Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. PAUL NICHOLLS has highlighted the unique challenges of collecting the £1million bonus for winning the Betfair Chase, 32Red King George VI Chase and Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup. The Nicholls-trained Kauto Star is the only horse to have secured the bonus for winning the…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news CHELTENHAM takes centre stage from March 14-17 as the best national hunt horses in Europe go head to head to contest a glittering array of jump racing’s most coveted prizes. The Cheltenham Festival combines four days of the best national hunt racing in the…
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. STARS OVER THE SEA is fancied to secure another big prize for jockey George Baker by winning the Dubai Duty Free Handicap at Newbury on Saturday. The five-year-old is available at 14-1 and is the shortest priced of four potential runners for trainer…
By Simon Jackson. Cheltenham Gold Cup rivals Don Cossack and Cue Card are set for a rematch in the Punchestown Gold Cup on Wednesday April 27. The Gordon Elliott-trained Don Cossack prevailed at Cheltenham after Cue Card fell three fences from the finish when challenging for the lead. The fall ended Cue Card’s chances of…
By Simon Jackson. Colin Tizzard has described Cue Card as the ‘horse of a lifetime’ as he prepares his stable star for the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup on the last day of the Festival on Friday. Cue Card continued his resurgence this season with a tenacious victory in the William Hill King George VI Chase…
By Simon Jackson. Thistlecrack is set to go off a short-priced favourite for the Ryanair World Hurdle after trouncing his rivals in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham in January. The 12 length victory extended his unbeaten record this campaign and followed a decisive win in the Grade 1 JLT Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot last…
By Simon Jackson. Cheltenham takes centre stage this week as the best national hunt horses in Europe go head to head to contest a glittering array of jump racing’s most coveted prizes. The Cheltenham Festival combines four days of the best national hunt racing in the world, played out on the spectacular Gloucester racecourse from…
By Simon Jackson. Colin Tizzard believes he has a better chance of landing the Cheltenham Gold Cup than he did when winning the King George with Cue Card who is now in line for a £1million bonus. Cue Card continued his superb form this season with a thrilling victory in the William Hill King George…
