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Record Handicap Entries For The Cheltenham Festival

There are a a record number of entries for the 11 handicaps at this year`s Cheltenham Festival following the announcement of the weights. Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins boasts a strong team for the Festival and he accounts for the joint or sole top-weight in nearly half of the the total 11 handicaps. Following his victory in the Racing Plus Chase on Saturday, Opening Batsman would have to shoulder 12st 6lb if he was to take up his engagement

No Course Watering Required For Cheltenham Festival

Rain is Forecast towards the end of next week which should mean Cheltenham clerk of the course Simon Claisse will not have to water the ground ahead of the Festival. Claisse's recent suggestion that watering could be a possibility, despite the extraordinarily wet winter, was surprising, but he explained that it has been drying out quickly in his part of the Cotswolds. "We've had very little rain in the last couple of weeks, and last Wednesday I said

Upset At Fairyhouse As Waheeb Falls Short

There was a major upset in the first race at Fairyhouse today as 1/4 favourite Waaheb could finish only third of five behind Art Of Logistics. Second to Jezki in a Grade One at Leopardstown, Dermot Weld's inmate was a faller on his next start and came here looking for a confidence booster. However, his jumping was less than foot perfect in the Visit fairyhouse.ie For Special Offers Hurdle, whereas Bryan Cooper was always travelling nicely on the 9/

Ballynagour Given 21lb Hike

David Pipe`s charge, Ballynagour has gone up 21lb in the ratings after his easy Warwick victory last week. The seven-year-old landed a gamble at the Midlands track when a 19-length winner of what had pre race looked a challenging handicap chase on his debut for the yard. judging by his being removed from 2 races this week, it would seem that connections now believe that he's guaranteed a run at Cheltenham having been put up to a mark of 143 over fe

Martin Dwyer To Face Indian Inquiry

British jockey Martin Dwyer will face an inquiry on 17 March in India after his odds-on favourite mount came third in Mumbai. Racegoers reacted angrily after Dwyer, 36, didn't push Ice Age to victory in Sunday's final race at Mahalaxmi. The Royal Western India Turf Club stewards called an inquiry and declared Ice Age as a non-starter, before announcing all bets would be refunded. Dwyer is "confident" he will be "exonerated of any wrongdoing". The

Cheltenham Officials May Water The Track Before Festival

Simon Claisse, Cheltenham`s director of racing, has revealed that the track may need watering ahead of the festival. The National Hunt campaign has been conducted on heavy ground with some racecourses forced to abandon meetings due to flooding and bad weather throughout the season. England suffered its wettest year on record in 2012 and there has been little let up in the weather in the opening months of 2013 yet the taps being turned on at Prestbu

Warwick And Sandown Both Subject To 8AM Inspection

Friday`s meeting at Warwick will face a precautionary inspection at 8am.

Temperatures remained above freezing during Wednesday night but a frost is forecast overnight, with a potential low of minus 4C.

Sulekha Varma, Clerk of the course said: "We've very low temperatures forecast but we have covered the whole track in fleece.

"We're confident that can keep the frost out of the ground but the problem is temperatures

Ruby Walsh Desertion Not A Worry For Zarkandar

Paul Nicholls insists it should be of no concern to Zarkandar`s supporters that jockey Ruby Walsh has once again chosen to side with Hurricane Fly in the Stan James Champion Hurdle. Walsh, the stable jockey to both Nicholls and Willie Mullins, rode Zarkandar to win the International at Cheltenham earlier in the season, but deserted him in the last Champion in favour of the defending champion Hurricane Fly. In the end, he managed to finish third, wi

Tom O`Brien To Miss Cheltenham Festival

Tom O`Brien will be forced to miss the Cheltenham Festival after he was hit with a 10-day suspension at Doncaster on Wednesday.

O'Brien was found guilty of "failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing" aboard Benefit Cut, who finished seventh in the race won by Minella Forfitness.

The jockey is due to be sidelined between March 6-15, and with the Festival running from March 12-15 t

My Tent Or Yours To Enter The William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle At Cheltenham

Trainer Nicky Henderson says My Tent Or Yours will run in the William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival next month.

There had been talk that the six-year-old could go for the Stan James Champion Hurdle following his cruising to victory in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury.

Connections however have decided to run him in the Supreme on March 12.

"He's very good and he goes for the Supreme," said Hend

Black Caviar Makes Winning Return To Racing

Black Caviar broke the Flemington track record as she returned from eight months off to record her 23rd win.

/ The unbeaten Australian mare had been on the brink of retirement after tearing a quadriceps muscle while running at Royal Ascot last June.

But she was a convincing winner of a race named in her honour - the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes - leading the field by two lengths.

"I am just so proud of her and my tea

Black Caviar Will Consider Ascot Return

Connections of Black Caviar will discuss the possibility of the unbeaten mare returning to Royal Ascot this year - although the chances are still "very slim" at this stage. The seven-year-old mare stretched her record to 23 without defeat at Flemington on Saturday, sparking debate over whether she would return to Berkshire. While connections were initially not too keen on the idea, they have now conceded it will at least be discussed - with the car

No Chasing At Taunton

An all-hurdle and bumper card has been arranged for Taunton on Tuesday after the chase events were abandoned due to waterlogging.

Bob Young, chief executive at Taunton, said: "Even though the course has only had a further 30mm of rain since February 7, it has still not fully recovered from the deluge it received prior to that. The hurdle course remains heavy, but the steeplechase course is still waterlogged in places.

"We are gra

Utopie Des Bordes Still Unbeaten In The Uk

Utopie Des Bordes retained her unbeaten British record in the Listed Jane Seymour Mares' Novice Hurdle at Sandown. Nicky Henderson's recruit was smart in France and went off the 11-10 favourite after opening her account at Doncaster. When Twigline crashed out at the last, Barry Geraghty's most significant danger was She Ranks Me, but she held her off bravely. Henderson said: "She's not very big but she can jump and she will go for the Albert Ba

Paul Carberry Back On Monbeg Dude

Paul Carberry will be reunited with Monbeg Dude in Saturday`s Betfred Grand National Trial after a merry-go-round of jockey bookings for Haydock's big race. The Irishman delivered one of his hold-up specials on Michael Scudamore's stayer to secure a famous victory over hot favourite and weekend rival Teaforthree in the Coral Welsh National. Scudamore was placed in a slightly difficult position as Carberry was initially unavailable, leaving him to bo

Injury Forces Tidal Bay Out Of The Grand National

Paul Nicholls has confirmed that Tidal Bay will miss both the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and the John Smith's Grand National.

The 12-year-old has returned to his brilliant best this season, winning a exciting renewal of the Lexus Chase over Christmas, and had been allotted what looked a favourable handicap mark for the Aintree spectacular.

Nicholls tho has now confirmed in his blog that a minor injury has been discovered. "He was out

The Racecourse Newbury - Free Ticket For British Showjumping / British Dressage Members Offer

The Racecourse Newbury in partnership with The Royal Agricultural College is holding an event called Greatwood Charity Raceday on Saturday 2nd march 2013, this is a day that alongside some of the season's best Jump racing, celebrates the beauty and versatility of the horse with a host equestrian demonstrations and an interactive riding zone. This fixture also recognises the fantastic work of racehorse rehabilitation charity, Greatwood. As in previous year

Tidal Bay Top Weight For The Grand National

Tidal Bay has been handed top weight of 11st 10lb for the John Smith`s Grand National at Aintree on 6 April.

The 12-year-old, trained by Paul Nicholls has been in great form this season, finishing second in the Hennessy at Newbury to Gold Cup favourite Bobs Worth and then winning the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown.

He has an official BHA mark of 171 but has been rated on 162 by official handicapper Phil Smith, who is allowed to use h

Black Caviar To Make Long Awaited Return To Racing

Undefeated sprinter Black Caviarwill make her long-awaited return to competition on Saturday at Flemington after nearly eight months since her nail-biting victory at Royal Ascot, in a race in Australia named in her honor, the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes. Thirteen horses have been entered in the 1,000-meter (about five-furlong) race to face the 6-year-old Bel Esprit mare, who will bid to win a record third straight Lightning and take her undefeated rec

Chases Abandoned At Wincanton

Wincanton will host an all-hurdles card on Saturday after announcing that the chases have been abandoned. The Somerset course will hold the final significant Champion Hurdle trial at the weekend, the Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle, but the entries for the Grade Two event have been reopened until Tuesday. Two handicap chases and a veterans' event, all sponsored by Bathwick Tyres, have been scratched and new hurdles races will replace them on ground w

Decrease in number of thoroughbreds in Britain

The number of registrations of thoroughbreds at the British racehorse organization BHA the past five years decreased by almost one third. In 2008, 5,920 foals registered in 2012 there were only 4,366. Major cause of the BHA awareness of overproduction. The surplus of horses is a major problem in the UK horse industry. The BHA reported that five years is busy horse owners and breeders aware of this problem. "The recession and market forces have played a ro

Flemenstar Not At His Best Claims Stephen Curran

Stephen Curran, owner of Flemenstar says his horse did not show his true form in his defeat to Sir Des Champs at Leopardstown on Saturday. Debate has raged for weeks about the best distance for the chaser trained by Peter Casey, who has looked so smart at up to two and a half miles, and connections were keen to give him another chance at three miles after his third-placed finish in the Lexus Chase over Christmas. Flemenstar was held up by Andrew Ly

Hurdles Cancelled At Lingfield

A plan to stage an all-chase and bumper card at Lingfield on Tuesday will be implemented after the hurdle races were abandoned due to waterlogging today.

The fixture will include the three chases already scheduled plus three additional chases and a National Hunt Flat race, which will be run on the all-weather track.

Clerk of the course Neil Mackenzie Ross said: "We've had steady rain all day, at 2pm we'd had just over five milli

Plumpton Officials To Inspect

Officials at Plumpton have called an inspection for 8am ahead of Mondays meeting at the East Sussex venue following more bad weather. The going on the hurdle course is described as soft, heavy in places with the chase course soft. Twelve millimetres of rain had been recorded at 2.30pm on top of five millimetres overnight.

Silviniaco Conti Winner of Denman Chase

Silviniaco Conti maintained his unbeaten record this season with an emphatic victory in the Betfair Denman Chase.

The seven-year-old enhanced his claims for the Cheltenham Gold Cup with an accurate display of fencing in testing going.

Mail De Bievre made the running on his first run for over 500 days but Tom George's charge ran out of steam as the winner and The Giant Bolster came to fight out the finish from the third last.

Sir Des Champs Sees Off Flemenstar

Sir Des Champs won for the first time this season as he got the better of a thrilling match with Flemenstar in the Grade 1 Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown. Willie Mullins' seven-year-old, winner of the Jewson Chase at last year's Cheltenham Festival, pulled out all the stops to deny Peter Casey's stable star by a couple of lengths. The winner's stable-mate Quel Esprit jumped beautifully in front for the first circuit but he was under pressure afte

My Tent Or Yours Gamble Landed

My Tent Or Yours ran out an emphatic winner of the Grade 3 Betfair Hurdle, the most valuable handicap hurdle in Europe. Tony McCoy had to abandon plans of getting a helicopter from Warwick to Newbury but his journey proved to be more than worthwhile as his mount made light work of the opposition. Always handy off a strong early gallop, he merely had to push out the Desert Prince gelding to record a convincing victory. Cotton Mill travelled every

Simonsig To Miss Newbury Date

Arkle favourite Simonsig will miss his intended Cheltenham prep race after being ruled out of the Betfair Super Saturday Chase at Newbury.

Nicky Henderson's exciting grey was set to be a heavy odds-on favourite for Saturday's race but won't now run following an unsatisfactory scope.

Henderson told racingpost.com: on Thursday evening: "Simonsig's trachea wash result today was 95 per cent but we'd only run if it was 100 per cent.

Willie Mullins And Ruby Walsh Four Timer At Clonmel

There was a sparkling Clonmel four-timer for trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Ruby Walsh with a cosy success in the Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel. The seven-year-old was last seen running second to At Fishers Cross in a Cheltenham handicap and he went one better under a confident ride. Inish Island, the 11-10 favourite, brushed aside his only serious rival, Venture Capital, in the closing stages to score by two lengths. Mu

Solwhit Not Certain For The Cheltenham Festival

Charles Byrnes has revealed it is 50-50 at best stable star Solwhit will line up in Ladbrokes World Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival.

Despite being sidelined for the best part of two years by injury, the six-time Grade One winner has returned seemingly as good as ever this winter.

The nine-year-old ran a fine comeback race behind the top-class Bog Warrior at Punchestown in late December and took another step forward to

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Weird Al wins on first outing for trainer Donald McCain

Weird Al wins on first outing for trainer Donald McCain

Weird Al became the new favourite for next month's Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury with a win at the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby. The eight-year-old beat Time For Rupert in the first major jumps prize to be staged since the death of trainer Ginger McCain. It was also Weird Al's first start for Ginger's trainer son Donald.

McCain said: "I'm

Graham Lee rides 100th winner Of 2012

Graham Lee rides 100th winner Of 2012

Graham Lee continued his great start to the first year of his new venture as a Flat jockey by riding his 100th winner of 2012 at Wolverhampton.

Following a series of injuries over his career as a National Hunt rider, the 36-year-old Grand National-winning Irishman decided to switch to the flat in the spring and picked up 87 victories

Plum Pretty All That in Kentucky Oaks

Plum Pretty All That in Kentucky Oaks

John Fort's Peachtree Stable's Plum Pretty fought off a late charge by St. John's River to win the May 6 Kentucky Oaks (the first jewel in the Filly Triple Crown) to win by a neck. Zazu rallied for third in the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies under the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The daughter of Medaglia d'Or

Sole Power Looks Good For The Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot

Sole Power Looks Good For The Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot

One of the leading picks for the King`s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, Sole Power, is reported to be in great shape for the Group 1 run after his latest outing at Haydock.

The five-year-old trained by Eddie Lynam is than 9-1 for the race at Ascot where he is once again set to race against Bated Breath who finished a quarter of a length in

Jockey Barry Geraghty sheds pounds to make weight for Newbury

Jockey Barry Geraghty sheds pounds to make weight for Newbury

A slimline Barry Geraghty can gain a major reward for getting down to his lowest weight in recent years by clinching tomorrow’s £175,000 Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Burton Port. Last season’s top British novice chaser, Burton Port, trained by Nicky Henderson, had been the intended mount of Malton-born jockey Andrew Tinkler.

But Gerag

Joyeuse Becomes Another Frankel Sibling To Taste Victory

Joyeuse Becomes Another Frankel Sibling To Taste Victory

Frankel`s half-sister Joyeuse to made her debutat a low key evening at Lingfield, but could now head to Ascot after an eyecatching victory.

The 10/11 favourite took a keen hold under Tom Queally in the early stages before making her mark in the final couple of furlongs to go three lengths clear in softish ground.

Among only a han

Teaforthee In With A Chance For The National

Teaforthee In With A Chance For The National

Tony McCoy`s prediction that Teaforthee was too short proved correct as The champion jockey partnered Rebecca Curtis charge into second in the Chepstow marathon on Saturday but says it was perfect trial for the Grand National itself at Aintree in April and was impressed by his battling qualities.

"He ran a great race. He stayed on all

Breeders` Cup: A. U. Miner Recovering from Surgery

Breeders` Cup: A. U. Miner Recovering from Surgery

A. U. Miner, the 3-1 second choice in the Breeders' Cup Marathon (gr. II), is recovering from successful surgery to repair broken sesamoids in his left front fetlock sustained during the 1 3/4 mile race at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 5. A. U. Miner was seeking to defend his 2010 Marathon title when he was injured.

Trainer Clark

Martin Dwyer Banned For 2 Months By Royal Western India Turf Club

Martin Dwyer Banned For 2 Months By Royal Western India Turf Club

Jockey Martin Dwyer is "in a state of shock" over being banned for two months by the Indian racing authorities.

The charge, preventing a mount from running on its merits, means a suspension running from April 6 to May 31.

Dwyer told BBC Sport: "This is unbelievable, and I'm shocked and a bit numb about it all. I'm trying t

Whip Regulations to be Relaxed

Whip Regulations to be Relaxed

New changes to controversial whip rules for jockeys and a revised penalty structure have been approved by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).

Banksters Bonus wins Ulster Derby at Down Royal

Banksters Bonus wins Ulster Derby at Down Royal

A well-timed challenge saw Banksters Bonus win the Ulster Derby at Down Royal on Saturday. The winner, trained by Jessica Harrington and ridden by Shane Foley, was the only three-year-old in the nine-strong field in the feature. Banksters Bonus, sent-off at 9-2, got up to beat the Dermot Weld-trained Force of Habit with Denny Crane in third place.

Hold On Julio To Stick With Hurdles

Hold On Julio To Stick With Hurdles

Hold On Julio is set to remain over hurdles for the immediate future following an encouraging run at Kempton on Saturday.

The smart chaser was a promising third on his first start of the season at Cheltenham and a creditable fifth in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, but then failed to complete in a Listed event at Ascot last month.
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Sir Des Champs Sees Off Flemenstar

Sir Des Champs Sees Off Flemenstar

Sir Des Champs won for the first time this season as he got the better of a thrilling match with Flemenstar in the Grade 1 Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

Willie Mullins' seven-year-old, winner of the Jewson Chase at last year's Cheltenham Festival, pulled out all the stops to deny Peter Casey's stable star by a couple of lengths.

Art Scholar Wins The Last Big Race Of The Season

Art Scholar Wins The Last Big Race Of The Season

Art Scholar finished strongly to win the final big race of the Flat season, the Betfred November Handicap.

The Michael Appleby-trained five-year-old (20/1) was a spare ride for Franny Norton, who produced his mount to perfection inside the final furlong to beat Communicator by three-quarters of a length.

The runner-up looked lik

















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