Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. BRITISH Horseracing Authority (BHA) chief executive Nick Rust highlighted the importance of safeguarding jump racing following the shock news of the intended closure of Kempton Park. Kempton Park – London’s closest racecourse – is owned by The Jockey Club who today (Tuesday) revealed…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. KEMPTON PARK hosts their flagship meeting of the season – The 32Red Winter Festival – on December 26 and 27 that features the Grade 1 King George VI Chase. The King George has been won by a host of top-class chasers that includes…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. CUE CARD is one of 22 entries in the £200,000 Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on November 19 – the first leg of The Jockey Club’s £1million Chase Triple Crown. Kempton Park hero Cue Card captured the Betfair Chase for the second time…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. JIM CROWLEY and Frederik Tylicki were hospitalised on Monday after they were involved in a four-horse pile up at Kempton Park earlier that afternoon. Champion jockey Crowley and fellow rider Tylicki were racing close to the leader at the top of the straight…
By Simon Jackson. Cue Card continued his superb form this season with a thrilling victory in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. The Colin Tizzard-trained nine-year-old tracked the leaders for the bulk of the three miles of Kempton’s feature race of the season. He improved to challenge the…
By Simon Jackson. Al Ferof bids to continue his consistent record in the William Hill King George VI Chase where nine horses remain in contention for the feature race of the season at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. For the past two years Al Ferof has finished third in the King George to his Paul…
By Simon Jackson. Mark Bradstock has kept hopes alive that Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree may run in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. Connections must pay a £10,000 supplementary entry fee to add the eight-year-old – who this year became the first novice in 40 years to…
By Simon Jackson. Colin Tizzard has confirmed that Cue Card will go for the £1-million Chase Triple Crown if he wins the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day. The nine-year-old impressed when storming to victory in the Grade 1 Betfair Chase at Haydock Park where he brushed aside his…
By Simon Jackson. Sprinter Sacre will bypass the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown Park on Saturday and instead contest the williamhill.com Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton Park on December 27. The nine-year-old impressed at his comeback race of the season when easing to a 14-length victory in the Grade 2 Shloer Chase at Cheltenham…
By Simon Jackson. The William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day is the immediate target for Cue Card after his impressive win in the Grade 1 Betfair Chase. The Colin Tizzard-trained nine-year-old was far too good for his four rivals at Haydock Park on Saturday as he brushed them aside…
