Could the big guns of the Flat racing world be trembling in their boots at the news that the outstanding champion National Hunt trainer Paul Nicholls has applied for a dual purpose training license? Probably not, but it will be very interesting to see how the Ditcheat handler fares when he has his first runners [...]
The Irish love the Cheltenham Festival. In fact, for many Cheltenham enthusiasts the entire Festival revolves around finding the best Irish raiders and getting on-board with the extremely knowledgeable Irish crowd. And many of the early clues for Cheltenham success we presented to us at Leopardstown on Saturday. The most notable of the four winners [...]
The opening race on Lingfield’s all-weather fixture on Friday 21 January is unlikely to be remembered by the majority of racing fans, but will certainly go down as a red-letter day for trainer George Baker, for whom Cape Melody’s victory under Matthew Davies in the six-furlong claimer was Baker’s first since he took over the [...]
The very first Cheltenham Festival took place in 1911 at Prestbury Park, although it would have looked very different from the course that we know and love today and anyone placing Cheltenham 2011 bets may be astounded at the event’s rich history. Gradually Cheltenham came to be known as the headquarters of jump racing under [...]
Shalone, Alan King’s highly promising hurdler of last season, looks set to make his belated return to action this term with an outing at Ascot at the weekend, writes Elliot Slater. Last seen when running very respectably to finish third to Zaynar in the 2009 Relkeel Hurdle at Cheltenham, Shalone had been a pretty hot [...]
If you believe in the power of prayer then you might be able to offer the combined positive thoughts of tens of thousands of horse racing fans as an explanation as to why, despite all expert advice to the contrary, the hugely popular chaser Monet’s Garden is showing early signs of recovery from the normally [...]
T his post is for all the thousands of Zenyatta fans. I thought it might be a good idea to put together a bunch of all the Zenyatta memorabilia I could find, with links for you to purchase. Also, to immediately set the minds of any skeptics at rest, I pledge that any commission I [...]
There’s nothing more exciting, to many, that spending a day at the track. Even if you don’t have access to a racetrack or a way to watch horse racing on TV, horse betting can yield some great profits. Many horse-wagering individuals have hit the big score with a bet of just $1. Before you can [...]
What Is A National Hunt Race? National Hunt racing is a vastly popular class of horse racing in the United Kingdom. It is the formal name for jump racing, where horses have to jump obstacles such as fences or hurdles, and includes steeplechases and hurdle races. Additionally, there are also flat races held at these [...]
Point to point racing is a centuries old horse racing tradition which remains popular today. At times the term has been synonymous with the steeplechase, which even those who aren’t so interested in equestrian sports are familiar with. The first ever point to point race was run in Ireland, in the eighteenth century. The first [...]
