If Ascot’s current fixture on the Saturday before Christmas was transferred there, a further six races mimicking the March festival handicaps could be a great warm-up act and get the sort of ...

It’s always nice to attempt to pay for the Christmas turkey ... so it’s a race I’m happy to advise a watching brief on.

The David Pipe-trained five-year-old was a 6-1 chance and Britain's leading hope in the race, having beaten a strong field in good style in a Listed bumper at Ascot over Christmas. His trainer had ...

He looked a complicated ride in this race last year. Blue Lord could be the danger to Pic D'orhy. I think he can improve going out in trip. I rode him at Leopardstown at Christmas and he ran ...

Ascot and Wincanton also ... evidence of a creditable display in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton. He’s been backed into an odds-on favourite on horse racing betting sites, which is ...