ALL HAIL HAYLEY!
Restless Rose completes 45,377-1 Super Heinz bet!
By Andrew Atkinson
Restless Rose, ridden by Hayley Turner OBE and trained by S.C. Williams completed a seven horse winning selections accumulator at Chelmsford on Saturday night.
Jamie Spencer rode Charlie Appleby trained Stormy Mountain...
RACING UNDER THE ‘COSH’ OF CORONAVIRUS
Andrew Atkinson looks at the cost to racing with trainer Nick Alexander after the cold spell and snow that lead to ice and ground frozen this month, leading to a plethora of meetings abandoned.
"Luckily the gallops have been in...
Alloha wins G1 Ryanair Chase on St Patrick’s Day at Cheltenham Festival
By Andrew Atkinson
Willie Mullins saddled Alloha to win the Grade 1 Ryanair Chase on St Patrick's Day, under Paul Townend, on day three of the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday.
Allaho (4-7f) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info gained a dominant 14 lengths win,...
300-1 shock ‘He Knows No Fear’ record win at Leopardstown
By Andrew Atkinson
He Knows No Fear caused a shock 300-1 win at Leopardstown on August 13 - when gaining a head victory over even money favourite Agitare at the Irish track in the Irish Stallions Farm EBF Madien.
Trained by...
fromthehorsesmouth.tips makes a ‘Point’ with Godolphin hero!
By Andrew Atkinson
Blue Point - selected by fromthehorsesmouth.tips - completed a rare double at Royal Ascot on Saturday, on day five of the meeting, when adding the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, following success in winning the King's Stand Stakes on...
Racing Saturday: York. Chelmsford
Buick to shine in City of York G2 Stakes
By Andrew Atkinson
William Buick takes the ride on Charlie Appleby trained Space Blues (3.00) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info in the Group 2 Sky Bet City of York Stakes over 7 furlongs...
Fahey saddles Suprise Package to G3 Paddy Power Imperial Cup victory
By Andrew Atkinson
Peter Fahey saddled Suprise Package, ridden by James Bowen, to land Sandown Park's Grade 3 Paddy Power Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle over 1m 7f on Saturday.
Onemorefortheroad (12-1) tipped each-way by fromthehorsesmouth.info was placed.
"I had a far from...
Tizzard-Power eye Doncaster bet365 December Novices’ Chase with Ofallthejoints
By Andrew Atkinson
Colin Tizzard and Robbie Power are tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info to land the Grade 2 bet365 December Novices' Chase over 2 miles 7 furlongs with Ofallthejoints (2.05) at Doncaster on Saturday.
Six-year-old Ofallthejoints won a Class 3 at Exeter...
O’Brien set to raid Newbury and Doncaster
By Andrew Atkinson racing correspondent fromthehorsesmouth.tips
AIDAN O'Brien is set to raid both Newbury and Doncaster on Saturday - with the Ballydoyle trainer saddling four of the five runners in the Doncaster Trophy Stakes at the Yorkshire venue.
O'Brien saddles Peaceful...
Truckers Lodge heads Haydock Unibet Grand National Trial
By Andrew Atkinson
Haydock Park stage the £100,000 G3 Unibet Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (3.15pm) over 3m 4½f on Saturday, with Truckers Lodge, trained by Paul Nicholls, heading the betting at 4-1.
Truckers Lodge finished second in the Welsh Grand...
CHELTENHAM HENDERSON RAID
NICKY Henderson saddles a plethora of runners at Cheltenham on Saturday - with Monte Cristo (12.40) set to land the opening Triumph Trial G2 race over 2 miles, under jockey Daryl Jacob. For the best prices with an introductory...
Cheltenham Festival Day 3 Thursday March 17
Elliott six-horse raid in G3 Pertempts Network Handicap Hurdle
By Andrew Atkinson
Bob Olinger (1.30) goes head-to-head with Galopin Des Obeaux on day three of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival in the Grade 1 Turners Novices Chase over 2m 3f on...
Cigars helped keep Piggott at the top of racing
By Andrew Atkinson
THE next time you sit down to dine, stop and think about the 'starvation' that jockeys put themselves through, to make a weight.
Lester Piggot, 83, arguably the greatest Flat jockey ever, survived on a daily diet of...
John ‘Big Mac’ McCririck as big in racing as Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins was to...
By Andrew Atkinson
John 'Big Mac' McCririck, who died of lung cancer on July 5, aged 79, was for me, as big in racing as Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins was to snooker.
Love him or hate him, John was a larger than...
Notes On Early Nominations for Australia’s 2022 Spring Racing
A bit of a stir was caused on Tuesday 2nd August as the ‘blueprint’ was released for the upcoming spring racing season in Australia. The first round of nominations saw 186 names shortlisted for the 2022 Melbourne Cup, 169...
Champ KOs rivals in Long Walk
Champ-Tritonic fromthehorsesmouth.info 45-1 Ascot double
Streaky Bay 33-1 placed at Wolverhampton
By Andrew Atkinson
Nicky Henderson trained Champ (4-1) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info returned to the winner's enclosure when landing the Howden Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday.
"He's always been...
fromthehorsesmouth.info ‘bites bookies’ as tip Great White Shark lands 34 runners Cesarewitch!
Great White Shark traded 50-1 'in running' with Betfair
By Andrew Atkinson
Willie Mullins trained Great White Shark - tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info - landed the 34 runners Cesarewitch at Newmarket on Saturday!
It was an emphatic win for Mullins - saddling...
Former champion Flat jockey Jamie Spencer set to return
By Andrew Atkinson
Former champion Flat jockey Jamie Spencer has been given the go-ahead to return to race-riding following a long spell on the sidelines, having broke his hip on the gallops.
"It has been a long three months since I...
VETERAN MICK, 89, LOOKING FOR CHEF
Quote: 'Training 'osses is me morning job. In an afternoon it's time to relax. One way I unwind is to work on the farm.
Y'see I'm a farmer at heart, I have always been. I've lived on farms...
THAT’S THE SPIRIT!
Spirit Of Rome (9-2) lands Taunton tip
Roksana (8-15)/Enqarde (4-1) Ascot double
Jolly's Cracked It (6-1) Ellens Way (7-1) placed at Taunton
By Andrew Atkinson
Enqarde (4-1) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info trained by Dr Newland landed the C3 Matchbox Handicap Chase...
VENICE ‘PAPPY’ RICHARDS/Alex Higgins
The passing of Venice 'Pappy' Richards, Southern Caribbean jockey, mirrors former apprentice jockey Alex Higgins' death
By Andrew Atkinson
Barbados born Venice 'Pappy' Richards, dubbed the greatest jockey in Southern Caribbean thoroughbred racing history, has passed away in Trinidad and...
Murphy British Flat jockeys’ champ for third consecutive season
By Andrew Atkinson
Oisin Murphy has won the British Flat jockeys' championship for a third consecutive season that has been tinted with controversy.
"It has been an up and down season," said Murphy who became top jockey ahead of William Buick.
The...
Royal Ascot awaits Government green light for behind closed doors go-ahead
By Andrew Atkinson
With racing in parts of Australia continuing behind closed doors, Ascot awaits to see if the UK Government bodies will give the 2020 Royal Ascot meeting a 'behind closed doors' green light go-ahead amid COVID-19 lockdown.
Royal Ascot's...
Southwell jumps meeting hit by heatwave – but Flat trainer Johnston and jockey Murphy...
SOUTHWELL'S race meeting on Thursday was abandoned - with two races remaining - due to record-breaking temperatures.
Racing was affecting horses in the sweltering 35 degrees heatwave. Two horses were treated for post race heat stress, and a horse was...
Johnson ‘salutes all’ after announcing retirement
By Andrew Atkinson
Richard Johnson OBE announced his retirement at Newton Abbot on Saturday - with a tearful farewell to the sport in which he was crowned champion NH jockey four times in a glittering career.
Johnson's Cheltenham Gold Cup wins...
