JP McManus combines with Nicky Henderson and Barry Geraghty for the day’s most interesting runner Somebody, somewhere appears to think it’s funny to spoof the betting market with apparent gambles on Daniel Steele horses. There was a 2015 plunge on four horses he owned, which went nowhere in particular as all four were stuffed, and there was another last night on three horses he trains under permit for today’s races which immediately looked silly when Steele himself said one of the trio, Landscape, had scoped dirty and wouldn’t run. Related: Many Clouds’ fate could not have been predicted, insists BHA vet Continue reading...
Barry Geraghty’s presence at Plumpton seems a tip in itself for the McManus-owned JerrysbackA couple of significant non-runners at Ayr have reduced the competitiveness of the six-race card, Robin Des Mana and Cadeau Du Bresil now absent from the first two events. Both were probable favourites - a certain favourite, in fact, in the case of the latter- and Fattsota, who could have been a value alternative to Ceadeau Du Bresil in the 2.20pm, is now unbackable at long odds-on. Continue reading...
Tim Vaughan could be in for a big-price double at Taunton but Huntingdon has been abandonedAlas, but predictably, Huntingdon’s card today has been lost to the frost, which means the race in which Kotkikova was due to make her British debut has now been abandoned twice. It was originally due to be staged at Ascot last Saturday. Evidently, God does not love a mares’ hurdle. Continue reading...
Court Frontier (2.35) will surely go close at Warwick when he returns to hurdling for the first time since November 2015The card at Warwick survived the inspection at 8am on Thursday morning after a night when temperatures did not drop as sharply as had been feared, and the Midlands track will stage the only jumps racing in Britain since Fakenham abandoned all hope early on Wednesday afternoon.Things are looking a little more uncertain for Friday, however, as both Doncaster and Huntingdon have called inspections for for 7.30am and 8.00am respectively. At Doncaster, the threat is seen as being “more from possible snowfall in the early hours” than the forecast overnight temperature of -2C, while at Huntingdon, where a valuable mares’...
It’s that time of year when high-profile horses are ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival. Alas, poor Annie...Ugh, so we start the day with some bad news, which is that Annie Power is out of the Cheltenham Festival. Willie Mullins has confirmed the great mare has a leg injury from which she will not recover in time to compete in mid-March. Related: Annie Power will miss Cheltenham Festival after suffering leg injury Related: Racing tips and news: Arrogate named World’s Best Racehorse Continue reading...