Weekends Racing Highlights and Tips

Only four days to Cheltenham but there is still plenty of racing on. Sandown holds the Paddy Power Imperial Cup and Tony McCoy and Qaspal are fancied to get a pre-Cheltenham boost. Other meetings go ahead at Ayr, Chepstow, Limerick and a flat card takes place at Wolverhampton.

In the opener at Sandown, Ranjobaie could take a lot of beating. (more…)

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Paddy Power Imperial Cup Preview

Saturday’s big meeting takes place at Sandown with the Imperial Cup being the big race on the card. A maximum field of twenty-four go to post with the J.P McManus owned Qaspal holding favouritism. He was a very impressive winner of his latest start where he romped to an easy two and three quarter length victory. He got into the race by the skin of his teeth and Philip Hobbs will be hoping to now land the big prize. (more…)

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Champion Bumper - Cheltenham Wednesday

This years Cheltenham Bumper is shaping up to be one of the most competitive renewals ever. The first six in the market are separated by three points with favouritism lying with the Dermot Weld trained Elegant Concorde. Weld is double handed in the race, having co second favourite Hidden Universe too. The Irish dominate the market, holding five of the first six in the market, and if history is anything to go by, an Irish trained horse will be lead into the winners enclosure. (more…)

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David Nicholson Mares Hurdle

The grade two David Nicholson Hurdle gives centre stage to the girls on the Tuesday of the festival. The inaugural running took place in 2008 and went to the classy mare Whiteoak. Unfortunately, Donald McCain’s flag bearer has recently been retired and will see out the rest of her days at paddock. The 2009 race was won in emphatic style by the Willie Mullin’s trained Quevega. She is bidding to win back to back races but has had a nightmare preparation. She has yet to see the track this season after she picked up an injury in France and looks very short at 5-4.

There is no doubting Quevega’s ability but her preparation has been less then ideal. (more…)

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Weekends Horse Racing Tips

There’s plenty of action this Saturday, with some of the top tracks in the U.K holding racing. The race of the day goes at Newbury, the Greatwood Gold Cup, where Tony McCoy and Can’t Buy Time should take a lot of beating. Doncaster holds a decent card with the Grimthorpe Chase head lining that meet. Kelso, Kempton and Gowran also hold jumps cards. (more…)

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