The well-handicapped Remiluc appeals on his chasing debut, with the scary What’s The Scoop in the fieldAh, racehorses. Always a new way to cost you money, a new way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Continue reading...
The 2001 Grand National winner is no longer with us but memories of his bravery live onSo, farewell then, Red Marauder. At the age of 26, the Grand National winner of 2001 has left us, having reached an excellent age for a thoroughbred racehorse. Continue reading...
Spectators at the Jim Best hearing have nearly had enough and it’s only Day Three. There’s racing up above...“I think we’ve done that enough now.” These were my favourite words of yesterday’s session in the BHA v Jim Best case, although there was not a great deal of competition. Continue reading...
Cloudy Copper (3.10) catches the eye at Lingfield in the stayers’ handicap chase on the same card for trainer Jonjo O’NeillA total of 49mm of rain in the space of 36 hours has forced Southwell to abandon its eight-race Flat card on Fibresand on Tuesday afternoon, leaving the jumps cards at Sedgefield and Lingfield as the only action in Britain. “The water is sitting on top of the track in places so we’ve had to abandon,” Richard Aldous, the raceday clerk of the course at Southwell, said on Tuesday morning, adding the small ray of good news that “the river hasn’t burst, so the rest of the racecourse has not been flooded”. Related: Horse racing tips: Tuesday 22 November Continue...
Altior has just one rival to beat as he makes the transition from hurdles to fences but an upset may yet be on the cardsLess than a fortnight after my last stint in the BHA’s disciplinary dungeon, I shall be back in the jug again this morning for the Jim Best rehearing. If anyone had ever made a t-shirt with ‘I’d rather be at Kempton’ written on the front, I’d be wearing it today. “A massive improver. Last season he was lean and light and much too keen, but he´s a different animal now.” Continue reading...