Colin Tizzard’s name has been on everyone’s lips this winter but Emma Lavelle could take today’s prizeThese days, the name ‘Tizzard’ is the first one to grab your attention, if you happen to be perusing the list of trainers involved in a staying chase. So it is with today’s Sussex National at Plumpton, for which Colin T’s Sartorial Elegance was predicted as favourite in the morning papers. Continue reading...
Altesse De Guye (2.30) made a very promising start over fences last time and will have what it takes to land the novice handicap chase at TauntonThe loss of Haydock Park’s meeting on Friday to frost leaves a big hole in the day’s programme, as the top-class Buveur D’Air was due to line up for his second start over fences amid a series of competitive and fascinating events, but the meeting at Taunton incudes a Listed event for mares and that has survived an inspection while Newcastle also pulls its weight with an eight-race Flat card on the Tapeta.Coillte Lass (3.00) could be the answer to the Listed event for mares at Taunton. Paul Nicholls’s mare is two-from-two in novice...
Ireland’s champion trainer Willie Mullins should take at least one of the main events on the final afternoon of the Christmas meeting with Nichols Canyon (2.30)Outlander finally snapped Willie Mullins’s winning streak in the Grade One races at Leopardstown this week in the Lexus Chase on Wednesday, but Ireland’s champion trainer should take at least one of the main events on the final afternoon of the meeting, which would leave him with five out of seven Grade Ones in just four days.Mullins’s brilliant hurdler Faugheen, the 2015 Champion Hurdle winner, was entered for Thursday’s Ryanair Hurdle but did not make it past the final declaration stage. He has a very able deputy, however, in Nichols Canyon (2.30), who will start...
Kerry Lee might be in for a big day at Bangor, with Magic Mustard and Krackatoa KingIt’s the last day’s racing before Christmas and very enjoyable I hope it will be, although it looks pretty tricky. I certainly wouldn’t recommend it as a vehicle for heroic punting, in case there’s anyone out there who thinks they can get back the present money at Bangor on Dee. Continue reading...
For all Cue Card’s achievements, he might be usurped as King George favourite by his upstart stablemate.I wonder if Thistlecrack is on his way to starting the King George VI Chase as favourite. I’d never have thought it would happen but the momentum in the betting market appears to be with him. Continue reading...