Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase favourite Altior is reported to be in “very good” order ahead of his bid to secure a third successive win at the Cheltenham Festival. Altior is unbeaten in 12 runs over obstacles and recorded his seventh successive…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news HORSE RACING and glamour combine at Royal Ascot which commences on Tuesday July 20 with the Queen Anne Stakes where Ribchester can get punters off to a winning start. Ribchester, trained by Richard Fahey and owned by Godolphin produced a career-defining performance when…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. ALTIOR has done “everything right” in his four races this season ahead of the Racing Post Arkle Novices’ Chase, trainer Nicky Henderson said this week. Henderson is the all-time leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival with 55 winners and hopes to add to…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. FLAT RACING passes the baton to the national hunt code this weekend as Doncaster stage the last UK Group 1 of 2016 and Cheltenham host their first jumps meeting of the season. The feature race at Doncaster is the Group 1 Racing Post…
By Simon Jackson. Belardo has been slashed in price for the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot after a tenacious victory in the £350,000 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. The Roger Varian-trained four-year-old travelled towards the rear of the field under Andrea Atzeni before challenging late to lead inside the final furlong…
By Simon Jackson. Coneygree scored a wide-margin victory in his first race since landing this year’s Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup when winning a Listed race at Sandown Park on Sunday. The Mark Bradstock-trained eight-year-old was never headed in the three mile 188Bet Future Stars Chase. Coneygree extended the advantage over his two rivals three fences…
By Simon Jackson. Jamie Spencer hopes for faster ground for recent Newbury winner The Corsican in the Group 1 Qipco Champion Stakes on Champions Day at Ascot on October 17. The four-year-old travelled well for Spencer throughout the Group 3 Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup on good-to-soft ground at Newbury on Saturday and stuck to…
By Simon Jackson. Telescope is focussed on a lucrative double at Ascot as connections eye the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes and the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Telescope bagged his fifth career success when winning the £100,000 Listed Al Rayyan Stakes by six lengths under Ryan Moore at Newbury on Saturday.…
By Simon Jackson. The Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot is the likely target for Night Of Thunder and Toormore who finished first and second in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes. The Richard Hannon-trained Night Of Thunder raced close to the pace throughout the one mile contest and ran on gamely for James Doyle to…
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…
