Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. CLIVE Cox has given an upbeat report on Positive ahead of his rematch with the unbeaten Pinatubo in the Group 1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. The thrice-raced Positive won on his debut at Salisbury before running on well to…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. RICHARD Hannon’s QIPCO 2000 Guineas runner-up King Of Change may be set for a rematch with winner Magna Grecia after defying a lengthy absence to win at Sandown. King Of Change had not raced since posting a career best at Newmarket 137…
Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. CONNECTIONS have confirmed a big step up in class for the impeccably bred debut winner Too Darn Hot who contests the Group 3 188bet Solario Stakes at Sandown on Saturday. The two-year-old son of Dubawi and triple Group 1 winner Dar Re…
By Simon Jackson. Jack Hobbs is set to test his credentials as a leading hope for the Investec Derby when he contests the Group 2 Betfred Dante Stakes at York on Thursday. The John Gosden-trained colt is unbeaten in two starts and looked mighty impressive when scoring by 12 lengths in a 10 furlong Class…
By Simon Jackson. Huntingdon Racecourse has announced that they are offering free entry for online bookers to their Community Family Fun Day race meeting on Sunday March 1. The Cambridgeshire racecourse is offering a maximum of four tickets per booking to the fixture on St David’s Day at the track located on the outskirts of the…
By Simon Jackson. Three of London’s closest racecourses are offering free or heavily discounted tickets to selected race meetings over the next three months. Jockey Club-owned racecourses Epsom Downs, Sandown Park and Kempton Park have announced advanced booking prices of £5 or less for each of three featured race days in February, March and April. One…
By Simon Jackson. Sire De Grugy’s jockey Jamie Moore has been announced as the ambassador for London Racecourses for the 2014/15 National Hunt season. The news follows a spectacular year for Moore who bagged six Grade race wins that included five on BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Sire De Grugy. The bulk of the…
By Simon Jackson at Sandown. Time Test impressed with the manner of his victory in the British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes on the first of the two-day meeting at Sandown Park on Friday. The two-year-old son of Dubawi and Passage Of Time was narrowly beaten on his debut at Newbury last month at odds…
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…
