Chasers

Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby 2007

by Ian Wade • November 1, 2007

For me the Charlie Hall Steeple Chase at Wetherby signifies the start of the new National Hunt Season. The race was first run in 1969 as the Wetherby Pattern Chase and won by Arcturus trained by Neville Crump and ridded by Pat Buckley. In 1978 it became known as the Charlie Hall Memorial Wetherby Pattern…

by Ian Wade • April 21, 2007

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…

by Ian Wade • April 20, 2007

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…

by Ian Wade • April 11, 2007

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…

by Ian Wade • April 10, 2007

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…

by Ian Wade • April 6, 2007

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…

by Ian Wade • March 20, 2007

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…

by Ian Wade • March 15, 2007

The Cheltenham Gold Cup was previewed a couple of weeks ago and nothing has really altered apart from the going. Kauto Star is the best horse in the field and should win. However, as we have already seen this week the fences have to be jumped. I will be looking for a eachway bet. Beef…

by Ian Wade • March 14, 2007

If the real Our Vic turns up he should just about win The Cheltenham Ryanair Chase. The obvious dangers are Monets Garden, Taranis and Racing Demon as the betting suggests. Hi Cloy could spring a surprise for Ireland, but I am going to stay with Our Vic and hope it gives his owner David Johnson…

by Ian Wade • March 14, 2007

The first three races on Wednesday each have a very hot favourite. The feature race,The Queen Mother Champion Chase, could go to Well Chief. He is too shorter price for me. With the ground drying out Newmill makes more appeal. He broke the track record when winning this race on similar ground last year. If…