I’M relieved Sprinter Sacre has been scratched from the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Yes, the Cheltenham Festival may have lost its finest creature and the sport its biggest PR figurehead, but I wasn’t looking forward to biting my fingernails and desperately hoping his heart problem would not return. The horse isn’t right and he is …[Read More]
08
Nov 2013
Saturday selections: D-day for Grandouet
GRANDOUET’S chasing debut is an obvious highlight at Sandown on Saturday but the card at Wincanton oozes quality from the first race through to the concluding bumper. If he stands up then Grandouet should win blindfolded, although nobody is going to get rich by backing him. Hinterland and Turn Over Sivola are no mugs and …[Read More]
