Horse Racing

OISIN MURPHY hit the ground running on Kick On as he begins his quest to match last year’s big race successes.

OFFICIALS AT Beverley say they are “raring to go” after confirming that prize money will increase by five per cent this year.

BRYAN Smart’s dramatic Nunthorpe winner Alpha Delphini will make his seasonal reappearance in next month’s Temple Stakes at Haydock.

KARL BURKE could become one step closer to fulfilling his Classic dream if Kadar wins today’s Feilden Stakes at Newmarket – an early season trial for Flat racing’s marquee contests.

The Bet365 Craven Stakes at Newmarket is one of a few options under consideration for exciting colt Creationist.

Mohaather emerged as a genuine Qipco 2000 Guineas contender with a clear-cut success in the Watership Down Stud Greenham Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

Jockey Jerry McGrath hopes the extra distance will help offset a big rise in the weights for Cheltenham Festival winner Beware The Bear in the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr.

Boitron puts his Classic credentials on the line in the Watership Down Stud Greenham Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.

York’s Juddmonte International Stakes has been afforded ‘Win and You’re In’ status for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

RUTH JEFFERSON is still hopeful that top middle distance steeplechaser Waiting Patiently can win another Grade One race.

YORK could be the starting point for Sea Of Class when the William Haggas-trained filly begins her 2019 campaign.

A NEW-LOOK Pontefract Racecourse opens its doors for its first meeting of 2019 today where Bailarico will seek a six-timer in the Enjoy Racehorse Ownership Jamaican Flight Handicap.

RED RUM’S record as the only horse to win three Grand National appears safe – for now – after Michael O’Leary revealed that Tiger Roll is “very unlikely” to attempt to make more racing history next April.

OWNER Michael O’Leary has reiterated Tiger Roll is “very unlikely” to bid for a third Randox Health Grand National next April following his historic second triumph at Aintree on Saturday.

VINTAGE CLOUDS will seek swift big-race recompense following the Yorkshire’s horse dramatic first fence fall in the Grand National.

Tiger Roll raced into the history books as he became the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back renewals of the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree.

NINE years of devotion to be defined by nine minutes – that, in essence, is the size of the challenge facing Vintage Clouds when Yorkshire’s challenger lines up in the Grand National at Aintree.

Vintage Clouds carries Yorkshire’s main hopes in the Grand National. One of the best-backed horses, the grey is trained on Baildon Moor by Sue and Harvey Smith whose Auroras Encore triumphed at Aintree in 2013. Tom Richmond reports.

HENRY BROOKE is a fearless jockey who has previously led the Grand National. Now the North Yorkshire rider has, arguably, his best chance yet to win the world’s greatest steeplechase.