Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. The £160,000 BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday has been a long-time plan for joint-favourite Slate House connections revealed this week. The Colin Tizzard-trained second-season novice chaser heads the betting at 5-1 alongside Siruh Du Lac for the Grade 3, two…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM host the first major event of the national hunt season when they stage the two-day ‘The Showcase’ meeting on Friday and Saturday this week. The fixtures comprise two seven-race cards highlighted by two £60,000 handicap chases on Saturday – the Matchbook…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. Al Boum Photo and Paul Townend provided Willie Mullins with a first victory in the £625,000 Grade 1 Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup. The seven-year-old took the lead at the second-last fence and galloped on relentlessly to score from the Tony Martin-trained Anibale…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM racecourse on Thursday posted record attendance numbers for the third consecutive day as Paisley Park won the Stayers’ Hurdle and Frodon landed the Ryanair Chase. Bryony Frost became the first woman to win the Grade 1 Ryanair Chase when scoring on…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. ROBBIE Power has ridden four winners at the Cheltenham Festival and has three chances on Thursday to add to that tally that includes Supasundae in the Grade 1 Sun Racing Stayers’ Hurdle. Supasundae, trained by Jessica Harrington in Ireland, bids to improve…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. RACING at Cheltenham today will go ahead following a precautionary inspection, racecourse representatives confirmed at 7.03am this morning. The strength of the winds has now moderated on the forecast allowing Simon Claisse, Clerk of the Course, to give the green light early…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM Racecourse has called a precautionary inspection at 8am on Wednesday March 13 due to concerns surrounding forecast strong winds. Gust of between 40 and 50 miles per hour are predicted and officials are taking no chances amid concerns surrounding safety both…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. NICKY Henderson has said is ‘really pleased’ with reigning champion Buveur D’Air who targets a consecutive hat-trick of victories in the Unibet Champion Hurdle on the first day of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. The JP McManus-owned gelding bids to become the sixth…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM takes centre stage from March 13 to 16 as the best national hunt horses in Europe go head to head in a mouthwatering array of jump racing’s most coveted prizes. The Cheltenham Festival combines four days of the best national hunt racing in…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. NICKY Henderson has said ‘the better the ground, the better Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Might Bite will be” as the weather forecast remains uncertain ahead of the Cheltenham Festival. Might Bite is best priced at 4-1 but as short as 3-1…
