The Aintree Grand National Meeting gets underway on Thursday the 7th April with the totesport Bowl Chase worth £150,000.00 being the centre piece. The race is run over 3 miles 1 furlong . Denman is a warm favourite for this but he has had only three weeks to get over his exertions from the Cheltenham Gold Cup.…
The five day confirmations were announced today for the Aintree Grand National to be run this Saturday, the 9th of April. Don’t Push It (pictured) heads the weights and with the going likely to be good must have a great chance of repeating last years win. The maximum number of runners will be 40 and…
These 74 horses were the latest declarations for the John Smith’s Aintree Grand National to be run on Saturday April 9th. The 6 day confirmation stage will be on Monday April 4th before final declarations on Thursday April 7th. After his fine run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, What A Friend (pictured) is one for…
The fourth day of the Cheltenham Festival comes to a climax with the staying chasers championship, the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup worth £500,000.00 and run over 3 miles 2 furlongs. Thirteen runners will go to post and include three previous winners of the race namely Kauto Star, Denman and Imperial Commander. It is hard to…
The centre piece of Thursday’s card at Cheltenham is the Ladbrokes World Hurdle worth £260,000.00 and run over 3 miles. Big Bucks (pictured with Ruby Walsh) has won the race for the last two years and is a warm favourite to emulate Inglis Drever and win it for a third time. He will not have…
The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase worth £320,000.00 and run over 2 miles is the centre piece of Wednesday’s card at Cheltenham. There seems to be little between last years winner Big Zeb, Master Minded, Somersby and Golden Silver. Golden Silver has been in tremendous form in Ireland for the last two seasons but has…
The Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy worth £370,000.00 and run over 2 miles is the centre piece of Tuesdays card at Cheltenham. The race promises to be a cracker. Its a shame that Binocular, who won the race last year, does not run but he would have faced stiff opposition from Menorah, Peddlars Cross, Kyber Kim,…
The countdown for the 2011 Cheltenham Festival commenced as soon as the 2010 Cheltenham Festival finished. For National Hunt lovers this is the best meeting in Europe and is always eagerly awaited. There are 27 races over the 4 days and the first one on Tuesday 15th March when the meeting starts is the Stan James…
The grey Nacarat (pictured) is a Kempton course and distant winner and will carry top weight tomorrow in the Racing Post Chase at Kempton. Nacarat won this race two years ago and last year in this race just lost out to Razor Royale who was ridden by Paddy Brennan. Tomorrow Paddy Brennan takes the ride on…
The totesport.com Grand National Trial worth £75,000.00 will be run this Saturday over 3 miles 4 furlongs at Haydock Park. The race was won last year by Silver by Nature who is looking for back to back wins. He has disappointed twice this season as has Carruthers (pictured) who will be without his regular partner…
