The Irish Independent Arkle Chase is one of the popular races at the Cheltenham Festival and is one of the feature races of the first day. This year is sure to be no different with a number of well-regarded runners in a tough field holding entries. Amongst the favourites in the ante-post horse betting market ...…
The build-up to the Cheltenham Festival 2011 continued to gather pace a few days ago with the release of the latest acceptors for the big five Championship races which will take place at the Festival this year. As Championship contests they all carry Grade One status – the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup (run on Gold ...…
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has won nearly every major prize going in National Hunt racing but the John Smith’s Grand National has eluded him thus far. With ten of the 102 horses entered in this year’s race being in the care of the Ditcheat handler, Nicholls couldn’t be giving a clearer signal he wants to ...…
Brian Meehan’s smart performer Dangerous Midge will not take his chance in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan on March 26 and will instead bid for glory in the Sheema Classic on the same card, writes Elliot Slater. The decision to bypass the $10 million contest against the likes of Cape Blanco, Twice Over and ...…
It’s not always the case in life that you get back even a fraction of what you put in when it comes to hard graft and investments, but in the case of Dai Walters, the driving force behind the creation of Ffos Las and the principal investor in the excellent new Welsh track, the victory ...…
Guest post written by Anth Raine ENGLAND beat the Aussies 3 times by an innings, which in itself is a colossal achievement but the manner in which they did it was the key to profit for us and the England team will be number 1 in the world, I am convinced of it. I personally ...…
