Bill Esdaile
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King and Edward to rule the roost in Queen Mother
THERE might only be seven runners in this year’s Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.30pm), but it’s a race that’s deep in quality. And while we → Read More
Connell’s Good Land won’t let rivals Passe in Ballymore test
YOU HAVE to go back six years to find the last Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm) winner trained on these shores and this year’s race really does → Read More
Sir Gerhard set to give Colombe a Real Whack
THIS year’s Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (2.10pm) looks a competitive heat, with cases to be made for over half the 11-strong field. I’m largely in → Read More
Be Bold in your Endeavours and back Camprond
YOU DO not get many harder races to find the winner of than the 26-runner Coral Cup (2:50pm). The last two were 50/1 and 33/1 and there have only been two → Read More
Delta can make easy Work of rivals to win second Glenfarclas
NOBODY who witnessed the aftermath of last year’s Glenfarclas Chase (4.10pm) will ever forget the image of both DELTA WORK and runner-up Tiger → Read More
Thyme feels White for a Sublime Grand Annual Chase
BOTH Dinoblue and last year’s runner-up Andy Dufresne have clear and obvious claims in today’s Grand Annual (4:50pm). The latter runs off the same mark as → Read More
What’s that coming over the Hill? It is a monster!
TIMING is a huge thing in sport. Imagine how many more Grand Slams Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic would have won if the other two hadn’t → Read More
Jon looks a très Bon bet to land the Arkle
NICKY Henderson and Willie Mullins have won seven of the last 10 runnings of the Sporting Life Arkle (2.10pm) and it will be a huge shock if one of them → Read More
Connell set for Nationale service as he shoots for biggest winner as a trainer
BEFORE analysing the opening Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm), I have to declare that I head up the syndicate that owns RARE EDITION, trained by → Read More
Marie’s looks Rock solid in bid for Mares’ Hurdle repeat success
MANY are billing this year’s renewal of the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (4.10pm) as the race of the meeting. Last year’s first and second home are joined → Read More
Snowden’s mare to wear it well in Mares’ Novice
WITH one of the driest build-ups to a Cheltenham festival on record, it had been widely expected that this year’s meeting would take place on traditional → Read More
Henderson readying troops to take on Mullins battalion
WITH exactly a month to go until this year’s Cheltenham Festival, Nicky Henderson is preparing his team for another assault on the best four day’s in the → Read More
Reaching for the Stars…
THEY say that racehorse ownership is a mug’s game. Well, I’m the mug then, as I agreed just over two years ago to back trainer Mick Appleby at the Sales → Read More
Baaeed to bow out in style on his final racecourse start
RACEGOERS at Ascot on Saturday will get a chance to say goodbye to the remarkable BAAEED as he has his final race in the Champion Stakes → Read More
Creative a real Force to be reckoned with in the Sprint
LAST year’s winner CREATIVE FORCE is bidding to make it back-to-back victories in the Champions Sprint (2.00pm). He has been lightly raced this → Read More
Royal Aclaim the one to catch but Raasel may do the chasing
IT’S NOT that often you get a horse that’s yet to run in Group company go off favourite for a Group One, but that’s the case with ROYAL ACLAIM in the → Read More
Courageous Coltrane to defy Stradivarius in Lonsdale Cup
ONLY three horses have won six times at York and after Copper Knight and Dakota Gold were beaten on Wednesday, STRADIVARIUS has a chance to → Read More
Alpinista to strike for older generation in Yorkshire Oaks
ONLY six runners go to post for the highlight of day two, the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (3.35pm), but it looks a smashing contest nonetheless. We have → Read More
Stage set for exciting Dramatised to star in Lowther
KARL Burke and Danny Tudhope combined to win the Lowther in 2019 with a relative outsider in Living In The Past but it will be far less of a surprise if → Read More
Frankenstella on a frightening mark in Stayers Handicap
THERE are plenty of trappy looking handicaps at York over the next four days, but the best bet on the opening day could be in the Sky Bet Stayers Handicap → Read More