Cheltenham, No Prep Run, Big Mistake?

March 2nd, 2014
This year we have seen the wettest winter since records began in 1910 resulting in plenty of trainers deciding to take their charges straight to ...

Read more

The Return of the Cheltenham Jedi

February 27th, 2014
The table above lists horses that have multiple Cheltenham Festival wins against their name. There are many more in this unique role of ...

Read more

Big Bucks, Big Ask?

February 25th, 2014
Is Big Bucks too old to win the World Hurdle? In the next of our series of blog posts focusing on the forthcoming Cheltenham festival, we used ...

Read more

Which trainer holds the hot hand pre Cheltenham?

February 23th, 2014
With 15 days to go before the big dance, the pre-race hype dominates all media outlets with chatter of which horses, trainers, jockeys et al will ...

Read more

5 Things you didn’t know about the Welsh Grand National (Chepstow)

December 27th, 2013
The Welsh National is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Chepstow, ...

Read more

5 Things you didn’t know about the Long Walk Hurdle (Ascot)

December 21th, 2013
The Long Walk Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot ...

Read more

5 things you didn’t know about the Stewart Family Gold Cup (Cheltenham)

December 13th, 2013
The “Stewart Family Thank You” Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run ...

Read more