Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse-racing tips and the latest news. PAUL Nicholls has given an upbeat report on dual King George VI Chase winner Clan Des Obeaux ahead of the £160,000 Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on Saturday. The eight-year-old bids to secure the seventh win in the extended three miles and one-furlong…
By Simon Jackson. The Paul Nicholls-trained Ptit Zig bids to extend his unbeaten record this season when he contests the Grade 1 £150,000 Betfair Ascot Chase on Saturday. The six-year-old novice chaser has won all of his four starts this campaign. He won a beginners’ chase at Exeter on his comeback in November, before landing…
By Simon Jackson at Ascot. Champion trainer Paul Nicholls’ good form continued when Ptit Zig stormed to a nine-length victory in the Grade 2 Mitie Novices’ Chase at Ascot on Friday. The emphatic success extended the five-year-old’s unbeaten run over fences to three, following wins at Warwick and Exeter in November. Ptit Zig – a…
By Simon Jackson. Ascot’s attention turns to national hunt racing as they stage their most valuable jumps card of the season on the second day of the Christmas Meeting which takes place on Friday and Saturday. Saturday’s valuable card is headlined by the £150,000 Ladbroke Hurdle which is one of three races – alongside the…
By Simon Jackson. Caid Du Berlais capped a great day for Paul Nicholls and Sam Twiston-Davies when he snatched a narrow victory in the £160,000 Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham. The five-year-old was held up in the early stages. He improved to jump the last fence in fourth place before finishing fast to reel…
By Simon Jackson Nigel Twiston-Davies believes that The New One’s ability to finish fast could pay dividends in the Stan James Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. The Gloucester trainer referred to his stable star’s “phenomenal turn of foot” as part of an upbeat report on the six-year-old who heads the…
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