Kalashnikov won the Betfair Hurdle last time out in a race that turned out to be rather a war of attrition on the soft ground. He has always been thought to be best on good but was certainly not inconvenienced at Newbury. He ran...

Invitation Only has a fair bit of substance in his profile having run three very solid races in a row since falling behind Monalee at Punchestown in the middle of November. Last time out at Leopardstown in early February he was only denied the...

The complexion of this race changed with the late news that On The Blind Side will miss the race. The only surprising consequence of this news is that Samcro remains freely available at odds of 4/6. Last time out he was most pleasing to...

Aside from landing a little awkwardly at the last fence Footpad was pretty much foot perfect when taking the Grade One Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown in early February. Very few horses improve as much as this one has from hurdles...

The 2018 Cheltenham Gold Cup appears to be a really high class renewal. We have the first five horses’ home in the 2017 renewal all set to compete again in 2018. Add to the mix the likes of the Irish National winner Our Duke,...

The Stayers Hurdle market has been quite busy of late with the recent support for Yanworth whose connections decided to re-route from the RSA Chase. According to the current market, therefore, we now have three very strong contenders and several that could be described...