This Christmas is all about one thing and that’s the clash of Cue Card and Thistlecrack in the King George at Kempton...
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A double meeting in Ireland on Sunday brings a close to jump racing there prior to the hectic Christmas schedule...
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. ..
Cheltenham is back on our screens and as we try to fill the coffers before Christmas we look at two bets at the Cotswolds. ..
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. ..
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. ..
Odds-on favourite Senewalk failed to live up to expectations at Punchestown on Saturday but Sunday plays host to another number of short priced favourites and they’re a difficult group to oppose...
Just when you think the weekend racing is getting good it goes and gets even better...