The 2012 Golf Weekly Service was back amongst the winners when Paul Lawrie won the Qatar Masters having been advised by our resident expect at a mouth-watering 50/1. In his regular weekly round-up, James Cochrane wrote: “Paul Lawrie has continued his good form from last year and looks very capable of recording another win in [...]
Monday, February 6, 2012
Ayr get the National Hunt show back on the road this afternoon after the English winter caused havoc with the weekends fixtures. Gordon Elliot once again sends a strong team up north, saddling the first two forecast favourites. His third runner of the days goes in the 2.35 and although the outsider of the three [...]
Monday, February 6, 2012
Trifolium stakes Festival claim Trifolium showed the benefit of his previous run behind So Young with an imperious display in the Racing UK Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. Charles Byrnes’ five-year-old settled well for Davy Russell behind the front-running Rory O’Moore, but a big leap at the last flight in the back straight sent [...]
Friday, February 3, 2012
Our countdown to the Cheltenham Festival continues today with our next instalment of our weekday video archive of every race from last year’s Festival. The feature race of Day 1; The Stan James Champion Hurdle takes centre stage today, and what a race it was. Willie Mullins’ stable star Hurricane Fly defeated the unbeaten Peddlers [...]
Friday, February 3, 2012
Meydan 12.10 The UAE 1000 Guineas is the first classic of the Dubai Carnival and it looks a cracking affair. Many of the runners here were classy juveniles and connections will be hoping that they can carry that form into their Classic season. The contest looks to be a clash between Mahmood Al Zarooni’s stable [...]
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Midnight Club adds to Ruby’s woes A Miserable day for Ruby Walsh was made even worse yesterday after the odds-on defeat of The Midnight Club in the Clonmel Festival Week Chase, won by Leanne. View full story at Irishtimes.com Blue is the colour for O’Dwyer Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup-winning jockey Conor O’Dwyer may [...]
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Steps To Freedom heads the entries in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Cheltenham is set to host some outstanding championship contests for novice hurdlers at The Festival in 2012 after entries were revealed today for the William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle, the JCB Triumph Hurdle and the Albert Bartlett Novices’ [...]
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wincanton has become the latest racecourse to be thwarted by the bitter cold weather sweeping up and down the country, leaving the all-weather racing to once again take centre stage. Meetings from Southwell and Wolverhampton provide a welcome number of betting opportunities despite the below freezing temperatures. The latter course mentioned takes centre stage for [...]
Monday, February 6, 2012