Majestic started his racing career last March as a four-year-old running in a Kempton bumper. He ended it winning the Cambridgeshire. On Saturday, he will run at Doncaster in either the Pertemps Network Lincoln or the Spring Mile as one of the first turf horses saddled by Jack Channon. This is his first season since […]
Cheltenham Festival winner Angels Dawn has been given the go-ahed to bid for further glory in the BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday. In the immediate aftermath of his mare’s victory in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, trainer Sam Curling feared she would struggle to make the final field […]
Owen Burrows has Group One goals for the ever-improving Anmaat. The Shadwell-owned five-year-old has placed in each of his 10 starts, with six victories including an impressive treble that spanned last season. Starting his campaign with a half-length success in the John Smith’s Cup at York, the bay then left handicapping behind to land the […]
Sandy Thomson will fly the flag for the Scottish Borders when Hill Sixteen lines up in the Randox Grand National. The region has a rich racing heritage and the 10-year-old will be the Lambden-based trainer’s third runner in the race as he sneaks into the 40-strong field off a feather-weight of 10st 2lb. Seeyouatmidnight was […]
Trainer Tim Vaughan was relieved and delighted in equal measure after Eva’s Oskar was confirmed as the 40th horse in the field following the latest scratchings deadline for the Randox Grand National. The nine-year-old, who won a competitive handicap chase at Cheltenham earlier in the season, was previously further down the order of entry for […]
Connections of Westover are excited to see what the rest of the year has in store after finishing best of the rest behind the brilliant Equinox at Meydan last weekend. Third in last year’s Derby at Epsom before a dominant victory in the Irish equivalent, the Ralph Beckett-trained Westover disappointed in the King George at […]
James Tate is not ruling out a step up to six furlongs with his talented filly Royal Aclaim. The four-year-old caught the eye last season when winning a Bath novice in June and then going on to comfortably land the Listed City Walls Stakes at York in July. That form was stacked on top of […]
Hollie Doyle is set to make her return from over two months on the sidelines at Newcastle on Friday, before heading to Doncaster for the start of the Flat turf season in Britain this weekend. The record-breaking rider took a crashing fall from The Perfect Crown at Wolverhampton on January 17, both fracturing and dislocating […]
Nicky Henderson’s strong team of hurdlers for Aintree will not include Buzz or Steal A March. The Seven Barrows handler, who took his Cheltenham Festival winners tally to 73 when Constitution Hill gave him a record ninth Champion Hurdle, has ruled both out of running at the Grand National Festival. Dual-purpose star Buzz won the […]
Phil Kirby’s popular campaigner Top Ville Ben could head next for the Topham Chase at Aintree. The 11-year-old was pulled up when seen most recently in the Ultima at the Cheltenham Festival, but prior to that he was a gallant third in the Leopardstown Handicap Chase in early February. The gelding already has some experience […]