Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins has dominated the first day of the Cheltenham Festival winning three of the four Grade One races. The afternoon did not quite begin as many had expected, but there was an unerring sense of inevitability about rest of the day. Min’s defeat by Altior in… Read More »
Jacqueline O’Brien, widow of the legendary trainer Vincent O’Brien, has died aged 89. The daughter of a West Australian politician, Jacqueline O’Brien (nee Wittenoom) played a key role in her husband’s record-breaking career. She died early on Tuesday morning in a hospital in Dublin. Her husband, who died in 2009… Read More »
Racing on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival could start on good to soft going as the ground continues to dry out with little rain forecast for the week. Clerk of the course Simon Claisse described the going as good to soft, soft in places on Monday afternoon –… Read More »
LEADING TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS AT THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL Current trainers number of winners: 53 Nicky Henderson 41 Willie Mullins 37 Paul Nicholls 25 Jonjo O’Neill 18 Philip Hobbs 18 Edward O’Grady 15 Alan King 15 Nigel Twiston-Davies 13 David Pipe 9 David Elsworth 8 Jessica Harrington 8 Arthur Moore 7… Read More »
The Paul Nicholls-trained Old Guard will miss the Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham jumps festival. That leaves a field 12 to go to post on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) headed by the Willie Mullins-trained Annie Power. The mare was a late entry last week after injury ruled… Read More »
Many Clouds has boosted his claims for back-to-back victories in the Grand National with an impressive display at Kelso. Winning for the first time since his triumph the world’s most famous steeplechase last April, Many Clouds put in a superb exhibition of jumping on Sunday. The Oliver Sherwood-trained nine-year-old is… Read More »
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A strong eight race card has been assembled for Happy Valley on Wednesday night where the feature race is the Class 3 Police Cup (1000m). BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: Deposit $400 BET with $1000… Read More »
Joseph O’Brien’s string will be split 50-50 between Flat horses and jumpers when he starts training full time. O’Brien, twice champion Flat jockey in Ireland, has quit the saddle to concentrate on his new career. The 22-year-old has been playing a key role in helping his father, champion trainer Aidan… Read More »
Dual Irish champion jockey Joseph O’Brien has decided not to ride at all this year to concentrate on his new role as a trainer. The move had been widely expected as the record-breaking jockey had been turning his attentions more to the training side and is in the process of… Read More »
Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton sat on a horse for the first time barely a year ago. Next week, she’ll be competing on British horse racing’s biggest stage. Amid concerns she is taking on too big a challenge, the 35-year-old Pendleton announced on Monday that she has been given a… Read More »
British cycling great Victoria Pendleton will race at this month’s Cheltenham Festival less than a year after becoming a jockey in a move that has split opinions in British racing circles. Pendleton, a dual Olympic champion who shared an arch rivalry with Australian track cycling great Anna Meares, will ride… Read More »
Victoria Pendleton’s Cheltenham Festival dreams have suffered a potential jolt with the dual Olympic gold medal winner unseated in a point-to-point race. Just days after winning her first race as a jockey at Wincanton, the former champion cyclist was riding the Alan Hill-trained Supreme Danehill when she lost a stirrup… Read More »
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Retired champion jumps jockey John Francome stands by his belief Victoria Pendleton is an accident waiting to happen on a racecourse. Francome told the Guardian last month the dual Olympic champion cyclist “can’t ride” and wants “saving from herself” after she was unseated from Pacha Du Polder on her first… Read More »
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has announced a dramatic target to replace the current British betting Levy system by April next year. The racing industry has long called for government intervention against the current system, from which offshore online betting is exempt, costing the sport tens of millions of pounds. Chancellor… Read More »
Victoria Pendleton has completed her transformation from Olympic champion cyclist to National Hunt winner with her first victory as an amateur rider at Wincanton. The dual Olympic gold medal winner raced home on 5-4 favourite Pacha Du Polder on Wednesday just 12 days after being unseated by the same horse… Read More »
French star Flintshire has left Andre Fabre to be trained in America by Chad Brown. Owned by Khalid Abdullah, Flintshire has been runner-up in the past two editions of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. At his most recent start, the six-year-old was second in the Hong Kong Vase won… Read More »
A strong eight race card has been assembled for Happy Valley on Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth is once again very strong. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS #3: Deposit $400… Read More »
Richard Johnson has become just the third jockey to notch a double century of winners during a National Hunt season. Johnson, who is a runaway leader as he charges to his first British jumps title, completed the feat with victory at Warwick on Friday. He joins the now-retired Tony McCoy… Read More »
