Big Zeb confirmed himself very much on course to defend his title as top two-mile chaser after easily accounting for his rivals in the Grade 1 Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown on Wednesday, writes Elliot Slater. Last season’s winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase was always travelling best under Barry Geraghty and jumped impeccably throughout. [...]
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Every jockey wants to win the coveted Grand National title but Paddy Brennan appears to want it more than anybody else though apparently only after Richard Johnson who, according to Brennan “Deserves it more than anyone else”. Born in County Galway in May 1981, Paddy Brennan is one of Ireland’s brightest prospects for the future [...]
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With the 2010 Grand National just around the corner a lot of the potential contenders will be getting run outs over the next few weeks as trainers and owners try to decide whether they will enter their charges into the big race. With first declarations expected at the beginning of February there’s going to be [...]
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Seven year old Arbor Supreme is a progressive Irish handicapper who had three wins in 2008 and had a fairly great season in 2009 also. He began to show huge promise when he came first in his consecutive race entries, the Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Handicap Chase at Punchestown in April 2008 followed by [...]
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Butler’s Cabin has been around for a few years and in 2009 was the odds on favourite to take the Aintree Grand National despite his fall at fence 22 in 2008. His short odds though could have something to do with the fact that AP McCoy was riding him and had previously ridden him to [...]
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