Qatar Goodwood Festival pilot event cancelled amid COVID-19 concerns
By Andrew Atkinson
From the BHA, RCA and Goodwood
The Government has informed racing’s leaders that it has withdrawn permission for a pilot event involving customers to proceed at Goodwood on August 1.
The racing on Saturday will continue behind closed doors...
Appreciate It, Shishkin and Honeysuckle fromthehorsesmouth.info 5-1 Cheltenham Festival treble
By Andrew Atkinson
Day one of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival bore fruit for fromthehorsesmouth.info punters with three winning tips and four each-way selections placed.
Appreciate It, Shishkin and Honeysuckle returned a fromthehorsesmouth.info 5-1 treble.
One For The Team (17-2), Aye Right (11-2),...
Coleman privileged to ride Epatante in Newcastle Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle
By Andrew Atkinson
Aidan Coleman is relishing riding the Nicky Henderson trained six-year-old Epatante (2.05) in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle on Saturday.
“It looks like it will be a competitive enough race, with the likes of Silver Streak...
Blackmore’s polished skills catching the eye
Rachael Blackmore is set to ride Henry de Bromhead trained A Plus Tard in the WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup, with Jack Kennedy on stablemate, Minella Indo.
Blackmore partnered A Plus Tard to victory in the Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase...
NEWCASTLE BID FOR KIRBY ACE
Focus on trainer Philip Kirby
Louis Vac Pouch swerves Kempton on Saturday for either Cheltenham or Aintree tilt
By Andrew Atkinson
Philip Kirby saddles runners at on Friday in what the Richmond, north Yorkshire, Green Oaks Farm stables based trainer...
Dettori-Golden Rules (12-1) tipped each-way by fromthehorsesmouth.info placed in Ascot Stakes
Frankie Dettori rode John and Thady Gosden trained Golden Rules (12-1) tipped each-way by fromthehorsesmouth.info to a place in the 19 runners Ascot Stakes Handicap over 2m 3f, backed in from 16-1.
The Class 2 race was won by 66-1...
Saturday Racing news tips Down Royal and Wetherby
Minella Indo-Frodon head-to-head in Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal
By Andrew Atkinson
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2020 winner, Henry de Bromhead trained Minella Indo, goes head to head with King George winner Frodon in the Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal...
SNOWFALL OAKS LANDSLIDE
Quote: 'I was like a hot knife through butter - I had everything completely beaten coming around Tattenham Corner' - Frankie Dettori
By Andrew Atkinson
Aidan O’Brien trained Snowfall, ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the Cazoo Oaks Fillies Group 1 at...
Pinatubo hot in Saturday’s Group 1 C1 Qipco 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket
By Andrew Atkinson
Pinatubo trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick goes to post as favourite in Saturday's Group 1 C1 Qipco 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Pinatubo (3.35) winner of all six races as a juvenile is tipped to...
The Winners just keep coming – fromthehorsesmouth.info
Doncaster 297-1 - fromthehorsesmouth.info accumulator
By Andrew Atkinson
Prince Of Bel Lir (4-1) completed a fromthehorsesmouth.info 297-1 five-horse accumulator at Doncaster's evening meeting on Saturday.
Bookmark (4-1), Aiming High (3-1), Sip And Smile (7-4), Deodar (1-12) and Prince Of Bel Lir (4-1)...
Yala Enki Taunton Portman Cup Chase glory
By Andrew Atkinson
Paul Nicholls saddled Yala Enki (4-6) to victory in the Portman Cup Chase at Taunton on Saturday, under Bryony Frost.
"He's as good as ever," said Nicholls of the veteran 12-year-old after gaining a 3 3/4 lengths win...
Cheltenham Festival – lucky to go ahead in wake of coronavirus
By Andrew Atkinson
Cheltenham Festival 2020 can look back on being lucky to escape cancellation - or taking place without the 251,000 spectators who attended the four days meeting last week - after the coronavirus outbreak.
Four days after the final...
Henderson to bring curtain down with Palladium
By Andrew Atkinson
NICKY Henderson could bring the curtain down on the bookies at Sandown Park on Saturday - with Palladium (12.15) - with Nico De Boinville in the saddle.
Palladium, overdue a win, having been runner-up three times, and third...
Trainer Henry de Bromhead eyeing up Cheltenham success
Trainer Henry de Bromhead who has a plethora of runners at the Cheltenham Festival talks about some of his entries. Cheltenham Gold Cup: A Plus Tard: "I am delighted with him - we decided to put him away for...
JACK THE LAD IN GOLD CUP!
Tears of joy as Kennedy wins Cheltenham Festival Gold Cup on Minella Indo
Quote: 'Winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup is what I dreamt of as a child' - jockey Jack Kennedy
By Andrew Atkinson
Tears of joy flowed from jockey...
Dettori eyes glory in Newbury Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes
By Andrew Atkinson
John and Thady Gosden trained Palace Pier (3.35) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info goes to post as favourite at Newbury on Saturday with Frankie Dettori up in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes over 1 mile.
Son of Kingman, Palace Pier...
Ahoy Senor eyes 2022 Cheltenham Festival
By Andrew Atkinson
Lucinda Russell OBE reports Ahoy Senor is heading for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival in the wake of his defeat on Boxing Day - with an outing at Wetherby in February pencilled in.
"We could look at the Towton...
Philip ‘Ice’ cool at Newcastle
By Andrew Atkinson
Philip Kirby saddles four of seven runners - in a bid to land the BetWay Handicap over 1 mile 4 furlongs at Newcastle on Saturday night.
Yorkshire, Green Oaks Farm stables trainer Kirby's quartet are headed by selection,...
Boum times for Mullins
By Andrew Atkinson
Willie Mullins trained Al Boum Photo is eyeing a fourth consecutive win in the Grade 3 Savills New Year's Day Class 1 Chase over 2m 6f at Tramore. Al Boum Photo, priced at 1-3 favourite, returns after...
Henderson rolls out Cheltenham Festival big guns
By Andrew Atkinson
Nicky Henderson heads for the 2020 Cheltenham Festival with some of his Seven Barrows big guns ready to fire during the four day meeting that gets underway on March 10.
"I'd love Shishkin to win the first race...
IT MUST BE LOVE!
Ascot King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Qipco Stakes star-studded line-up
By Andrew Atkinson
A star-studded line-up heads for Ascot on Saturday for QIPCO King George Diamond Day with 14,000 spectators set to be in attendance following the relaxation of Covid-19...
Saturday Racing Previews – Lingfield, Thirsk and Nottingham
Lingfield Park - She Do eyes Group 3 SBK Fillies Stakes
By Andrew Atkinson
Lingfield Park features the Group 3 SBK Chartwell Fillies Stakes over seven furlongs on Saturday's seven racecard meeting, with the going firm.
The meeting also features the Class 1...
HYANNA Sandown fromthehorsesmouth.tips selection wins at 10-1
HIGH FIVES fromthehorsesmouth.tips 1,533-1 Canadian
By Andrew Atkinson
POSITIVE - a fromthehorsesmouth.tips selection - gained a narrow, thrilling photo finish victory, ahead of Kameko, in the Betway Solario Stakes at Sandown on Saturday.
"We're very pleased. He has progressed every step...
Calls to come out of lockdown are too soon – to do safely
Quote: 'The reason scientists didn't want us to move earlier is because once you go into lockdown, the resilience and people's willingness to stay in lockdown and the economic consequences, mean there is only a certain amount of...
O’Brien and Gosden to strike at Newmarket and Chelmsford
By Andrew Atkinson racing correspondent fromthehorsesmouth.tips
AIDAN O'Brien and John Gosden stables saddle good prospects - at both Newmarket and Chelmsford meetings - on Saturday.
Ballydoyle maestro O'Brien saddles Grenadine (11.45) in the opening race at Newmarket; with Gosden saddling Baaqy...
