Robbie Power feels his Gold Cup mount has been written off after one bad run, but has hopes for a better effort this timeIf only punters could get it right! Mere hours after Gordon Elliott referred to Delta Work as “a forgotten horse” it was the turn of Robbie Power to claim that Lostintranslation was not getting enough love in the Gold Cup conversation. Power compared him to Sizing John, who he rode to Cheltenham glory in the 2017 race in defiance of pre-race fears about unproven stamina.“He’s coming in, a little like Sizing John, under the radar because people didn’t think Sizing John was going to stay,” Power told a gathering of racing media at Punchestown on Tuesday. “Now...
The 2017 Grand National winner is thought to have made a quick recovery from a heart fibrillation but investigations will continueOne For Arthur joined the Monday morning commute over the Forth Bridge into Edinburgh as connections seek answers to the questions raised by his disappointing performance at Haydock on Saturday. The Grand National winner of 2017 was found to have a fibrillating heart soon after being pulled up in the Unibet Grand National Trial but the signs are good that he has made a quick recovery.“He’s fine, you wouldn’t know there was anything wrong with him,” said Peter Scudamore, partner to the trainer Lucinda Russell, on Sunday. “Luce has listened to his heart now and she thinks it’s fine. Related:...
Grand National handicapper faces a tough choice as racing gears up for what could be its biggest moment in half a centuryAs anyone who has tried to board a Ryanair flight with a cabin bag a centimetre too wide will confirm, Michael O’Leary is a stickler for rules. If you don’t do things his way, you don’t get on the plane. It has made O’Leary very rich and Ryanair immensely successful, and if neither the CEO nor his airline get much love from their customers, it’s a price he is willing to pay.When it comes to his horses, though – and the dual Grand National winner, Tiger Roll, in particular – O’Leary’s attitude to rules seems a little more flexible. Related:...
Altior approaches a crossroads in his career after his brutal Ascot run and no one can be sure which way he will turnAltior will approach a crossroads at Newbury on Saturday afternoon, and no one, not even those who devote themselves daily to the task of training, riding and caring for him, can be 100% sure which way he will turn. His 19-race winning streak has, as Tony McCoy always said about his winner-count at the start of a new season, been reset to zero. Unlike McCoy, though, Altior can’t tell us how he feels about starting from scratch.That will become apparent only when, or if, he comes under some pressure on Saturday. Altior has always been, in the eyes...
Officials in Britain have signed a deal to provide integrity services to support their counterparts in IrelandHorse racing is to enter a new era of collaboration across the Irish Sea with the news that officials in Britain have signed a deal to provide integrity services to support their counterparts in Ireland. The contract, due to commence in the spring, amounts to a recognition that the British Horseracing Authority has some expertise in this area and headcount at its High Holborn office is to increase to fulfil its new obligations.Niall Cronin, communications manager at the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, explained: “The IHRB issued a tender for an external company to provide additional monitoring of betting trends on Irish racing to support...