Paul Nicholls: Your essential guide to all the weekend racing
The Racemail columnist and five-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls, selects three of his horses to watch out for this weekend. Read the guide to his runners.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Soft ground plays right into Kauto Star's hands
The Racemail columnist and five-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls, selects three of his horses to watch out for this weekend. Read the guide to his runners.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Chapoturgeon should be suited by step up in trip
Chapoturgeon won Jewson Novices’ Chase at the 2009 Cheltenham Festival but has struggled since., while Master Minded will love going right-handed at Ascot.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls' guide to his runners for Cheltenham Festival
Paul Nicholls will go to next month's Cheltenham Festival with high hopes for more glory. The top trainer has taken time out to profile the horses that he hopes will succeed.
View ArticleNicholls' Six of the Best: Champion trainer's top tips for success at...
Five-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls nominates his top six Festival contenders and, intriguingly, there is no place for his Gold Cup heroes Kauto Star and Denman.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Kauto Star fit to do his best on first run
Talk about retirement surrounding Kauto Star ahead of his comeback in the Betfair Chase has become a little irritating. He is working well and looks magnificent.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Kauto Stone has solid Tingle Creek credentials
Thank goodness I left Kauto Stone in the Tingle Creek Chase after we discovered a small tear in Tataniano's near fore tendon on Friday, an injury that has ended his season.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Brampour could be the best of Ladbroke Hurdle trio
I've got three shots at the Ladbroke Hurdle. Brampour is undeniably well handicapped following his third behind Grandouet and Overturn in last weekend's International Hurdle.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Ranjaan to go close if back to best
There is no Kauto Star today but my runners have chances if forgiven their last runs, including juvenile hurdler RANJAAN (Kempton, 12.55).
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Decent team for New Year celebrations
ONLY CRIQTONIC (2.05), having his first race in Britain, and CELESTIAL HALO (3.40), who must shoulder top weight, represent the yard on Saturday (both at Newbury) so maybe my best chances this weekend...
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Place hopes for pair in Lanzarote Hurdle
Back on track: Jockey Ruby Walsh (L) with American Trilogy after winning The Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2009
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Al's dash for cash ahead of the Arkle
AL FEROF (Ascot, 3.10) takes on more experienced rivals in the Victor Chandler Chase but don't be tempted by ante-post odds for the Queen Mother Champion Chase if he does manage to win.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Aiteenthirtythree
AITEENTHIRTYTHREE (Doncaster, 2.50) was disappointing in the Hennessy, but I can exclusively reveal that we found him to be suffering from ulcers after Newbury.
View ArticlePaul Nichiolls: Stone has solid Betfair profile
I have yet to decide whether SILVINIACO CONTI (Ascot, 1.45) will run at the Cheltenham Festival and have made no secret of the fact I'm not keen for him to take on Grands Crus again this season.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Bullets ready to fire on first run
We have been getting on top of the coughing in our yard and it was good to have two winners on Friday. Ruby was here on Friday morning to school some of our big guns, Kauto Star, Big Buck’s, Al Ferof...
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: Ranjaan is forced out of Triumph
My turbulent build-up to the Cheltenham Festival took another twist on Friday when my Triumph Hurdle hope Ranjaan was ruled out.
View ArticleCHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2012: Paul Nicholls Prospect Wells
PROSPECT WELLS (1.30) takes good form into the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and you can ignore his last defeat at Sandown. He was suffering from a trapped epiglottis and it has been corrected.
View ArticleCheltenham Festival 2012: Paul Nicholls reviews runners on day three
The longer the winning sequence of triple Ladbrokes World Hurdle winner Big Buck's (3.20) goes on, the more you worry about it ending.
View ArticleCHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2012: Kauto Star raring to go, Paul Nicholls
A couple of weekends ago my gut feeling was that Kauto Star would not make it to the Gold Cup. When my head lad Clifford Baker told me that he thought Kauto was only ‘50-50’, my heart sank.
View ArticlePaul Nicholls: If I had a bag of carrots I would save the last for Kauto Star
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, racehorse trainer Paul Nicholls stands next to Cheltenham Gold Cup hope, Kauto Star at Manor Farm Stables in Ditcheat, western England. Kauto Star,...
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