2 w. ago Clare Balding's dad dies aged 87 as tributes pour in for legendary horse trainer

Ian Balding, the father of BBC presenter Clare Balding, trained Mill Reef to win the Derby, Eclipse, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the same year

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2 w. ago No Drama This End brings back glory days for Nicholls – and it’s Cheltenham next

Hot favourite makes all in Grade One Challow HurdleMinella Yoga doubles up on sparkling day for trainerDays like these were once almost a weekly experience for Paul Nicholls, as he strung together one title-winning season after another, so the 14-time champion will have taken particular pleasure from his double here on Monday as No Drama This End, in the Grade One Challow Hurdle, and Minella Yoga both emerged as contenders for the Cheltenham festival in March.The Challow has often been an early proving ground for future stars over fences, and No Drama This End, Nicholls’s seventh winner of the race, joined former champions from the yard including Denman, the 2008 Gold Cup winner, and Bravemansgame, the 2022 King George VI Chase winner, on the roll of honour. Sent off at 4-9, the five-year-old made all the running under Harry Cobden and needed little encouragement to maintain a one-and-a-quarter length lead to the line. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Harry Redknapp lands £142k jackpot after The Jukebox Man wins King George VI Chase

Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp celebrated a Boxing Day triumph as 7/1 outsider The Jukebox Man won the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park, with the owner claiming £142,375 in prize money

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3 w. ago Harry Redknapp’s The Jukebox Man wins epic King George VI Chase: racing from Kempton – live

Race by race commentary on the Boxing Day fixtureRedknapp eyes King George glory | Email TonyFormby 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 - NRFull betting here via...

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Harry Redknapp wins King George VI Chase and nets whopping payday

The Jukebox Man won the Grade 1 King George VI Chase at Kempton on Friday afternoon, as Harry Redknapp took home a whopping payday

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3 w. ago Harry Redknapp wins King George VI Chase and nets whopping payday

The Jukebox Man won the Grade 1 King George VI Chase at Kempton on Friday afternoon, as Harry Redknapp took home a whopping payday

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3 w. ago King George VI Chase and Sir Gino wins Christmas Hurdle: racing from Kempton – live

Race by race commentary on the Boxing Day fixtureRedknapp eyes King George glory | Email TonyFormby 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 - NRFull betting here via...

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