Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. SAPHIR DU RHEU is taken to secure another big prize at Aintree by winning the £1million Randox Health Grand National at 5.15pm on Saturday. The eight-year-old impressed trainer Paul Nicholls when justifying favouritism to win the Grade 1 Mildmay Novices’ Chase at Aintree…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. DRY GROUND is forecast ahead of the £1million Randox Health Grand National at Aintree on Saturday where the ground on the National course is currently Good to Soft, Good in places. The first day of the three-day Grand National Festival on Thursday…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news SAM WALEY-COHEN bids to add to his tremendous record over the Aintree fences when he rides The Young Master in the Randox Health Grand National on April 8. The 34-year-old amateur rider has won six races over the National fences with three wins in…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news As the curtain comes down on the Cheltenham Festival horse trainers’ focus turns to the £1million Grand National at Aintree on April 8. The World’s greatest steeplechase is contested over four miles, two furlongs and 74 yards and comprises two circuits of the…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. The 2017 Grand National has attracted the highest-ever quality of entries handicapper Phil Smith said at the unveiling of the weights at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on Tuesday night. The Randox Health Grand National at Aintree on April 8 has…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. THE GRAND NATIONAL at Aintree on April 8 has attracted 110 entries where the betting is headed by 2016 runner-up The Last Samuri and RSA Chase winner Don Poli as 16-1 co-favourites. The robust entries for the £1millon contest have broken the 100-mark for…
By Simon Jackson. Aintree officials have expressed their delight following news that the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National attracted a peak live UK television audience of more than 10 million. The figures justify Aintree’s decision to run the race at the later start time of 5.15pm. The number of viewers represents a whopping 12% increase from…
By Simon Jackson. Silviniaco Conti is fancied to add another big prize to his already illustrious career by landing the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday. The 10-year-old’s seven Grade 1 wins include the William Hill King George VI Chase in 2013 and 2014, in a superb career that has amassed more that £1million…
By Simon Jackson. Connections of The Romford Pele can rest easy knowing they have secured the coveted place in the starting line-up for the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National. The final field of 40 runners will be known on Friday for the £1million contest where the weights are headed by last year’s winner Many Clouds, with…
By Simon Jackson. A total of 87 horses remain in contention for a place in the final field of the maximum 40 runners permitted in the £1million Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday. The five-day confirmation stage on Monday saw the number of horses going forward reduced by nine for the world’s greatest steeplechase,…
