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Chepstow Opening Day: Welsh Champion Hurdle Analysis

The jumps are back. Our analysis of 13 races on Friday, and a look at what last year's Welsh Champion Hurdle first three went on to do.

8 Oct 2026

BHA Handicap Marks: Shimmering Sun +7 and the Challenge Cup

Shimmering Sun wins a Listed and goes up 7lb, Moonfall is raised for his Challenge Cup 2nd, and Pierre Royal's Cambridgeshire rise lands at 7lb.

6 Oct 2026

Silver Trophy To Cheltenham: Our Horse To Follow

The horse we put top of our National Hunt list for the season has an entry at Chepstow this weekend, and we think the road ends at the Cheltenham Festival.

6 Oct 2026

Well Handicapped National Hunt Horses for 2026/27

30 jumps horses whose form has been franked. They finished close to rivals who have since gone up 10lb, 15lb, even 30lb, and their own marks have not moved.

4 Oct 2026

Last Year's Winner: The Whole Field On Your Card

Who won this race last year, who was 2nd and 3rd, and every other horse that ran in it, coloured on the card with the full run one hover away.

2 Oct 2026

Sun Chariot Day Analysis: Ascot, Newmarket and Redcar

Our analysis of 9 races on Saturday, with the Sun Chariot, the Challenge Cup, the Two Year Old Trophy and the jumps back at Gowran Park.

2 Oct 2026

BHA Handicap Marks: Song N Dance +10 and the Cambridgeshire

Song N Dance is up 10lb after a Listed 3rd, Mezzo Forte's first mark of 97 shuts him out of every nursery, and the Cambridgeshire winner we let go.

29 Sep 2026

Last Time Out Winners: Where They Win Again

They win again nearly twice as often as everyone else, and backing them blind still loses. Every run we hold, 1.3 million of them, on the angles that work.

28 Sep 2026

Pierre Royal Wins the Cambridgeshire at 33/1

We tipped Pierre Royal in the Irish Cambridgeshire 28 days ago and he ran 3rd. Today he won the English one at 33/1, off a 2lb lower mark, without us.

26 Sep 2026

Cambridgeshire Day Analysis: Middle Park and Cheveley Park

Our analysis of 10 races on Saturday, with the Cambridgeshire, the Middle Park, the Cheveley Park, the Royal Lodge and the Goffs Million at the Curragh.

25 Sep 2026

BHA Handicap Marks: Coul Angel +9 and the Ayr Gold Cup

Coul Angel's British mark jumps 9lb to match his Irish one, Valedictory is up 5lb for the Mallard, and Tuco Salamanca prices himself out at 110.

22 Sep 2026

BHA Handicap Marks: Devil's Peak +5 and the Cesarewitch

Devil's Peak wins at Doncaster and goes up 5lb, Loriko runs off 9lb less than his new mark at Kelso, and Beylerbeyi is 2lb well in for the Cesarewitch.

15 Sep 2026