CHELTENHAM, England - Nube Negra had his first start of the British jump racing season on Sunday and got the same result as the gelding’s first race of the 2021-2022 campaign.
Nube Negra won the Grade 2 Shloer Chase at two miles at Cheltenham Racecourse against two rivals, a performance that was as much a trial as a test in his first start since April.
CHELTENHAM, England – This has been a month of travel, and diverse results, for Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien.
After going winless with two runners at the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland last weekend, O’Brien had better luck at Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday when the promising gelding Banbridge won the Grade 2 Arkle Challenge Trophy Trial Novices’ Chase at two miles.
O’Brien, 29, has approximately 125 horses in training and said Saturday that 25 are jumpers.
Nick Child:
R1: 10-2-13-9
R2: 8-9-5-4
R3: 8-3-6-5
R4: 12-6-5-10
R5: 5-12-1-3
R6: 3-7-8-4
R7: 5-1-8-4
R8: 1-12-5-2
R9: 4-13-2-9
R10: 12-4-6-1
BEST BET: R7 N5 BLAZE WARRIOR
LONGSHOT BET: R3 N1 CHICKEN DANCE
PLAY: R10 (Q/QP 4-6-12)
Tom Wood:
R1: 6-10-9-2
R2: 6-5-9-10
R3: 5-8-3-2
R4: 5-6-10-12
R5: 5-12-1-8
R6: 7-4-5-14
R7: 3-4-8-9
R8: 12-2-7-6
R9: 13-2-4-9
R10: 8-12-4-9
CHELTENHAM, England - Call it the Senior Tour for racehorses.
For his 40th career start at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday, the gelding Magic Dancer was eligible for a new race condition: Handicap steeplechases for 10-year-olds and older.
The category has been offered with greater frequency in British jump racing in the last decade, with races often consisting of well-known horses that have raced for years.
Paul Lally:
R1 9-10-11-8
R2 6-1-11-3
R3 3-4-12-9
R4 9-1-6-2
R5 6-1-7-3
R6 1-9-2-5
R7 10-5-2-7
R8 5-6-8-9
R9 7-2-12-1
Bet R8 N5 Heroic Master
Longshot R9 N7 Xponential
Play Race4 QQP 1-6-9
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Tom Wood:
After the Australian filly Mabel was ambitiously tried in three lucrative handicaps in February and March, losing each race, she was given a seven-month rest.
The layoff ends when Mabel starts in a more reasonable race – a five-furlong handicap against a lower class of rivals at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney on Tuesday evening across American time zones.
As of early Monday, Mabel was the 3-1 second choice in a field of seven behind the gelding Dalavin who has won the last five races in which he has completed.
Diatonic, who has started only three times in Australia since late May, may have a weight advantage against a few key rivals in a one-mile handicap at Gosford Racecourse on Monday evening across American time zones.
Diatonic will carry 123 pounds, less than other contenders such as Taraashoq (132), Gigantic (125.6) or Midori Fuji (124.5).
