Seen by many as the pinnacle of the national hunt season four days in March, when the racing world fixates on a big hill in Gloucestershire, is the Cheltenham Festival In my younger and more naive days I often wondered why organisers opted to host the festival from Tuesday to Friday and neglected perhaps the biggest betting day of any week, a Saturday? Was it perhaps to avoid clashing with football? My thinking was that any racing we then saw on the Saturday often seemed some

14:20 Aintree This looks a straight shooutout between Henderson duo Apples Shakira and We Have A Dream, the first mentioned went into the Cheltenham Festival as many people’s banker of the meeting on the back of her unbeaten sequence of three victories at Cheltenham. Proven on the ground, trip and obviously the track her performance when ultimately fourth in the Triumph has to be described as disappointing although it could be argued the slow pace counted against her, whatev

14:20 Aintree This looks a straight shooutout between Henderson duo Apples Shakira and We Have A Dream, the first mentioned went into the Cheltenham Festival as many people’s banker of the meeting on the back of her unbeaten sequence of three victories at Cheltenham. Proven on the ground, trip and obviously the track her performance when ultimately fourth in the Triumph has to be described as disappointing although it could be argued the slow pace counted against her, whatev

14:20 Aintree This looks a straight shooutout between Henderson duo Apples Shakira and We Have A Dream, the first mentioned went into the Cheltenham Festival as many people’s banker of the meeting on the back of her unbeaten sequence of three victories at Cheltenham. Proven on the ground, trip and obviously the track her performance when ultimately fourth in the Triumph has to be described as disappointing although it could be argued the slow pace counted against her, whatev

14:20 Aintree This looks a straight shooutout between Henderson duo Apples Shakira and We Have A Dream, the first mentioned went into the Cheltenham Festival as many people’s banker of the meeting on the back of her unbeaten sequence of three victories at Cheltenham. Proven on the ground, trip and obviously the track her performance when ultimately fourth in the Triumph has to be described as disappointing although it could be argued the slow pace counted against her, whatev

14:20 Aintree This looks a straight shooutout between Henderson duo Apples Shakira and We Have A Dream, the first mentioned went into the Cheltenham Festival as many people’s banker of the meeting on the back of her unbeaten sequence of three victories at Cheltenham. Proven on the ground, trip and obviously the track her performance when ultimately fourth in the Triumph has to be described as disappointing although it could be argued the slow pace counted against her, whatev

13:50 ASCOT La Bague Au Roi arrives here having won her last three, including an excellent victory on first attempt over a three mile trip when last seen. Soft ground holds no fears for the seven-year old and she has been given a decent amount of time to overcome the exertions of her last victory so should be capable of giving favourite-backers a winning start to today’s ITV races. Midnight Tune also brings decent form in to this race having won her last two. Her trainer is i

13:50 ASCOT La Bague Au Roi arrives here having won her last three, including an excellent victory on first attempt over a three mile trip when last seen. Soft ground holds no fears for the seven-year old and she has been given a decent amount of time to overcome the exertions of her last victory so should be capable of giving favourite-backers a winning start to today’s ITV races. Midnight Tune also brings decent form in to this race having won her last two. Her trainer is i

13:50 ASCOT La Bague Au Roi arrives here having won her last three, including an excellent victory on first attempt over a three mile trip when last seen. Soft ground holds no fears for the seven-year old and she has been given a decent amount of time to overcome the exertions of her last victory so should be capable of giving favourite-backers a winning start to today’s ITV races. Midnight Tune also brings decent form in to this race having won her last two. Her trainer is i

IN ASSOCIATION WITH,,, THE TWO MINUTE TRADER! 13:50 Sandown Battaash wins at Sandown. Three year olds have a cracking recent record in this and have taken six of the last ten renewals, strongly represented this time around it is difficult to overlook that stat and Battaash is taken to improve upon it. Raced only half a dozen times he made light work of a decent bunch when landing a Listed race over course and distance the last day and that form has since been franked, with th

IN ASSOCIATION WITH,,, THE TWO MINUTE TRADER! 13:50 Sandown Battaash wins at Sandown. Three year olds have a cracking recent record in this and have taken six of the last ten renewals, strongly represented this time around it is difficult to overlook that stat and Battaash is taken to improve upon it. Raced only half a dozen times he made light work of a decent bunch when landing a Listed race over course and distance the last day and that form has since been franked, with th

IN ASSOCIATION WITH,,, THE TWO MINUTE TRADER! 13:50 Sandown Battaash wins at Sandown. Three year olds have a cracking recent record in this and have taken six of the last ten renewals, strongly represented this time around it is difficult to overlook that stat and Battaash is taken to improve upon it. Raced only half a dozen times he made light work of a decent bunch when landing a Listed race over course and distance the last day and that form has since been franked, with th

Melbourne Cup 2016 – The best of the European runners One of the most prestigious races of the Australian horse racing calendar, the Melbourne Cup takes place on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria. With a scheduled off-time of 3pm, the top-class contest is one of the world’s richest races to be held on turf, and the richest long-distance handicap contest to be found anywhere globally. As such, it is a race that can stop not only a nati

Melbourne Cup 2016 – The best of the European runners One of the most prestigious races of the Australian horse racing calendar, the Melbourne Cup takes place on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria. With a scheduled off-time of 3pm, the top-class contest is one of the world’s richest races to be held on turf, and the richest long-distance handicap contest to be found anywhere globally. As such, it is a race that can stop not only a nati

Melbourne Cup 2016 – The best of the European runners One of the most prestigious races of the Australian horse racing calendar, the Melbourne Cup takes place on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Victoria. With a scheduled off-time of 3pm, the top-class contest is one of the world’s richest races to be held on turf, and the richest long-distance handicap contest to be found anywhere globally. As such, it is a race that can stop not only a nati

14:00 Goodwood The first race of this years Goodwood festival is one that has seen Mark Johnston emerge victorious in four of the last ten renewals and he sends four runners in an attempt to reclaim the crown once again. While none of his quartet can be completely ruled out his best chance looks to come from last years third Fire Fighting, who arrives here 8lbs lower than last year and his best efforts on turf have come on genuine fast ground. Having said this, he is yet to

14:00 Goodwood The first race of this years Goodwood festival is one that has seen Mark Johnston emerge victorious in four of the last ten renewals and he sends four runners in an attempt to reclaim the crown once again. While none of his quartet can be completely ruled out his best chance looks to come from last years third Fire Fighting, who arrives here 8lbs lower than last year and his best efforts on turf have come on genuine fast ground. Having said this, he is yet to

14:00 Goodwood The first race of this years Goodwood festival is one that has seen Mark Johnston emerge victorious in four of the last ten renewals and he sends four runners in an attempt to reclaim the crown once again. While none of his quartet can be completely ruled out his best chance looks to come from last years third Fire Fighting, who arrives here 8lbs lower than last year and his best efforts on turf have come on genuine fast ground. Having said this, he is yet to

13:30 Cheltenham It’s been another amazing festival so far but the Prestbury Park unfortunately comes to an end here on day four. Lest hope it’ll be another day to remember. The opening race the JCB Triumph hurdle (Grade 1) see’s fifteen currently going to post in what looks a thrilling race on paper with many of these Posting great runs last time out. Nicky Henderson has a great record in this race and won with Peace And Co twelve months ago and tries his luck here today

13:30 Cheltenham It’s been another amazing festival so far but the Prestbury Park unfortunately comes to an end here on day four. Lest hope it’ll be another day to remember. The opening race the JCB Triumph hurdle (Grade 1) see’s fifteen currently going to post in what looks a thrilling race on paper with many of these Posting great runs last time out. Nicky Henderson has a great record in this race and won with Peace And Co twelve months ago and tries his luck here today