Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM takes centre stage from March 10 – 13 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…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. Punters will get their money back if selections are non-runners in five of the feature races at the Cheltenham Festival after news that three major bookmakers have taken the unusual step of going non-runner no bet from early January. Paddy Power, Betfair…
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. A record total attendance of 248,521 racegoers attended the 2015 Cheltenham Festival, an increase of more than 11,000 on the previous best of 237,369 in 2012. This year’s bumper crowd witnessed a series of landmark events that included a new record of winners by an individual trainer at the four day Festival…
By Simon Jackson. Faugheen bids to extend his unbeaten record to nine wins when he lines up in the Stan James Champion Hurdle, the feature race on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old has proved to be far superior to his rivals in his eight starts to date. The winner…
By Simon Jackson. Willie Mullins has given an upbeat report about the well-being of Hurricane Fly ahead of his bid to secure a third victory in the Stan James Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Hurricane Fly has contested the Champion Hurdle four times, winning the two mile hurdling crown in 2011 and 2013 and…
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