What used to be the Whitbread Gold Cup will be run at Sandown on Saturday 28th April 2007. Hot Weld could easily follow up his success in the Scottish Grand National. I remember Mr Frisk winning the Grand National in 1990 and then going on to win the Whitbread Gold Cup three weeks later. Hot…
Punchestown Festival Runners and Riders 2007
by Ian Wade •
Unfortunately I will not be able to get across to Ireland for the Punchestown Festival this year. The Irish hospitality is brillant and the atmosphere is terrific. The entrance fees to the course are much more realistic than the fancy prices at Cheltenham.The race of the meeting looks to be the three mile Champion Stayers…
Scottish Grand National 2007
by Ian Wade •
Ferdie Murphy gained compensation for Joes Edge poor display in the Aintree Grand National with a 1-2 in The Scottish Grand National. Hot Weld made virtually all the running to score a deserved victory. Nine De Sivola came second in his second Grand National. He was second in The Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse. A…
Aintree Grand National Meeting Review 2007
by Ian Wade •
Silver Birch was a worthy winner of The Grand National. Connections of Mckelvey consider he was unlucky as he injured himself in the race. One to watch for next season. My fancy L’ami clearly did not stay. The money that was poured on Point Barrow was lost at the first fence. He did what so…
Aintree Grand National 2007
by Ian Wade •
Although Tony McCoy thinks that L’Ami has too much weight I beleive he is one of the class horses in The Aintree Grand National of 2007. The going will be no problem for him and I expect him to give us a good run for our money. You can read Tony McCoy’s comments and download…
Aintree Grand National 2007
by Ian Wade •
I was hoping the performances of Distant Thunder and Juveigner in The Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday would give us some clue to Joes Edge in The Aintree Grand National. He has been well backed after beating them at Cheltenham but neither Distant Thunder nor Juveigneur appeared to stay the trip. The…
The Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse
by Ian Wade •
There will be a lot of runners for The Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday. The main contenders going across the Irish Sea from England are Cloudy Lane, Juveigneur and Distant Thunder. Distant Thunder very nearly did the business for me at Cheltenham. He jumped the last in front and was caught first…
The 2007 Liverpool Grand National at Aintree
by Ian Wade •
With only eleven days to go, the ground will be a major factor as always. They have started watering the course at Aintree to ensure good jumping ground. Point Barrow has been well backed following his last run in Ireland and is taking much the same route as NumberSixValverde last year.My friend Pete has told…
The Liverpool Grand National at Aintree
by Ian Wade •
The first Grand National took place in 1836. I was not around then, but I was for the first televised running of the race in 1960. I think I have only missed one live running of the race since then. In 1960 I had placed an Ante-Post bet on The Spring Double. The first leg…
Cheltenham Racing Review March 2007
by Ian Wade •
What a fabulous four days racing last week.Now that the dust has settled it is time to reflect on the results and performances of the feature race of each day. We now have a new kid on the block in Sublimity who won the The Cheltenham Champion Hurdle on the Tuesday. He appeared to have…
