Olly Murphy when he defends his Liverpool Hurdle crown on Merseyside.The eight-year-old gave the Warren Chase handler just his second Grade One triumph when galloping to victory in the three-mile event 12 months ago and was last seen finishing fourth in the Cleeve Hurdle…

Evan Williams may look to Punchestown with Libberty Hunter after his unfortunate exit when running promisingly in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.The nine-year-old has been both sparingly and successfully campaigned this season, winning a Cheltenham handicap before finishing second in the Grade Two Game Spirit Chase at Newbury.He was then sent…

Two bets at Newbury and Kelso.Weekend View: TomorrowAs is usually the case in the immediate aftermath of the Cheltenham Festival, it is a rather underwhelming weekend of racing, and not many races are priced up at the time of writing, but there are still some interesting handicaps to get stuck into at both Newbury and…

Fine FormGo To War NB – 3.30looks to be crying out for a step up to three miles and gets the chance to back up that view in the Ultimate Travel Company Handicap Hurdle at Newbury.The seven-year-old prevailed in a bumper and two Ludlow novice hurdles when with Fergal O’Brien but has yet to add…

Fine FormKado De Joie LU – 4.30is taken to return to winning ways in the NFU Mutual Insurance Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow.Nicky Henderson’s charge showed promise last season, scoring at Market Rasen and being placed on two other occasions.He then showed the benefit of a summer break by kicking off this term with a Fontwell…

John ‘Shark’ Hanlon is set to decide this week who will ride Hewick in the Randox Grand National.The famous €850 purchase and 2023 King George hero delighted his handler when tuning up for his Aintree assignment with a victory in the hands of Hanlon’s son Paddy at Thurles in the Jimmy Neville Memorial Hurdle –…

My Drogo could return to the scene of his finest hour as the Randox Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Chase at Aintree is the likely target in his new career for trainer and old friend Edward Walker.The gelding, now 10, started out with Walker and his wife, former jockey Polly Gundry, a duo who together produce point-to-pointers…

Gavin Cromwell expects his Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup winner and Grand National favourite Inothewayurthinkin to have one more run this season.Inothewayurthinkin justified his connections paying the supplementary entry for the Cheltenham Festival showpiece with a barnstorming display that denied Galopin Des Champs a third success in the race and a place in the history books.Gavin…

Fine FormThe Long Point EX – 4.27looks ready to break his duck over timber at the fourth attempt in Exeter’s Buy At Irish Bloodstock Sales Handicap Hurdle.Emma Lavelle’s charge looked to be going in the right direction when second on his handicap debut at Kempton last month, when keeping on nicely under Harry Cobden to…

Galopin Des Champs will face eight rivals in his bid for Cheltenham Festival immortality, as he leads the field for today’s centrepiece Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup.Willie Mullins’ star staying chaser has a phenomenal record at Prestbury Park, with a final fence fall when well clear in the 2022 Turners Novices’ Chase the only blip from…