By Nick Seddon The six-times champion Jump trainer Nicky Henderson opened the doors to his famous Seven Barrows yard in Lambourn to talk about his prospects for The Cheltenham Festival in 2023, which takes place Tuesday 14th March to Friday 17th March inclusive. With 72 Festival wins to his name, Henderson is the most successful […]
By Nick Seddon Trainer Dan Skelton has revealed that he’s keen to take a select team to this year’s Cheltenham Festival, which will be spearheaded by Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup contender Protektorat. Skelton has four Cheltenham Festival winners under his belt so far, with the most recent being Ch’tibello in the 2019 County Hurdle, and he
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Cheltenham Festival 2023: Willie Mullins’ Horses and Hopes By Nick Seddon No trainer in the history of The Cheltenham Festival has trained more winners at it than Willie Mullins. Tourist Attraction in the 1995 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle was the first of what now stands at a record 88 winners for the master of Closutton. In
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The Jockey Club has announced that formal dress codes have been (almost) scrapped at all of its 15 racecourses as part of a drive to make horseracing more “accessible and inclusive”. Instead of restricting racegoers from watching the action in certain enclosures based on what they are wearing, British racing’s largest commercial organisation and employer
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Dan Skelton is confident of seeing something ‘very positive’ on Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham (Saturday 28th January) from Protektorat, who he reports to be ‘flying around the place’ ahead of an intriguing clash with last season’s Randox Grand National hero Noble Yeats in the Grade Two Paddy Power Cotswold Chase. The Saints Des Saints
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The King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day is one of the highlights of Christmas racing and this year Bravemansgame bids to fulfil a long-term ambition for Paul Nicholls. The trainer hopes his plan – that has been 12 months in the making – will come to fruition on Boxing Day for
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By Nick Seddon. Photograph by Ian Yates www.eyewhy.co.uk Paul Nicholls fired a warning shot to his Sandown Tingle Creek rivals and insisted last year’s hero Greaneteen is the one to beat. The trainer is bidding to secure a record-extending 13th victory in the Grade One contest this Saturday (3rd December 2022). The eight year old
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By Nick Seddon Joe Tizzard believes Eldorado Allen has a “serious each-way chance” in next month’s Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton Park, after 13 stood their ground for the Grade One contest at the latest entry stage (Tuesday 29th November). The eight year old has flourished over three miles so far this
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Aintree: Defending heroine Snow Leopardess is favourite for the Becher Chase as the weights are revealed. Snow Leopardess (Charlie Longsdon) has been allotted 11st 2lbs for the Boylesports Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree on Saturday 3rd December. The now 10 year old mare courageously held on by a nose from Hill Sixteen (Sandy
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Sandown Tingle Creek 2022: Greaneteen is the favourite to defend his title, as entries are revealed. Greaneteen heads the market with sponsor Betfair to repeat his victory of 2021 in the Grade One Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown Park on Saturday 3rd December. Trained by Paul Nicholls, who has already saddled a record 12 winners of
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