One of the jump season’s many highlights is getting a good push from the marketing folk, plus, alas, Harzand retiresThere’s nothing like a bit of confidence and Newcastle are certainly showing some of that in their promotion of next month’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle. Judging by this page on their website, track staff believe the race counts as “the highlight of the jumps season”. Continue reading...
Black Warrior (2.10) has form on good ground over the summer that makes him the best bet in the opening race of the day at the home of jumps racingAny day at Cheltenham races is special, and while the card at the track today is about as understated as it ever gets here - if you ignore hunter-chase evening in April, at any rate - there will still be more than 10,000 spectators in Gloucestershire to enjoy the action, admire the view and hope that they might spot a Festival contender before anyone else. Related: Horse racing tips: Friday 21 October Continue reading...
A regular rider of the great Sea Pigeon, the former jockey died on Wednesday at the age of 67Racing has been paying tribute to Mark Birch this morning following the news that the former jockey, a stalwart of northern weighing rooms for three decades and a regular rider of the great Sea Pigeon, died on Wednesday at the age of 67. Related: Horse racing tips: Thursday 19 October Continue reading...
The Kent trainer John Best could get a Newmarket winner with Mullarkey and improve what has been a difficult yearNewmarket’s card this afternoon will not be to everyone’s taste, being composed almost entirely of two-year-old races. If you’re the type of person who was enthralled by Exeter yesterday, this will probably not be for you, although, speaking as a tipster, there is something to be said for a card where none of the form to be studied goes back before April. Continue reading...
Harwoods Volante (3.50 at Yarmouth) may be worth a look but Curriculum (8.10 at Kempton Park) could prove to be the best bet of the dayYarmouth is the latest Flat course to bring down the curtain on its 2016 programme and while the track’s first full season since 2013 has not passed entirely without incident – such as the false patch of ground that caused a couple of races to be abandoned last month – overall it has been a welcome return to form. Related: Horse racing tips: Tuesday 18 October Continue reading...