Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. NATIONAL Hunt racing returns to the fore as Cheltenham host their first race meeting of the season with The Showcase meeting on Friday and Saturday. The Showcase is the first fixture at Cheltenham since The Festival™ in March which was successfully concluded just…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. MAGICAL heads Aidan O’Brien’s strong hand in the Group 1 QIPCO Champion Stakes, the feature race on QIPCO British Champion’s Day at Ascot on Saturday. Magical targets back-to-back wins in the 10-furlong contest that carries prize money of £750,000, and also her third…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. PAUL Nicholls said it is far too early in the season to start planning challenges for the national hunt trainers’ championship which he has won 11 times. The Ditcheat handler first won the trainers’ championship in the 2005-06 season and retained the title…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. JOHN Gosden has said Enable is ready to put in a ‘big, bold effort’ at Longchamp on Sunday where she targets a record third win in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Winner of the 2017 and 2018 Arc’s, Enable narrowly failed…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. PYLEDRIVER faces a maximum of 11 rivals in the Pertemps St Leger Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday where he bids to secure a first Classic win for trainer William Muir. The son of Harbour Watch is joint favourite at 11-4 alongside Santiago after…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. ENABLE won at Kempton Park before landing her second Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2018 and connections are plotting the same route this year. The John Gosden-trained wonder mare returns to Kempton on Saturday where she faces a maximum of six rivals…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. THE ST LEGER meeting at Doncaster on September 9 – 12 is scheduled to be the first to admit spectators since March, following news of a new pilot scheme for sports. Spectators were scheduled to return for the last day of Glorious Goodwood…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. LOVE is impossible to oppose in the Group 1, £250,000 Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York on Thursday where she faces a maximum of five rivals. The Aidan O’Brien-trained filly has been ultra-impressive in two starts this season when securing wide-margin victories in the…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. FOUR races on each of Newbury Racecourse’s two-day behind closed door fixtures on Saturday and Sunday will be televised live on terrestrial TV in a tremendous week for armchair race viewers. Saturday’s races are due to be broadcast on ITV1 and Sunday on ITV4,…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. FRANCE beckons for Mogul after an impressive win in the Group 3 John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes over a mile and a half at Goodwood. The Aidan O’Brien-trained son of Galileo raced in touch with the leaders before making progress two furlongs from…
