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2017 Welsh Grand National Update

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The Racing Horse updates our original piece and looks even closer at the runners and riders. This £85,425 to the winner race will be shown live on ITV4. There will be 20 runners jumping 22 fences on heavy tacky ground – jockeyship is always important but it might take an inspired/fairy tale ride to win this … Continue reading

2017 Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

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The Racing Horse takes a long hard hard look at the 2017 Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3) and offer some trends, betting advice and attempt to find the 1-2-3-4. The race will be shown live on ITV4. This is one of those types of races where the trends are invaluable and we … Continue reading

The Totepool Chepstow Jumps Festival 2015

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The Racing Horse is proud to help promote the Chepstow Jumps Festival on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2015. This Festival is kindly sponsored by Totepool and this double header will effectively launch the winter jump season in the UK. There will be more than £250,000 on offer over the two days so … Continue reading

Review of the 2014 Welsh Grand National

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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

2014 Coral Welsh Grand National

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  The Racing Horse is once again supporting the 2014 Coral Welsh Grand National for the third successive year, which is the biggest race of the Welsh racing calendar. It has become a wonderful social occasion and a highlight of the festive season for the South Wales area. This marathon Grade 3 chase is … Continue reading

2013 Welsh Grand National Produces Cracking Finish!

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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

Teaforthree to win the Coral 2012 Welsh National

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The Racing Horse has been looking forward to the 2012 Coral Welsh National and we hope the weather relents enough so that the rescheduled race will go ahead on Saturday 5 January 2013. Chepstow had only spots of rain on Thursday amounting to half a millimetre, and clerk of the course Keith Ottesen told … Continue reading

2012 Coral Welsh National update…

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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

Countdown to the Coral 2012 Welsh National!

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The Coral Welsh National is the highlight of the racing calendar at Chepstow and one of the most important and prestigious handicaps in the sport and this year takes place on a seven-race card on Thursday 27 December 2012. This competitive field races over three miles and five furlongs and jumps over 22 fences … Continue reading

Coral 2012 Welsh Grand National

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40th Anniversary of Coral’s association with the race The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Grade 3 National Hunt Handicap Chase open to horses aged 4yo or older and first run at Chepstow in 1949. This year’s running of the Welsh National will mark the 40th anniversary of Coral’s association with the race, making … Continue reading