Leighton Aspell hangs up his boots: ‘I’ve had a brilliant innings’
The dual Grand National winning jockey Leighton Aspell has insisted his retirement from the saddle is final this time
April 2019
Grand National 2019: Ronnie Wood’s Sandymount Duke misses big race
Sandymount Duke, owned by the Rolling Stones guitarist, has suffered a late setback
February 2019
Colin Tizzard has Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Native River top of Festival trio
Colin Tizzard made the most of his first success in the Cheltenham Gold Cup last season and has two other runners lined up in addition to Native River this time
December 2018
Favourite Sizing Tennessee likely to miss Welsh Grand National
Sizing Tennessee is likely to miss the Welsh Grand National, for which he has been favourite since a storming success last weekend in the Ladbrokes Trophy
April 2018
Why Cue Card became the most popular horse in jumps racing
It was not so much the horse’s outstanding record as the way he went about compiling it that endeared Cue Card so thoroughly to racing fans
March 2018
Colin Tizzard plots a Cheltenham Gold Cup repeat for Native River
Native River leads all the way to win Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival
February 2018
No third Cheltenham Gold Cup tilt for Colin Tizzard’s Cue Card
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Talking Horses: Colin Tizzard guide to Cheltenham Festival runners
Robbie Power set to be first jockey for Alan Potts’s Cheltenham runners
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Talking Horses: testing time for Bryan Cooper's link with Colin Tizzard
December 2017
Cue Card to miss King George in favour of spring campaign before retirement
As recently as Wednesday, reports had suggested Cue Card would be part of a three-strong team for the Kempton race from the Colin Tizzard stable, alongside Thistlecrack, last year’s winner, and Fox Norton
February 2017
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Talking Horses: Colin Tizzard's Cheltenham team plus Friday tips
Thistlecrack may be out for the season but the Dorset trainer still has a big team of Festival contenders
Colin Tizzard confident of Cheltenham success despite Thistlecrack blow
The West Country trainer Colin Tizzard still has Native River and Cue Card, the favourite and second favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, following the loss of Thistlecrack
Racing news and tips: Cue Card sets stage for Cheltenham Gold Cup thriller
Native River confirms himself a serious Cheltenham Gold Cup contender
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Talking Horses: Saturday’s best bets for Newbury and Warwick
January 2017
Racing tips and news: Thistlecrack fine for Cheltenham but Alary has infection
Colin Tizzard said his Gold Cup favourite Thistlecrack was in flying form before his run in the Cotswold Chase, but reported his classy French import, Alary, was suffering with an infection
Alary starts on the Cheltenham Gold Cup trail in Peter Marsh Chase
Colin Tizzard’s 25-1 chance for the Festival highlight without ever jumping a fence in public in Britain is the stable’s potential star waiting in the wings
Finian’s Oscar all the rage for Cheltenham after Tolworth stroll
Colin Tizzard’s fine season continued at Sandown when Finian’s Oscar ran out a smart winner of the Tolworth Hurdle and is now a strong fancy for the Neptune Hurdle at Cheltenham
