Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. CHELTENHAM Racecourse has called a precautionary inspection at 8am on Wednesday March 13 due to concerns surrounding forecast strong winds. Gust of between 40 and 50 miles per hour are predicted and officials are taking no chances amid concerns surrounding safety both…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. ANIBALE FLY is taken to improve on his fine third place in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup and land the £1million Randox Health Grand National at 5.15pm on Saturday. The Tony Martin-trained eight-year-old ran on well to belie odds of 33-1 to finish…
By Simon Jackson. More Of That justified connections’ faith when he made a winning debut over fences on his first race for more than 11 months at Cheltenham on Friday. The 2014 Ladbrokes World Hurdle winner’s prolonged absence from the racecourse was due to wind problems highlighted last November after he suffered his sole defeat.…
By Simon Jackson. Shutthefrontdoor is as short as 10-1 to win the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on April 11 after he was allotted 11st 2lb when weights were revealed on Tuesday. The weights were unveiled in front of 240 guests at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden where last year’s Betfred Gold Cup…
By Simon Jackson. Tony McCoy was crowned champion national hunt jockey for the 19th successive season at Sandown on Saturday and is already eyeing a 20th championship title. The 39-year-old landed 218 winners in a memorable season that included a landmark 4,000th victory when winning on Mountain Tunes at Towcester in November. “You have got…
By Simon Jackson Captain Cee Bee has been supplemented for the Stan James Champion Hurdle to leave a maximum field of 12 runners for the feature race on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. Connections of the JP McManus-owned 13-year-old opted to pay the £20,000 supplementary entry fee following an impressive third place to…
