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...
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...
Douvan’s odds for the Tingle Creek have crashed but we still don’t really know if he’s coming or notIt’s all very exciting that Douvan’s odds for the Tingle Creek have crashed, suggesting as it does that the talented young chaser will be turning up at Sandown on Saturday. But, as Tony Calvin has pointed out on Twitter, this market move may mean nothing at all. Continue reading...