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With the Cheltenham Festival right around the corner, starting on the 12th of March this year, assistant trainer Charlie St Quinton doesn’t think Fergal O’Brien racing have “ever gone into a Cheltenham week where we have had two proper goes.” St Quinton was quick to defend lead jockey Paddy Brennan making it clear he thinks […]
Trainer Nicky Henderson’s star horse Constitution Hill has seen a huge negative move in the bookmakers pricing for the Unibet Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in two weeks time. This has come after a ‘poor workout’ in a practice run at Kempton this morning and it is being reported by Henderson to have “shown signs […]
After a competitive first day of the two-day meeting, the stars are out in force here at Sandown, on what looks like a terrific-day of racing. 11:35: Willmount looked a potential superstar when winning by 13 lengths at Newbury 30 days ago. It would be disappointing if he was beaten here. His biggest threat appears […]
Sandown’s Tingle Creek meeting promises to be a cracking occasion, with two days of competitive, high-quality action. Analysis through the card and today’s best bets! 12:40: A juvenile hurdle with some moderately talented flat horses making their debut over hurdles. Despite being uninspiring for Nigel Tinkler, Goblet of Fire has joined Nicky Henderson’s yard and […]
Park Life Sport managed to speak to local horse racing expert Ash Symonds about this weekend’s November meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse, in what will be a “great atmosphere with plenty of horses to look out for.” “The October meeting was great and it really surprised me, I expect it to be a bigger atmosphere this […]
Delta Work: Delta Work will be a well-known name to most, having won on Wednesday at the festival last year and beating out Galvin to the line. The 10-year-old will be hoping history can repeat itself today as he returns to Cheltenham after his famous win. Both horses are trained by Gordon Elliot and will […]
Tom David is assistant trainer to Ben Pauling whose yard has enjoyed a nice start to the season as the yard has registered 2 winners and 11 placements in 27 races in the last 14 days, one of the highlights has been Mole court who won at Cheltenham in the October meeting in the Close […]
Kim Bailey has enjoyed a fantastic start to the season, operating at an impressive 23% strike-rate. The trainer is certainly no stranger to success at the highest level, as he has trained winners in The Grand National, The Cheltenham Gold Cup and The Champion Hurdle. Hoping to continue the positive start to the season, […]
As racing returns to Cheltenham, I have looked at some of the local trainers’ horses and analysed those that I think have a good chance of success. Fergal O’brien – Ravenswell Farm will be sending another strong hand to Prestbury Park as Fergal O’Brien and co will attempt to have a successful start to this […]
The Grand National is set to undergo its biggest revamp in changes since 2012 and Gloucestershire Live racing reporter Ash Symonds has given his opinions on these alterations. The most notable change that has been made is that the maximum number of runners has been reduced from 40 to 34, which is the first reduction […]