The 2020 Racing TV Tipstar winner takes aim at Monday's jump racing action, and makes an interesting case for three contenders at Hereford and Plumpton.
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Coming to theatres and then On Demand From writer/director John Gatins and Bleeker Street comes a story of surprise, a community together and a DREAM HORSE.
Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) lives in a small Welsh town where everybody knows everybody. Getting up and going to work at the market and then at the local pub, Jan is feeling the itch to do something more with her life. That s when she gets the idea to buy a mare and breed a race horse.
Husband Brian Daisy (Owen Teale) cannot believe what his wife could be thinking but finds himself building a stable in their back yard. Knowing it is going to take a flow of money to make this happen, Jan enlists the help of Howard Davies (Damian Lewis) who has some experience with horses.
WITH the Cheltenham Festival Trials meeting having become a victim to the rain only a rearranged fixture (could be next Saturday) and the Betfair meeting at Newbury will allow Festival hopefuls one final chance to stake their claim to the March spectacular.
That now means that the feature betting event of the day is the Sky Bet Handicap Chase at Doncaster (3.15). This year’s renewal looks a wide open affair despite the claims of the progressive Cap Du Nord, Canelo and One For The Team. However, each of that trio have slight questions marks next to their names.
The first and third named though would be slightly compromised if the forecast rains continue in the South Yorkshire area whereas Canelo will relish such conditions and remains on the upgrade and is hard to assess as he just seems to do the minimum to win. I thought he was mightily impressive when winning at Wetherby in the Rowland Meryck, but he had to be coaxed home on that occasion and I just wonder whether he has a quir
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Last weekend brought with it yet another fantastic offering of racing throughout the UK. Photographer Bill Selwyn was on hand to capture some great moments from Ascot, where the highlight was two great horses Paisley Park and Thyme Hill doing battle in the Long Walk Hurdle.
Here’s just a few of our favourite moments that were captured on camera…
The wonderful Paisley Park, owned by Andrew Gemmell and trained by Emma Lavelle, jumps two out under Aidan Coleman.