1. A commemorative coin for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee News that an iconic image of The Queen riding side saddle is to feature on a commemorative coin to mark her Platinum Jubilee has been widely welcomed. The design, by John Bergdahl and personally approved by Her Majesty, is a nod to those created in honour […]
A miserable winter’s afternoon at Sandown was lit up by the runaway victory of Nicky Henderson’s much-hyped Constitution Hill in the Unibet Tolworth Hurdle on Saturday (8 January). The five-year-old gelding by Blue Bresil and owned by Michael Buckley, cruised through the race on bottomless ground. He took jockey Nico de Boinville to the front […]
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SEVEN NOVICE HURDLERS TO WATCH AT THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL
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28th January 2021
By Nick Seddon
The entries for the Grade One novice hurdle races at this year’s Cheltenham Festival were released on Wednesday afternoon, so we asked Nick Seddon to pick out seven contenders for your notebook.
Appreciate It (Willie Mullins)
Festival entries: Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle.
The vast majority of novices entered for the Cheltenham Festival will be handed more than one option and although that is the case for Appreciate It, he looks highly likely to take his chance in the curtain-raiser, the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.