Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. EDDIE HARTY is eyeing the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup or Ryanair Chase with Coney Island who returned from a lengthy injury-enforced lay-off to win at the Christmas Meeting at Ascot. The Ascot win was the seven-year-olds first run for almost a year…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. CLIVE Cox hopes the heavy forecast rain stays away at Haydock where stable star Harry Angel heads the betting for the 32Red Sprint Cup on Saturday The ground is currently good to soft at Haydock who they have announced this evening (Wednesday) that…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. JACK HOBBS is in ‘great order’ ahead of his belated return against a star-studded field in the £1.3 million QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, John Gosden has revealed. Jack Hobbs – winner of the 2015 Irish Derby and runner-up to stable…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. LONDON and south east racegoers have plenty of fixtures to enjoy over the next three days as Ascot, Kempton Park and Fontwell Park host a total of five meetings from Friday to Sunday. The action commences at Ascot where they stage a two-day…
By Simon Jackson. Un De Sceaux justified his position at the head of the market for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase with a resounding victory at Ascot on Saturday. The 2015 Arkle winner led from the outset in the Grade 1 contest and maintained the advantage with a clinical display of jumping. He shook…
By Simon Jackson. Ascot has revealed plans of offer enhanced terms to bookmakers who have signed up to the Authorised Betting Partner (ABP) Status. Representatives of the Berkshire racecourse said in a statement that they fully support the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) initiative to secure bookmaker agreements to pay a contribution to the Levy Board…
By Simon Jackson. Sire De Grugy added credence to his chances of winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase for a second time with a tenacious victory in the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown. The success heralded a return to form for the Gary Moore-trained nine-year-old who won the Tingle Creek in 2013 but suffered…
By Simon Jackson. Ed Dunlop has given an upbeat report about the chances of Trip To Paris and Red Cadeaux ahead of the (AUS) $6.2million Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 3. Trip To Paris was cut to 8-1 (bet365) for Australia’s most famous race after finishing second in the (AUS) $3.15million Caulfield Cup…
By Simon Jackson. A total of 30,697 people attended the fifth Qipco British Champions Day where 10-1 shot Fascinating Rock was the surprise winner of the featured £1.3million Champion Stakes. The valuable six-race card at Ascot on Saturday offered total prize-money of £4.1million and was contested in a celebratory atmosphere where the last race went…
By Simon Jackson. Territories has pleased trainer Andre Fabre ahead of the potential rematch with his Qipco 2000 Guineas conqueror Gleneagles in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Territories was a two and a quarter lengths second at Newmarket to Gleneagles, who has since won the Irish equivalent and St James’s Palace Stakes, but…
