Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. SAPHIR DU RHEU is taken to secure another big prize at Aintree by winning the £1million Randox Health Grand National at 5.15pm on Saturday. The eight-year-old impressed trainer Paul Nicholls when justifying favouritism to win the Grade 1 Mildmay Novices’ Chase at Aintree…
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. 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 The Jonjo O’Neill-trained 15-2 shot More Of That caused an upset of sorts when landing the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, the feature race on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival. The three mile stayers’ hurdle had been billed as a showdown between Annie Power, who went into the race unbeaten in 10…
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