Stories By The Racing Ahead Team
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Tips
/ 2 weeks agoThe best horse racing tips for April 2025
Horse racing fans across the globe are in for a treat in April, with the upcoming calendar packed with a plethora...
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News
/ 2 weeks agoBen Morgan’s Racing tips – Newbury & Bangor On Dee – Scarlet O’Tara to go with the wind at Newbury
Our resident tipster Ben Morgan provides his two best tips for the action at Newbury and Bangor this weekend Fresh Freedom...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoTelly puts bins in bin: Rolf Johnson sees Festival skip to Eurovision – other things don’t change
Cheltenham runners invariably knock your eye out – as the Festival mutates from Olympics to Eurovision. Cheltenham’s all singing and dancing...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoSo Darn Hot scorches in: Ian Heitman watches the All-Weather action simmer up to boiling point
The start of the 2025 Flat turf season is only a week away but the All-Weather Championships continue until Good Friday,...
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Out in the Sticks
/ 2 weeks agoReaders’ letters
Please keep your letters coming -write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU, or email...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoOlly’s big lad aims to please: Andy Ayres offers his pick of the paddock as spring gets in full swing
PLEASINGTON (Olly Murphy) is built like Arnie’s big brother and powered through the mud to win this pulling a couple of...
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Grand National
/ 2 weeks agoChampion in every sense: Aintree legend Bob recalls Grand National triumph that beat all odds in fight against cancer
Some sporting events hold a special place in the hearts of the public stretching far beyond the regular fans. The Aintree...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoHarry’s game: Ben Hastie talks to owner and horse racing fan Harry Redknapp
Q: HARRY, you are one of the most well-known figures in the football world. You have a passion for horse racing...
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Grand National
/ 2 weeks agoCurtain call for jumpers: Andy Newton points up betting clues from Sandown’s spring highlight
As well as the Grand National in the first weekend of April we have the Scottish version less than a fortnight...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 2 weeks agoAint Harv Hot Mum: Simon Nott recounts his latest Tales From The Betting Ring
The faces were out in force at Exeter: pro-punters Alan Francis and Deaf Paul, man about the racecourse Armaloft Alex.
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoWelcome to Racing Ahead’s 2025 Grand National Edition
The Festival cheers of Cheltenham are barely hushed and we’re headlong into the thrills of Aintree’s Grand National meeting.
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Form Guide
/ 2 weeks agoRok ticks clock box: John Anthony weighs up speed impact on the safety-first Aintree highlight
GIVEN that the changes to the fences have made the great race nothing more than a long-distance handicap chase, speed figures...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoAces humbled – and it aint even started: Minor obstacles topple the big Festival stars
The Grand National is usually the race that grabs the headlines, but something pretty bizarre will have to occur at Aintree...
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Grand National
/ 2 weeks agoMax Factor: Ben Morgan’s Grand National 2025 Racing Tips
Ben Morgan is keeping faith in I Am Maximus for repeat Grand National glory William Hill Handicap Hurdle (3M) There weren’t...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoPaul Jacobs: Aintree Fences must be in top shape for Grand National
Paul Jacobs calls on Aintree to keep fences in proper shape for the big race With the Cheltenham Festival behind us...
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Irish Racing
/ 2 weeks agoAll positive for Michael: Karl Hedley sees O’Callaghan off to winning start as Irish action warms up
The Cheltenham Festival has come and gone and it now seems appropriate to focus on another couple of big meetings such...
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Newmark Report
/ 2 weeks agoNew faces for a fresh start: Dave Youngman with news of changes at HQ ahead of Flat season
IT is a great feeling being back with all you loyal readers in time for the new Flat racing season after...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoBred for the turf: Richard Eagle finds the Houlihan brothers proudly flying the family flag
A four-horse race in late January at a soggy Plumpton could possibly have slipped many people’s attention. Only two finished, which,...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoJeremy Grayson: Keep eyes on Sue Smith’s inform runner – Tyson Magoo
Jeremy Grayson has been scouring the country’s tracks for in-form talent Carlisle March 9 (Good to soft, good in places) 2m3f61yds...
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Grand National
/ 2 weeks agoBurn-ing Question: Ben Morgan’s Grand National Festival 2025 Tips for Ladies Day
Ben Morgan fancies Willie Mullins ace to turn up heat or it’s looking Blue on Ladies day at the Grand National...
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoRok Til Dawn: Paul Ferguson sticking with Iroko for Grand National Glory
Paul Ferguson keeps faith with his early season hopes for Aintree prizes I nailed my Grand National colours to Iroko in...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoThis Dutchman is still flying: Xander Brett talks to Adrie de Vries, the saddle star from the Netherlands
With just four thoroughbred tracks between them, the Low Countries may seem an insignificant corner of the racing world. But what...
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Andy Newton
/ 2 weeks agoAndy Newton outlines the clues and statistics behind smart betting at Grand National 2025
Andy Newton highlights his key facts ahead of the 2025 Grand National I don’t normally cover the biggest race on the...
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Grand National
/ 2 weeks agoJag power to open up: Ben Morgan’s Grand National tips for opening day at Aintree
Racing Ahead tipster Ben Morgan expects a storming opening day to set the tone of the 2025 Grand National Festival at...
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Grand National
/ 2 weeks agoGrand National win tops it all: Saddle legend Mick Fitzgerald opens up to Nick Townsend
It’s one of the curious realities of National Hunt racing. For all the Cheltenham Festival summits scaled last month, with the...
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News
/ 3 weeks agoBuckfastleigh Races: Favourite Duc De Beauchene storms home
By Mike Drowne Spectators were blessed with a Spring like day at Buckfastleigh Point to Point on Sunday for their second...
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Grand National
/ 3 weeks agoGavin Cromwell admits Grand National bid is ‘tempting’ with Inothewayurthinkin
Galopin Des Champs may have come short in his bid for Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup immortality, but his Prestbury Park conqueror...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoCheltenham: Sir Anthony McCoy thrilled to see JP McManus win the Gold Cup again
Sir Anthony McCoy knows the feeling of returning victorious after the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup and cut a delighted figure as...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoWillie Mullins never confident in what he was watching with Galopin Des Champs in Gold Cup
Willie Mullins felt Galopin Des Champs was never jumping well enough to enable him to win a third Boodles Gold Cup...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoInothewayurthinkin tears up the Gold Cup script at Cheltenham
Inothewayurthinkin galloped on strongly up the hill to deny Galopin Des Champs a famous Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup hat-trick. Gavin Cromwell’s...
