Category: UK Racing

SKYE BREEZE – 1.12 Southwell (NAP)SKYE BREEZE could be up to the task of defying top weight in the Weekly £5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap at Southwell. Ed Bethell’s six-year-old has a very tidy all-weather strike-rate of 4-10 and that includes a course and distance win last January, after which he followed up off…

Fine FormDyrholaey SO – 1.42can make a successful start to his 2025 campaign in the Weekly £5 Free Bet With BetUK Handicap at Southwell.The four-year-old won his first three starts on the all-weather for Archie Watson, prompting powerhouse owners Wathnan Racing to secure his services prior a planned outing at Royal Ascot last summer.He was…

While all eyes will be on Galopin Des Champs in his bid for a third Irish Gold Cup at the weekend, one horse – Florida Pearl – stands out on his own, with an unparalleled four victories in the Leopardstown race that has had so many great winners down the years.The original superstar of Willie…

The Real Whacker will head straight to the Cheltenham Gold Cup following a weather interrupted start to the new year at trainer Patrick Neville’s Wensleydale yard.After winning the Charlie Hall at Wetherby and finishing fourth in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day for the second year in succession, The Real Whacker…

Fine FormThe Scorpion King CP – 3.17can make it a hat-trick in Wales by winning the Congratulations 2024 WGN Winner Val Dancer Handicap Chase at Chepstow.Oliver Signy’s seven-year-old appears to be improving with racing and his last two victories at Ffos Las suggest he is still a good bit ahead of the handicapper.There was plenty…

L’Homme Presse is firmly on track for tomorrow’s Betfair Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham.Venetia Williams’ charge delighted connections when finishing third on his reappearance in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day and is currently the sponsors’ 5/4 favourite for Saturday’s showpiece.Owner Andy Edwards told Tuesday’s Nick Luck Daily Podcast: “It’s all…

Fine FormDiva Luna SN – 1.15can shine once again when she lines up in the Anne Boleyn “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown.Ben Pauling’s six-year-old was a Listed and Grade Two-winning bumper horse, who defeated Paul Nicholls’ Jubilee Alpha at the latter level at Aintree last spring.Her hurdling debut saw her finish the runner-up in…

Fine FormAll eyes will be onPalladium HU – 12.47when he makes his jumping debut in the second division of the Pertemps Network Maiden Hurdle at Huntingdon.The four-year was previously trained on the Flat in Germany by Henk Grewe, winning at Group One level when taking the German Derby over a mile and a half last…

Strong Leader is on course for the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday having undergone a wind operation following his disappointing run in Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle.A Grade One winner of the Liverpool Hurdle for Olly Murphy last spring, the eight-year-old made a winning return at Newbury in the Grade Two Long Distance Hurdle before…

Fine FormCold Sobar AY – 2.00made a perfectly respectable return from a long absence and can show the benefit of that in the Try Racing TV For Free Now Handicap Chase at Ayr.Trained by Stuart Coltherd, the lightly-raced eight-year-old won two of his three outings over hurdles in the spring of 2023 but did not…