Chestnut is fancied to maintain the good work of Philip Hide’s low-profile stable, on a 17% strike-rate for the yearThe Findon trainer Philip Hide is having his best season since embarking on his Flat training career five years ago. Hide, who rode more than 400 winners over jumps, is currently enjoying a 17% win strike-rate with his runners on the level. Related: ‘Filly of a lifetime’ Enable remains in training, to Frankie Dettori’s delight Continue reading...
After the One For Arthur news, it’s even more important that jump racing’s other stars get a clean run into the new seasonJust a few “disrupted fibres” and yet the tendon injury sustained by One For Arthur will be enough to keep the Grand National winner off our screens for a year. What a terrible pity and especially so for everyone at the Lucinda Russell yard where he was the standout talent. Related: Gloam lights up Newmarket sales ring with £4.2m price tag after bidding war Continue reading...
The first ever McCoys Awards night proved an enjoyable part of the build-up to the new jumps seasonTimeform have waded into the debate over Kempton’s future, saying it is “astonishing” that the Jockey Club could contemplate building on the site and moving the King George VI Chase to Sandown. You can read the full story here. Related: Timeform lambasts Jockey Club for plan to close down Kempton racecourse Continue reading...
Enable was a classy winner but the influence of stalls position appears to show up clearly in the finishing order at ChantillyTsk. Who would have thought the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe would be a draw race? But the finishing order of Sunday’s race suggests to me that the outcome was indeed draw-affected. Here’s the finishing order by stalls position: Related: Timeform lambasts Jockey Club for plan to close down Kempton racecourse Continue reading...
The British Horseracing Authority is trying to address the issue by publishing a detailed breakdown of the last year’s non-runners trainer by trainerThere are 15 non-runners on Tuesday’s four cards already, including no fewer than nine of the original 68 final declarations on the Flat card at Ayr, which gives a glimpse of the scale of the problem that the British Horseracing Authority is trying to address by publishing a detailed breakdown of the last year’s non-runners by trainer.The tables published on Monday highlighted several trainers whose non-runner rate is above the threshold level that could trigger a 12-month ban on using the self-certification system to withdraw horses from their yard. Related: Pat Morris’s non-runner rate revealed as worst of...