Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. DISCOUNTED tickets to go racing are available at three of London’s closest racecourses where Sandown Park, Kempton Park, and Epsom Downs offer tickets from £5 to selected meetings in March and April. The deals apply to national hunt and flat cards at three…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. RECOGNITION of the risks jockeys take is formally recognised on November 19 with the third National Jockey Day which aims to raise £50,000 for the Injured Jockeys Fund. The initiative is championed by Betfair who will be donating £1 for every use of the…
By Simon Jackson. Paul Nicholls has said he is ‘thrilled’ with Dodging Bullets ahead of his belated return in the Grade 2 Betfair Exchange Chase at Newbury on Saturday. Dodging Bullets has not raced since winning the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at last year’s Festival and the two mile chasing championship on the second…
By Simon Jackson. Betfair reckon that the re-scheduled Coral Welsh Grand National will go ahead on Saturday as racecourses in the UK brace themselves for more heavy rain this week. Inspections have already been called ahead of Friday’s meeting at Wetherby and Wincanton on Saturday, but Betfair this afternoon (Wednesday) offer 4-11 that the Welsh…
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…
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