William Hill Denman Chase (G2)
William Hill Denman Chase (G2) If we take the ratings and indeed the Antepost markets literally, then this is going to be a straight between Haiti Couleurs and L’Homme Presse. The former has already won a Welsh Grand National under a big weight this season and has been re-routed here after travel issues meant that […]
Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge Virgin Bet Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase (G1) There will be definitely be some split opinions on the 2026 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown. On the one hand, there is the form book. Kitzbuhel came to grief before halfway and didn’t really look to be in love with the testing conditions or the jumping […]
Maestro Conti
Maestro Conti I’m going to do my best and keep this piece relatively short. Saturday’s card at Cheltenham had a very strange feeling around it and for various reasons each of the Cheltenham “Trials” races had reasons to doubt the form. The incident with Sir Gino changed the entire mood on the card. I have […]
Old Park Star
OLd Park Star If you are a regular reader of this blog and hopefully you are, then you will know that I can’t resist the temptation for a quirky pun in the title of some of these posts. Whether it works to make the post more appealing or not is probably open to question, but […]
Fitzdares Fleur de Lys Chase
Fitzdares Fleur de Lys Chase Protektorat won the Fleur de Lys Chase at Windsor for the 2nd year in a row on Sunday. All of the data from TPD would suggest that the Skelton’s 10-year-old son of Saint des Saints is perfectly suited to the Berkshire track and against these rivals, Harry Skelton gave him […]
The Stayers’ Hurdle, is Kabral du Mathan a Contender?
The Stayers’ Hurdle Is Kabral du Mathan a Contender? There are several different form lines that are merging together into this year’s Stayers’ Hurdle market. Teahupoo represents the established group. The winner of the race in 2024, he added a 3rd Hatton’s Grace Hurdle win to his CV in December before what looked to be […]
The Champion Hurdle So Far…
The Champion Hurdle So Far… The Cheltenham festival is now just a few months away and with the Christmas and New Year Racing out of the way, a lot of the attention will turn towards those 4 days in the middle of March. We have to start somewhere and given that all of the main […]
Coral Challow Novices’ Hurdle (G1)
Coral Challow Novices’ Hurdle (G1) “No Drama This End” This was a record 7th win in the Challow Hurdle for trainer Paul Nicholls and his 5th in the last 6 years. No Drama This End received that infamous Denman comparison after winning at Cheltenham earlier in the season and whilst I’m sure those comments were […]
Can Lulamba win the Arkle?
Can Lulamba win the Arkle? “Lulamba’s overall time of 3:53.51 was 5.09s faster than Il Etait Temps in the Tingle Creek an hour later on the card. He reached the mile pole over 8s quicker than Il Etait Temps, approximately 32 lengths ahead. At that pace, he did remarkably well to maintain such a gallop. […]