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 [...]
Edwardstone to be crowned king of the Arkle March 14, 2022 Bill Esdaile’s 1-2-3 1st Edwardstone 2nd Riviere D’etel 3rd Gabynako TRAINER Willie Mullins has won four of the last seven renewals of the Sporting Life Arkle Chase (2.10pm) and holds a strong hand once more saddling three of the 11 runners. The pick of his trio looks to be Blue Lord, who was the best of [...]
Constitution Hill set to get home team off to a flyer March 14, 2022 AFTER weeks of speculation, Willie Mullins made the decision on Sunday morning to send Dysart Dynamo to the Festival opener, the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm), and to aim stablemate Sir Gerhard at Wednesday’s Ballymore instead. The news was disappointing for all those holding ante-post slips on last season’s Champion Bumper winner, but it [...]
Brook can be Queen of the Mares’ Hurdle March 14, 2022 AFTER winning the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (4.10pm) eight times in a row from 2009 to 2016, Willie Mullins has been in a bit of a drought recently. His last success in this race came in 2018 with Benie Des Dieux, but he saddles three this afternoon to try to right that wrong. Stable jockey [...]
Purton to ruin Moreira’s hopes of Blissful return to the Valley March 1, 2022 IT WAS good to see Joao Moreira back in the saddle after a six-meeting suspension at Sha Tin last Sunday, although his fan club would have hoped for better results. No wins from 10 rides would have had his many thousands of supporters, who once famously likened him to a Hong Kong ATM cash-point machine, [...]
‘This city becomes unlivable’ say angry Londoners hit by severe transport disruption due to another tube strike March 1, 2022 Londoners said the capital is “becoming unlivable” as strikes across the Tube network left them travelling for hours to get to work. Transport for London announced that all Underground lines would be suspended today as Tube workers stage industrial action against pay and working conditions. John Rayner, 28, a construction worker who was waiting for [...]
Oil and gas rebound as pressure mounts on Russia February 28, 2022 Oil and gas prices are soaring again after the West imposed stiff sanctions on Russian financial institutions yesterday.
McColl’s share price tumbles over 50 per cent amid insolvency fears February 28, 2022 Convenience store chain McColl's has seen shares slide 54 per cent after it confirmed it is seeking a capital injection to stave off collapse.
Petrol prices hit £1.51 per litre as cost of living crisis deepens February 28, 2022 UK petrol prices have broken records yet again following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has further driven fears of supply shortages and seen oil prices spike to over $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014. The latest fuel watch figures from motoring group RAC reveal that unleaded petrol hit a peak on Sunday, [...]