Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. AL Boum Photo targets a third consecutive win in the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup which has attracted 41 entries for the 2021 contest on March 19. The Willie Mullins-trained Al Boum Photo contested only two races last year, winning at Tramore on New…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. Punters will get their money back if selections are non-runners in five of the feature races at the Cheltenham Festival after news that three major bookmakers have taken the unusual step of going non-runner no bet from early January. Paddy Power, Betfair…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news CARAVAGGIO is taken to extend his unbeaten run to seven races when he contests the Darley July Cup Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday where he heads a maximum field of 10 runners. The Aidan O’Brien-trained colt is priced at 11/10 for the six…
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. Minding was an easy winner of the QIPCO 1000 Guineas on Sunday, the victory impressing bookmakers who fancy her to beat the colts in the Investec Derby next month. The three and a half length success secured a 1-2-3 in the fillies’ mile Classic for trainer Aidan O’Brien who also saddled runner-up…
By Simon Jackson. Cheltenham Gold Cup fancy Don Cossack showed no ill effects from his fall in the William Hill King George VI Chase when winning a Grade 2 race in Ireland on Thursday. The multiple Grade 1 winner was mounting a late challenge when he fell at the penultimate fence at Kempton on Boxing…
By Simon Jackson. Bookmaker Paddy Power is taking no chances with impressive Royal Ascot winner Time Test in his clash with Golden Horn in the Juddmonte International at York on August 19. Time Test easily justified favouritism to land the Group 3 Tercentenary Stakes at the Royal Meeting where he travelled well throughout and was…
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 at Sandown. Paddy Power have cut Brown Panther’s price for the Ascot Gold Cup to 6-1 (from 10-1) after an emphatic victory in the Cantor Fitzgerald Henry II Stakes at Sandown. The six-year-old, who is owned by ex-England International striker Michael Owen and Betfair founder Andrew Black, proved to have too many…
