Silence may Echo successes of recent years for De Bromhead February 17, 2026 WITH under three weeks until we hear the famous roar, the Cheltenham Festival is growing ever closer. This week, I’m dipping into a race that we have had relative success in in recent years, the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle. Bambino Fever and Oldschool Outlaw head the betting for the Irish powerhouses of Willie Mullins and Gordon [...]
Pipe’s Juran can fill Ascot punters with Joy February 10, 2026 SATURDAY’s Ascot Chase (3.35pm) is the final Grade One of the season prior to the Cheltenham Festival, and that means we’re due to see some familiar names battle it out for this valuable prize. There’s no more familiar name than Jonbon running here, and it looks like it’s his to lose. The trip, the track [...]
Sober looks a Glorious bet for Cheltenham Festival opener February 10, 2026 RACING fans were treated to some serious action on William Hill Super Saturday at Newbury at the weekend, with plenty of Cheltenham Festival quality on show. Lulamba, Haiti Couleurs and Tutti Quanti all delivered performances which put markers down for the big four days in March, but I was most drawn to SOBER GLORY, who [...]
Time for All In You to show true Couleurs for Greatrex February 3, 2026 KNOWN as Super Saturday, Newbury’s card this weekend features a host of quality contests, including the valuable William Hill Hurdle (3.20pm), a race that is often considered the best handicap hurdle run outside the Cheltenham Festival. Having already advised an ante-post selection in this race a few weeks ago, hopefully many readers are sitting on [...]
Tough to see others Passing the Wife in Martin Pipe February 3, 2026 RESULTS from the Dublin Racing Festival have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons in several of the ante-post markets for the Cheltenham Festival. The likes of Majborough and Fact To File delivered imperious performances, seeing them shoot to the head of the Champion Chase and Gold Cup markets. Narciso Has stamped his authority on the [...]
Sights on Man and Ridge to land spoils in Sandown mud January 27, 2026 THERE’S plenty of high-quality action to look forward to this Saturday, with the first of two days from the Dublin Racing Festival as well as strong domestic cards from Sandown and Musselburgh. At Leopardstown, Willie Mullins’ Galopin Des Champs has the chance to make history by winning a fourth straight Irish Gold Cup (3.30pm) to [...]
Devil’s the numero Uno pick for the Albert Bartlett January 27, 2026 WITH Cheltenham Trials Day now in the rear-view mirror, we grow ever closer to the Festival, with the next meeting at Prestbury Park the big four days in March. Last Saturday’s action in Gloucestershire was informative on several fronts from an ante-post perspective, but it’s a race from Doncaster that has thrown up a Festival [...]
Gowel Hy on the list to land another Cleeve crown January 20, 2026 CHELTENHAM Trials Day on Saturday provides a chance to see some of the stars that could be on show at the Festival in March. Not many shine brighter than Sir Gino, who returned with a bang in the Christmas Hurdle and now faces a fascinating clash with last year’s Turner’s Novices’ Hurdle winner, The New [...]
Spindleberry’s a ripe pick for historic Gold Cup double January 20, 2026 PRIOR to the Cheltenham Festival, we’ve got the small matter of the Dublin Racing Festival in little over a week’s time, which brings two days of top-quality action from Leopardstown. The headline of the weekend is undoubtedly the Irish Gold Cup, where Galopin Des Champs will be looking to make it four successive victories in [...]
Worth taking a plunge with Issam and Lake January 13, 2026 A SMALL field of five have been entered for this weekend’s feature race, Ascot’s Grade One Clarence House Chase (3.30pm), with Willie Mullins’ Il Etait Temps heading the betting. He hasn’t been to Ascot before but judging by his recent performances at Sandown, last time when thumping Jonbon in the Grade One Tingle Creek, he [...]
