Hi Reader The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Premier Handicap National Hunt Chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Chepstow, Wales, over a distance of about 3 miles and 6½ furlongs, and during its running there are twenty-three fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year on 27 December. Among the winners were Burrough Hill Lad in 1983, who went on to land the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup less than three...
5 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader It's the last big day of racing before Christmas. We can enjoy some cracking races at Ascot before the busy Christmas racing period. Good news is that next Saturday is Welsh National Day at Chepstow and Paddy Power Handicap Chase day at Leopardstown. Two of the best staying handicap chases each season and I will cover both races in this column next weekend. Best of luck today, happy christmas and see you on the other side! Big Saturday Race Preview And Tips All our Big Saturday Race...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader The December Gold Cup (run in 2025 as the Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup) is a Premier Handicap National Hunt Chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December. Big Saturday Race Preview And Tips All our Big...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader The Becher Chase is a Premier Handicap Chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 3 miles and 2 furlongs, and during its running there are twenty-one fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in November or December. It is run over the same fences as Aintree's most famous race, the Grand National, and it serves as an early-season trial for that event. Two winners...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader The Coral Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles and 2 furlongs, and during its running there are twenty-one fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December. The race was established in 1957 as the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, and it was initially staged at Cheltenham. The...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader The Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle is a Premier Handicap National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 3 miles and half a furlongs It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in November. From 2007 to 2016 this race featured the use of Fixed Brush hurdles. These are based on the French hurdle design, similar to plain fences but lower in height. Unlike the...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader The Paddy Power Gold Cup is a Premier Handicap National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs, and during its running there are sixteen fences to be jumped. The event was established in 1960, and it was originally sponsored by Mackeson. It was known as the Mackeson Gold Cup until 1995, but since then it has had various sponsors and several title changes....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader The Grand Sefton Handicap Chase is a National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs, and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place in November. It was first run over a one hundred year period from 1865 to 1965 as part of Aintree's autumn meeting and was run over a distance of just under three miles. Originally, the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader We have Down Royal, Wetherby, Ascot and the Breeders Cup amongst others today. What a Saturday of top class racing action and less we forget the Melbourne Cup early Tuesday morning. Today, we target the Sodexo Gold Cup at Ascot which is a three mile handicap chase. Big Saturday Race Preview And Tips All our Big Saturday Race Previews & Tips are published online at https://lp.betalchemist.com/ Following the result of the race, there are made availble to the public. Too late to back...
2 months ago • 1 min read