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Willie Mullins saddles four of the five runners in the Irish Champion Hurdle on day two of the Dublin Racing Festival. This boils down to a Leopardstown clash on Sunday, 2 February between State Man and the mare Lossiemouth with others playing for places. It’s an eight-race card rounding off this weekend meeting to the …

Willie Mullins throws plenty of darts at the Dublin Racing Festival 2025 including some of his best prospects and top horses. That is probably why he cleans up at this two-day Leopardstown fixture that gets underway on Saturday, 1 February with the Irish Gold Cup. That is the last of four Grade 1 races taking …

A dry midweek means Sandown Park Racecourse has the green light for its Scilly Isles Saturday card on 1 February. Conditions at the Esher venue in Greater London look very testing, however. On passing an official inspection two days before racing, the Sandown going was heavy, soft in places on the hurdle track. The steeplechase …

Pre-tournament 2025 Six Nations odds have France favourites to lift the trophy for just the second time since 2010, with defending champions Ireland close behind. This year’s tournament kicks off under the lights of the Stade de France on Friday night. Les Bleus take on Wales in the curtain raiser to open five weeks of …

The concluding day of the Berkshire Winter Million from Windsor on Sunday, 19 January is a bumper eight-race card. This is because the Grade 2 Hampton Novices’ Chase that couldn’t be staged at Warwick last weekend has been rearranged for this fixture. That adds extra intrigue to a meeting where the feature race is the …

Nicky Henderson and Willie Mullins are no strangers to taking each other on in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot. The Grade 1 contest on Saturday, 18 January often attracts top two-milers to Berkshire with Jonbon v Energumene serving up the latest Anglo-Irish clash in the contest. When Ascot last staged the race three years …

It’s fair to say that over the years certain horses become specialists at Haydock Park races. Royale Pagaille fits the bill as he tries to win the Peter Marsh Chase yet again off topweight on Merseyside on Saturday, 18 January following on from retaining his Betfair Chase crown. Royale Pagaille is now an 11-year-old, but …

The inaugural Berkshire Winter Million kicks off at Windsor races on Friday, 17 January after the fixture transferred from Lingfield Park. Horse racing fans can get a three-day ticket across the meeting, which also includes entry to the Clarence House Chase card at Ascot on Saturday, for just £40. Our focus here is on the …

Doubts exist as to whether or not Kempton races on Saturday, 11 January can survive freezing overnight temperatures. Frost and ice remains in the UK weather forecast until after the meeting.  If Kempton Park can beat the cold snap, then the Grade 2 Silviniaco Conti Chase headlines this seven-race card. The big betting race, meanwhile, …

Given the current cold snap throughout the British Isles, wintry weather may claim the Lanzarote Hurdle card at Kempton. Nonetheless, it is one of the only jumps meetings with any prospects of defying frost and going ahead on Saturday, 11 January. This 2m 5f Class 2 handicap hurdle is one of the big betting races …