Tiger retires after making Delta Work March 16, 2022 HE HAS roared for the final time, but what a roar it was! Tiger Roll went out on his sword at Cheltenham on a miserable, gloomy Wednesday afternoon, only succumbing to stablemate Delta Work in the dying strides of the 3m6f Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase. Ridden by Davy Russell – who partnered ‘the Tiger’ to [...]
Conflated can serve it up to monster Allaho in the Ryanair Chase March 16, 2022 THERE is a real sense of déjà vu about this year’s Ryanair Chase (2.50pm). Anyone remember a red-hot Willie Mullins-trained favourite returning to this race having blown his rivals away in the race 12 months earlier? That horse was Un De Sceaux who bolted up in this race back in 2017 but then had his [...]
Elliott looks to hold the key to Coral Cup with Saint Felicien March 15, 2022 YOU DON’T get many more competitive handicaps than this afternoon’s Coral Cup (2.50pm) where 26 runners are set to go to post. Winners at 20/1, 25/1 and 33/1 in the last four years show just how complex a puzzle it can be for punters to unravel. It looks as though ante-post favourite Good Risk At [...]
Tiger set to roar one final time at Cheltenham March 15, 2022 LEGEND is used far too freely in modern day society, but in the case of TIGER ROLL it is 100 percent justified. This terrier-like little horse first turned up at the Cheltenham Festival in 2014 when winning the Triumph Hurdle at 10/1. He then won the 2017 National Hunt Chase over four miles before landing the 2018, [...]
Elliott can end day in style with American Mike March 15, 2022 TODAY’S card concludes with the Weatherby’s Champion Bumper (5.30pm) and if the vibes are to be believed then Willie Mullins’ Facile Vega will be extremely difficult to beat. The five-year-old is impeccably bred, out of multiple Mares’ Hurdle heroin Quevega, and it’s hard not to have been impressed by what he’s done on the track in his two starts so [...]
L’Homme Presse can put one on the board for the home team March 15, 2022 L’Homme Presse Ahoy Senor Farouk D’Alene IN A WEEK where the Irish are once again set to dominate, the home team hold a strong hand in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (2.10pm) now that Galopin Des Champs has opted to take up an alternative challenge. Trainer Paul Nicholls has always held Bravemansgame in the highest regard [...]
Irish Banker Sir Gerhard looks hard to oppose March 15, 2022 Bill Esdaile’s 1-2-3 Sir Gerhard Journey With Me Stage Star WHEN the Willie Mullins-trained SIR GERHARD beat Gordon Elliott’s Three Stripe Life over two miles in a Grade One at the Dublin Racing Festival, the majority felt that they would be locking horns again in a rematch at Cheltenham in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. However, [...]
Shishkin can leave Champion Chase rivals on the canvas March 15, 2022 Shishkin Nube Negra Energumene WHAT is it about Nicky Henderson and two-milers? He has won the Unibet Champion Hurdle a record eight times and is the joint leading trainer of this afternoon’s Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.30pm) with six victories. Sprinter Sacre and Altior are two of the greatest two-mile chasers we have ever [...]
Epatante a huge price at 16/1 to regain her crown March 14, 2022 1st Epatante 2nd Honeysuckle 3rd Appreciate It ASK MOST racing fans what their dream result would be on the opening day of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, and it will surely be HONEYSUCKLE making it 15 wins from 15 career starts in the Unibet Champion Hurdle. Absolutely breathtaking in last year’s opening day highlight when pulverising her rivals by [...]
Ireland to end Ultima drought with Ben Dundee March 14, 2022 CHELTENHAM’S opening handicap, the Ultima Handicap Chase (2.10pm) hasn’t been a strong race for the Irish in recent years, and you have to go back to 2006, when Dun Doire won, to find their last winner. They have a strong hand this year, though, and Gordon Elliott’s duo Floueur and Death Duty look to have [...]
