Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. PAUL Nicholls said it is far too early in the season to start planning challenges for the national hunt trainers’ championship which he has won 11 times. The Ditcheat handler first won the trainers’ championship in the 2005-06 season and retained the title…
By Simon Jackson. Multiple champion jockey Tony McCoy has announced that he will retire from race-riding by the end of the current jumps season that finishes in April. McCoy broke the news immediately after riding his 200th winner of the season when landing the Grade 2 Betfair Price Rush chase on Mr Mole at Newbury…
By Simon Jackson. Nicky Henderson heads the betting with most firms to win the 2014-15 National Hunt trainers’ championship which was won last year for the eighth time by Paul Nicholls. Henderson seeks to reclaim the title he secured in 2012-13 after a stellar campaign that included winning the Hennessy and Cheltenham Gold Cup with…
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. Paul Nicholls was quick to pay tribute to the efforts of his stable staff as he was presented with the award for champion national hunt trainer at Sandown. The championship was the eighth in nine seasons for the Ditcheat handler who amassed prize money of £2,469,893, to finish more that £500,000 clear…
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…
By Simon Jackson. Sire De Grugy justified trainer Gary Moore’s faith when he stormed to a six length victory in the BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. The victory was the biggest in the south east based trainer’s career and was made all the more sweet as the eight-year-old…
By Simon Jackson Ruby Walsh is upbeat about the chances of Hurricane Fly who bids to land his third Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham (3.20pm) on Tuesday. The Willie Mullins trained 10-year-old first won the feature race of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival in 2011. He secured the double in 2013 and…
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