Sam Hendry

1 week ago | racingpost.com | Tom Park |Sam Hendry

Munir and Souede have live Royal Ascot contenderBy Sam HendryThe double-green silks of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede are a regular sight around Ascot in the jumps season, and they could be seen there again this summer but this time for the royal meeting on the Flat after an eyecatching success at the Curragh on Saturday.

1 month ago | racingpost.com | Matt Butler |Sam Hendry |Harry Wilson

Smart recruit for Hobbs and WhiteBy Sam HendryPhilip Hobbs and Johnson White have made steady strides together in their second full season as joint licence-holders. After just 31 winners in 2022-23, the lowest number of winners sent out by Hobbs since 1988-89, the yard had 34 last season but that has gone up to 48 and counting this campaign, a tally made to look even better by the accompanying 20 per cent strike-rate.

2 months ago | racingpost.com | Sam Hendry |Harry Wilson |Lewis Porteous

The 2m maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse on Saturday promised to be informative and so it proved as Kawaboomga enhanced his Cheltenham Festival claims, while the narrow runner-up William Munny did his own chances no harm given how far the first two pulled clear of the rest. And the result did plenty to boost the claims of two other prominent novice hurdlers who beat Saturday’s one-two over Christmas.

Jan 14, 2025 | racingpost.com | Sam Hendry

It is exactly eight weeks until the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle kicks off the 2025 Cheltenham Festival. Usually by this stage of the season we have a firm grasp on the main contenders and who is likely to show up at Prestbury Park in March, but after a series of trials that have thrown up more questions than answers, there are only two runners currently priced at single-figure odds. Here we take a look at the meeting opener and the ante-post picture for a big betting race.

Jan 12, 2025 | racingpost.com | Sam Hendry |Joe Eccles

Gold Cup entries reveal a 33-1 ante-post playThere are just five British-trained horses among 19 entries for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, with Dan Skelton’s Grey Dawning the shortest-priced domestic challenger at 25-1. Skelton is plotting a route back to Cheltenham for last year’s Turners Novices’ Chase winner, who was pulled up in the King George at Kempton last time.