TONY McCOY is to become Sir Anthony McCoy OBE after being awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in recognition of his services to horseracing. McCoy, who re-wrote the record books during an extraordinary 23-year career in the saddle, on Wednesday spoke of his knighthood as being “the greatest honour that can …
SPRINTER SACRE and Sire De Grugy served up a Christmas cracker in the Desert Orchid Chase with the emphatic 2013 Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre showing battling qualities to match his undoubted class to grind out a narrow win. With Cheltenham Festival favourite Un De Sceaux hitting the deck on his return to action at Leopardstown earlier …
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IT WAS billed as a race for the ages and it delivered in spades as two superstars battled every yard and every inch to the line before Cue Card emerged as King George champion. After three miles it took the judge to separate him and Vautour, but it was the nine-year-old Cue Card who was finally victorious …
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SAM TWISTON-DAVIES has confirmed he will ride Old Guard over The New One in the William Hill Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday. With Noel Fehily taking over on The New One, the move breaks a long and fruitful sequence between Twiston-Davies and the two-time Grade 1 winner, who the rider has ridden exclusively in …
SILVINIACO CONTI is bidding for a hat-trick in the William Hill King George VI Chase but Noel Fehily reckons he has become the forgotten horse of the race. Kauto Star is the only horse since Desert Orchid to win the Boxing Day showpiece more than twice and the chance of fellow Paul Nicholls-trained chaser Silviniaco Conti emulating …
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ANY outside chance of reigning Gold Cup hero Coneygree returning from injury to defend his Cheltenham crown in March has ended with connections deciding it “prudent” not to rush the star stayer back into action this season. Coneygree was being aimed at the William Hill King George VI Chase or Lexus Chase when ruled …
SMAD PLACE, who demolished his rivals in last month’s Hennessy Gold Cup, is set to take his chance in Saturday’s William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton. Trainer Alan King was initially not keen on running the impressive Hennessy hero in Kempton’s Christmas cracker, but gave the go-ahead on Monday morning after the grey …
TONY McCOY, honoured in Belfast on Sunday evening when receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC’s 2015 Sports Personality of the Year awards, delivered a rousing speech urging youngsters to do all they can to make the grade. He was presented with his trophy by top golfer Rory McIlroy and was joined on …
THE odds on Coneygree defending his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown in March appeared to be lengthening on Saturday, although connections remain confident his absence would only postpone future success in jumping’s blue riband showpiece. Coneygree, who was being aimed at the William Hill King George VI Chase or Lexus Chase, was ruled out of both Christmas assignments …
