Posts containing the tag The Racing Horse

100 winners since June!

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The Racing Horse celebrated their 100th winner since 1 June 2013 when Hartnell bolted in on Saturday. Ironically, Hartnell’s win on 25 October 2013 gave Mark Johnston his 200th domestic winner of 2013 so congratulations to him also. Below is what we said about our bet on the site early Saturday morning: November 2013: Bets: … Continue reading

Teaforthree and the 2013 John Smiths Grand National

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Our regular readers will know of our respect and affection for the work going on at Fforest Stables, Newport, Pembrokeshire and with Rebecca Curtis. One cannot help but be impressed by her sharp upward curve and she is going to the very top of her profession! In the season 2011/12 she trained 39 winners from 180 … Continue reading

Ground comes right for At Fishers Cross!

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Like everyone else we are excited and looking forward to the Gold Cup and have given our thoughts here. One of our loveliest days in racing was when we spent the day with Rebecca Curtis and the team at her Fforest Farm stables, then down onto Newport Sands to exercise Teaforthree and At Fishers Cross before going to … Continue reading

Goodbye Alberta!

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The Racing Horse takes this opportunity once again to say if you want ‘pie in the sky’ or a ‘get rich quick’ scheme then you are in the wrong place and best if you waved us goodbye! If you want a sound rationale, incremental gains and a profit wrapped in total honesty then please … Continue reading

Teaforthree to enhance reputation?

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The Racing Horse felt it just missed out yesterday. We won on the day but only had two winners from our five qualifiers that ran (one was a non-runner). We did land our maximum bet and hope our confidence came through enough so that our reader took advantage. When we go maximum we rarely leave our … Continue reading

Rebecca tooled up for ‘Fight at Blue Ditch.’

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Welsh trainer Rebecca Curtis goes fully armed up to Ffos Las with nine runners today and one fully expects her to have winners. The Racing Horse will be there and it could be a good time again to play ‘Stop At A Winner’ such is the quality of those being taken. We know the former owner of Mister … 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

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

Teaforthree looks worthy favourite for Coral Welsh National

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The Racing Horse attended the preliminary preparations for the Coral Welsh Grand National The Racing Horse was invited to attend the preliminary preparations of the Coral Welsh Grand National to be run at Chepstow on Thursday 27th December 2012 and this took place yesterday at the Rebecca Curtis stable in Newport, Pembrokeshire. Once again we met the current … Continue reading