Ted Walsh believes Any Second Now will need plenty of luck to go one better than last year and win the Grand National. The JP McManus-owned gelding was third behind Minella Times in the Aintree spectacular in 2021 and runner-up last year to Noble Yeats. And Walsh, who saddled Papillon to victory in the race […]
Andrew Slattery’s Sir Allen is en route to one of two Cheltenham Festival options after his eyecatching Punchestown success. The four-year-old was trained by Slattery on the Flat as a two- and three-year-old before making his hurdling debut in December. Second in a Cork maiden at the first time of asking, the gelding then went […]
Jamie Snowden is plotting a course to the Cheltenham Festival via the Jane Seymour Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown for his smart Challow Hurdle runner-up You Wear It Well. Three from four and unbeaten over hurdles heading into the Newbury Grade One, the six-year-old was far from disgraced when both stepping up in both trip […]
Stage Star was the highlight of a treble for Harry Cobden at Plumpton on Monday, as Paul Nicholls’ charge got his novice chasing career back on track with a bloodless victory. A Grade One winner over hurdles, the seven-year-old made a bright start to life over the larger obstacles at Warwick, but was then bitterly […]
Barry Connell’s Good Land has a Grade One return to Leopardstown in store after his taking victory at the track last week. The lightly-raced seven-year-old had some good bumper form to his name when making his hurdles debut at Fairyhouse in early December, but a first-fence mistake cut that run short as he parted ways […]
A tilt at the Stayers’ Hurdle has crept into the equation for Dashel Drasher following his game effort in the Relkeel Hurdle at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day. Jeremy Scott’s versatile 10-year-old has mixed and matched fences and hurdles with real success of late, winning on his reappearance over timber at Aintree before finishing second […]
Paul Nicholls has confirmed both Bravemansgame and Hermes Allen will head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after their successes over the festive period. Bravemansgame provided the champion trainer with a 13th success in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, prevailing by 14 lengths under Harry Cobden having started at 11-4. The […]
Luccia is set to take on the boys with her name one of 11 to appear in the list of entries for the Unibet Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown on Saturday. The unbeaten five-year-old has already tasted Listed success at the Esher track when winning a bumper there last March and added a further victory […]
Edwardstone will run in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot on January 21 following his mishap in the Desert Orchid Chase over Christmas. Alan King is keen to keep last season’s Arkle winner busy, given he only got as far as the fifth fence before unseating Tom Cannon. Having been thwarted in attempts to run […]
Archie Watson will step Grove Road up in class for his next outing as the trainer bids to find out if he has a Cheltenham Festival contender on his hands. The Mahler gelding won a bumper in December 2021 and opened his account over hurdles at Carlisle in October. Upped to an extended three and […]