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4 days ago | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles |Tom Park |James Stevens
O'Brien in unstoppable formBy James StevensIt was all about Charlie Appleby in the Guineas at Newmarket but the Epsom Classics could be dominated by Aidan O'Brien if the trials are anything to go by. The Ballydoyle trainer underlined the awesome firepower at his disposal, winning every trial for the Oaks and Derby across Britain and Ireland this week at Chester, Lingfield and Leopardstown.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles |Harry Wilson
Do you have a trainer and a jockey who it could pay to follow this season? Mark Brown Joe Eccles: Newmarket trainer Jack Morlandsent out his first runner in November and has managed eight winners on the all-weather this winter, four of those victories coming from Angel Of Antrim, who was 3-23 before joining the stable. Gaassee, who held a triple-figure rating for William Haggas at this peak, has slipped to a mark of 83 and could be worth noting for the Morland yard this year.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles |Jack Haynes |Tom Park
Plenty to come from Gidleigh ParkBy Joe EcclesIt has been a testing season for Harry Fry, whose current seasonal tally of 13 winners is his lowest since taking out a training licence. However in Gidleigh Park, the Dorset handler has a potential flagbearer for next season. The son of Walk In The Park ran a bold race from the front in Thursday’s Manifesto Novices’ Chase, rallying after a mistake at the second-last to finish a length and a quarter runner-up to Impaire Et Passe.
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2 months ago | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles |Jack Haynes |Patrick Madden
Aintree-bound Horaces Pearl is one to watchIn recent years, the 2m4½f novice hurdle on Newbury’s Friday card has been a good pointer for the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree’s Grand National meeting. Emitom won the race in 2019 before chasing home Champ in the Sefton, while Paul Nicholls’ Gelino Bello did the double in 2022. Horaces Pearl landed Newbury's latest running in impressive style and the seven-year-old looks Aintree-bound next.
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2 months ago | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles |Harry Wilson
It could pay to follow Dovecote formTripoli Flyer completed a hat-trick when winning the Dovecote Novices' Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday and it could pay to follow the form of the Grade 2 contest. The winner was positioned towards the rear early in a race run at a strong pace and his jumping took a while to warm up, but after getting to the lead two out he powered clear on the run-in for a seven-and-a-half-length success.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Matt Butler |Joe Eccles
Giving lumps away shouldn't put off top two-milersThe William Hill Hurdle was again a good spectacle, and while it was the winner Joyeuse who inevitably took the limelight, the performance of topweight Lump Sum in second deserves its share of attention. Trained by Sam Thomas, Lump Sum gave loads of weight to Joyeuse but put in a great effort on just his second handicap outing.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Jack Haynes |Joe Eccles
The My Pension Expert Arkle is shaping up to be a showdown to savour at the Cheltenham Festival after Majborough enhanced his claims with victory in the Irish equivalent. JP McManus's five-year-old beat horses with much more experience when winning the Triumph Hurdle at the big meeting last season. That victory marked him out as a potential top notcher and there has been nothing to suggest otherwise in two starts over fences this campaign.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles |Harry Wilson
Which horse is most likely to stop Willie Mullins from landing all eight Grade 1s at this year’s meeting? John SmithJoe: Willie Mullins has taken the last seven runnings of the Dublin Chase (2.10, Sunday), six times with the favourite, so Gaelic Warrior looks sure to be popular. Rich and Susannah Ricci's seven-year-old was beaten at odds-on at last year's DRF, however, and could be the horse that prevents Mullins from claiming a clean sweep of Grade 1 wins this weekend.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles
Unanswered Prayers (1.05 Ascot)Has seen the form of his London National third franked by the runner-up since and dropping back in trip looks a big plus on that evidence. Main market rivals and last-time-out winners Rockinastorm and In D'Or are up to career-high marks while Chris Gordon's nine-year-old retains scope off a mark of 130. Flegmatik (2.15 Ascot)Showed little in his first three starts this season but much improved when fifth in the Silver Cup over 3m here last time.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
racingpost.com | Joe Eccles
HomeNewsBritainHaydock: Saturday's card faces an 8.30am raceday inspectionCredit: John Grossick
, John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)Haydock has called an 8.30am raceday inspection for its Sky Bet Peter Marsh Handicap Chase card on Saturday. The track was raceable at 12.30pm on Friday but temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing this evening. There are currently no inspections planned for the remaining Saturday meetings at Ascot, Lingfield, Navan, Taunton and Wolverhampton.
