- Is Denman running on Saturday?
Well, he’s been entered for the big race at Cheltenham, the Argento Chase. As ever Paul Nicholls is keeping his opt...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Has David Nicholls shut down?
No, he’s just having not been having any in Britain this week. He’s six to race at Cagnes-sur- Mer. He seems to be...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - What’s happened to Nina Carberry?
She was injured at Leopardstown on Saturday. She was riding in the bumper and collided with the running rail and in...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Was Steven Gagan harshly treated?
He was the jockey who was banned for seven days after he his horse, Sacrilege, 11 times when he tried to get the ho...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Can Diamond Harry cut it at top level?
The jury’s probably still out on that one. Ten wins from eight starts looks a very impressive career record and six...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - What is Peddlers Cross running in at Cheltenham?
Not sure yet – so it may be best to hold on until there’s more news from the trainer. Donald McCain will choose to...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Peddlers Cross looked good beating statues?
Not sure if it would be fair to say that. Just how much can be accurately read from a four-runner novice hurdle is...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - So is Twist Magic the best now?
Not so sure. Master Minded beat Petit Robin by 16 lengths in last year’s Victor Chandler but this run at least show...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - So what to make of Medermit’s victory?
Pretty fair really and it puts him into the Champion Hurdle picture. But he was receiving 4lbs from Punjabi, just a...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Not just Celestial Halo, Punjabi too?
The reigning champion hurdler was beaten for the second time this season in the Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock Pa...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - But Solwhit only wins on soft ground?
It may be an accident of geography as much as anything else that most of his form has been on soft ground, because...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - All change in the Champion Hurdle market?
Given that the market leader, Zaynar, is not due to run until Kelso in the middle of next month, this weekend’s rac...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Why might Sublimity not run on Sunday?
His trainer, Robbie Hennessy, is worried about the ground at Leopardstown. He’s going to wait until after the first...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Who will Jimmy Fortune ride for?
Not sure yet. He’s been offered Buick’s old job with Andrew Balding but he might go freelance.
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - So what happens to Jimmy Fortune now?
As ever in these splits both sides have a point and, while Fortune may be in a position where he could feel he has...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - So Buick he made such an impression?
He started riding out as a teenager and has also travelled to America to further his education. He spent the winter...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Why’s William Buick got the Gosden job?
It’s no real surprise that has claimed one of the major jobs is hardly a surprise because he has been noted by just...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - Is this Fortification any good?
Two months ago it would have been hard to imagine that Fortification could ever win a race with a career record tha...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - So what can stop Twist Magic?
A fair bit really. Paul Nicholls, his trainer, has gone on record as saying that Twist Magic is the best two-mile c...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago - It’s the Victor Chandler Chase – who wins?
Well, it’s a Grade One race now rather than a handicap so it looks a penalty kick for Twist Magic. He’s rated at le...
Category: Horse Racing | Posted: 10 years, 10 month(s) ago