Lalor, a horse discovered by the late trainer Richard Woollacott, won the Grade One Top Novice Hurdle at AintreeGreg Wood: After the success of Lalor in the Grade One Top Novice Hurdle, the Aintree winner’s enclosure was thick with emotion for the trainer Kayley Woollacott, whose husband, Richard, was found dead in January at the age of 40. Related: Grand National’s trio of female jockeys focus on victory, not history Related: Grand National 2018: a horse-by-horse betting guide Continue reading...
Might Bite and Supasundae offer options as bankers on day one, but there are some longer prices worth looking at tooNo one will need sunglasses at Aintree on Thursday as the first afternoon of the Grand National Festival gets under way, but the better news is that umbrellas should be largely redundant too. The skies will be grey but the forecast is dry, and while there was 1.5mm of rain at the track overnight, it was not enough to change the going, which is soft on the Grand National course and good-to-soft, soft in places on the chase and hurdles tracks. From a betting perspective, it has to be said that the field sizes on the day are a little disappointing,...
The Irish jockey, who is aiming to be the first female rider to win the National, is not worried about ground conditions at Aintree ahead of her mount Baie Des Iles’ challenge on SaturdayTony Paley: Katie Walsh, who is aiming to be the first female rider to win the Grand National, is not worried about ground conditions at Aintree for her mount Baie Des Iles’ challenge on Saturday. Related: Fall guy Richard Johnson is still searching for a Grand National mount Hereford 1.40 Mick The Poser 2.10 Llantara (nb) 2.40 Run Don’t Hide 3.10 Surtee Du Berlais (nap) 3.45 Mr Washington 4.15 Cloudy Bob 4.45 Little Rory Mac Continue reading...
The selection finished strongly to be beaten just a neck at this level at Deauville in January and has since beaten an André Fabre hotpot at ChantillyHorse racing appears to have awarded itself a quiet weekend, with the Grand National next Saturday and other major races on the horizon. As the feature contest is a Listed race for fillies on the all-weather Polytrack, one imagines that betting turnover will not be high but there are winners to be found just the same.At 6-1 it is possible that Hunaina (3.15) at Kempton will be the latest in a long line of French runners to be underestimated by us Brits. She finished strongly to be beaten just a neck at this level...
Irish trainer Jim Culloty has ‘two or three options’ for a jockey in mind for his Gold Cup-winning 66-1 shot for next week’s race at AintreeOh, Lord. To Windermere or not to Windermere, that is the question. Is it nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous critics and tip him again for the Grand National, or to take another horse this time and, by opposing, ensure he wins?I spoke to trainer Jim Culloty on Friday morning and the news is that Lord Windermere is coming over for the Grand National a week on Saturday. I napped him last year and was gutted to see him boil over in the preliminaries but he still ran a decent race, working...