The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Paul Nicholls hails dual Gold Cup winner for battling success • Victor now 11-10 to win King George for fourth time running It was not a race for the faint-hearted, but Kauto Star showed once again that he is not afraid to get his nose dirty when claiming the hardest fought of all his 12 Grade One victories and denying Imperial Commander by a nose in the Betfair Chase. Fortunes ebbed and...
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is also excellent jumps racing on view at Ascot, where the two Grade Two events are both over 2 miles 3 furlongs. The Ascot Hurdle at 15.35 has attracted a strong field. Lough Derg (David Pipe/ Richard Johnson) is an admirably tough campaigner, but faces a stiff task in giving weight to such as the unbeaten Zaynar (Nicky Henderson/ Andrew Tinkler) and Alan King´s pair Katchit (Robert Thornton)...
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | yesterday
All eyes today will be on Kauto Star (Paul Nicholls/ Ruby Walsh) as he begins his 2009-2010 campaign in the Betfair Chase at 15.55 over 3 miles at Haydock. The best chaser for many years, he has won 14 races, including this one twice (although he famously fell at the last a year ago), the Gold Cup twice and the King George 3 times. On ratings he has nothing to fear, having 17lbs at least in hand of...
Cheltenham Festival Preview (Free subscription) | yesterday
I thought Karabak put up a great trial for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle this afternoon and am putting him up to join Forpadydeplasterer and Celestial Halo in my Cheltenham Festival 2010 portfolio. A fuller review of today's action and World Hurdle analysis tomorrow but the 14s with totesport won't last for long so take the price now. Recommended bet: 1 point ew Karabak 14/1 - totesport
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Trainer says he will give stable star just three runs this season • Sheepskin noseband helping previously sketchy jumping Even after Master Minded, one of the biggest names in his yard, was unexpectedly beaten at Cheltenham last Saturday, Paul Nicholls appears to have no fear that a similar fate might befall Kauto Star in today's Betfair Chase at Haydock. Indeed, the champion trainer could...
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Some quite good jumps racing today, particularly at Ascot and Exeter. At the former track we expect Barney Curley´s Zabeel Palace (Paul Moloney) to get bak on the winning trail in the handicap hurdle at 16.50 CET. After 3 easy wins, he was far from disgraced when runner-up last time to Harry Trucker, who ran an excellent race at Cheltenham last weekend. German-bred Oldrik (Philip Hobbs/ Richard...
Sport Experts (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Double Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star heads nine horses declared for the Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• Trainer Nicky Henderson says horse not ideally suited to track • Kauto Star among nine declared for Betfair Chase at Haydock Dave's Dream, the winner of the Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle at Sandown in March, got a 33-1 quote for the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival following a comfortable chasing debut success at Huntingdon yesterday. Sent off at 8-15 for the Kier Eastern Novice...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• Richard Dunwoody advises Richard Johnson to switch agents • Sam Stronge believes agent's grip will be hard to break Sam Stronge, once a client of the jockeys' agent Dave Roberts but now one of his competitors, said yesterday that Roberts has "a hold on the sport [of National Hunt racing] that will be hard to break". Echoing a view expressed by Richard Dunwoody, the former champion...
Pauline Harkin Racing (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
We had a great weekend at our favourite racecourse - Cheltenham . Superb racing and a terrific atmosphere. Since we have moved we are closer to the track, so we treated ourselves to a membership, which works out much cheaper and gives us access to the members marquee - great place to meet like minded people. Joseph (my son) and Sophie came to supper last night. They were very excited as they are about...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
• Second-time-out chaser records victory in Folkestone feature • Trainer has quality team lined up for Ascot's weekend card Alan King's strike-rate in the early part of the National Hunt season has dipped from its normal level of around a winner from every five starts, but it continued its recent improvement yesterday when Nikos Extra was his third winner in two days, in the feature race...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
• Jim Dreaper happy with top Irish chaser's build-up • Challenger comes in for heavy support as rain falls Notre Pere, the top-rated steeplechaser in Ireland last year, is expected to take on Kauto Star, the Gold Cup winner, in the Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday after coming through a schooling session yesterday without any mishaps. "We have to stretch him at some stage,"...
oneXtwo Horse racing news (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
It is not often that Folkestone stages the best races, but that is the case today, and the handicap chase over 2 miles 5 furlongs there at 15.40 CET is not only the most valuable but also the best contested event today. With 15 runners it is wíde open and our short list includes Ammunition (Nigel Twiston-Davies/ Paddy Brennan), from a team bang in form, consistent William Bonney (Charlie Mann/...
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Solwhit surged to the head of the ante-post betting for the Champion Hurdle in March with a thrilling victory at Punchestown on Sunday.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
REPORT FROM PUNCHESTOWN:SOLWHIT CAUSED a big shake-up in the betting for next year’s Champion Hurdle by taking the notable scalp of Hurricane Fly in the Dobbins and Madigans Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.
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