A total of 37 horses have stood their ground at the five-day stage declarations for Saturday’s eagerly anticipated Coral Scottish Grand National for which Pauline Robson’s Rival d’Estruval is a solid ante-post favourite in the Scottish National odds at 6/1. The northern chaser has been a fine servant to connections and had run a tremendous […]

Exciting novice chaser, Dynaste, still has the option of running in either the Grade 1 RSA Chase or the Grade 2 Jewson Novices Chase at Cheltenham 2013, connections refusing to rule out either race and leaving punters on tenterhooks awaiting a final decision, writes Elliot Slater. The David Pipe-trained grey has looked pure class since […]

The Willie Mullins-trained Sir Des Champ, currently a solid 9/2 second-favourite in the ante-post list for the Gold Cup at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, has also been handed an entry in the Grade 1 Ryanair Chase at the Festival meeting 24 hours earlier, writes Elliot Slater. The general view is that the gelded son of […]

William’s Wishes, one of the most progressive horses in training over both hurdles and fences, could make a sensational return to hurdling and tackle the valuable Grade 3 Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on February 9, despite having run up an unbeaten sequence of five successes over fences this term, since turning his attentions to the […]