The unexposed youngster caused an upset by beating Black Corton three weeks ago and can prove that was no flukeKelso gets its moment in the spotlight on this low-key Saturday between Cheltenham and Aintree, and will stage some tricky contests, notably the feature handicap chase. Another win for the hat-trick is not beyond Le Reve, though he has managed to reach the age of 11 without previously stringing three successes together.Left-handed tracks have not so far brought out the best in him, so Blue Flight (3.00) is preferred. From Nigel Twiston-Davies’ yard, this unexposed youngster caused an upset by beating Black Corton at this track three weeks ago and can prove that was no fluke. Related: Tony McCoy was wrong:...
Last year’s champion apprentice returns to action at Lingfield Park for the first time since injuring his neck in JanuaryThe Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster will launch the Flat campaign on turf a week on Saturday so the timing could hardly be better for Jason Watson, last year’s champion apprentice, as he returns to action at Lingfield on Friday for the first time since injuring his neck in a fall at Kempton in early January. Watson was injured just a fortnight after being appointed as first jockey to Roger Charlton’s Beckhampton stable, at the end of a title-winning season that included a memorable short-head win on Gifted Master, the top-weight, in the Stewards’ Cup at Goodwood.In recent seasons, Oisin Murphy and...
The hugely popular jockey, a winner at the Cheltenham Festival last week, broke a collarbone in a fall at Southwell on MondayBryony Frost broke a collarbone in her Monday fall at Southwell, it has been confirmed. The hugely popular jockey, a winner on Frodon at last week’s Cheltenham Festival, will not be able to ride in the Grand National a fortnight on Saturday. Related: Anthony Honeyball calls for changes to Cheltenham Festival four-miler Sedgefield 2.05 Molliana 2.40 Robbing The Prey 3.10 Tetraites Style (nap) 3.45 I’m To Blame 4.20 Whoshotthesheriff 4.55 Strike West 5.25 Djin Conti Continue reading...
The first female rider to win a Grade One race over jumps at the Cheltenham Festival will see a shoulder specialist on Wednesday after a fall at SouthwellBryony Frost, who provided one of the highlights of last week’s Cheltenham Festival when victorious aboard Frodon in last week’s Ryanair Chase, will see a specialist in Cardiff on Wednesday to assess the injury to her shoulder sustained in a fall at Southwell on Monday. Frost had been due to ride at Huntingdon on Tuesday but her hopes of building on last week’s memorable success are on hold for the moment at least, just 16 days before the opening afternoon of the Grand National Festival at Aintree. “Bryony Frost had a fall yesterday...
Sir Anthony McCoy led the critics on TV, while trainer Henry Daly voiced his concerns in an open letter as racing’s rulers limp from crisis to crisisRelations between racing professionals and the sport’s ruling body have reached such a low ebb that a vote of no confidence in the British Horseracing Authority has been discussed among trainers. Nick Rust, the BHA’s chief executive, admitted as much in an email sent in January, and matters deteriorated further during last week’s Cheltenham Festival, when vociferous criticism was voiced by Sir Anthony McCoy among others.Rust was emailled by a racing insider who suggested a vote of no confidence may be called in the following weeks. “I’ve heard that too,” wrote Rust in a...