Horse Racing

TIGER Roll could revert to hurdles after trainer Gordon Elliott decided against running his Grand National hero at Cheltenham yesterday.

ALAN King is hoping Cracker Factory can end a lucrative early-season campaign on a high in the bet365 Summit Juvenile Hurdle at Doncaster today.

NICKY Richards is confident Guitar Pete will put up a staunch defence of his crown in the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

HOPES are growing that Malton trainer Ruth Jefferson’s stable star Waiting Patiently could win his fitness race – and line up in Kempton’s King George Chase on Boxing Day.

HORSE RACING’S owners should be given greater recognition by the sport in order to encourage their levels of interest – and investment.

FORMER Grand National winner One For Arthur could reappear in Wetherby’s feature race on Boxing Day.

DANNY COOK has enjoyed many red letter days since teaming up with Yorkshire trainers Brian Ellison and Sue Smith.

trainer Ben Haslam’s roller-coaster week ended with the rejuvenated Bouvreuil winning Wetherby’s feature two-mile steeplechase.

BRIAN ELLISON is hopeful stable star Definitly Red can defy a six- pound penalty and win Aintree’s Many Clouds Chase for a second successive year.

JIMMY MOFFATT is confident that the veteran Highland Lodge will continue a remarkable run of success in the Becher Chase, Aintree’s Grand National trial over its world famous fences.

NICKY Henderson says today’s Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown could be the toughest test yet for superstar steeplechaser Altior.

FORMER winners Blaklion, Vieux Lion Rouge and Highland Lodge have all been declared for tomorrow’s Becher Chase at Aintree.

Last season’s Randox Health Grand National hero Tiger Roll is set to lead a formidable team into battle for Gordon Elliott as the trainer eyes a third victory in the Aintree showpiece next spring.

NICKY Henderson has confirmed that Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Altior will put his unbeaten record over steeplechase fences on the line at Sandown Park this weekend.

This Christmas, Yorkshire Racecourse Wetherby, Catterick and Doncaster are offering a range of festive and fun-filled family days out, with under 18s going completely free of charge, in a campaign fronted by TV personality and author, David Walliams.

COLIN Tizzard is leaning towards letting impressive Ladbrokes Trophy winner Sizing Tennessee take his chance in the Coral Welsh National.

MALTON trainer Brian Ellison’s Definitly Red is on track to face former Grand National hero One For Arthur in Aintree’s Many Clouds Chase on Saturday.

FROM Tom Scudamore’s emotional win on Sizing Tennessee in Newbury’s Ladbrokes Trophy to dual Champion Hurdle winner Buveur D’Air reaffirming his class in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle, racing was blessed by many high-class performances.