NEWBURY Racecourse Template (Saturday 20 April 2024)
April 19th, 2024
The Racing Horse goes racing on Easter Monday to the lovely CHEPSTOW RACECOURSE, the gateway to Wales and a course we cherish. This meeting is kindly sponsored by FRIARS WALK NEWPORT and it promises a great day out! Friars Walk Centre Director, Simon Pullen told us: “We’re really pleased to sponsor the Family Raceday … Continue reading
Nicholls v Mullins (Final Round)
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Tagged Pacafi100, Paul Nicholls, Sandown Races, The Pacafi, The Racing Horse, Trainer Form, Trainers' Title, Willie Mullins
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The Racing Horse thought that Paul Nicholls had no chance wrestling the trainers’ title back from Willie Mullins after the Cheltenham Festival but he has been like a man possessed and the horses have responded! With just 22 days of April completed he has recorded 26 winners for the month so far from 98 … Continue reading
Review of the 2014 Welsh Grand National |
The Racing Horse takes this opportunity to thank the team at Chepstow Racecourse for their hospitality and welcome for our visit to the 2014 Coral Welsh Grand National! We had the most fabulous (and profitable) day and the weather was perfect. The inherent ground conditions over course and distance ultimately provided a result that … Continue reading
For the second successive year The Racing Horse enjoyed promoting the Coral 2013 Welsh Grand National with Mountainous providing trainer Richard Lee with a second success in the race and an honorary home winner. The 20/1 chance, ridden beautifully and intelligently by Paul Moloney, beat the Paul Nicholls’ duo Hawkes Point at 14/1 and … Continue reading
2012 Coral Welsh National update… |
A horse trained in Pembrokeshire is tipped to become the first Welsh-trained winner of the Welsh National since 1965. Teaforthree will be ridden by champion jockey AP McCoy at Chepstow next Thursday but, as Cemlyn Davies explains, there has been some concern the race may have to be postponed because of the weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20817699 … Continue reading
Whilst up at Jonjo O’Neill’s Jackdaw Castle Stables during the week we had a good look at Thehillofuisneach 2.20 Uttoxeter to check on his well being and can report the horse looked great! This Irish point winner shaped with plenty of promise in novice hurdles before confirming that his opening mark was all wrong at … Continue reading