Make your Guineas with a Jockey Club Quinella April 30, 2021 BEFORE the 15 runners go to post for the first Classic of the UK Flat season, a select field of five will battle it out for Group Two honours in the Jockey Club Stakes (3:00pm). Pyledriver will be the first one that jumps off the page for many punters given he landed a brace of [...]
Came From The Dark to light up Palace House April 30, 2021 MABS Cross, Marsha, Sole Power, Mayson – the Group Three Betfair Palace House Stakes (2.25pm) has been won by some brilliant sprinters over the past decade. Sadly, Saturday’s contest looks more like a Beverley Bullet than a Palace House, especially after John Quinn took out his duo Liberty Beach and Keep Busy at the final [...]
Moon to Thunder home for O’Brien Jnr April 30, 2021 FROM Pinatubo last year to Frankel a decade ago, the Qipco 2000 Guineas (3.40pm) often features a short-priced favourite, who, according to the odds at least, is head and shoulders above his rivals. Pinatubo was sent off at 5/6 last year, while the likes of Churchill (6/4), Dawn Approach (11/8) and Frankel (1/2) have all [...]
Take Ker when betting on the Stayers’ April 9, 2021 ANOTHER duel between Thyme Hill and Paisley Park could make this year’s Ryanair Stayers Hurdle (3.35pm) a classic. The score is currently 1-1 between the pair and this rematch has been long-awaited after Thyme Hill missed last month’s Cheltenham Festival after a small setback. He arrives here the fresher horse, is more open to improvement [...]
Hometown Boy looks the real Deal April 9, 2021 WITH 22 runners set to go to post, finding the winner of the opening EFT Systems Handicap Hurdle (1.45pm) won’t be easy. Rachael Blackmore is an interesting jockey booking on Tea Clipper for Tom Lacey, who ran a good race when third in the Coral Cup last time. If you take out the runaway winner [...]
Saint can land National for the Mullins family April 9, 2021 PLENTY will be searching for the name of Tiger Roll when they look at the 40 runners for this year’s Randox Grand National (5.15pm), but sadly connections opted not to attempt a record-equalling third win with the 11-year-old who could be back in 12 months’ time. The Irish, who notably dominated the Cheltenham Festival and have won [...]
Coffey on the House if Hendo has a treble April 8, 2021 IT HASN’T been a golden year for six-time champion trainer Nicky Henderson, but Aintree’s Friday card looks a prime opportunity for the Seven Barrows trainer to have some spring success. DUSART, who can be backed at 9/4 to land the Top Novices’ Hurdle (2:20pm), could be a future star, and this isn’t the strongest of [...]
You’d be Well and truly Nuts to miss this one April 8, 2021 COURSE winner NUTS WELL looks a cracking bet in the Marsh Chase (3.25pm) on day two of Aintree’s Grand National meeting. This 10-year-old might have reached the veteran stage of his career but he seems to be getting better with age. He’s been in the form of his life this season. His Kelso defeat of [...]
Morning can brighten up the afternoon in Topham April 8, 2021 SATURDAY’S Randox Grand National is a race still missing from trainer Nicky Henderson’s CV, but he has a good record in the Randox Topham Handicap Chase (4.05pm) over the famous fences. The master of Seven Barrows saddles a trio of contenders in a bid to land the contest for a sixth time with all three [...]
Clondaw Castle looks the call in the Bowl April 7, 2021 PLENTY expected Tiger Roll to return to Aintree this week, but not many predicted it would be in the Betway Bowl (2.50pm) rather than an attempt at a history-equalling third Randox Grand National victory. The evergreen 11-year-old rolled back the years with an emphatic fifth success at the Cheltenham Festival last month when pulverising his [...]
