http://www.sportingways.com/ Read the latest Horse Racing news articles from sportingways.com en-us http://www.sportingways.com/sports-bet.gif http://www.sportingways.com/ 144 76 http://www.sportingways.com/roger-charlton-taking-his-time-with-top-offer-epsom-derby-10-05-2012.php Thu 10 May 2012 23:00:00 Roger Charlton is refusing to be rushed into any rash decision over which direction to take with the Qipco 2000 Guineas flop, Top Offer, who ran a very disappointing race in.. http://www.sportingways.com/black-caviar-royal-ascot-group-1-diamond-jubilee-stakes-best-racing-odds-05-05-2012.php Sat 05 May 2012 11:08:00 Black Caviar, the darling of Australian racing, once again proved herself a class or two apart from the rest of the local opposition, when slamming a good field and strolling.. http://www.sportingways.com/dandream-repeat-arc-bid-22-04-2012.php Sun 22 April 2012 10:12:00 Danedream, the outstanding German filly, who became the first horse to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for her nation since Star Appeal in 1975, will be trained this season.. http://www.sportingways.com/graham-lee-switch-to-the-flat-30-03-2012.php Fri 30 March 2012 14:47:00 Most jockeys spend their life dieting to maintain their weight at a level that will allow them to ride enough to make a living, but in the case of Graham Lee, the jockey who.. http://www.sportingways.com/nicky-henderson-2012-grand-national-bet-online-19-03-2012.php Mon 19 March 2012 14:42:00 With Nicky Henderson in stunning form having enjoyed a truly memorable Cheltenham Festival, all eyes will be on his three potential candidates for success in the forthcoming.. http://www.sportingways.com/sprinter-sacre-ante-post-horse-racing-bet-online-19-03-2012.php Mon 19 March 2012 14:42:00 Ante-post quotes for all sorts of races were flying around the Cheltenham winners' enclosure in the aftermath of a devastating performance from the mighty Sprinter Sacre in the.. http://www.sportingways.com/up-the-beat-kim-muir-fancy-12-03-2012.php Mon 12 March 2012 21:58:00 Just the six races to try and solve on Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival, and the last of those is the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir handicap Chase for amateur riders at 4.40pm.. http://www.sportingways.com/sizing-australia-cross-country-handicap-chase-08-03-2012.php Thu 08 March 2012 10:12:00 Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead is looking forward to saddling his talented staying chaser in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase, a race in which the 10-year-old.. http://www.sportingways.com/burton-port-kauto-too-old-cheltenham-gold-cup-08-03-2012.php Thu 08 March 2012 10:12:00 Long Run is undoubtedly the Nicky Henderson stable's number one hope for Gold Cup glory at this year's Cheltenham Festival after a hard fought win in the Betfair.. http://www.sportingways.com/unaccompanied-entered-in-the-grade-2-david-nicholson-mares-hurdle-08-03-2012.php Thu 08 March 2012 10:12:00 Dermot Weld's smart two-miler Unaccompanied is a surprise entry to the Grade 2 David Nicholson Mares Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on March 13, in view of.. http://www.sportingways.com/hurricane-fly-champion-hurdle-domination-08-03-2012.php Thu 08 March 2012 10:12:00 Last season's Triumph Hurdle winner Zarkandar has thrown his hat into the ring by returning to action with a narrow victory in the Betfair Hurdle, but there.. http://www.sportingways.com/sizing-europe-queen-mother-champion-chase-27-02-2012.php Mon 27 February 2012 12:59:00 Such has been the tremendous form shown so far this term by last season's Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Sizing Europe that genuine opposition to the.. http://www.sportingways.com/cheltenham-gold-cup-winner-long-run-27-02-2012.php Mon 27 February 2012 12:59:00 Last season’s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Long Run got off the mark at the third time of asking this term when landing the Grade 2 Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury’s.. http://www.sportingways.com/simonsig-horse-race-betting-27-02-2012.php Mon 27 February 2012 12:59:00 The tremendously impressive victory of his rapidly progressive Simonsig at Kelso on February 15 in the Morebattle Hurdle, has left Nicky Henderson with the nicest.. http://www.sportingways.com/kim-muir-challenge-cup-winner-junior-15-02-2012.php Tue 14 February 2012 11:40:00 Defending Kim Muir Challenge Cup winner Junior is one of the prominent runners at the top end of the market for this year's running of the amateur rider's race.. http://www.sportingways.com/king-fontaine-ante-post-grand-national-odds-online-15-02-2012.php Tue 14 February 2012 11:40:00 King Fontaine, a horse who looked as if he was really going places at the start of last season when jumping 22lbs in the rating with two tremendous wins in the first half.. http://www.sportingways.com/champagne-fever-willie-mullins-cheltenham-races-14-02-2012.php Tue 14 February 2012 11:40:00 Following his impressive 13 length victory at Fairyhouse last time out, Champagne Fever has been made favourite for the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival in March.. http://www.sportingways.com/willie-mullins-100-winners-07-02-2012.php Tue 07 January 2012 15:26:00 Willie Mullins has become the fastest trainer to reach 100 winners in a season in Ireland. The 55-year old brought up the landmark on Wednesday when Soll won a beginners chase race at.. http://www.sportingways.com/sprinter-sacre-horse-racing-betting-25-01-2012.php Wed 25 January 2012 16:44:00 Nicky Henderson has been discussing his future plans for Spinter Sacre, saying that he is tempted to enter him at Doncaster on Saturday.. http://www.sportingways.com/jessies-dream-2012-cheltenham-gold-cup-betting-25-01-2012.php Wed 25 January 2012 16:44:00 The race against time to have the smart chaser Jessies Dream ready in time for the four-day Cheltenham Festival that begins on March 13 gathered pace as trainer Gordon Elliott pencilled in a return.. http://www.sportingways.com/apt-approach-best-cheltenham-race-odds-online-25-01-2012.php Wed 25 January 2012 16:44:00 The Willie Mullins-trained Apt Approach warmed up for a likely crack at the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March with a gutsy success at Thurles, getting the better of last year's.. http://www.sportingways.com/so-you-think-best-horse-racing-betting-odds-online-dubai-world-cup-18-01-2012.php Wed 18 January 2012 10:25:00 The Dubai World Cup has received a big boost with the news that the high-class middle distance performer So You Think has been given an entry into the world's richest race scheduled for the.. http://www.sportingways.com/champion-hurdle-cheltenham-free-bets-18-01-2012.php Wed 18 January 2012 10:25:00 Willie Mullins has all but ruled out the possibility of his smart performer Thousand Stars taking on the mighty Big Buck's over three miles in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham.. http://www.sportingways.com/lambro-cheltenham-free-bets-bookmakers-14-01-2012.php Sat 14 January 2012 18:11:00 The Willie Mullins-trained Lambro lost few friends when going down with all guns blazing to a three-and-a-half-length defeat at the hands of the very promising Flemenstar in the two-mile.. http://www.sportingways.com/long-run-cheltenham-festival-2012.php Wed 10 January 2012 20:54:00 Last year's winning jockey Sam Waley-Cohen was a very relieved man after the BHA declared Long Run's regular pilot will be available to continue his association with the Nicky.. http://www.sportingways.com/aerial-cheltenham-festival-07-01-2012.php Sat 07 January 2012 13:53:00 Paul Nicholls looks to have a potentially smart handicap chaser on his hands in the shape of Aerial, a hugely impressive 10-length winner at Ascot recently and a horse who could.. http://www.sportingways.com/robert-thornton-cheltenham-festival-2012.php Sat 31 Decemer 2011 16:43:00 http://www.sportingways.com/king-george-vi-chase-best-kempton-odds-24-12-2011.php Sat 24 Decemer 2011 13:43:00 http://www.sportingways.com/jessies-dream-cheltenham-gold-cup-betting-online-24-12-2011.php Sat 24 Decemer 2011 13:43:00 http://www.sportingways.com/master-minded-daryl-jacob-20-12-2011.php Tue 20 Decemer 2011 16:00:00 http://www.sportingways.com/martin-keighley-stable-focus-20-12-2011.php Tue 20 Decemer 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smart juvenile last term for whom there were high hopes he would go to the top in 2011, has sustained an injury and will miss the Investec Epsom Derby on June 4.. http://www.sportingways.com/captain-dunne-horse-betting-16-05-2011.php Mon 16 May 2011 20:00:00 GMT Epsom Dash horse betting favourite Captain Dunne will look to make amends for his defeat in France last weekend with a victory in the five furlong race next month.. http://www.sportingways.com/recital-derby-odds-10-05-2011.php Tue 10 May 2011 13:27:00 GMT Aidan O'Brien's highly regarded Recital duly landed the Group 2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown on Sunday, but the reaction to his length-and-a-half defeat of stable companions.. http://www.sportingways.com/native-khan-top-betting-tip-26-04-2011.php Tue 26 Apr 2011 15:39:00 GMT Ed Dunlop's promising three-year-old colt Native Khan did everything expected of him at Newmarket last Thursday in cosily disposing of the opposition in the key Qipco 2000 Guineas trial.. http://www.sportingways.com/peter-toole-richard-hawkins-horse-racing-ireland-26-04-2011.php Tue 26 Apr 2011 15:30:00 GMT The racing community and sports fans across the board have watched and prayed the last week that young National Hunt jockeys Peter Toole and Richard Hawkins will both pull.. http://www.sportingways.com/frankel-horse-race-betting-tips-23-04-2011.php Sat 23 Apr 2011 01:01:00 GMT It is hard to find anyone who wasn't impressed with Frankel's winning return to action at Newbury last Saturday in the Group 3 Greenham Stakes, where he handed out.. http://www.sportingways.com/beshabar-tim-vaughan-22-04-2011.php Fri 22 Apr 2011 19:30:00 GMT Tim Vaughan has been carving out a successful career for himself since taking out a licence to train racehorses in the 2007/8 season, but in the last 10 days his.. http://www.sportingways.com/sans-frontieres-ascot-gold-cup-olivier-peslier-14-04-2011.php Thu 14 Apr 2011 15:36:00 GMT The lightly raced five-year-old Sans Frontieres could make his seasonal return to action at York on May 13 in the Emirates Airlines Yorkshire Cup as the first step to a crack at the Ascot Gold Cup a month later.. http://www.sportingways.com/roderic-oconnor-2000-guineas-epsom-derby-betting-11-04-2011.php Mon 11 Apr 2011 13:38:00 GMT The Aidan O'Brien-trained Roderic O'Brien, runner-up to the impressive Frankel in the Group 1 Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket last October, has pleased connections with his first serious piece of work.. http://www.sportingways.com/west-end-rocker-grand-national-betting-tips-08-04-2011.php Fri 08 Apr 2011 09:46:00 GMT Although the 2011 Aintree Grand National is only days away, there are still various chance to back horses with great chances of winning but which remain at big prices. One such example is West End Rocker.. http://www.sportingways.com/dont-push-it-aintree-grand-national-ap-mccoy-06-04-2011.php Wed 06 Apr 2011 14:31:00 GMT The man who has very justifiable claims to be the greatest jump jockey of all time will attempt to make Don't Push It the first back-to-back winner of the Aintree Grand National since the great Red Rum managed the feat in 1973 and 1974.. http://www.sportingways.com/topham-chase-grand-national-latest-odds-05-04-2011.php Tue 05 Apr 2011 19:42:00 GMT Of course the centrepiece of the Grand National Meeting is the John Smith's Grand National but there are two other races run over the big fences that can have as many thrills.. http://www.sportingways.com/eton-forever-roger-varian-horse-racing-betting-odds-05-04-2011.php Tue 05 Apr 2011 10:38:00 GMT Roger Varian, who took over the licence at Kremlin House Stables recently on the retirement of the much loved Newmarket trainer Michael Jarvis, made the perfect start to his.. http://www.sportingways.com/midnight-club-grand-national-time-ruby-walsh-02-04-2011.php Sat 02 Apr 2011 12:06:00 GMT Every year there is one horse that punters latch on to weeks before the actual John Smith's Grand National itself and who becomes the subject of a major countrywide gamble.. http://www.sportingways.com/ladies-day-bet-on-2011-grand-national-melling-chase.php Wed 30 Mar 2011 16:40:00 GMT Ladies Day at the Grand National Meeting is always on the Friday and provides a tremendous hors d'oeuvres to the Saturday card with seven diverse races on the card and some eye-catching sights.. http://www.sportingways.com/grand-national-the-french-28-03-2011.php Mon 28 Mar 2011 16:54:00 GMT With so many horses being bought in France these days by our leading trainers we thought that it would be interesting how the French have fared on our greatest race. Two French trained horses have succeeded in the race.. http://www.sportingways.com/davy-russell-grand-national-betting-odds-28-03-2011.php Mon 28 Mar 2011 16:19:00 GMT Davy Russell, currently involved in a titanic battle with Paul Townend for the Irish jumps jockeys championship, has sustained a hairline fracture to his left hand and is now facing a race against time to be fit enough to ride the Noel Glynn-trained Becauseicouldntsee.. http://www.sportingways.com/long-run-timeform-cheltenham-gold-cup.php Fri 25 Mar 2011 17:15:00 GMT Timeform have announced their rating for Long Run following his sensational victory in last week's Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup and their assessment places the Nicky Henderson-trained six-year-old up there amongst the best of the modern era, writes Elliot Slater.. http://www.sportingways.com/aldaniti-grand-national-betting-odds-25-03-2011.php Fri 25 Mar 2011 12:23:00 GMT One of the many amazing Aintree stories that has captured the hearts and minds of Grand National fans the world over is that of Aldaniti's victory in the great race in 1981. One of the UK's top jockeys, the appropriately named Bob Champion.. http://www.sportingways.com/grand-national-2011-betting-dont-push-it-horse-racing-tips-24-03-2011.php Thu 24 Mar 2011 10:38:00 GMT This year's Grand National will take place on Saturday 9th April and Don't Push It, who won the 2010 Grand National for Tony McCoy, tops the weights. The horse ended A.P. McCoy's long wait for his first Grand National win last year when the champion jockey won the race at the 15th attempt.. http://www.sportingways.com/belon-gale-grand-national-22-03-2011.php Tue 22 Mar 2011 10:36:00 GMT County Durham handler Howard Johnson could potentially have four runners in next month's feature John Smith's Grand National at Aintree, but the participation of his Belon Gale must be in some doubt after another below-par effort from the eight-year-old in the Midlands Grand National.. http://www.sportingways.com/tanya-stevenson-gold-cup-day-cheltenham.php Fri 17 Mar 2011 15:14:00 GMT What I gleaned from Paul Nicholls when sitting on the Cheltenham Festival Preview Panel is his faith in Sam Winner for the Triumph Hurdle, despite how impressive Zarkander appeared at Kempton in the Adonis Hurdle. He said to put a line through Sam Winner's Chepstow run.. http://www.sportingways.com/mark-winstanley-cheltenham-festival-17-03-2011.php Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:21:00 GMT One of the races racing folk have been waiting for all week is the tussle between the reigning champion, Big Buck's, and the up-and-coming pretender, Grands Crus. These two exciting horses clash in the Wold Hurdle run over three miles at Cheltenham, and due to start at 3.20.. http://www.sportingways.com/tanya-stevenson-day-3-cheltenham-17-03-2011.php Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:07:00 GMT The defection of Riverside Theatre only helps my fancy for the Ryanair Chase, Kalahari King, or Houdini as I have nicknamed him now. However, I was a bit perturbed when Ferdy Murphy stated Divers was his best chance of the meeting on The Morning Line from Newbury on 5 March.. http://www.sportingways.com/grand-national-odds-king-fontaine-chief-dan-george-16-03-2011.php Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:52:00 GMT Although one John Smith's Grand National hope, King Fontaine, did his prospects for the big race no harm whatsoever in finishing fifth in the Stewart Family Spinal Research Handicap chase on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, it was a rather different.. http://www.sportingways.com/mark-winstanley-cheltenham-festival-16-03-2011.php Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:54:00 GMT Not a bad start to the meeting, with Zaidpour getting well stuffed in the opener, while Spirit Son ran a cracker to finish second. In the four-mile amateur marathon which kicks off today's action at 1.30, the beast I'm keen to take on is Chicago Grey.. http://www.sportingways.com/tanya-stevenson-day-2-cheltenham-16-03-2011.php Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:33:00 GMT There are 27 races and my strongest fancy is in the one where many believe there is sure-fire winner in Time For Rupert. Quite simply my selection for the RSA Chase is Wymott. He is just ten races young in his National Hunt career.. http://www.sportingways.com/time-for-rupert-irish-racing-tips-15-03-2011.php Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:14:00 GMT Paul Webber has successfully applied the finishing touches to the preparations for his warm favourite Time For Rupert's bid to land the Grade 1 RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.. http://www.sportingways.com/finians-rainbow-bet-on-cheltenham-2011-15-03-2011.php Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:52:00 GMT The Arkle Chase of 2011 is a cracking event and looks set to be a very closely fought out affair. The field is headed by the Alan King trained Medermit.. http://www.sportingways.com/noel-meade-realt-dubh-10-03-2011.php Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:20:00 GMT If any trainer deserves a change of fortunes at the Cheltenham Festival it is Noel Meade. If Meade's luck is to change, it will happen courtesy of the smallest team that he has sent across.. http://www.sportingways.com/zaynar-cheltenham-gold-cup-09-03-2011.php Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:38:00 GMT The Nicky Henderson-trained Zaynar, third to Binocular in last year's Stan James Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, has been given the green light to step up to three-miles.. http://www.sportingways.com/paul-nicholls-cheltenham-horse-racing-tips-09-03-2011.php Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:04:00 GMT Paul Nicholls Cheltenham runners will attract support no matter what race they are in, even when they are in races as competitive as the ones that you will find at the Cheltenham Festival.. http://www.sportingways.com/tidal-bay-cheltenham-gold-cup-odds-08-03-2011.php Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:52:00 GMT Multi-millionaire racehorse owner Graham Wylie is under no illusions as to the quirky nature of his Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup contender Tidal Bay, but is hopeful that the Howard Johnson-trained gelding will give connections something to cheer about on the big day on March 18.. http://www.sportingways.com/hells-bay-cheltenham-festival-05-03-2011.php Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:46:00 GMT The two weeks leading up to the Cheltenham Festival are always an anxious time for trainers and owners with all concerned hoping beyond hope that nothing untoward happens during the period to rule their horse out of take its chance at the four-day spectacular.. http://www.sportingways.com/knockara-beau-cheltenham-betting-05-03-2011.php Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:24:00 GMT Northumberland-based jumps trainer George Charlton has decided that his talented stable star Knockara Beau will contest the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle Final at the Cheltenham Festival on March 17, in preference to the Stewart Family Spinal Research Handicap.. http://www.sportingways.com/quel-esprit-find-a-cheltenham-free-bet-national-hunt-chase-03-03-2011.php Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:57:00 GMT Irish chaser Quel Esprit has been the subject of a market move ahead of his bid to land the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on March 16 having been amongst a quartet of highly regarded Willie Mullins-trained horses who worked after.. http://www.sportingways.com/oscar-time-grand-national-betting-tips-01-03-2011.php Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:39:00 GMT Oscar Time, purchased by Robert Waley-Cohen at the start of this season as a potential John Smith's Grand National ride for his amateur jockey son Sam, ran a sound big-race trial at Fairyhouse this week when finishing a creditable third to.. http://www.sportingways.com/horses-to-follow-tips-for-cheltenham-festival-2011.php Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:10:00 GMT With the Cheltenham Festival just a couple of weeks away the professional gamblers are looking at the best prospects for victory at value prices. With this in mind, there appears to be a couple of stand out horses when looking at the tips.. http://www.sportingways.com/cyril-stein-bookmaker-cheltenham-festival-betting.php Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:40:00 GMT We tend to take the smart high street bookmaker shops that we enjoy today for granted but not so long ago the betting markets were very different. Just fifty years ago it was very difficult to place a bet on the horse racing.. http://www.sportingways.com/imperial-commander-gold-cup-bet-on-cheltenham-2011.php Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:56:00 GMT The defending Gold Cup champion Imperial Commander has not had much go right this season, but he seems to be coming right just in time to defend his Cheltenham crown. After winning on his debut at Haydock this season.. http://www.sportingways.com/back-in-focus-gold-cup-betting-cheltenham-tips-23-02-2011.php Tue, 24 Feb 2011 12:09:00 GMT Following his tremendous debut success at Haydock in the Grade 2 Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle, Howard Johnson's ex-Irish point-to-pointer Back in Focus has certainly been the focus of media attention. The County Durham handler is not getting carried away though.. http://www.sportingways.com/houblon-des-obeaux-triumph-hurdle-22-02-2011.php Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:57:00 GMT The Venetia Williams-trained Houblon Des Obeaux battled on bravely through the Haydock mud to record a deserved success in the Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle and confirm the potential he had shown previously when second in Grade 1 company at Chepstow last time out behind Marsh Warbler.. http://www.sportingways.com/cork-all-star-foxhunter-chase-cheltenham-betting-offers-20-02-2011.php Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:11:00 GMT When Cork All Star won the Festival Bumper in 2007, it's highly unlikely that his connections would have believed he'd be back here competing in the Foxhunter Chase some four years later. However that is exactly what will happen when the Fasliyev gelding goes to post.. http://www.sportingways.com/twiston-davies-imperial-commander-cheltenham-gold-cup-17-02-2011.php Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:28:00 GMT Nigel Twiston-Davies couldn't hide his delight at the racecourse gallop of his Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Imperial Commander who appeared before the public gaze for the first time since winning the Grade 1 Betfair Chase at Haydock in November, writes Elliot Slater.. http://www.sportingways.com/irish-2000-guineas-horse-racing-bets-pluck-16-02-2011.php Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:52:00 GMT Apart for the odd foray at Royal Ascot in major sprint races, it is rare indeed for US horses to come to Europe to contest top races but that is exactly the intention of trainer Graham Motion who plans to send the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf winner Pluck.. http://www.sportingways.com/cheltenham-gold-cup-paul-nicholls-14-02-2011.php Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:45:00 GMT As we approach the Cheltenham Festival all of the races will be subject to plenty of scrutiny and the Gold Cup will probably be one of the races that is most mulled over. There are plenty of valid questions that need to be asked about this year's.. http://www.sportingways.com/long-run-cheltenham-gold-cup-2011-09-02-2011.php Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:50:00 GMT It was very interesting to hear the comments of King George VI Chase-winning jockey Sam Waley Cohen when he spoke recently to Racing UK about the prospects of Long Run following up in the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2011 on March 18, writes Elliot Slater.. http://www.sportingways.com/sprinter-sacre-supreme-novices-hurdle-his-bobs-worth-07-02-2011.php Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:52:00 GMT Sprinter Sacre made it three wins from four career outings when landing his first success over hurdles in the opening race on Ffos Las' Welsh Champion Hurdle card and looks set now to take his chance in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the opening.. http://www.sportingways.com/barizan-racing-tips-evan-williams-05-02-2011.php Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:36:00 GMT There's little doubt that Barizan is a smart performer on his day and equally little doubt that Welsh handler Evan Williams is a very capable racehorse trainer, but you have to wonder quite what the policy is with regards to his talented.. http://www.sportingways.com/mourad-ladbrokes-world-hurdle-cheltenham-festival-03-02-2011.php Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:17:00 GMT It's been a while since Ireland had a top-class staying hurdler, but at Gowran Park last Friday Mourad staked his claim to be the best of the current crop when easily accounting for the opposition in the Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle.. http://www.sportingways.com/pathfork-jessica-harrington-horse-racing-ireland-02-02-2011.php Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:51:00 GMT Jessica Harrington has issued an upbeat bulletin about the progress of her live 2000 Guineas hope Pathfork, unbeaten in three starts last term, culminating with a brave win over Casamento in the Group 1 Vincent O'Brien.. http://www.sportingways.com/kauto-star-cheltenham-gold-cup-betting-tips-02-02-2011.php Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:23:00 GMT The mighty Kauto Star may have failed to land a fifth successive King George VI Chase at Kempton earlier this month when finishing only third behind the impressive Long Run, but the good news is that after being.. http://www.sportingways.com/cheltenham-festival-race-facts-johnny-henderson-grand-annual-chase-challenge-cup.php Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:27:00 GMT The County Hurdle used to be the last race on the festival card but now that race has been moved to be the third on the final day. However, its replacement, the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup.. http://www.sportingways.com/christies-foxhunter-chase-challenge-cup-bet-on-cheltenham-2011.php Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:12:00 GMT Straight after the Gold Cup the amateurs have their own chance to show off their talents in their own version of the race. Run over the same 3M 2 ˝ F as the main event this race produces an interesting mixture of.. http://www.sportingways.com/cheltenham-festival-2011-28-01.php Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:37:00 GMT This race, the third on the card for the first day of the Cheltenham Festival holds pride of place as the first handicap to be run at the meeting. As with most Festival handicaps it is usually contested by a large.. http://www.sportingways.com/character-building-grand-national-free-bets-27-01-2011.php Thur, 27 Jan 2011 12:21:00 GMT The 2010 John Smith's Grand National saw a very solid effort from the John Quinn-trained grey Character Building, who gave Nina Carberry a great ride around the awesome fences and looked as though he might well.. http://www.sportingways.com/foxhunter-cheltenham-racing-betting-27-01-2011.php Thur, 27 Jan 2011 11:46:00 GMT Straight after the Gold Cup the amateurs have their own chance to show off their talents in their own version of the race. Run over the same 3M 2 ˝ F as the main event this race produces an interesting mixture.. http://www.sportingways.com/cheltenham-the-early-days.php Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:50:00 GMT It seems very pertinent in the Centenary year for the Cheltenham Festival to refer to some of the history of this great occasion. Racing in the Cheltenham area has taken place for just short of 200 years at.. http://www.sportingways.com/irish-hennessy-backspin-zaidpour-cheltenham-festival-odds.php Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:57:00 GMT Two of the leading ante-post fancies for the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in mid-March may clash at Leopardstown's Irish Hennessy fixture on February 6th.. http://www.sportingways.com/cheltenham-gold-cup-imperial%20commander-cheltenham-tips.php Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:29:00 GMT First entries for the 2011 Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup have been received and a theoretical total of 34 high-class chasers could bid to land the three-mile steeplechase.. http://www.sportingways.com/champion-hurdle-cheltenham-festival-2011-betting-predictions.php Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:41:00 GMT As the countdown continues to the Stan James Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, punters are eagerly awaiting clues that will point them.. http://www.sportingways.com/sizing-europe-kauto-star-cheltenham-odds.php Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:25:00 GMT The anticipated head to head between Sizing Europe and Kauto Star in the King George VI chase will not go ahead after trainer Henry de Bromhead decided to bypass.. http://www.sportingways.com/knight-pass-cheltenham-festival-bumper-racing%20tips-for-today.php Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:07:00 GMT Warren Greatrex appears to have a horse to look forward to in Knight Pass, facile winner at Southwell on Wednesday and now unbeaten in two starts in bumpers... http://www.sportingways.com/monets-garden-nicky-richards-horse-racing.php Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:14:00 GMT Hugely popular chaser Monet's Garden remains seriously ill but is not deteriorating any further, according to the latest bulletins emanating from the Greystoke yard of his trainer Nicky Richards.. http://www.sportingways.com/the-nightingale-king-george-vi-chase-horse-racing-betting-odds.php Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:26:00 GMT History seeking Kauto Star still remains the red-hot favourite for Saturday's rescheduled William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton Park, but there has been a noticeable amount of interest in his stable companion The Nightingale.. http://www.sportingways.com/blazing-bailey-alan-king-grand-national-06-01-2011.php Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:37:00 GMT Former high-class staying hurdler Blazing Bailey at last showed that he could be on the way to making up into a smart staying chaser as well, after easily accounting for a strong field in the Raceodds Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.. http://www.sportingways.com/indian-2000-guineas-22-12-10.php Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:53:00 GMT Just when you thought that he would be putting his feet up and having a long winter rest after the sensational season-long dual for the Flat jockey's championship with eventual winner Paul Hanagan, Richard Hughes emerges back.. http://www.sportingways.com/sam-winner-brampour-jcb-triumph-hurdle-22-12-10.php Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:26:00 GMT Champion trainer Paul Nicholls already appears to hold a strong hand in the ante-post market for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March with his Sam Winner a hot favourite for the four-year-old hurdling.. http://www.sportingways.com/captain-cee-bee-paddy-power-dial-a-bet-chase-18-12-10.php Thur, 18 Dec 2010 09:15:00 GMT Edward Harty's exciting chaser Captain Cee Bee has bypassed his original target of the rescheduled John Durkan Memorial Chase and instead is being prepared for the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown on.. http://www.sportingways.com/melito-gerald-ryan-best-odds-16-12-10.php Thur, 16 Dec 2010 11:33:00 GMT Last season's NSW champion racehorse Melito is back in training and her trainer Gerald Ryan is excited about the possibility of campaigning the filly in Europe after tackling some big prizes on the home front in the.. http://www.sportingways.com/champions-day-races-ascot-bbc-channel-4-16-12-10.php Thur, 16 Dec 2010 11:23:00 GMT A furious bidding war between Britain's two terrestrial racing channels to win the rights to screen the new Champions Day races at Ascot has been won by the BBC, much to the disappointment of their arch rivals Channel 4.. http://www.sportingways.com/cue-card-cheltenham-tips-16-12-10.php Thur, 16 Dec 2010 11:06:00 GMT Despite losing his unbeaten record when finishing second to Menorah in the Grade 2 International Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday, Colin Tizzard's Cue Card remains a horse of outstanding potential and one who is already.. http://www.sportingways.com/noel-meade-christmas-hurdle-13-12-10.php Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:05:00 GMT Meade’s record in the top class two-mile event since 2004 is second to none. In that year his enigmatic, but often brilliant Harchibald (8/11f) got the better of champion hurdler Rooster Booster to win the prize in a.. http://www.sportingways.com/gopana-summer-cup-randwick-08-12-10.php Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:44:00 GMT The Michael Hawkes-trained Gopana has booked herself a Christmas period outing at Randwick racecourse after continuing her rise up the racing ladder with a gutsy success that upset the fixed odds at Rosehill recently.. http://www.sportingways.com/henry-cecil-cancer-research-uk-08-12-10.php Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:24:00 GMT It is hard to believe, but legendary racehorse trainer Henry Cecil has never been to the home of National Hunt racing, the Cheltenham Festival. All that is about to change, however, as the master of Warren Place has agreed to be present.. http://www.sportingways.com/cue-card-international-hurdle-07-12-10.php Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:25:00 GMT Dorset-based trainer Colin Tizzard is not one for crowing from the rooftops without good reason, so it is significant that he is so upbeat about the prospects of his unbeaten Cue Card who is set to take on far more experienced rivals.. http://www.sportingways.com/twist-magic-tingle-creek-chase-07-12-10.php Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:09:00 GMT Twist Magic had been scheduled to take on his stable companion and dual champion chaser Master Minded in the Sandown two-miler, and the Huntingdon contest seems the logical second preference, being run on a right-handed circuit that.. http://www.sportingways.com/brabazon-gamble-landed-03-12-10.php Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:49:00 GMT There’s not been too much to get excited about on the racing front over the last few days with the freezing weather grinding the sport to a halt at all point of the compass, so it was especially pleasing to see a serious gamble landed.. http://www.sportingways.com/fighting-fifth-hurdle-champion-hurdle-trial-betting-tips-30-11-10.php Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:42:00 GMT At the time of writing, six inches of snow is reported to have fallen on Newcastle racecourse a little over 48 hours before the gates are due to be opened to greet a bumper crowd eagerly anticipating the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle.. http://www.sportingways.com/taranis-hennessy-gold-cup-23-11-10.php Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:02:00 GMT Quite understandably most of the pre-race media interest in the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on November 27, surrounds the bid by the mighty Denman to carry top weight of 11st 12 lbs to victory for the third time in this historic and ultra-competitive steeplechase.. http://www.sportingways.com/murtagh-replacement-ballydoyle-19-11-10.php Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:59:00 GMT There still is no indication whatsoever from the syndicate that run the Ballydoyle empire as to who is the most likely jockey to replace the hugely popular Johnny Murtagh, who resigned from his position of stable jockey to Aidan O'Brien last week.. http://www.sportingways.com/peddlers-cross-stanjames-com-fighting-fifth-hurdle-15-11-10.php Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:56:00 GMT Peddlers Cross, potentially one of the most exciting horses of the 2010/11 National Hunt season, is set to make his eagerly awaited racecourse return at Newcastle on November 27th in the Grade 1 StanJames.com Fighting fifth Hurdle, writes Elliot Slater.. http://www.sportingways.com/long-run-paddy-power-gold-cup-08-11-10.php Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:02:00 GMT The highly talented ex-French racehorse Long Run looks set to begin his seasonal campaign at Cheltenham on November 13 in the Paddy Power Gold Cup, his first outing of a term that should prove or disprove his trainer Nicky Henderson's lofty opinion of him, writes Elliot Slater.. http://www.sportingways.com/the-effects-of-the-draw.php Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:53:00 GMT As with all professional punting, the keyword is “value”. And as even the most uniformed punter will be able to tell you about the massive advantage to be found at certain tracks you can be sure that this knowledge is priced into the market. So for example, the obvious bias at.. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:06:00 GMT http://www.sportingways.com/rascal-in-the-mix-dean-mckeown.php After a nearly two year investigation by the BHA into the running and riding of Richard Whittaker's Rascal In The Mix at Southwell on November 4, 2008, and the betting patterns connected to.. http://www.sportingways.com/kauto-stone-irish-racing-tips.php Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:29:00 GMT It must be very hard trying to live up to the achievements of a tremendously talented older sibling, but that is just the task that has been facing Kauto StarÂ’s four-year-old half-brother Kauto Stone since he set foot on a racecourse in his native France, writes Elliot Slater.. http://www.sportingways.com/rachel-alexandra-racing-tips-01-10-10.php Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:27:0 GMT Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 US Horse of the Year and darling of the American racing scene, has been sensationally retired only days after posting an impressive track workout ahead of an intended bid to land the BreedersÂ’ Cup Ladies Classic at Churchill Downs in five weeks time, writes Elliot Slater. http://www.sportingways.com/zoffany-national-stakes-15-09-10.php Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:42:00 GMT Zoffany, 10/1 horse betting ante-post favourite for next yearÂ’s 2000 Guineas, is set to place his lofty reputation on the line in a high quality renewal of the Group 1 Bolylesports.com Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday, writes Elliot Slater.