Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM must pass a Friday afternoon inspection ahead of their Trials Day meeting on Saturday after heavy rain left the course waterlogged in places with more rain forecast. Paul Nicholls is lightly-represented with only one runner at Cheltenham where he has last-start winner…
By Simon Jackson. Ascot is offering free admission to the grandstand enclosure for the Ascot Chase Raceday meeting on Saturday to celebrate 50 years of jump racing. The Berkshire racetrack has hosted horse racing for over 300 years, but they only introduced jump racing in 1965 after the closure of Hurst Park. The feature race on…
By Simon Jackson. The Paul Nicholls-trained Ptit Zig bids to extend his unbeaten record this season when he contests the Grade 1 £150,000 Betfair Ascot Chase on Saturday. The six-year-old novice chaser has won all of his four starts this campaign. He won a beginners’ chase at Exeter on his comeback in November, before landing…
