12 h. ago Affordale Fury holds off Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree winners to take Savills Chase

Seven-year-old makes Leopardstown breakthroughGalopin Des Champs and I Am Maximus beatenThe two most recent winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup were among the 11 runners for the Grade One Savills Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday but neither could match the strength and resilience of a resurgent Affordale Fury, as Noel Meade’s seven-year-old made his breakthrough at the highest level after an injury-plagued career to date.Affordale Fury was the 150-1 runner-up in the three-mile Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle at Cheltenham in March 2023, but his career since has included breaks of 438 and 241 days and Sunday’s race was just his fifth chase start outside novice company. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Bowen and Curtis bag famous home win in Welsh National with Haiti Couleurs

Winner carries huge weight to success at ChepstowCheltenham Gold Cup on horizon after brave victoryIt is seven years and counting since Native River became the last horse trained in Britain to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but the beleaguered home team has conceivably emerged from the first two days of the Christmas programme with not one, but two realistic contenders for next year’s race, after Haiti Couleurs put up a magnificent performance to win the Welsh Grand National here under 11st 13lb on Saturday.Or, as Haiti Couleurs’ connections might prefer it, England has a chance with Friday’s King George winner, The Jukebox Man, and Wales has a shout with Haiti Couleurs, who is trained by Rebecca Curtis in Pembrokeshire and ridden by Sean Bowen, the champion jockey, who was born just down the road from her yard. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Harry Redknapp says he’s ‘in Champions League’ after Jukebox’s King George hit

Former football manager’s horse wins Kempton thrillerCheltenham Gold Cup up next for the gutsy winner“Today, we’ve gone into the Champions League,” Harry Redknapp, the owner of The Jukebox Man, said after his horse had fought back to win an extraordinary three-way photo-finish in the King George VI Chase here on Friday. “We got into the Premier League, which was fantastic, but today we were taking on the Real Madrids and Barcelonas and he proved he can compete with them and win against them, which was an amazing feeling.”It was, in truth, simply an amazing race from start to finish, with one of the most enthralling passages of action from the home turn to the line that anyone here could recall in a Grade One steeplechase. Kempton is unloved by the Jockey Club, its owners, which has signed over an option to developers that would see it bulldozed for housing, but its speed-favouring, right-handed track is something special and unique in British jumping and here it produced an all-time...

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61 h. ago Harry Redknapp’s The Jukebox Man wins epic King George VI Chase: racing from Kempton – as it happened

The former football manager’s horse is now likely to be heading for the Cheltenham Gold Cup after his thrilling winFormby Hurdle (Aintree 1.05pm)Newsflash: Low sun means that the officials are omitting some hurdles. Three have been taken out so there will be just five obstacles to jump. This is never very satisfactory. Ans they’re off Starmount jumps the first in the lead with hot favourite Mydaddypaddy in second and now they have nearly a mile to run before they jump another flight annoyingly Mydaddypaddy jumped the second well and again the third he looks a class act so now just one hurdle to jump and now a very long run home Starmount leads with Mydaddypaddy challenging the new leader Idaho Sun he comes to take it up but can’t get past Idaho Sun and Mydaddypaddy is beaten in a big shock at Aintree!Formby Hurdle (Aintree 1.05pm) bettingMydaddypaddy – 4/7Idaho Sun – 7/2Storming George – 10/1Starmount – 12/1Glance At Midnight – 25/1The Last Cloud – 40/1Diamond Hunter – NRWahraan - N...

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6 d. ago Think you’re a racing superfan? Then prove it with Sun Racing’s epic Christmas quiz

ENJOY some racing fun and be top of the form at Christmas with our super Sun Racing quiz. How much do you know? And how much have you forgotten in the last year? Can you remember who won last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup and did you collect on the Grand National winner? Here, Jack Keene...

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2 w. ago Punter collects winnings from bet 16 YEARS after race finished when he found betting slip while cleaning out clothes

A LUCKY punter has pocketed £60 - but the horse he bet on got across the finishing line close to 6,000 DAYS AGO. The gambler had forgotten to cash in until he was cleaning out clothes and came across the winning slip. The bet was placed on Denman to win the Hennessy Gold Cup Chase...

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2 w. ago Jim Delahunt’s top horse racing tips for Cheltenham, Punchestown and Warwick including Grand National contender

DAN and Harry Skelton had the beaten favourite in last year’s December Gold Cup. But the brothers look all set to land Cheltenham’s big chase on Saturday (1.50). Market leader Madara couldn’t get past eventual winner Gerimande 12 months ago, but the Skeltons will attempt to go one place better with HOE JOLY SMOKE and...

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4 w. ago Dan Skelton's super sub Tristan Durrell saves the day after The New Lion's dramatic exit

With Harry Skelton at Newcastle to partner The New Lion, Durrell was called up ride the stable's Coral Gold Cup contender Panic Attack and the pair struck for a 16-1 success

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