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There are a a record number of entries for the 11 handicaps at this year`s Cheltenham Festival following the announcement of the weights. Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins boasts a strong team for the Festival and he accounts for the joint or sole top-weight in nearly half of the the total 11 handicaps. Following his victory in the Racing Plus Chase on Saturday, Opening Batsman would have to shoulder 12st 6lb if he was to take up his engagement
Rain is Forecast towards the end of next week which should mean Cheltenham clerk of the course Simon Claisse will not have to water the ground ahead of the Festival. Claisse's recent suggestion that watering could be a possibility, despite the extraordinarily wet winter, was surprising, but he explained that it has been drying out quickly in his part of the Cotswolds. "We've had very little rain in the last couple of weeks, and last Wednesday I said
There was a major upset in the first race at Fairyhouse today as 1/4 favourite Waaheb could finish only third of five behind Art Of Logistics. Second to Jezki in a Grade One at Leopardstown, Dermot Weld's inmate was a faller on his next start and came here looking for a confidence booster. However, his jumping was less than foot perfect in the Visit fairyhouse.ie For Special Offers Hurdle, whereas Bryan Cooper was always travelling nicely on the 9/
David Pipe`s charge, Ballynagour has gone up 21lb in the ratings after his easy Warwick victory last week. The seven-year-old landed a gamble at the Midlands track when a 19-length winner of what had pre race looked a challenging handicap chase on his debut for the yard. judging by his being removed from 2 races this week, it would seem that connections now believe that he's guaranteed a run at Cheltenham having been put up to a mark of 143 over fe
British jockey Martin Dwyer will face an inquiry on 17 March in India after his odds-on favourite mount came third in Mumbai. Racegoers reacted angrily after Dwyer, 36, didn't push Ice Age to victory in Sunday's final race at Mahalaxmi. The Royal Western India Turf Club stewards called an inquiry and declared Ice Age as a non-starter, before announcing all bets would be refunded. Dwyer is "confident" he will be "exonerated of any wrongdoing". The
Simon Claisse, Cheltenham`s director of racing, has revealed that the track may need watering ahead of the festival. The National Hunt campaign has been conducted on heavy ground with some racecourses forced to abandon meetings due to flooding and bad weather throughout the season. England suffered its wettest year on record in 2012 and there has been little let up in the weather in the opening months of 2013 yet the taps being turned on at Prestbu
Friday`s meeting at Warwick will face a precautionary inspection at 8am.
Temperatures remained above freezing during Wednesday night but a frost is forecast overnight, with a potential low of minus 4C.
Sulekha Varma, Clerk of the course said: "We've very low temperatures forecast but we have covered the whole track in fleece.
"We're confident that can keep the frost out of the ground but the problem is temperatures
Paul Nicholls insists it should be of no concern to Zarkandar`s supporters that jockey Ruby Walsh has once again chosen to side with Hurricane Fly in the Stan James Champion Hurdle. Walsh, the stable jockey to both Nicholls and Willie Mullins, rode Zarkandar to win the International at Cheltenham earlier in the season, but deserted him in the last Champion in favour of the defending champion Hurricane Fly. In the end, he managed to finish third, wi
Tom O`Brien will be forced to miss the Cheltenham Festival after he was hit with a 10-day suspension at Doncaster on Wednesday.
O'Brien was found guilty of "failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing" aboard Benefit Cut, who finished seventh in the race won by Minella Forfitness.
The jockey is due to be sidelined between March 6-15, and with the Festival running from March 12-15 t
Trainer Nicky Henderson says My Tent Or Yours will run in the William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival next month.
There had been talk that the six-year-old could go for the Stan James Champion Hurdle following his cruising to victory in the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury.
Connections however have decided to run him in the Supreme on March 12.
"He's very good and he goes for the Supreme," said Hend
Black Caviar broke the Flemington track record as she returned from eight months off to record her 23rd win.
/ The unbeaten Australian mare had been on the brink of retirement after tearing a quadriceps muscle while running at Royal Ascot last June.
But she was a convincing winner of a race named in her honour - the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes - leading the field by two lengths.
"I am just so proud of her and my tea
Connections of Black Caviar will discuss the possibility of the unbeaten mare returning to Royal Ascot this year - although the chances are still "very slim" at this stage. The seven-year-old mare stretched her record to 23 without defeat at Flemington on Saturday, sparking debate over whether she would return to Berkshire. While connections were initially not too keen on the idea, they have now conceded it will at least be discussed - with the car
An all-hurdle and bumper card has been arranged for Taunton on Tuesday after the chase events were abandoned due to waterlogging.
Bob Young, chief executive at Taunton, said: "Even though the course has only had a further 30mm of rain since February 7, it has still not fully recovered from the deluge it received prior to that. The hurdle course remains heavy, but the steeplechase course is still waterlogged in places.
"We are gra
Utopie Des Bordes retained her unbeaten British record in the Listed Jane Seymour Mares' Novice Hurdle at Sandown. Nicky Henderson's recruit was smart in France and went off the 11-10 favourite after opening her account at Doncaster. When Twigline crashed out at the last, Barry Geraghty's most significant danger was She Ranks Me, but she held her off bravely. Henderson said: "She's not very big but she can jump and she will go for the Albert Ba
Paul Carberry will be reunited with Monbeg Dude in Saturday`s Betfred Grand National Trial after a merry-go-round of jockey bookings for Haydock's big race. The Irishman delivered one of his hold-up specials on Michael Scudamore's stayer to secure a famous victory over hot favourite and weekend rival Teaforthree in the Coral Welsh National. Scudamore was placed in a slightly difficult position as Carberry was initially unavailable, leaving him to bo
Paul Nicholls has confirmed that Tidal Bay will miss both the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and the John Smith's Grand National.
The 12-year-old has returned to his brilliant best this season, winning a exciting renewal of the Lexus Chase over Christmas, and had been allotted what looked a favourable handicap mark for the Aintree spectacular.
Nicholls tho has now confirmed in his blog that a minor injury has been discovered. "He was out
The Racecourse Newbury in partnership with The Royal Agricultural College is holding an event called Greatwood Charity Raceday on Saturday 2nd march 2013, this is a day that alongside some of the season's best Jump racing, celebrates the beauty and versatility of the horse with a host equestrian demonstrations and an interactive riding zone. This fixture also recognises the fantastic work of racehorse rehabilitation charity, Greatwood. As in previous year
Tidal Bay has been handed top weight of 11st 10lb for the John Smith`s Grand National at Aintree on 6 April.
The 12-year-old, trained by Paul Nicholls has been in great form this season, finishing second in the Hennessy at Newbury to Gold Cup favourite Bobs Worth and then winning the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown.
He has an official BHA mark of 171 but has been rated on 162 by official handicapper Phil Smith, who is allowed to use h
Undefeated sprinter Black Caviarwill make her long-awaited return to competition on Saturday at Flemington after nearly eight months since her nail-biting victory at Royal Ascot, in a race in Australia named in her honor, the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes. Thirteen horses have been entered in the 1,000-meter (about five-furlong) race to face the 6-year-old Bel Esprit mare, who will bid to win a record third straight Lightning and take her undefeated rec
Wincanton will host an all-hurdles card on Saturday after announcing that the chases have been abandoned. The Somerset course will hold the final significant Champion Hurdle trial at the weekend, the Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle, but the entries for the Grade Two event have been reopened until Tuesday. Two handicap chases and a veterans' event, all sponsored by Bathwick Tyres, have been scratched and new hurdles races will replace them on ground w
The number of registrations of thoroughbreds at the British racehorse organization BHA the past five years decreased by almost one third. In 2008, 5,920 foals registered in 2012 there were only 4,366. Major cause of the BHA awareness of overproduction. The surplus of horses is a major problem in the UK horse industry. The BHA reported that five years is busy horse owners and breeders aware of this problem. "The recession and market forces have played a ro
Stephen Curran, owner of Flemenstar says his horse did not show his true form in his defeat to Sir Des Champs at Leopardstown on Saturday. Debate has raged for weeks about the best distance for the chaser trained by Peter Casey, who has looked so smart at up to two and a half miles, and connections were keen to give him another chance at three miles after his third-placed finish in the Lexus Chase over Christmas. Flemenstar was held up by Andrew Ly
A plan to stage an all-chase and bumper card at Lingfield on Tuesday will be implemented after the hurdle races were abandoned due to waterlogging today.
The fixture will include the three chases already scheduled plus three additional chases and a National Hunt Flat race, which will be run on the all-weather track.
Clerk of the course Neil Mackenzie Ross said: "We've had steady rain all day, at 2pm we'd had just over five milli
Officials at Plumpton have called an inspection for 8am ahead of Mondays meeting at the East Sussex venue following more bad weather. The going on the hurdle course is described as soft, heavy in places with the chase course soft. Twelve millimetres of rain had been recorded at 2.30pm on top of five millimetres overnight.
Silviniaco Conti maintained his unbeaten record this season with an emphatic victory in the Betfair Denman Chase.
The seven-year-old enhanced his claims for the Cheltenham Gold Cup with an accurate display of fencing in testing going.
Mail De Bievre made the running on his first run for over 500 days but Tom George's charge ran out of steam as the winner and The Giant Bolster came to fight out the finish from the third last.
Sir Des Champs won for the first time this season as he got the better of a thrilling match with Flemenstar in the Grade 1 Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown. Willie Mullins' seven-year-old, winner of the Jewson Chase at last year's Cheltenham Festival, pulled out all the stops to deny Peter Casey's stable star by a couple of lengths. The winner's stable-mate Quel Esprit jumped beautifully in front for the first circuit but he was under pressure afte
My Tent Or Yours ran out an emphatic winner of the Grade 3 Betfair Hurdle, the most valuable handicap hurdle in Europe. Tony McCoy had to abandon plans of getting a helicopter from Warwick to Newbury but his journey proved to be more than worthwhile as his mount made light work of the opposition. Always handy off a strong early gallop, he merely had to push out the Desert Prince gelding to record a convincing victory. Cotton Mill travelled every
Arkle favourite Simonsig will miss his intended Cheltenham prep race after being ruled out of the Betfair Super Saturday Chase at Newbury.
Nicky Henderson's exciting grey was set to be a heavy odds-on favourite for Saturday's race but won't now run following an unsatisfactory scope.
Henderson told racingpost.com: on Thursday evening: "Simonsig's trachea wash result today was 95 per cent but we'd only run if it was 100 per cent.
There was a sparkling Clonmel four-timer for trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Ruby Walsh with a cosy success in the Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel. The seven-year-old was last seen running second to At Fishers Cross in a Cheltenham handicap and he went one better under a confident ride. Inish Island, the 11-10 favourite, brushed aside his only serious rival, Venture Capital, in the closing stages to score by two lengths. Mu
Charles Byrnes has revealed it is 50-50 at best stable star Solwhit will line up in Ladbrokes World Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival.
Despite being sidelined for the best part of two years by injury, the six-time Grade One winner has returned seemingly as good as ever this winter.
The nine-year-old ran a fine comeback race behind the top-class Bog Warrior at Punchestown in late December and took another step forward to
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Breeders' Cup officials announced that the use of race-day medication will be prohibited in World Championships races for 2-year-olds in 2012 and all events in 2013.
The board of directors made the decision at its July 14 meeting. Officials said the move is necessary to get Breeders' Cup policies in line with those in other countries at a ti
Sport presenter Claire Balding who has long been the face on channel 4 horse racing is to be awarded with a BAFTA for “outstanding achievement in factual presenting” in recognition for her work presenting the 2013 London Olympics as well as her work on Channel 4 presenting the Paralympics.
The award will be presented to Claire Balding on the
Aland Islands is just one of a strong team of up to five trainer Tim Vaughan is preparing for the Aintree meeting. The six year old, Owned by JP McManus won a bumper on his debut last April and has since filled the same position in two races over hurdles and is unbeaten in three career starts so far.
Vaughan`s stable has been performing belo
At Ascot, Binocular and Punchestowns did it in their pursuit of hurdling championship honours, but even the thrill of their victories didn't beat the happy uninhibited commitment with which 19-year-old Harry Skelton set sail for five fences from home in the three-mile chase.
You will know his surname. Father Nick Skelton has long been one of
Trainer Victor Dartnall is tempted to run recent Haydock scorer Giles Cross in the John Smith's Grand National on April 14.
After a great effort to finish runner-up in the Coral Welsh National back in December, Giles Cross came out on top at Haydock's Grand National Trial on his last start.
As the National weights had already been pub
Horse Website - Whip Regulations to be Relaxed - New changes to controversial whip rules for jockeys and a revised penalty structure have been approved by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).
Nathaniel has been added to the field for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday at a cost of £75,000. John Gosden's colt was an impressive winner over the course and distance at Royal Ascot last month. Coronation Cup winner St Nicholas Abbey and Royal Ascot victor Rewilding are among the other leading contenders.
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A turbulent four weeks for women jockeys closed yesterday with Sophie Doyle deciding against appealing a seven-day ban for "violent and improper conduct" after she was involved in a fight with Kirsty Milczarek on Tuesday. The two jockeys clashed in the changing room at Southwell, where no other witnesses were present. And they gave conflicting stor
Barry Geraghty can continue to mop up the spare rides - and the winners -when he partners Isio for trainer Nicky Henderson in today's £100,000 Vodafone Gold Cup at Newbury, a race that is helping to fill a pre-Cheltenham void in the jumping programme. Jump jockeys never bask in another's bad fortune; they know only too well the next race and the ne
Ruby Walsh rode Big Buck's to a seven-length victory Big Buck's won his 15th consecutive hurdles race to move within one win of the record for an unbeaten run. Ridden by Ruby Walsh, he was made to work hard for victory in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.
The stayer looked in trouble down the hill as Dynaste took the lead, but ev
Frankel, the greatest racehorse in a generation, if not ever, bowed out with an unbeaten record of 14 wins from 14 starts as he took the QIPCO British Champions Stakes here by a length and three-quarters from last year’s winner and second best horse on the planet Cirrus Des Aigles on Saturday.
Ascot had been buzzing all day, the raceca
Officials at Leicester remain optimistic about their chances of racing on Sunday despite calling a precautionary 8am inspection.
Clerk of the course Jimmy Stevenson is expecting an overnight frost but is hopeful of racing if the forecast proves correct.
He said: "I'm hopeful of racing as long as the temperature doesn't drop too
Nicky Henderson is preparing for the bad weather with three of his stable`s brightest stars racing at Ascot on Saturday.
The trainer withdrew Sprinter Sacre and Darlan from intended outings at Cheltenham last weekend when rain produced conditions that were deemed too testing.
But Henderson said that he most likely run Oscar Whisk