Paul Nicholls should pull one back in the race for the trainers’ championship with Nicky Henderson when Coastal Tiep (2.00), his only declared runner of the day, runs in the opener at NewburyFlat racing on turf will return shortly from its four-month winter break, but there is still plenty of life left in the jumps season and also in the National Hunt trainers’ championship, where the favourite Nicky Henderson (top price 4-7) is trying to unseat Paul Nicholls (6-4) for only the second time in a dozen years.Nicholls should make a small dent in his deficit of around £130,000 when Coastal Tiep (2.00), his only declared runner of the day, runs in the opener at Newbury. The five-year-old went close...
Braw Angus looks a better bet than the wayward Black Narcissus for a Warwick hurdle race today Related: BHA to double number of dope tests on horses away from racecourse Continue reading...
Some more context on the viewing figures achieved by ITV at Cheltenham last week, plus a couple of 4-1 shots at ExeterITV has been able to offer some more detail about the audience they achieved for their first Cheltenham Festival last week. Friday’s average of 1.15m for the Gold Cup programme is now said to be the biggest recorded for any day at the Festival since 2002, which is as far as the records held by ITV go back, according to a source at the station. Continue reading...
The Warrior (4.30), who returned from a seven-month break with a very promising run at Lingfield last time out, is worth another chance at Kempton’s all-weather meetingWhen to give up on a horse that you have been following? In the case of The Warrior (4.30), it was probably at least four runs ago, but Amanda Perrett’s gelding gets one more, very final chance to show that he has another victory in him when he goes to post for an eight-furlong handicap at Kempton Park on Monday.The Warrior’s 19 starts to date have yielded just a single success, back in March 2015 on his three-year-old debut when he was still trained by Aidan O’Brien. With only a few exceptions, O’Brien’s cast-offs...
A Tony Martin handicap plot at Stratford would be a fine way to start Cheltenham Festival week.From Tuesday to Friday, it’s that Cheltenham Festival you may have heard of. As usual, we’ll be running tipping competitions. Whoever does best on each day will win a £50 bet from 32Red, who have kindly agreed to stump up the prizes. That gives you four shots at winning something, although, of course, the endless glory will be worth rather more to you than the prize itself. Related: Cheltenham Festival Champion Hurdle: horse-by-horse guide to runners Continue reading...