Johnny Ward looks ahead to Wednesday’s racing at the Festival. By William Hill Tuesday 16 Mar 2021, 11:02 AM Mar 16th 2021, 11:02 AM 5,812 Views 0 Comments
Keskonrisk runs in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle on Wednesday.
Image: PA
Image: PA
THIS YEAR’S CHELTENHAM Festival is underway.
Racing journalist Johnny Ward will be bringing you his best tips throughout the week along with William Hill’s latest prices and here’s what he fancies on St Patrick’s Day…
Talking to a trader for a bookmaker on Monday, he told me his firm had laid three horses in Wednesday’s Grand Annual: Entoucas, Embittered and Us And Them.
Point-to-point trainers welcome Monday s Punchestown showcase | Bloodstock News
racingpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from racingpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Goffs February Sale Part 2 Moves Online
bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
4:24PM, JAN 26 2021
Some 12 months ago the Goffs UK January Sale ensured the British and Irish auction calendar began with a bang as the highly touted bumper winner Keskonrisk set a new record when knocked down to Henrietta Knight for £370,000.
This time around, however, the Doncaster sales ring will remain empty with Goffs UK having been forced into moving the event online as a result of ongoing Covid-19 related restrictions.
The sale, which begins on Tuesday at 10am, will be the first exclusively online event hosted by Goffs UK and will also see the introduction of timed auction software, with bidding on each lot set to close two minutes after the proceeding lot. However, any bid placed inside the final five minutes will extend the sale time for that lot by a further five minutes.
UPDATED 4:52PM, JAN 30 2021
The link between the Buchanan family and Hollymount, who looks set to be one of the major attractions at Tuesday’s online Doncaster January Sale, is closer than exists even with the more hands-on owner-breeders.
Peter Buchanan, the retired National Hunt jockey, rode the filly s dam Zaffarella on many occasions, partnering her to victory on her penultimate start at Uttoxeter in 2010.
He has been doing the groundwork on many of the mare’s progeny, including Hollymount, who cantered to victory on her bumper debut at Carlisle last month in the colours of the Northern Irishman’s sister, Jane, who is a bloodstock agent and racing manager for Graham Motion’s leading American stable.