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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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Cheltenham Festival First Day Preview

Cheltenham Festival First Day Preview

The long anticipated Cheltenahm Festival Starts at 1.30pm, the ground for the first day is good, good to soft in places, we are going to take a look at a few of the runners and riders whilst having a go at picking a couple of winners.

The main race on day one is the Stan James Champion Hurdle – and its all about Willie Mullins trained Hu

Neptune Collonges Wins Photo Finish 2012 Grand National

Neptune Collonges Wins Photo Finish 2012 Grand National

Neptune Collonges, ridden by Daryl Jacob gave trainer Paul Nicholls his first National triumph after coming from behind to beat Sunnyhillboy on the line in a photo finish. The £418,860 first prize also secured Paul Nicholls a seventh consecutive trainers’ championship.

The Paul Nicholls-trained gelding — the first grey to win since Nicol

Mare Quevega lands World Series Hurdle at Punchestown

Mare Quevega lands World Series Hurdle at Punchestown

Quevega continued her remarkable career by beating the geldings to carry off the World Series Hurdle at Punchestown. The seven-year-old, a three-time winner of the David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham, survived an error over the final flight to beat Mourad.

The first two horses home were trained by Willie Mullins, with Ruby Walsh

Big Names Among The 19 Entries For The Betfair Chase

Big Names Among The 19 Entries For The Betfair Chase

Long Run, Grands Crus and Cue Card are three big names amongst 19 entries for the Betfair Chase at Haydock on November 24.

Long Run won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2011 but could only manage third in last season's renewal of the Blue Riband event, one place worse than when second to a revitalised Kauto Star in this race last year.

Epsom Derby: By Royal appointment

Epsom Derby: By Royal appointment

An extraordinary build-up to the world's most famous flat race will climax with potentially one of its biggest stories when the Queen's horse Carlton House lines up as favourite for the Epsom Derby on Saturday afternoon. Her colt, a gift from another powerful backer of racing in Sheikh Mohammed, appears to be over the injury scare which left follow

Chris Antley`s Death Is Ruled an Accident

Chris Antley`s Death Is Ruled an Accident

The jockey Chris Antley overdosed on a lethal mixture of drugs, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office, which ruled that his death last month in his home was an accident. A coroner's report released yesterday said injuries on Antley's body, including his head, were probably a result of a fall while he was under the influence of the dr

Grand National 2011: Sir Alex Ferguson may benefit from blinkered view

Grand National 2011: Sir Alex Ferguson may benefit from blinkered view

It was nearly 13 years ago, on a beautiful April afternoon at Newmarket much like the one forecast for Aintreeon Saturday, when Sir Alex Ferguson first saw his colours on a racehorse. Queensland Star was a raw two-year-old, named after a ship that his father helped to build, the polar opposite of the strapping steeplechaser What A Friend who will r

Historic Victory At Ascot For Estimate

Historic Victory At Ascot For Estimate

Royal Ascot exploded into life as Estimate created history by winning the Gold Cup in the colours of The Queen.

Britain's most famous staying contest had never before been won by a reiging monarch, but Her Majesty was all smiles as Ryan Moore's mount held off the challenges of Simenon and Top Trip.

Moore was well position

Kentucky Derby 2011: Animal Kingdom Victorious, Archarcharch Injured

Kentucky Derby 2011: Animal Kingdom Victorious, Archarcharch Injured

Team Valor International’s homebred Animal Kingdom came from off the pace and roared down the stretch to win the 137th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands May 7 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Second in the classic race was Nehro with Mucho Macho Man finished third. Front-running Shackleford finished fourth.

The pace was tepid

Sports Personality: Bob Champion wins BBC`s Helen Rollason award

Sports Personality: Bob Champion wins BBC`s Helen Rollason award

Thirty years on from his fairytale Grand National success with Aldaniti, former jockey Bob Champion admits he feels lucky to be alive today, let alone be honoured for his charity work. Champion fought cancer to win the world's most famous steeplechase at Aintree on his injury-plagued mount in 1981, and has been a tireless fundraiser ever since.

Free tickets to a raceday at Newbury

Free tickets to a raceday at Newbury

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 f

Kauto Star ready for King George VI Chase at Kempton

Kauto Star ready for King George VI Chase at Kempton

Kauto Star will aim to win a record fifth King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, after his entry was confirmed by trainer Paul Nicholls. Nicholls said: "I've had a chat with Clive [owner Clive Smith] and we're going to run Kauto and Master Minded."

The 11-year-old defied the critics by beating Long Run to win the Betfair Chase a

Katenko Withdrawn From Major Fixtures Due To Colic

Katenko Withdrawn From Major Fixtures Due To Colic

Katenko has sadly been withdrawn from the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National after undergoing an emergency operation for colic on Friday.

The Venetia Williams-trained seven-year-old had won his last two races leading some experts to tip him as a potential Gold Cup winner.

But he has now been taken out of the bigges

Jockey Aaron Gryder to move riding base from SoCal to Hong Kong

Jockey Aaron Gryder to move riding base from SoCal to Hong Kong

Aaron Gryder, who rode Well Armed to victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup this year, is moving his riding career from Southern California to Hong Kong. Gryder said Tuesday he's been invited to ride under contract for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The 39-year-old jockey has ridden 3,218 winners and has purse earnings of more than $109 million sinc

















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