- Tuesday, 28 April 2026 06:07
- Written by G Edwards
There are four flat meetings today in Britain at Epsom, Yarmouth, Southwell and Lingfield but all jumps racing fans eyes will probably be on Punchestown as they get Day One of their Festival meeting. The racing gets underway with cross-country race at 2.30pm and it is followed by a 25 runner competitive handicap hurdle. This race is a final in which horses had to qualify by finishing in the first four in an Albert Bartlett qualifier during the season, the have had qualifying races on both sides of the Irish Sea leading up to this race. There are a few English challengers but it looks a wide open race and you might as well stick a pin in to find the winner!
- Monday, 27 April 2026 07:03
- Written by G Edwards
This might have been an interesting article, but now it will be short and sweet as I just lost all what I had written because the computer crashed, not a great start to my Monday! The jumps season came to an end at Sandown on Saturday and jumps racing now takes a few days break before starting back again next Saturday. There is however a hunter chase meeting at Warwick on Friday, which was moved from Cheltenham. It is just flat racing all the way until then on this side of the Irish Sea but we do of course have some top class jumps racing to look forward to at Punchestown starting tomorrow. There are three flat cards today at Bath, Lingfield and Wolverhampton while in Ireland they race on the flat at Naas. The ground at Bath is described at firm, good to form in places but they have plenty of runners on a card that gets underway at 2.00pm.
- Sunday, 26 April 2026 07:35
- Written by G Edwards
The 2025-26 National Hunt season concluded at Sandown yesterday and jumps racing takes a few days break on this side of the Irish Sea but we do have Punchestown to look forward to starting on Tuesday. There are three flat meetings today at Nottingham, Musselburgh and Wetherby and racing at all in Ireland. The Musselburgh card is a twilight card which gets underway at 3.45pm and ITV4 are showing five races from there as well as four of the later races at Nottingham.
- Saturday, 25 April 2026 07:17
- Written by G Edwards
It is the jumps season finale today at Sandown and we have one runner, Way of Stars. He runs in the second race at 1.45pm, a valuable novices handicap hurdle final worth just over £51,000 to the winner. Horses have to have finished in the first four in a qualifying hurdle race during the season to be eligible for this race and it has attracted a very strong 18 runner field. Jack Tudor rides Way of Stars and our four year old has just had the three starts over hurdles and his form is strong. He was way too keen on debut at Exeter but ran well enough to finish third to a horse that subsequently won again and then finished third the the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham Festival last month. On his second start, he was chinned on the line into second at Taunton and the winner that day won up at Perth earlier this week. He won his third start at Taunton and beat a horse called Gnomon who won at Ascot last time and is favourite for the last race at Sandown today.
- Friday, 24 April 2026 07:05
- Written by Chelsea Morgan
Today is the penultimate day of the 2025/26 National Hunt season and there are two jumps meetings at Perth and Chepstow but the stable does not have any runners. There is good cards at both meetings and Jack Tudor looks to have a few good chances on what is set to be a busy day for him up at Perth while Rian Corcoran is in action at Chepstow. Rian has two rides and looks to have a good chance of riding a winner in the lucky last for trainer Harry Fry. There are two flat meetings at Sandown and Doncaster with some Group races at the first mentioned with Fields of Gold set to make his seasonal reappearance in the bet365 mile, Group 2 race over a mile at 3pm. The gorgeous grey was impressive in the Irish 2,000 Guineas last season before two excusable defeats and it will be good to see him make a winning return with Colin Keane in the saddle. In Ireland they have a meeting under each code, they race on the flat at Cork and over jumps at Kilbeggan this evening.
- Thursday, 23 April 2026 06:52
- Written by G Edwards
Today we have two jumps meetings, the second day of Perth's three day meeting and a card at Warwick which hosts a couple of races that were transferred from the Cheltenham April meeting that was lost. The stable does not have any runners today but there are plenty of runners and competitive races at both fixtures. There are two flat cards today, one up at Beverley and the other on the all-weather at Southwell. In Ireland they race on the polytrack at Dundalk and I shall be watching the 7.45pm race with interest. Number one in the race, Mont St Michel is ridden by Jared Huggan claiming ten pounds for trainer Denis Hogan. Jared is having his first ride and I shall be wishing him the best of luck. Jared is the son of our horse dentist, Stuart and has spent a lot of time here at Pond House after originally coming down with his dad when he was doing the horses teeth. He won't mind me saying, school was not really his thing and he got on so well with Jack Pipe he basically lived here through school holidays and more at one stage! Originating from Hawick, where a lot of jockeys seem to come from, he has then been over in Ireland working and he has ridden several winners flapping both in Scotland and in Ireland. He and Jack keep in regular contact and I hope he has a great first ride this evening and we shall all be watching.
- Wednesday, 22 April 2026 07:10
- Written by G Edwards
Jumps racing takes back its prominence over the flat today with three meetings at Perth, Ludlow and Taunton., It is day one of Perth's three day meeting and because they have had rain up there it has enticed a some good horses up there today. No Drama This End is looking to bounce back from what happened at the Cheltenham Festival as is Panic Attack who makes a quick reappearance after exiting the Grand National at an early stage last time and these are two horses to keep an eye on up there. We have five runners local to home at Taunton. Parchment, Best Night, Green Sky, Old Bridge and Final Entry make up our quintet of runners and all bar Green Sky are partnered by Jack Tudor, while Rian Corcoran is on board her.
