Chicago Heads To Aintree
Gordon Elliott must be delirious with anticipation of the 2012 Grand National, which takes place at Aintree on April 14th, because Chicago Grey is making all the right moves for a horse that is being...
View ArticleMassini Out Of National
With the first scratchings deadline having been bypassed and the second not due until March 20th, after the 2012 Cheltenham Festival, horses that are coming up short are being ruled out of the National...
View ArticleBallabriggs Returns To Action
Racing results can be tricky thing because we often have to take things at face value such as Ballabriggs returning to action only to come fourth in the recent Totepool.com premier Chase at Kelso on...
View ArticleCalgary Waits For National
There was quite a lot of tooing and froing last week as trainer Henrietta Knight had serious discussions with Calgary Bay’s owners as to the best strategic options for the season. Connections had...
View ArticleStewarts House May Get Nod
With four entries into the 2012 Grand National, this could be a very good year for trainer Tim Vaughan who has Stewarts House, Tartak, Postmaster and Our Island all lined up and ready to go on April...
View ArticleOrganised Preps At Gowran
So it wasn’t exactly the 2012 Grand National, or anything like it to be fair but Organisedconfusion didn’t exactly reign supreme when he ran out on March 10th in a field of 10, managing only a fifth...
View ArticleKatie Looking For Seabass
He may be her father but Katie Walsh still has to prove her worth to trainer Ted Walsh if she’s to get her first chance at a ride in the 2012 Grand National. And it would seem that connections of...
View Article2012 Grand National Wallpaper
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View ArticleGlynn See’s Hope At Aintree
Noel Glynn is a very happy trainer following Becauseicouldntsee’s good solid run at the recent 2012 Cheltenham Festival when he finished second in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup. The...
View ArticlePete On Course For National
According To Pete, with 33/1 ante-post odds with Paddy Power, has had a trot around Aintree in a bid to get used to the course before the Grand National on April 14th. Trainer Malcolm Jefferson brought...
View ArticleElliott Confident In Chicago
2007 Grand National winning trainer, Gordon Elliott, is more than pleased with this years hopeful Chicago Grey and has advised that he remains firmly on course for the John Smith’s Grand National at...
View ArticleAlways On The Right Track
Things are looking alright for Always Right as his connections have said they expect him to be fit to run in the 2012 John Smith’s Grand National on April 14th. [Racecard Always Right] Having recently...
View ArticleFA Cup Clashes With National
When Everton triumphed over Sunderland in the recent FA Cup quarter-final replay, they set up the first Merseyside Derby for 23 years against long time rivals and neighbours Liverpool FC. What they...
View ArticlePipe Aims To Line-Up Three
With the 2012 Grand National getting ever closer, and only two scratching deadlines remaining, trainer David Pipe is aiming to have three of his horses line-up in the starting 40 on Saturday, April...
View ArticleBurton Port Unlikely
With the 2012 Grand National only days away, it would appear that trainers are starting to make some decisions and with Burton Port having been allocated 11-07 for the event, it’s understandable that...
View ArticleBay Preps Traditionally
Trainers have all sorts of ways of prepping their horses for the Grand National. Some like their horses tobe very fresh and don’t run them for months beforehand. Others like to shake the cobwebs off...
View ArticleNational Fairytale For Pete
The fantastic thing about the Grand National is that you don’t have to be a millionaire to own a winning horse, or a Champion trainer to enter one or the world’s greatest jockey to ride one. In fact,...
View ArticleHarry Haynes
Harry Haynes is the son of former jump jockey Peter Haynes and he started riding in Arab races at 16, followed by a season riding in Point to Points. He worked at weekends and in school holidays for...
View ArticleDavy Russell
Davy Russell hails from Youghal, County Cork and is established as one of Ireland’s top jump jockey’s. He has followed a well trodden path for aspiring jockey’s, beginning his riding career riding in...
View ArticlePreparations Underway At Aintree
The biggest single race in the hunt season is just days away and all sights are on Aintree Racecourse where the preparations for the John Smith’s Grand National meeting are in full swing. With two...
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