Hard Work beating Meetingofthewaters in Grand National March 19, 2024 WITH Cheltenham on the backburner for another year, attention quickly turns to Aintree and the Grand National. We didn’t do too badly with our ante-post tipping at Prestbury Park with both Chianti Classico in the Ultima and Captain Guinness in the Champion Chase put up at big prices. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going [...]
Richards’ raiders ready to Attack at Happy Valley March 19, 2024 RACING at Happy Valley hosts its regular mid-week slot today, with a nine-race card featuring plenty of exciting and competitive handicaps. The action returns to the C+3 track, where in the past a low draw number and racing prominently has gone a long way in determining winners. Hopefully that trend will continue, although, finding winners [...]
Jimmy Ting heading to War on Wings of Amazing Duck March 19, 2024 ONE TRAINER in desperate need of a change of fortune is Jimmy Ting, who presently is having a season to forget, with just four wins leaving him sitting at the bottom of the championship table. Ting started his training career in 2018/19 with a flourish, saddling 38 winners and bagging his first Group Two victory [...]
Size’s expensive Youngster could be today’s Champion March 15, 2024 RACING at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday hosts a mixed-bag of action with a 10-race programme featuring action on both the turf and all-weather tracks, starting at 5.00am. You can guarantee the majority of the 1600 members of the HKJC Racing Club-owned YOUNG CHAMPION will be out in force to cheer on their [...]
Purton booked for Sweet success aboard Bear March 15, 2024 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton is nearly over the hill and far away with regards to winning his seventh jockeys’ championship title this season. With nearly two thirds of the season gone, the Zac-Man has an unassailable 29-win advantage over his nearest pursuer Karis Teetan, and has been firing in winners at a near 25 [...]
EP: 260 Uttoxeter, Kempton & Hong Kong March 15, 2024 Following on from the festival it’s the traditional Midlands National at Uttoxeter on Saturday, plus they race at Kempton on the same afternoon. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of this weekend’s racing action, with Wally Pyrah discussing Saturday’s meeting in Hong Kong. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been [...]
Rambler won’t leave you lost in superb Gold Cup March 13, 2024 AS SHOULD be the case with the showcase event in National Hunt racing, this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup (Friday, 3.30pm) is undoubtably the race of the meeting and probably the season as well. Bar Shishkin, who was unfortunately ruled out due to an unsatisfactory scope yesterday, everything else looks set to line up in the [...]
Irish raider Kayf looks the Answer in Festival finale March 13, 2024 LOOKING at the remainder of the action on Friday and the form of the Nicky Henderson stable is a huge worry for backers of Sir Gino in the Triumph Hurdle (1.30pm). He was odds-on this time last week and can currently be backed at 9/4 with the chance he could be sent off even bigger. [...]
The Lee and Tea could be first Home in Stayers’ March 13, 2024 MANY will find a bet that comes from the heart in today’s Stayers’ Hurdle (3.30pm). The roof will come off both grandstands if Paisley Park can a plunder the Stayers’ crown on his 12th visit to Prestbury Park, while 2022 Grand National winner Noble Yeats and good old Flooring Porter will also have their cheerleaders. [...]
Protektorat could lay down the Law in an open Ryanair March 13, 2024 JOSEPH O’Brien may have had a good start to this year’s Cheltenham Festival, with Lark In The Mornin winning the Boodles in smart fashion on Tuesday, but the testing ground has almost certainly gone the wrong way for his biggest Festival hope, Banbridge, in today’s Ryanair Chase (2.50pm). Given better ground, he’d have been my [...]