Willie Mullins is operating to a near 50 per cent strike rate over the first two days of Christmas racing and will be a very short price to get on the board again at Leopardstown on day three with the Lexus Chase possibly on his way once again...
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There is some brilliant racing in Navan on Sunday with some potential stars of the future pitching up but there’s only one place to start this weekend and that is with the proper Cheltenham Festival contender looking to extend his winning sequence in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot...
The John Durkan Chase may have only attracted a small field tomorrow but it’s a select one and there’s no doubt that four of the five runners in the Grade 1 contest will fancy their chances. ..
Fairyhouse stage a trio of Grade 1’s on Sunday but from a punting point of view it is a day that revolves around one horse and that is Vroum Vroum Mag in the Hatton’s Grace. ..
The Tingle Creek has produced some classic encounters over the years and while there are doubts about some of today’s runners, it still promises to be a fascinating renewal...
Sunday’s Troytown Chase see’s Gordon Elliott train 11 of the 25-runner field and his quest to win the valuable handicap for a third consecutive year certainly won’t lack in quantity anyway...
It’s disappointing that there’s no Irish representative in the Hennessy Gold Cup but it still promises to be a fascinating race and as you would expect, there is plenty to look forward to over the weekend, none more so than Thistlecrack who faces four rivals at Newbury and there is also Grade One hurdle action at Newcastle. ..
Yesterday’s big race winner at Cheltenham, Taquin Du Seuil, defied plenty of weight to win the feature race and hopefully there will be a similar weight carrying performance in the Greatwood Hurdle on Sunday...
With Cheltenham, Punchestown and Aintree all staging good competitive cards this weekend there's no surer sign that the jump racing season is about to move up a gear and on Sunday it is Aintree that takes centre stage. ..
The Racing Post Trophy has attracted plenty of attention this week as Capri went from being the odds on favourite to not running and instead stable companion Yucatan is now the warm market leader for Aidan O’Brien. ..