Three Grade 1s are up for grabs on a packed day of racing at Fairyhouse and Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins will look to scoop the big pots once more in the form of the Royal Bond, the Drinmore and the feature Hatton’s Grace. Yesterday we picked Avenir D’Une...
Author Archive for: Michael Hughes
Commodore easy to back at Newbury
Steve Hughes gives his picks for the big day of the year at Newbury. We have a cracking card in store. A maximum field for the big race and superb strength in depth amongst the supporting handicaps. I have bets for four of the day’s races. Newbury 1.15: Highway...
November 30 – Fairyhouse Winter Festival Day 1 Tips
Although the second day of The Fairyhouse Winter Festival gets most of the coverage – with the Drinmore, the Royal Bond and the Hatton’s Grace – day one is very competitive, so here’s a few picks. 11.50 – Ontheropes (8-1), Star Max (25-1 EW) The Cheveley Park Stud colours...
Punchestown tips – Sunday November 17
Michael Hughes found a couple of winners at Punchestown yesterday in Treacysenniscorthy (6-1) and Anything Will Do (11-4) and here he selects a couple for day two of the Winter Festival. It was wonderful to see Faugheen back to winning ways and how good it was to see the...
Punchestown tips – November 16
The decision to give the Morgiana Hurdle a Saturday slot instead of the more traditional Sunday fixture makes this a real bumper day of racing and while Cheltenham will get plenty of headlines, the chasing debut of veteran Faugheen could raise the roof at Punchestown if the Machine can...
Punchestown tips – November 16
The decision to give the Morgiana Hurdle a Saturday slot instead of the more traditional Sunday fixture makes this a real bumper day of racing and while Cheltenham will get plenty of headlines, the chasing debut of veteran Faugheen could raise the roof at Punchestown if the Machine can...
TISWAS – This Is Saturday, Watch All Steeplechasing
There are six Saturdays till Christmas and racing fans will be facing a battle to stay in front of the box as the national hunt season really heats up. The call of Christmas shopping will be hard for some to resist, but it is worth it. Here’s our look...
York Ebor Meeting Day One – What’s On
The Ebor Festival at York begins on the Knavesmire today and though there is no rematch between Crystal Ocean, who goes in today’s Juddmonte International, and Enable who runs in Thursday’s Yorkshire Oaks, day one has some interesting fare. 2.25 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (Group 3) Ten 2yo horses go...
Memories of York – Rodrigo and Lester
The traditional late August Ebor meeting from York is on this week, which always brings to mind a trip to the Knavesmire in 1992, where Lester Piggott wowed the crowds with his Juddmonte International victory on Rodrigo De Triano. One day during the Hallowe’en half-term holidays in 1985, my...
Saturday at Goodwood and Galway – What’s on the menu
It is the final day of Glorious Goodwood and the penultimate day of the Galway Races in Ballybrit and still the racing comes. The traditional closing feature in Sussex is the Stewards’ Cup while there is also Group 2 action with the Lillie Langtry Stakes. At Galway the long-distance...
