Monday 23rd March 2020 Author: Jordan Yates Naas Preview It’s the first day of the flat at Naas on Monday and we have an array of the top Irish trainers doing battle with some of their most promising juveniles. The feature coming in the form of the Listed Devoy Stakes at 4.00pm where we see…
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Downpatrick Preview. (Ulster National Day) (22/03/2020)
Sunday 22nd March 2020 Author: Jordan Yates Ulster National Day ALL ABOUT JOE @ 2/1 – 1:40 (Maiden Hurdle) All About Joe arrives here as a maiden after three outings, he got the stewards attention on his first outing when a never nearer fifth and didn’t progress when sixth the time after. On his most…
Dundalk Preview. (20/03/2020)
Dundalk Preview Friday 20th March 2020 Author: Jordan Yates In what has seen one of the most testing times in modern living sweep our planet, we have been stripped of pretty much all sporting activities, including racing. However, the show goes ahead in Ireland, albeit behind closed doors. In this preview I’ll be going through…
Cheltenham Festival Preview. (Day 4) (13/10/2020)
Cheltenham Festival 2020 Day 4 AUTHOR: JORDAN YATES Triumph Hurdle: ALLMANKIND @ 4/1 Allmankind has made the transition from flat horse to hurdler in pretty emphatic style. He was a decent performer on the level for Michael Bell, but he appears to have come into his own over hurdles and has won all three of…
Cheltenham Festival Preview. (Day 3) (12/03/2020)
Cheltenham Festival 2020 Day 3 AUTHOR: JORDAN YATES Marsh Novices’ Chase: MISTER FISHER @ 7/1 (Each Way) I’ve been a fan of Mister Fisher for some time now, Nicky Henderson’s six-year-old was a Grade 2 winner over hurdles and has since gone on to win two of three starts over fences. He won a…
Cheltenham Festival 2020 Preview. (Day 2) (11/03/2020)
Cheltenham Festival 2020 Day 2 AUTHOR: JORDAN YATES Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle: ENVOI ALLEN @ 13/8 At the time of writing this there is still an air of uncertainty of where Envoi Allen will actually run at The Festival, whether that be here or in fact the Supreme. This is very much in the hands of…
Grimthorpe Day Preview. (29/02/2020)
Saturday 29th February 2020 Author: Jordan Yates GEORDIE B @ 4/1 – 1.50 Doncaster (888Sport Handicap Hurdle) Venetia Williams’ horses come into their own in these conditions and Geordie B made a pleasing return on reappearance when fourth the last day in a decent handicap at Newbury. Blackjack Kentucky will be a warm order here…
Meydan Preview. (27/02/2020)
Thursday 27th February 2020 Author: Jordan Yates WELL OF WISDOM @ 9/4 – 3:05 Meydan (Meydan Classic) Charlie Appleby has the top two in the betting here and I think Well Of Wisdom can do the business despite only finishing eighth in the trial for the race. That was his first run since August and…
Kempton & Lingfield Preview. (22/02/2020)
Saturday 22nd February 2020 Author: Jordan Yates Today’s Big Race Punts MASTER TOMMYTUCKER @ 5/2 – 1:15 Kempton Paul Nicholls’ lightly raced nine-year-old is the class act in this renewal of the Penil Novices’ Chase despite having some jumping issues in his locker. He fell the last day here when travelling well in Grade 1…
Cheltenham Festival 2020 Preview. (Day 1) (10/03/2020)
Cheltenham Festival 2020 Day 1 Author: Jordan Yates Supreme Novices’ Hurdle: SHISHKIN @ 11/4 CAPTAIN GUINNESS @ 14/1 (Each Way) Kicking off with the opening race which is of course the Supreme and I’ve had a couple of punts in this and the first of these comes in the form of Nicky Henderson’s Shiskin who’s…
Ascot Chase Day Preview. (15/02/2020)
Saturday 15th February 2020 “Welcome to this week’s Weekend Preview, I haven’t had a post up since the Dublin Racing Festival and this one could well prove to be redundant should Storm Dennis have it’s way. However, here’s who I think will emerge victorious in this weekend’s big races at Ascot and Haydock…” Starting off…
Dublin Racing Festival 2020 Preview. (Day 2) (02/02/2020)
Dublin Racing Festival 2020 Author: Jordan Yates The second day of the Dublin Racing Festival gets underway at 12:55 on Sunday with a Grade B Handicap Hurdle that’s contested over two miles and two furlongs. As expected it’s a fiercely competitive field and I’ve taken a chance on JEREMYS FLAME for Gavin Cromwell. He was…