Author: Shanda Taylor-Boyd

JOCKEY Michael O’Sullivan remains in intensive care five days after his horrific fall. The 25-year-old Cheltenham Festival-winning rider came down in an awful five-horse pile-up at Irish racecourse Thurles last Thursday. An IHRB statement said this morning: “Michael continues to receive the best of care in the intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital. “Michael’s… Continue reading Jockey Michael O’Sullivan, 25, remains in intensive care days after horror fall as 36-word update released

TEMPLEGATE takes on Tuesday’s racing looking for winners. Back a horse by clicking their odds below. ROCK ON JET (3.10 Ayr, nap) He showed plenty of promise at novice level but really came into his own on handicap hurdle debut here last month. He went from the front over this trip and and didn’t see… Continue reading Horse racing tips: ‘Recent winner has loads more to come’ – Templegate’s Tuesday NAP

SUN Racing’s Tuesday tips are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. LONGSHOT SHOESHINE BOY (3.45 Ayr) He won this race 12 months ago on soft ground and is only 2lb higher than his last winning mark. THIEF JONY R (2.40 Ayr) He showed plenty of promise when third at Ayr on his hurdling… Continue reading Horse racing tips: He showed plenty of promise when third at Ayr on his hurdling debut

WILLIE MULLINS headlines a ‘fab four’ day one Cheltenham Festival banker bet – which could RUIN bookies. Punters were in despair on Monday when Nicky Henderson confirmed Sir Gino would miss the Arkle with a season-ending injury. He was set for a mouthwatering showdown with Mullins’ Majborough in the Arkle Chase. But Sir Gino’s absence… Continue reading Willie Mullins headlines ‘fab four’ day one Cheltenham Festival banker bet which could RUIN bookies

IT was inevitable that one of the Festival hotpots would be ruled out and let’s hope Sir Gino is the only one to miss his target. His absence should have blown the Arkle wide open but he’s just been replaced by another hotpot in Majborough who is now 8-13. L’Eau Du Sud looks a few… Continue reading Templegate’s 14-1 Arkle ante-post tip with Sir Gino OUT of Cheltenham Festival

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL ‘madness’ has kicked in – after bookies slashed the odds of a Nicky Henderson horse who ‘can’t run’ there. JP McManus’ brilliant mare Joyeuse hammered rivals in last weekend’s big William Hill Hurdle at Newbury. Sent off 9-2 under Nico de Boinville, she travelled like an absolute dream and cruised home by eight… Continue reading Cheltenham Festival ‘madness’ as bookies slash odds of Nicky Henderson horse who ‘can’t run’

NICKY HENDERSON has suffered yet another Cheltenham Festival nightmare – with superstar Sir Gino OUT altogether. The odds-on Arkle favourite is in hospital with a nasty infected wound… as punters were left to pick up the pieces of one of the day one bankers falling by the wayside. Tens of thousands has gone up in… Continue reading Nicky Henderson disaster with odds-on Cheltenham Festival banker Sir Gino OUT and in hospital with nasty infection

WILLIE MULLINS’ awesome Grade 1 winner Majborough is ‘all the rage’ with punters – after Nicky Henderson’s ‘horrible’ Sir Gino update. Last year’s Triumph Hurdle winner showed he had a serious engine with victory in the Irish Arkle earlier this month. While a flesh wound meant Henderson’s superstar novice missed his intended run in last… Continue reading Nicky Henderson’s ‘horrible’ Sir Gino update sees Willie Mullins’ Grade 1 winner smashed in Cheltenham Festival betting

HARRY FRY is hopeful he has sown the seeds of fear into Nicky Henderson should Sir Gino be able to line-up for the Pendil Novices’ Chase at Kempton a week on Saturday. The racing world this morning waits for an update on star novice Sir Gino after vets have checked him over. Henderson is set… Continue reading Harry Fry sends Nicky Henderson warning as racing world awaits Sir Gino update

TEMPLEGATE’S Monday tips are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. SUPERVISOR (3.45 Plumpton, nap) There’s no better rider in a staying chase than Charlie Deutsch and Venetia Williams has most of her success with horses like this 11-year-old who went close at Warwick last time. He sees out this Sussex National trip strongly… Continue reading Horse racing tips: ‘There’s no better jockey in a race like this’ – Templegate’s 15-2 Sussex National NAP