Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. DEFINITLY RED heads the weights with 11st 10lb for the £1-million Randox Health Grand National at Aintree at 5.15pm on Saturday, April 14. The Brian Ellison-trained nine-year-old was one of the leading contenders for the 2017 National, but was pulled up on…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. MANY CLOUDS’ death after his courageous defeat of Thistlecrack in the BetBright Trial Cotswold Chase cast a gloom over Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham. Grand National winner Many Clouds inflicted the first defeat over fences of 4/9 favourite Thistlecrack who also heads the…
By Simon Jackson. Silviniaco Conti is fancied to add another big prize to his already illustrious career by landing the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday. The 10-year-old’s seven Grade 1 wins include the William Hill King George VI Chase in 2013 and 2014, in a superb career that has amassed more that £1million…
By Simon Jackson. Connections of The Romford Pele can rest easy knowing they have secured the coveted place in the starting line-up for the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National. The final field of 40 runners will be known on Friday for the £1million contest where the weights are headed by last year’s winner Many Clouds, with…
By Simon Jackson. A total of 87 horses remain in contention for a place in the final field of the maximum 40 runners permitted in the £1million Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday. The five-day confirmation stage on Monday saw the number of horses going forward reduced by nine for the world’s greatest steeplechase,…
By Simon Jackson. News of the later start time for the Crabbie’s Grand National has been welcomed by the sponsor of the unique steeplechase that will be decided at Aintree on April 9. Aintree officials announced earlier this year that the start time for the 2016 Grand National would be put back to 5.15pm, which…
By Simon Jackson. Oliver Sherwood admitted he is surprised by the global interest in last year’s Crabbie’s Grand National winner Many Clouds whose intended run at Kelso today was abandoned. due to bad weather. Many Clouds is best priced at 12-1, but as short as 10-1 favourite for the 2016 National at Aintree on April…
By Simon Jackson. The British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) head of handicapping Phil Smith says the field for this year’s Crabbie’s Grand National is the best he has handicapped. The Grand National is the only race of the year where Smith has complete discretion over which weights to allocate as he is able to deviate from…
By Simon Jackson. Many Clouds is clear favourite for the Crabbie’s Grand National after he was allotted 11st 10lbs when the weights were revealed in London on Tuesday. The Oliver Sherwood-trained nine-year-old is set to carry just one pound more than when winning the world’s greatest steeplechase last year and heads the betting at 12-1…
By Simon Jackson. Many Clouds heads 126 entries for the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National where he bids to become the first horse to win back to back Grand Nationals for more than 40 years. The last horse to win success Nationals was Red Rum who won the world’s greatest steeplechase in 1973, 1974 and 1977…
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