Category: Horse Racing

Willie Mullins has become the first Irishman in 70 years to win the British jump trainers’ championship. He held off rivals Dan Skelton, who finished second, and defending champion Paul Nicholls following the season finale at Sandown. Mullins’ 4-6 favourite El Fabiolo finished second in the Celebration Chase, four lengths behind Nicky Henderson’s Jonbon, but...

Willie Mullins will look to clinch the British jump trainers’ championship at Sandown on Saturday – and become the first Irishman to do so in 70 years. The legendary Vincent O’Brien was the only other Ireland-based trainer to achieve the feat, winning for a second time in 1954. Dan Skelton and 14-time champion Paul Nicholls...

John Ingles charts the career of Ireland’s perennial champion trainer and his landmark successes. It may have gone largely unnoticed among some other of his other achievements this season, but seven winners on Easter Sunday took Willie Mullins’ total to a new record for an Irish jumps season. That was on March 31 with a...

With this year’s Cheltenham Festival and Grand National now in the past, fewer and fewer National Hunt races occupy the forefront of racing fans’ minds as they turn their attention to the Flat season. There is, however, one exception this term; the ‘race’ for the National Hunt Trainers’ Championship has been a popular topic of...

Matt Brocklebank picks out the best bets on the competitive cards at Newbury and Ayr this Saturday, featuring the Coral Scottish Grand National. The Value Bet is designed to generate long-term profit by searching for overpriced horses in the feature weekend races and at the big Festivals in the UK and Ireland. Value Bet tips...

The Off The Fence team are in agreement for their best bet for Saturday’s Scottish Grand National, both opting for Git Maker. Willie Mullins is yet to win race, but he has the favourite in the betting plus five other potential runners in this year’s contest. Mr Incredible unseated his rider in the British version...

Sky Sports Racing’s Ambassador reveals 10 of the horses she is most looking forward to riding this Flat season. Nashwa It’s fantastic that my boss Imad Alsagar has kept his Classic-winning mare in training for another year and I’m hoping she can reward his judgement. We were far from disappointed with her re-appearance in the...

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has taken his love for the countryside to the next level and bought a racehorse… Affectionately referred to as ‘Pet’, the strapping 16.3 hand thoroughbred is definitely more than a pet and will be the first syndicate racehorse for Clarkson’s Hawkstone Racing. Graced with the name, The Hawkstonian, the...

I Am Maximus has won this year’s Grand National – and not a single horse fell during this year’s event. Two thirds (21 of 32) finished the race, with the horse ridden by Paul Townend crossing the line first. Seven horses were pulled up and four unseated their riders but none fell, an Aintree spokesman...

Revellers enjoy 176th Grand National at Aintree I Am Maximus won the 2024 Grand National at Aintree in a topsy-turvy race where a winner couldn’t be called until the final straight. The 2023 champion Corach Rambler unseated jockey Derek Fox at the first fence which opened up the field for the rest of the riders....