27 h. ago Horse racing tips: ‘Dan Skelton has transformed this exciting novice chaser’ – Templegate’s Friday NAP

TEMPLEGATE tackles Friday's racing - which includes a cracking little card from Sandown - confident of beating the bookies. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. HIDDEN HISTORY (2.55 Sandown, nap) This seven-year-old had some useful handicap form over hurdles when trained by Chris Gordon. But he looked much improved when making his chasing...

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66 h. ago Dan Skelton says The New Lion answered ‘biggest question’ despite Newcastle fall

The leading hope for the Champion Hurdle failed to finish on his comeback appearance in a dramatic Fighting Fifth in which Constitution Hill also came down

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3 d. ago Constitution Hill should never be asked to jump a hurdle in public again | Greg Wood

There is no need to attempt to write a glorious final chapter, when an alternative ending does not bear thinking aboutTrainer Nicky Henderson and owner Michael Buckley are still mulling over the options for Constitution Hill after his third fall in four starts at Newcastle on Saturday, but the simple fact that Henderson floated the question “can we go on asking him to do it?” in the immediate aftermath suggests that, in his heart, he already knows the answer. Whatever else might beckon for the eight-year-old – and a recent 160+ rating over timber suggests that he could compete at a very decent level on the Flat – this is a horse that should not be asked to jump a hurdle in public again.Henderson’s competitive streak is as fierce as ever after nearly half a century in the game, and so too his appetite for a challenge. As such, it would be odd if the urge to attempt a repeat of Sprinter Sacre’s unlikely return to Grade One-winning form at the 2016 festival was not nagging away at the ...

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6 d. 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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7 d. ago Why The New Lion can beat Constitution Hill in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle

Dan Skelton-trained The New Lion faces Constitution Hill, Anzadam, Golden Ace and Nemean Lion at Newcastle. The Grade One race is run over 2m 1f and scheduled for 2pm on Saturday

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7 d. ago Dan Skelton says The New Lion could find Constitution Hill ‘extremely’ hard to beat’

The trainer struck a note of caution ahead of the hugely anticipated clash between Britain’s top two in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle

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2 w. ago Billionaire couple enter racing and send 'incredible horses' to trainer Dan Skelton

Mark and Lindy O'Hare secured three-year-olds Mets Ta Ceinture and Merci Mam at the Arqana sale on Monday and they will go straight to Britain's leading handler

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